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Judith <I>Burwell</I> Griffin

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Judith Burwell Griffin

Birth
James City County, Virginia, USA
Death
20 Nov 1769 (aged 14)
Lancaster County, Virginia, USA
Burial
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Lived and died at Belle Isle Plantation, now a State Park, Virginia

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee] GRIFFIN, Thomas B. 3 Feb. 1778. Rec. 21 May 1778. Wife: Judith Griffin, dec. A marble Slab to be placed on the vault with following inscription: "here lies deposited the dear, sacred Remains of Judith Griffin, Daughter of Carter Burwell, Esq., born the 11 of April 1755, married to Thomas B. Griffin November 8, 1766, and snatched away by a violent sudden illness the 20 November 1769. She was the most affectionate, dutiful wife that ever blessed the married state, as pious and devout a soul as ever was received into Christianity and performed every Call and Duty in Life with the greates Pleasure and Sweetness. The best of Women and the Best of Wives. She had a son called LeRoy and a daughter named Lucy who both died soon after they were born and lye entombed with her."
Lived and died at Belle Isle Plantation, now a State Park, Virginia

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Virginia Wills [Ida J. Lee] GRIFFIN, Thomas B. 3 Feb. 1778. Rec. 21 May 1778. Wife: Judith Griffin, dec. A marble Slab to be placed on the vault with following inscription: "here lies deposited the dear, sacred Remains of Judith Griffin, Daughter of Carter Burwell, Esq., born the 11 of April 1755, married to Thomas B. Griffin November 8, 1766, and snatched away by a violent sudden illness the 20 November 1769. She was the most affectionate, dutiful wife that ever blessed the married state, as pious and devout a soul as ever was received into Christianity and performed every Call and Duty in Life with the greates Pleasure and Sweetness. The best of Women and the Best of Wives. She had a son called LeRoy and a daughter named Lucy who both died soon after they were born and lye entombed with her."


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