William Gritton
Abt 1730 - Abt 1780 (50 years)
Generation: 1
1. William Gritton was born about 1730 in Saint Lukes, Middlesex, England; died about 1780 in Pennsylvania. Notes:
William Gritton was convicted of the theft of a shirt and sentenced to transport from England to the Virginia Colony.
Gritton, William. Sentenced Sep-Oct 1748. Transported January 1749 on the Laura.
Source: Coldham, Peter Willson. The complete book of emigrants in bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1988. Page 186.
Court testimony from the Old Baily Session Records.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 18 November 2018), October 1748, trial of William Gritton (t17481012-24).
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t17481012-24
William Gritton
Theft: grand larceny.
12th October 1748.
Reference: t17481012-24
503. William Gritton , of St. Luke's, Middlesex , was indicted for stealing a shirt, val. 3 s. the goods of Daniel Bromfield , Sep. 20th .
Daniel Bromfield . On the 20th of Sept. I lost a shirt out of the kitchen.
Mary Softly . I was cleaning my kitchen between twelve and one at noon, and my uncle called to me to air his shirt, and I put it upon the back of a chair, and went for a half penny worth of sand; and when I went into the house, I saw the prisoner coming out of the kitchen, with the shirt under his coat.
Q. Did you stop him then?
Softly. I did not miss it till I went into the kitchen, and found the shirt was gone, and then I went and cried out, stop thief!
Q. Did you know the prisoner before?
Softly. I never saw him before.
Q. Did you see the shirt taken from him?
Softly: Yes, and it was delivered into my hand.
Guilty.
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Prisoner found guilty and sentence to seven years transportation.
Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Unknown. Elizabeth was born on 3 Feb 1730 in Henrico County, Virginia; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- John Gritton was born in Dec 1755 in Winchester, Virginia; died on 7 Aug 1837; was buried in Banta Graveyard, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky.