Griffin/Saunders Family of Knocknaboley Wicklow

James father Andrew was a protestant but his mother Margaret was a Catholic. James' name appeared once in the Killaveny parish records, as a witness to his sister Margaret Saunder's marriage

James' marriage and baptism of his children do not appear in any surviving Church of Ireland records. Likely he belong to a parish whose records have been lost or destroyed. Many Knocknaboley residents were members of the Moyne parish, whose records have been destroyed.

James Saunder's name does appear in several places in the Kilcommon Church of Ireland records. For the most part, they refer in a nonreligious context.

From the Vestry Book of Kilcommon Parish (1824) in the Rep Church Library in Dublin:

24 Jun 1833, at the end of meeting of wardens a petition was presented. Many of the signatures were from Knocknaboley residents including James Saunders.

Easter week 1837, minutes of a meeting stated "resolved ... James Saunders of Knocknaboley be appointed overseer of ... deserted infants."