Robert Cravens (1696 - 1762)

Born 25 May 1696 in Kent Acres, Kent County, Delaware

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 18 May 1762 at age 65 in Arkton, Rockingham, Virginia

Biography

Robert was born 25 May 1696 Kent Acres, Kent County, Delaware, USA. Robert Cravens ... He passed away 18 May 1762 (aged 65) Arkton, Rockingham County, Virginia. Burial Arkton Tunker Church Cemetery , Arkton, Rockingham County, Virginia ^{[1] [2]} He married Mary Harrison in 1721 in Sussex County, Delaware. They had nine children in 15 years.

Children:

1. John Cravens (1722–1778)
2. Joseph Cravens (1723–1763)
3. Margaret Cravens (1724–1800)
4. Mary Cravens (1726–1801)
5. Maggie Cravens (1727–
6. William Cravens (1730–1784)
7. Agnes Cravens (1732–1820)
8. Maj Rob Cravens (1733–1784)
9. Elizabeth Cravens (1737–1811)

Military Service

In early May, 1778 Capt. Craven's Company marched to Tygart's Valley where several settlers had been murdered the preceding fall.^[3]

In September, 1778 the companies of Capt. Robert Craven and Capt. Samuel McCutcheon joined General Benjamin Harrison’s Regiment and marched north to newly constructed Fort McIntosh, situated near the confluence of the Ohio River and the Beaver River in what is now Beaver, Pennsylvania.^[3]

Captain Robert Cravens, the pioneer and Justice of the first Court of Augusta County, died as revealed by the proving of his will in the spring of 1762, during the French and Indian War. In the previous autumn when he signed his will he was failing in health from which he never rallied. By his passing old Augusta lost one of her noble company of first settlers, whose descendants were to add further luster to her name and whose children’s children like so many others, were to go forth from Virginia to help "make other States great".

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Catherine Evans, Saturday, July 20, 2013.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #153095739
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Augusta County, Virginia Militia

• finadagrave
• Gleanings of Virginia History: An Historical and Genealogical Collection ... By William Fletcher Boogher
• Roots web
  

The next source items were posted by Joan Williams Wagner, 9 Nov 16.

• Robert Cravens: His Home, Family, and Will
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• Virginia, Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• SAR Membership 84692;78795 Application Date:6 Feb 1960; 29 Mar 1960 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
• Robert Cravens Sr. Has references.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Catherine Evans for creating Cravens-141 on 20 Jul 13.