Thomas GRIFFIN, born 27 November 1730 O.S. ,son of Samuel and Ann (AVERY) GRIFFIN, married 20 September 1753, at Stonington, Conn. to Jerusha CHIPMAN, born 10 Sept. 1730 O.S., dau. of Stephen and Mary (GRIFFIN) CHIPMAN.
They had children:
Ann GRIFFIN;;
Mary GRIFFIN married Elnathan MASON;
James Chipman GRIFFIN m. Sarah HARRIS;
Deborah GRIFFIN m. Josiah BROWN;
Thomas GRIFFIN, Jr. m. Mary "Polly" BROWN
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
"New London, Connecticut and vicinity contributed liberally to the flood of migration into Nova Scotia, which set in shortly after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. The Government encouraged New Englanders to occupy the lands left vacant by the deportation of the French population (to Louisiana). In 1759 after the fall of Quebec, a committee of five prominent citizens was sent to inspect the Acadian country. One of these was Major Robert DENISON. The committee reported favorably, and in a short time more that 6,000 people left New England, bound for the new 'promised land' of Nova Scotia. Among these were Samuel COPP (1704-ca.1774) and his brother John COPP (sons of Jonathan and Catherine (LAY) COPP), and Major DENISON himself, who despite his more than three score years did not hesitate to follow the course he had recommended to his neighbors. Samuel COPP and John COPP received patents or grants of about 700 acres each in the Township of Horton, Kings County, N.S. This county lay in the heart of the Acadian country and had been almost completely depopulated by the removal of the French inhabitants. In Horton was located the village of Grand Pre', immortalized in Longfellow's EVANGELINE. Another one of its villages, 'Horton Corner,' is now Kentville, the county seat. Samuel and John COPP arrived probably about the year 1761."
Other's who removed to Nova Scotia about this time included: the family of Sylvanus and Ann (AVERY) GRIFFIN-MINER; the family of Handley CHIPMAN, son of John and Elizabeth (HANDLEY) CHIPMAN; the family of Hobart MASON (1722-1781); and the family of Thomas and Jerusha (CHIPMAN) GRIFFIN. - NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD (Oct. 1931), v.62, p.349-50; Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton's, THE HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA (1910), pp.600-602, 749-750, passim.
They had children:
Ann GRIFFIN;;
Mary GRIFFIN married Elnathan MASON;
James Chipman GRIFFIN m. Sarah HARRIS;
Deborah GRIFFIN m. Josiah BROWN;
Thomas GRIFFIN, Jr. m. Mary "Polly" BROWN
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
"New London, Connecticut and vicinity contributed liberally to the flood of migration into Nova Scotia, which set in shortly after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. The Government encouraged New Englanders to occupy the lands left vacant by the deportation of the French population (to Louisiana). In 1759 after the fall of Quebec, a committee of five prominent citizens was sent to inspect the Acadian country. One of these was Major Robert DENISON. The committee reported favorably, and in a short time more that 6,000 people left New England, bound for the new 'promised land' of Nova Scotia. Among these were Samuel COPP (1704-ca.1774) and his brother John COPP (sons of Jonathan and Catherine (LAY) COPP), and Major DENISON himself, who despite his more than three score years did not hesitate to follow the course he had recommended to his neighbors. Samuel COPP and John COPP received patents or grants of about 700 acres each in the Township of Horton, Kings County, N.S. This county lay in the heart of the Acadian country and had been almost completely depopulated by the removal of the French inhabitants. In Horton was located the village of Grand Pre', immortalized in Longfellow's EVANGELINE. Another one of its villages, 'Horton Corner,' is now Kentville, the county seat. Samuel and John COPP arrived probably about the year 1761."
Other's who removed to Nova Scotia about this time included: the family of Sylvanus and Ann (AVERY) GRIFFIN-MINER; the family of Handley CHIPMAN, son of John and Elizabeth (HANDLEY) CHIPMAN; the family of Hobart MASON (1722-1781); and the family of Thomas and Jerusha (CHIPMAN) GRIFFIN. - NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD (Oct. 1931), v.62, p.349-50; Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton's, THE HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA (1910), pp.600-602, 749-750, passim.
Thomas GRIFFIN, born 27 November 1730 O.S. ,son of Samuel and Ann (AVERY) GRIFFIN, married 20 September 1753, at Stonington, Conn. to Jerusha CHIPMAN, born 10 Sept. 1730 O.S., dau. of Stephen and Mary (GRIFFIN) CHIPMAN.
They had children:
Ann GRIFFIN;;
Mary GRIFFIN married Elnathan MASON;
James Chipman GRIFFIN m. Sarah HARRIS;
Deborah GRIFFIN m. Josiah BROWN;
Thomas GRIFFIN, Jr. m. Mary "Polly" BROWN
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
"New London, Connecticut and vicinity contributed liberally to the flood of migration into Nova Scotia, which set in shortly after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. The Government encouraged New Englanders to occupy the lands left vacant by the deportation of the French population (to Louisiana). In 1759 after the fall of Quebec, a committee of five prominent citizens was sent to inspect the Acadian country. One of these was Major Robert DENISON. The committee reported favorably, and in a short time more that 6,000 people left New England, bound for the new 'promised land' of Nova Scotia. Among these were Samuel COPP (1704-ca.1774) and his brother John COPP (sons of Jonathan and Catherine (LAY) COPP), and Major DENISON himself, who despite his more than three score years did not hesitate to follow the course he had recommended to his neighbors. Samuel COPP and John COPP received patents or grants of about 700 acres each in the Township of Horton, Kings County, N.S. This county lay in the heart of the Acadian country and had been almost completely depopulated by the removal of the French inhabitants. In Horton was located the village of Grand Pre', immortalized in Longfellow's EVANGELINE. Another one of its villages, 'Horton Corner,' is now Kentville, the county seat. Samuel and John COPP arrived probably about the year 1761."
Other's who removed to Nova Scotia about this time included: the family of Sylvanus and Ann (AVERY) GRIFFIN-MINER; the family of Handley CHIPMAN, son of John and Elizabeth (HANDLEY) CHIPMAN; the family of Hobart MASON (1722-1781); and the family of Thomas and Jerusha (CHIPMAN) GRIFFIN. - NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD (Oct. 1931), v.62, p.349-50; Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton's, THE HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA (1910), pp.600-602, 749-750, passim.
They had children:
Ann GRIFFIN;;
Mary GRIFFIN married Elnathan MASON;
James Chipman GRIFFIN m. Sarah HARRIS;
Deborah GRIFFIN m. Josiah BROWN;
Thomas GRIFFIN, Jr. m. Mary "Polly" BROWN
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
"New London, Connecticut and vicinity contributed liberally to the flood of migration into Nova Scotia, which set in shortly after the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755. The Government encouraged New Englanders to occupy the lands left vacant by the deportation of the French population (to Louisiana). In 1759 after the fall of Quebec, a committee of five prominent citizens was sent to inspect the Acadian country. One of these was Major Robert DENISON. The committee reported favorably, and in a short time more that 6,000 people left New England, bound for the new 'promised land' of Nova Scotia. Among these were Samuel COPP (1704-ca.1774) and his brother John COPP (sons of Jonathan and Catherine (LAY) COPP), and Major DENISON himself, who despite his more than three score years did not hesitate to follow the course he had recommended to his neighbors. Samuel COPP and John COPP received patents or grants of about 700 acres each in the Township of Horton, Kings County, N.S. This county lay in the heart of the Acadian country and had been almost completely depopulated by the removal of the French inhabitants. In Horton was located the village of Grand Pre', immortalized in Longfellow's EVANGELINE. Another one of its villages, 'Horton Corner,' is now Kentville, the county seat. Samuel and John COPP arrived probably about the year 1761."
Other's who removed to Nova Scotia about this time included: the family of Sylvanus and Ann (AVERY) GRIFFIN-MINER; the family of Handley CHIPMAN, son of John and Elizabeth (HANDLEY) CHIPMAN; the family of Hobart MASON (1722-1781); and the family of Thomas and Jerusha (CHIPMAN) GRIFFIN. - NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD (Oct. 1931), v.62, p.349-50; Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton's, THE HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA (1910), pp.600-602, 749-750, passim.
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