Cork - Immigration of Thomas Griffitts - 1717

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IRISH AND OTHER QUAKERS; IMMIGRATION TO PENNSYLVANIA. THOMAS 
GRIFFITTS PHILADELPHIA MONTHLY MEETING

Thomas Griffitts
Unmarried
His father George Griffitts, of the city of Cork, requested 
a certificate for him. Certificate from meeting at Cork, 
dated 8 Mo. 16, 1716.
Also from meeting in Kingston, Jamaica dated 11Mo. 21, 1716. 
Another letter dated 'Corke ye 17th of 8 mo: 1716' signed by 
George and Frances Griffitts:

'Esteemed friends Isaac Norris and Jonathan Dickinson these 
serves to advise you; my son Thomas Griffitts wrote to me from 
ye bay of donna Maria that he was bound to philadelphia and 
desired me to make application to our meetings for a 
Certificate of his Clearness in Relation to marriage'

He appeared at Philadelphia, 12 Mo. 22, 1716.
Certificate was received 1 Mo. 29, 1717

 
Source: 
Myers, Albert Cook, M.L., Immigration of the Irish Quakers 
into Pennsylvania 1682- 1750 with their Early History in 
Ireland, 1902