From the "Public Ledger" is the death notice of Benjamin Daffin:
DAFFIN- On Friday 19th ultimate at Sheffield, England from a severe attack of a few days illness, Benjamin Daffin, Sr. in his 77th year. Of him it may be truly said he died a true Christian. He had been a member of the Methodist denomination upwards of fifty years.
He married Mary Grundy in Sheffield, England, April 19, 1794. Benjamin Daffin, Sr. and Mary Grundy were married on April 19, 1794 at the Cathdral of St. Peter in Sheffield, England. (Mary Grundy #3.)
The HALLAMSHIRE CUTLER records show a Benjamin, son of George, husbandman of Youlgreave, indentured as an apprentice in 1787.
Benjamin Daffin Sr. and Mary Grundy had the following children:
4 i.Joseph3 Daffin #4 was born
in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England February 23, 1799.
5 ii.George Daffin #8 was born in Sheffield,
Yorkshire, England ca. 1801. George Daffin, Hairdresser,
is listed in the 1852 TRADE DIRECTORY of SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE.
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6 iii.Benjamin
DaffinJr. was born November 13, 1801.
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7 iv.Henry
Daffin was born December 13, 1807.
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8 v.George
Daffin was born July 6, 1812.
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