GRIFFITH, JOHN (1713 - 1776), Quaker
Date of birth: 1713
Date of death: 1776
Spouse: Frances Griffith (née Wyatt)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Quaker
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert (Bob) Owen
Born 21 May 1713 in Radnorshire. Emigrating to America in 1726 he joined the Society of Friends and became an energetic worker in the cause. He returned to England in January 1748 and attended 560 meetings, travelling 12,000 miles in the course of little over two years. He went back to America in May 1750 but returned in October 1750, married Frances Wyatt, of Chelmsford, Essex, at which place he settled except for another visit to America, 1765-6. He died 17 June 1776 and was buried in the Friends' burial ground, Chelmsford. He published Journals of (his) Life, Travels, and Labours in the Work of the Ministry (several editions, London and Philadelphia), and Some Brief Remarks upon Sundry Important Subjects … principally addressed to the … Quakers … (London, 1768, etc.).
Author
- Robert (Bob) Owen, (1885 - 1962)
- H. Blackwell, A Bibliography of Welsh Americana (NLW MS 9278) (Aberystwyth 1942), (i.e. printed version of NLW MS 9278A)
Sources
Published date: 1959
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