YALE COLLEGE, CLASS OF 1822
FRANCIS GRIFFIN, the eldest child of George Griffin, LL.D. (Yale 1797), of Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania, and Lydia (Butler) Griffin, was born on November 26, 1802. The family moved in 1806 to New York City, where his father became an eminent lawyer. His uncle, Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. (Yale 1790) was President of William College.
Francis was prepared by college by his father. He studied law and was admitted in 1825 to the bar in New York City, where he practiced until his death, on January 12, 1852, at age 50.
He married, on November 27, 1829, Mary, daughter of Joseph Sands, a New York banker, and Marie Therese (Kamflin) Sands. Their children were 3 daughters and 2 sons. One daughter married engineer General Egbert L. Vielé. Mary Sands Griffin authored several volumes of travels, and in 1879 she was living in Dresden. Her daughters also were living in Europe.
Sources:
Summary of the Record of the Class of 1822, Yale College, to the Closing of 1879 (New Haven, Connecticut: Hoggson & Robinson, 1879), pp. 27–28.
Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, Connecticut, 1913), p. 92.
NOTE: Many thanks to contributor Bob Collins, # 46530203, for providing the name of the cemetery and burial information.
FRANCIS GRIFFIN, the eldest child of George Griffin, LL.D. (Yale 1797), of Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania, and Lydia (Butler) Griffin, was born on November 26, 1802. The family moved in 1806 to New York City, where his father became an eminent lawyer. His uncle, Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. (Yale 1790) was President of William College.
Francis was prepared by college by his father. He studied law and was admitted in 1825 to the bar in New York City, where he practiced until his death, on January 12, 1852, at age 50.
He married, on November 27, 1829, Mary, daughter of Joseph Sands, a New York banker, and Marie Therese (Kamflin) Sands. Their children were 3 daughters and 2 sons. One daughter married engineer General Egbert L. Vielé. Mary Sands Griffin authored several volumes of travels, and in 1879 she was living in Dresden. Her daughters also were living in Europe.
Sources:
Summary of the Record of the Class of 1822, Yale College, to the Closing of 1879 (New Haven, Connecticut: Hoggson & Robinson, 1879), pp. 27–28.
Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, Connecticut, 1913), p. 92.
NOTE: Many thanks to contributor Bob Collins, # 46530203, for providing the name of the cemetery and burial information.
YALE COLLEGE, CLASS OF 1822
FRANCIS GRIFFIN, the eldest child of George Griffin, LL.D. (Yale 1797), of Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania, and Lydia (Butler) Griffin, was born on November 26, 1802. The family moved in 1806 to New York City, where his father became an eminent lawyer. His uncle, Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. (Yale 1790) was President of William College.
Francis was prepared by college by his father. He studied law and was admitted in 1825 to the bar in New York City, where he practiced until his death, on January 12, 1852, at age 50.
He married, on November 27, 1829, Mary, daughter of Joseph Sands, a New York banker, and Marie Therese (Kamflin) Sands. Their children were 3 daughters and 2 sons. One daughter married engineer General Egbert L. Vielé. Mary Sands Griffin authored several volumes of travels, and in 1879 she was living in Dresden. Her daughters also were living in Europe.
Sources:
Summary of the Record of the Class of 1822, Yale College, to the Closing of 1879 (New Haven, Connecticut: Hoggson & Robinson, 1879), pp. 27–28.
Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, Connecticut, 1913), p. 92.
NOTE: Many thanks to contributor Bob Collins, # 46530203, for providing the name of the cemetery and burial information.
FRANCIS GRIFFIN, the eldest child of George Griffin, LL.D. (Yale 1797), of Wilkes-Barré, Pennsylvania, and Lydia (Butler) Griffin, was born on November 26, 1802. The family moved in 1806 to New York City, where his father became an eminent lawyer. His uncle, Edward Dorr Griffin, D. D. (Yale 1790) was President of William College.
Francis was prepared by college by his father. He studied law and was admitted in 1825 to the bar in New York City, where he practiced until his death, on January 12, 1852, at age 50.
He married, on November 27, 1829, Mary, daughter of Joseph Sands, a New York banker, and Marie Therese (Kamflin) Sands. Their children were 3 daughters and 2 sons. One daughter married engineer General Egbert L. Vielé. Mary Sands Griffin authored several volumes of travels, and in 1879 she was living in Dresden. Her daughters also were living in Europe.
Sources:
Summary of the Record of the Class of 1822, Yale College, to the Closing of 1879 (New Haven, Connecticut: Hoggson & Robinson, 1879), pp. 27–28.
Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Biographical Notices of Graduates of Yale College (New Haven, Connecticut, 1913), p. 92.
NOTE: Many thanks to contributor Bob Collins, # 46530203, for providing the name of the cemetery and burial information.
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