Lady Christina Griffin
(c. 1751-1807)
BIRTH
c. 1751
PLACE
DEATH
October 8, 1807
PLACE
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Cyrus Griffin
(1748-1810)
CHILDREN
John Stewart, 6th Earl of Traquair
(1698-1779)
CHILDREN
Louisa Griffin Mercer
(18th Century-?)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Lady Christina Stewart Griffin (1741–1807) was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Traquair. She married Virginia law student Cyrus Griffin in 1770, despite family opposition, and moved to America with him in 1773. Letters and visitors’ accounts describe their dinners for members of Congress and visiting dignitaries. She never returned to Traquair and was buried at Bruton Parish in Williamsburg. Traquair’s archives correct her often repeated 1751 birth year.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Christina Stewart’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Christina Stewart is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Christina Stewart died on Oct 8, 1807. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Christina Stewart died on Oct 8, 1807. Lady Christina Stewart Griffin was the eldest daughter of the Earl of Traquair. She married Virginia law student Cyrus Griffin in 1770, despite family opposition, and moved to America with him in 1773. Letters and visitors’ accounts describe their dinners for members of Congress and visiting dignitaries. She never returned to Traquair and was buried at Bruton Parish in Williamsburg. Traquair’s archives correct her often repeated 1751 birth year. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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