The Rev
Samuel
Craighead
(Samuel Craighead)
[uncertain]
Caldwell
Born in Mecklenburg, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Brother of
Anna (Caldwell) Hunter, James Edmund Caldwell, Andrew Jackson Caldwell, James Caldwell, David Stewart Caldwell Jr. M.D. and Thomas Caldwell
Husband of
Elizabeth Lindsay
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Abigail Bain (Alexander) Caldwell
— married
8 May 1793 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Abigail Bain (Caldwell) Alexander
Died
at about age 61
in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2011
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Biography
Parents: David Stewart Caldwell 1725–1824 in Mecklenburg, NC Rachel Brown Craighead 1742–1835 in Mecklenburg, NC
Spouses: 1. Abigail Bane Alexander 1770–1802 m. 8 May 1793 2. Elizabeth Lindsay 1784–1825 m. 1804
Siblings: Anna Caldwell Hunter 1762–1863 Alexander Caldwell 1770–1841 Andrew Jackson Caldwell 1771–1845 James Edmund Caldwell 1772–1836 Martha Caldwell 1775–1826 Thomas Caldwell 1777–1859 David Stewart Caldwell 1777–1857 Robert Craighead Caldwell 1789–1878
Children: Jane B Caldwell Pharr 1796–1839 David Thomas Caldwell 1799–1861 Robert Lindsay Caldwell 1805–1832 Abigail Bain Caldwell Alexander 1808–1889 Samuel R. Caldwell 1810–1863 John McNitt Madison Caldwell 1812–1892 Andrew Harper Caldwell 1814–1899 S. I. Caldwell 1817–1899 Septimus Caldwell 1821–1853 Cyrus Kingsburry Caldwell 1821–1876 Walter Pharr Caldwell 1823–1888
Source
- #S-923559106, Page: Ancestry Family Trees
- Biographical sketches of the early settlers of the Hopewell section and reminiscences of the pioneers and their descendants by families by Alexander, John Brevard, 1834-
- Rev. William Henry Foote, in his book "Sketches of …pg 196
- North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9R-DRBS : 10 March 2021), Samuel C Caldwell and Abigail B Alexander, 8 May 1793; citing Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel Craighead by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel Craighead:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel Craighead by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel Craighead:
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~0.78%
Mary Joy (Moses) Barnes
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
John Malone :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MP3482316 [compare], Ancestry member johnnyraymalone
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Rejected matches › Samuel J. Caldwell (1765-)
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