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Name	John Griffiths
Born	c. 1758 London, Middlesex, England
Died	5 May, 1844 (aged ~ 86) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Cause of Death	general debility
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Griffiths, Jane (wife) Griffiths, Bridget Ann (wife)
Passenger Ship *	Friendship (1788) (marine)
Occupation or Descriptor *	carpenter (1788-1789) New South Wales, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1788-1789) New South Wales, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1789-1791) Norfolk Island, Australia farmer (1791-1796) Norfolk Island, Australia farmer (1796-1809) New South Wales, Australia sawyer (1809-1822) New South Wales, Australia dairy farmer (1826-1834) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	Captain James Meredith's Company (marine) 51st (Plymouth) Company (UK) (marine, 1787-1788)
Key Events *	First Fleet (1788) (marine)
Key Organisations *	Sydney Loyal Association (member, 1802)

* Dates are approximate

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