Abraham Sr. Griffith
Born: 1678 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed, WalesDied: 24 Oct 1760 (age 82) in Richlandtown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents: Unknown Mother and Howell Griffith
Partner: Hannah Lester
Colonist in the Richland settlement of British Pennsylvania
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Background
Persecuted Quaker
- Howell Griffith, with wife and children, arrived in Philadelphia in or prior to the year 1689 and purchased a lot on the bank at High (now Market) Street. Besses Sufferings shows that he was one of the sufferers for his religious faith and was committed to Carmarthenshire Jail for 4 months in June of 1684.
