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Prichard (Pritchett) Gouty was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland
Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
Mary (Polly) Griffith was buried in the Old Baptist Cemetery, Highland
Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.
Mary GRIFFITH
* Birth: ABT. 1765 in Maryland
* Death: BEF. 1817 in Ohio
* Burial: Unknown
Father: Alexander GRIFFITH , Sr. b: ABT. 1745 in Maryland
Mother: ELIZABETH b: ABT. 1750 in Maryland
Marriage 1 Pritchett GOUTY b: 4 JUL 1765 in Maryland
* Married: ABT. 1800
Children
1. Henry GOUTY b: ABT. 1802 in Caroline County, Maryland
2. Thomas GOUTY b: ABT. 1803
3. Zachariah GOUTY b: ABT. 1815 in Ohio
4. Elizabeth GOUTY b: UNKNOWN
Heirs in will of Alexander Griffith, Sr.:
wife Mary
Sons: Alexander, Abraham and Abel
Daughters: Sophia ( wife of Aaron Lewis), Sarah (wife of Joshua Hobbs), Mary (wife of
Pritchett Gouty) and Nancy Todd
Grandchildren: Henry and Thomas Griffith (sons of Thomas Griffith, deceased), John
and Levi Griffith (sons of Abel Griffith), Alexander and William and Betsy Griffith
(children of Aaron Griffith, deceased)
Daughter-in-laws: Dorcas Griffith (widow of son Thomas Griffith) and Nancy Griffith
(widow of son Aaron Griffith)
Elihu Shearman, son of Mary Shearman
Alexander Griffith owned Alexander's Beginning for 80 acres 30 Nov 1757, BC8/283;
BC11/37 in Dorcester County, MD
and
Alexander's Beginning Addition, 199 acres, 29 Sep 1762, BC20/6899; BC24/64
Mary Griffith Gouty died January 30, 1817 in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Alexander Griffith died in 1811 in Caroline County, Maryland.
Pritchett GOUTY
* Sex: M
* Birth: 4 JUL 1765 in Maryland
* Death: 12 MAY 1837 in Vermillion County, Indiana
* Burial: Unknown
Children
1. Mary GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1765 in Maryland
2. Rebecca GRIFFITH b: BET. 1765 - 1770 in Maryland
3. Sophia GRIFFITH b: BET. 1765 - 1770 in Maryland
4. Thomas GRIFFITH b: 17 MAY 1767 in Maryland
5. Abel GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1774 in Maryland
6. Alexander GRIFFITH , Jr. b: BEF. 1775 in Maryland
7. Sarah GRIFFITH b: BEF. 1775 in Caroline County, Maryland
8. John GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1776 in Caroline County, Maryland
9. Nancy GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1778 in Caroline County, Maryland
10. Abraham GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1787 in Maryland
11. Aaron GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1770
12. Levi GRIFFITH b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 2 Mary COLLISON b: UNKNOWN in Maryland
Children
1. Alexander GRIFFITH , Sr. b: ABT. 1745 in Maryland
2. Sophia GRIFFITH b: BEF. 1755 in Maryland
I have a William Cossey b. 1798 married to Unk Unk that I just found out is Delilia
Gouty b. abt 1805. Think is is a daughter of Pritchett (sp)?
Marriage 1 Living
Children
1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living
5. Living
6. Living
7. Living
8. Living
9. Living
10. Elizabeth Pritchett
Marriage 1 Abigail
* Married:
* Change Date: 31 Dec 2004
Children
He was a son of Thomas Gouty and his first wife, Nancy Carr (or Keer or Kerr).(2)
Thomas Gouty was an early settler of Vermillion County, Indiana.(3) Thomas married
Nancy Carr on October 14, 1830.(4)
The first child of Thomas and Nancy Gouty was Clarissa Gouty who was born about
1832. Elias B. Gouty was the second child of Thomas and Nancy Gouty.
Nancy Gouty, first wife of Thomas, apparently died sometime before May 31,
1840, when Thomas Gouty married his second wife, Elizabeth Stutler.(5)
The third wife of Thomas Gouty was Catherine Hoobler whom he married on June 28,
1849.(6)
Elizabeth Shute was the daughter of Richard Shute and Hannah McCartney who were
married September 1, 1814, in Ohio.(8)
The Peoples Guide for Vermillion County, Indiana, 1874 lists Elias Gouty as a
farmer born in Vermillion County in 1833 and located 1 mile northeast of Gessie. The
last name was misspelled as Grouty in the listing.(9) Elias and Elizabeth Gouty were the
parents of eight children: Thomas, William, Daniel, Russell, Lewis, Joseph P., Elizabeth,
and Elias Gouty Junior.
Elizabeth (Shute) Gouty died March 30, 1915, and was buried at the Hicks
Cemetery at Perrysville, Indiana.(10) Elias B. Gouty died April 18, 1915, age 81, and was
buried in the Hicks Cemetery at Perrysville, Indiana, with his wife.(11) Buried with
Elias and Elizabeth Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery is a son, Russell Gouty, who was born
November 17, 1857, and died September 27, 1858.(12)
Elias Gouty appears in a number of U. S. Census records for Vermillion County,
Indiana. The 1850 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,
page 63, lists the Thomas Gouty household. Thomas Gouty is listed as age 44, male,
farmer, born in Maryland, real estate value owned = $3,000. Catherine Gouty is listed
age 25, female, wife, born in Ohio. Elias is listed as age 17, male, born in Indiana, and
attended school in year.(13) It is obvious from this census record that Catherine Gouty
was too young to be the mother of Elias B. Gouty.
The Elias Gowty (i.e., Gouty) household appears in the 1860 U. S. Census for
Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office Perrysville, page 67, line
40A. Elias Gouty is listed as age 26, white, farmer, born in Indiana, real property value =
$2,565, personal property = $1,000, head of household, and literate. Also listed are
Eliabeth Gouty, age 24, Thomas Gouty, age 5, William Gouty, age 4, and Joseph Gouty,
age 5 months.(14)
The Elias B Gouty household appears in the 1870 U. S. Census for Indiana,
Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office Perrysville. Elias' age at that time
is given as 36.(15) The 1880 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland
Township, enumerated the 7th day of June 1880 lists Elias Gouty as a farmer, age 48.
Elizabeth is listed as a wife, age 45. Elizabeth's father was listed as born in England and
her mother was listed as born in Maryland.(16)
The 1900 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,
enumerated 19th June 1900 by Earl Carpenter, lists three members of the Elias B. Goudy
household. 1)Elias B. Goudy, head, white, male, born September 1833, age 66, married
46 years, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, farmer, did not
attend school in year, can read, write, and speak English; 2)Elizabeth Goudy, wife,
white, female, born December 1835, age 64, married 46 years, mother of 8 children, 7
children presently living, born in Indiana, father born in England, mother born in Ohio,
can read, write, and speak English; and 3)Elias Goudy, Jr., son, white, male, born March
1878, age 22, single, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana.(17)
The 1910 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township,
lists Elias Gouty Sr.(18) His age is listed as age 76, a white male.
REFERENCES
1. Tombstone of Elias B. Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County,
Indiana. Photograph by Curtis L. Older taken July 1, 2000.
2. 1850 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, page 63,
lists Thomas Gouty, age 44, male, farmer, born in Maryland, real estate value owned =
$3,000, Catherine Gouty, age 25, female, wife, born in Ohio, Elias, age 17, male, born in
Indiana, attended school in year; Also See Book 20, pages 260 through 263 for court
case: Rebecca Gouty versus Elias Gouty et al. Vermillion County Court In Partition,
Newport, Indiana. The court case identifies Elias Gouty as the son of Thomas Gouty
and his wife Catherine Gouty. It is obvious from the ages of Catherine and Elias that
they were not mother and son.
3. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Film Number: 1903776 - Thomas
Gouty born in 1809; History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches:
"Thomas Gouty settled in Vermillion County in 1833 or earlier. He died June 10, 1863,
aged sixty-one years. Elias, his son, was born here in 1833. Henry Gouty may have
settled in this township a year or two later, he died in 1864, and his wife, Rebecca, died
in 1874, at the age of seventy-five years."
5. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Film Number 538010 - This source
indicates Amos B. Gouty was born April 24, 1845, and that his mother was Elizabeth
Stutler. Also, Film Number 470981 - marriage of Thomas Gouty to Elizabeth Stutler.
6. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, Film Number 470981 - marriage to
Catherine Hoobler.
7. Index to Marriage Records, Vermillion County, Indiana, 1850-1904, Vol. 1, A-Z, Newport,
Indiana, County Clerks Office, date of license: 8-30-1853, date of marriage: 9-1-1853,
Book 3, page 315, page 90, Elias Gouty and Elizabeth Shute.
8. Family Tree Maker, Family Archive #400, Marriage Index: Selected Counties of Ohio,
1789-1850, Richard Shute married March 31, 1814 in Scioto County, Ohio, spouse:
Hannah McCartney.
9. The Peoples' Guide, a business political and religious directory of Vermillion County,
Indiana, by Cline and McHaffie, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Printing and Publishing
House 1874.
10. Tombstone of Elias B. Gouty at the Hicks Cemetery, Perrysville, Vermillion County,
Indiana. Photograph by Curtis L. Older taken July 1, 2000; Index to Death Record,
Vermillion County, Indiana, 1882-1920, Letters A-Z, H-5, 77.
11. Ibid, tombstone of Elizabeth Gouty. 12. Ibid. 13. 1850 U. S. Census for Indiana,
Vermillion County, Highland Township, enumerated october 25, 1850, by Thomas C.
W. Lake, household 234, family 234. Thomas Gouty, age 44, male, farmer, born in
Maryland; Catharine, age 25, born in Ohio; Clarissa, age 18, female, born in Indiana;
Elias, age 17, male, born in Indiana, attended school during the year; Mary, age 14,
Elenor, age 12; Russell, age 10; William, age 6; and Amos, age 5. 14. 1860 U. S. Census
for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office Perrysville, page 67,
line 40A, enumerated July 3rd, 1860 by A. J. Adams, Elias Gowty household. Elias
Gowty age 26; Elizabeth age 24; Thomas age 5; William age 4; Joseph age 5/12; and
Zeno Clift, age 20, laborer. 15. 1870 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County,
Highland Township, Post Office Perrysville, enumerated 21st June 1870 by A. J. Adams,
dwelling 92, family 92, Elias B. Gouty household. Included in the household is Hannah
Shute, age 72, female, white, at home, born in Ohio. 16. 1880 U. S. Census for Indiana,
Vermillion County, Highland Township, enumerated June 7, 1880, by Joshua Lewis,
dwelling 3, family 3, Elias Gouty household. 17. 1900 Federal Census for Indiana,
Vermillion County, Highland Township, page 8A, enumeration district 94, enumerated
19th June 1900 by Earl Carpenter. 18. 1910 Federal Census for Indiana, Vermillion
County, Highland Township, page 177A, Series T624, Roll 384, part 1, Elias Gouty Sr,
age 76.
Children
1. Mary GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1765 in Maryland
2. Rebecca GRIFFITH b: BET. 1765 - 1770 in Maryland
3. Sophia GRIFFITH b: BET. 1765 - 1770 in Maryland
4. Thomas GRIFFITH b: 17 MAY 1767 in Maryland
5. Abel GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1774 in Maryland
6. Alexander GRIFFITH , Jr. b: BEF. 1775 in Maryland
7. Sarah GRIFFITH b: BEF. 1775 in Caroline County, Maryland
8. John GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1776 in Caroline County, Maryland
9. Nancy GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1778 in Caroline County, Maryland
10. Abraham GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1787 in Maryland
11. Aaron GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1770
12. Levi GRIFFITH b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 2 Mary COLLISON b: UNKNOWN in Maryland
Children
1. Alexander GRIFFITH , Sr. b: ABT. 1745 in Maryland
2. Sophia GRIFFITH b: BEF. 1755 in Maryland
Children
1. Mary GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1765 in Maryland
2. Rebecca GRIFFITH b: BET. 1765 - 1770 in Maryland
3. Sophia GRIFFITH b: BET. 1765 - 1770 in Maryland
4. Thomas GRIFFITH b: 17 MAY 1767 in Maryland
5. Abel GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1774 in Maryland
6. Alexander GRIFFITH , Jr. b: BEF. 1775 in Maryland
7. Sarah GRIFFITH b: BEF. 1775 in Caroline County, Maryland
8. John GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1776 in Caroline County, Maryland
9. Nancy GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1778 in Caroline County, Maryland
10. Abraham GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1787 in Maryland
11. Aaron GRIFFITH b: ABT. 1770
12. Levi GRIFFITH b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 2 Mary COLLISON b: UNKNOWN in Maryland
Children
1. Alexander GRIFFITH , Sr. b: ABT. 1745 in Maryland
2. Sophia GRIFFITH b: BEF. 1755 in Maryland
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GRIFFITH (XX)
In 1684 a 200 acre tract called "Griffiths Chance" was surveyed for Henry Griffith; it was
located on the west side of Cone Creek (Nanticoke Creek). He later had several
additional tracts patented.
Dorchester Land Record 5 OLD 140 dated September 1, 1699, shows that Henry Griffith
married Elizabeth Tassell, the widow of Francis Tassell.
Dorchester Land Record 5 OLD 108 dated February 1, 1697/8 shows that Henry Griffith
had a daugther, Elizabeth, who married Walter Cemey.
Henry Griffith, planter of Dorchester County, made a will dated February 22, 1708,
which was probated August 9, 1709. In his will he named sons Samuel, John, and
Abraham; daughter Sarah Griffith (Wills Part II - 12, 223).
Liber 28, folio 329 13 July 1750 GRIFFITH, GEORGE, Dorchester Co. To son John
Griffith, the land, with the plntn. I live on, beg. at a point near opposite a crk. that div.
the land betw. Capt. Henry Ennalls & his bro. Joseph Ennals to the bounders of
Hoopers Fortune & Hoopers Choice, all on the E of s line. To son George Griffith,
the other on the W side s line. To sons John & George Griffith, equ. div., Venture
50a. To son John Grifith, 6 negroes - Tom, Draper, Dick, Sabina, Silvia, & Pegg a
large looking glass, & a colt that came of Snip. To son George Griggith, 6 negroes
Ned, Harry, Peter, Nan, Martha, & Grace a large looking glass, & a bay mare & her colt.
To bro. Lewis Griffith childn when they come of age. To dau. Mary Gowtee,
dau. Eliza, Sheild, George Gowtee, & John Frame, 1 sh. sterl apiece. To sons John &
George, [the residue of my p. e.] equ. div. To bro. Robert Griffith, a tract taken up
by my bro. John Griffith, Jr., & Sunken Island. Extr: bro. Robert Griffith to care for
my sons John & George till age of 18, & he may put them to school with the approval of
my bro. Joseph Griffith & my friend Bartholemew Ennalls. Witn: Moses Poole,
Joseph Griffeth, Ann Abbit. 16 March 1752, sworn to by Poole & Griffith in
presence of John Griffith, heir at law.
Alexander Griffith married Mary Collison
February 1, 1805
Caroline County, MD
License Book 1797 - 1815