These maps will help explain the different opinions expressed in the different books about exactly where William GRIFFITH lived.  First we hear New Castle PA which doesn't make any sense until now.  Now at last we can understand the geography:

1st: We're told, the immigrant William arrived in New Castle and lived there.

2nd: Next he is said to have been on Beaver Creek.

3rd: William b. 1714 moves to York county and lives around the Mountain there.  He acquires a huge amount of land.  Later his father comes to live with him and dies at 105 yrs. old in Warrington.  No date has ever been told of his death or birth for that matter.   He is reported to have come to America sometime around 1682-90.  We have yet to find his passage record.

PA 1673

1674, Falls under Duke of York

  1678 New Castle gained from Upland

  1680 A few more boundary changes!

  1681 William Penn establishes his presence!

1682 Changes to Penn's state

  1687 New Castle gained from Kent DE

  1704, New Castle become Independent of PA

  1729 more boundary changes!

  1749 York Co. emerges from Lancaster Co.

  1773, Westmoreland Co. emerges...boundary changes.

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