Martha Maria Mitchell

b. circa 1806
  • Martha Maria Mitchell was born circa 1806 in Georgia.
  • She married Young Stokes Ware, son of Robert Ware and Jane Stokes, on 19 December 1822 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • Martha Maria Mitchell became a widow at the 18 November 1826 death of her husband Young Stokes Ware.
  • She married Bennett Smith Griffin circa 1834 in Montgomery County, Alabama, with James McLemore, MG, officiating. Bennett Griffin was first married to Martha's cousin Mary Breazeal (their mothers were sisters).
  • Bennett Smith Griffin and Martha Maria Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Wetumpka, Coosa County, Alabama, and apparently one son age 0-4 who probably died before the 1850 census. It appears that there are no children from previous marriages in the household.. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Emera Frances Griffin and Martha Griffin.
  • Bennett Smith Griffin and Martha Maria Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Coosa County, Alabama, Also enumerated in the household are 15 other individuals, apparently boarders. One is John Griffin, age 22, born in Alabama, who might possibly be from Bennett's earlier marriage, but he appears not to have left Georgia until sometime after 1829.. Other members of the household included Bennett Smith Griffin, Martha Griffin, Mary J. Griffin, Emera Frances Griffin and Louisa F. Griffin.
  • In Mary Wood's will of 3 July 1854 in Montgomery County, at Alabama, Martha Maria Mitchell was named as an heir; Codicils were added 15 July and 30 September 1858.
  • Bennett Smith Griffin and Martha Maria Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Wetumpka, Coosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary J. Griffin, Emera Frances Griffin and Louisa F. Griffin.
  • Last Edited: 6 Aug 2010

Family 1: Young Stokes Ware b. 22 June 1805, d. 18 November 1826

Family 2: Bennett Smith Griffin b. circa 1802