David’s family

Catherine Griffin "Griffin of Broton"

married Thomas Sprigg in 1629

22 OCT 1610 – 17 AUG 1661 · 8th great-grandmother

Catherine (Katherine) Griffin, also described as “Griffin of Broton,” was associated in the supplied material with Kettering, Northamptonshire, and Briton or Broton, Somerset, England. She was christened on 22 October 1610 and is said to have married Thomas Sprigg in 1629. Her reported death date is 17 August 1661, with Maryland given as the place of death in one family-tree note.

At a glance

Name: Catherine Griffin, also recorded as Katherine Griffin
Descriptor: “Griffin of Broton”
Birth: About 1610
Christening: 22 October 1610
Christening place: Broton, Somerset, England, according to the supplied biography
Possible birthplace: Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Alternate possible birthplace: Briton or Broton, Somerset, England
Father: George Griffin
Marriage: Thomas Sprigg, 1629
Marriage place: Kettering, Northampton, England
Reported death date: 17 August 1661
Reported death place: Maryland

Family connection

→ Randall Jasper Riza (father)
→ Thomas Henry Riza Inventor-WWI? - Blacksmith (father)
→ Martha Emma Spriggs "Mattie" (mother)
→ Zion Spriggs "CSA Captain 2nd Regiment Ga Cavalry" (father)
→ John Thomas Spriggs "Capt. in War of 1812 US Postmaster" (father)
→ Thomas Spriggs "MD House of Delegates-General in Militia" (father)
→ Osborn Sprigg "Member of Lwr House-Sheriff-Northhampton (father)
→ Thomas Sprigg "Lt.Col-MD assembly-Lt.Col.-J.P." (father)
→ Thomas Sprigg "Capt. in Royal LancersHigh Sheriff of Calvert Co." (father)
→ Catherine Griffin "Griffin of Broton" (mother)

Catherine Griffin, recorded in the supplied family-tree material as Katherine Griffin and also described as “Griffin of Broton,” was born about 1610. The material associates her with Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, while another profile gives Briton or Broton, Somerset, England as her birthplace. She was christened on 22 October 1610; the christening is identified in the narrative as taking place at Broton, Somerset, England.

She was identified as a daughter of George Griffin. The supplied material contains conflicting information about George Griffin’s year of birth, with one profile giving 1559 and another giving 1585.

Katherine is said to have married Thomas Sprigg in 1629 at Kettering, Northampton, England. The family-tree narrative identifies Thomas Sprigg as the father of Captain Sprigg.

Her reported life dates are 22 October 1610 to 17 August 1661. A family-tree note states that she died in Maryland, although no specific locality or supporting record is provided in the supplied material.

Historical context

The supplied material places Catherine Griffin’s early life in England and includes a later claim of death in Maryland. Place information is not consistent: Kettering, Northamptonshire, and Briton or Broton, Somerset, are both named in the family-tree material.

Sources & research

Ancestry.com. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Online publication, Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London Metropolitan Archives, London. Images produced by permission of the City of London Corporation Libraries, Archives. Repository: #R1.

Hummel/Goerl. Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication, Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. Hummel/Goerl/Cecil/Miller Family Tree. Repository: R-1077657631, Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.

Note in supplied material: The biography was in the file with no source and was described as an exact copy of one in Gittings family history.