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In the book "Family records of the Powells and Griffiths,"
from pp. 18,19
"Several years after the death of the first wife of the Rev. Abel Griffith, he married Rebecca Miles. She had three children, viz: Benjamin and Miles, and a daughter that died in childhood. He appears to have been much afflicted; his second wife took some disease and lingered from eight years, when she died in August, 1779, leaving him with two children more.
His son Benjamin died in West Caln township, Chester county, PA. He died suddenly, leaving a widow and seven children, who removed to the West. His son Miles married Eleanor Thomas. He died in Philadelphia, leaving her with four children, one of whom died soon after him. Miles' son, Abel M., is still in the city; he is married.
Rev. A. Griffith was a man of mild disposition; he was not what the world called a great preacher, but was one that was much beloved and respected by the people of his charge. He owned a farm in West Bradford townhsip, Chester county, where he lived and often studied hi sermon at the plow, for his church was not able to give him much. He farm was near the little meeting-house in Newlin township. He was born in Montgomery township, then Philadelphia, now Montgomer county, PA, December 23rd; was baptized April 14th, 1744, and ordained in 1761. According to the books of the Brandywine Church, he preached his first sermon there the fourth Sabbath in April 1759. He became pastor of this church, April 12th, 1761, and left there in 1767, to go on a traveling tour to New England.
In August he removed his family from Brandywine. In 1775 he returned to Brandywine. In March, 1768, he settled in Salem, New Jersey, but reserved six Sabbaths in a year to come in Brandywine. In 1775, he returned to Brandywine, and continued there till February, 1791, when he went to the State of Kentucky, in order to sell or improve some land he had. He remained there until May 19th, 1793, when he died.
(BTW, There is an ABEL GRIFFITH in the 1810 US Census who resided in Bourbon County, KY. Probably this grandson).
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Elsewhere in the book, his daughter's name is given. Rachel Powell was her married name. She is said to have been "the daughter of the Rev. Avel Griffith, and grand-daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Griffith, bith Baptist ministers." She was married to a man named John Powell.
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One mention of his father on p. 24
"...And I might add that there are many other very worthy members of the Baptist churches that are not officers, among the descendant of the Rev. Benjamin Griffith. I have only been able to trace two of the family of his children........"
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Rev. Benjamin Griffith's father-in-law is also mentioned on p. 25
"From what I can learn, the Family Bible first belonged Miles, a Welshman, who came to this country and settled in or near Montgomery county. After him, his son-in-law, Rev. Benjamin Griffith, became the owner; he gave it to his son John, who took it to Baltimore, where he died, September 17th, 1795. It thne fell into possession of his sister, Elizabeth Griffith, and was sent to her in Philadelphia, by way of Georgetown, where some ill-disposed person robbed it of its clasp and back, and took the family record out of it. In that condition it came to Elizabetha, the great-grand-daughter of Richard Miles. After her death, her sister, Rachel Powell, became the owner. She gave it to her son, John G. Powell, who kept it several years......he gave it to Rev. James French, District Secretary of the Home Mission Society, who took it to Philadelphia, got it bound, and then put it into the Library at Lewisburg, where it can be seen......"
There's also mention of a world history book that belonged to Reb. Abel Griffith called "Cosmography."
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There's more but I can't type it all.
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