Ancestry of
Johnny Mercer

Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records

Cyrus Griffin

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Johnny Mercer — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 34 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jul 1748 
  • Birth Location:
  • Richmond County, Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 14 Dec 1810 
  • Death Location:
  • Yorktown, Virginia 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Christiana Stuart
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Apr 1770 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Edinburgh, Scotland 
  • Child:

  Louisa Griffin (Ahnentafel No:17 )

  • Notes: 

  • Last president of the Continental Congress

• Sources for Cyrus Griffin

  • ¹ Browning, Charles H., ed., Americans Of Royal Descent, Philadelphia: Porter and Coates (1883), 72.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 70.
  • ³ Weis, Frederick Lewis, et. al., The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 and Some of their . . ., 5th edition, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Third Printing, 2006), 62.