Abigail (Harris) Craft (bef. 1683)

Born before 16 Sep 1683 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Craft — married 10 Jan 1705 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

Abigail Harris was born to John and Mary (Sawyer) Harris Sept 16, 1683. She married Benjamin Craft Jan 10, 1705 at Roxbury.^[1] Abigail Harris, b 1683 was the daughter of John Harris of Muddy River (son of Robert) and his wife Mary Sanger (sic), whom he married in 1670.^[2] Abigail was the sixth child of John and Mary (Sanger) Harris, and was baptized Sept 16, 1683. She married (probably) Benjamin Crafts of Roxbury. Abigail was admitted to full communion in the Roxbury church in August 1708.^[3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: BEF 16 SEP 1683

Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States^[4]

Marriage

Husband: Benjamin Craft

Wife: Abigail Harris

Child: Benjamin Craft

Child: Abigail Craft

Child: Eleazar Craft

Child: Aaron Craft

Marriage:

Date: 10 JAN 1705

Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Crafts, James Monroe, The Crafts family : a genealogical and biographical history of the descendants of Griffin and Alice Craft, of Roxbury, Mass.,1630-1890, Reference page 61
2. ↑ Morgan, Nathaniel H., Harris genealogy : a history of James Harris, of New London, Conn., and his descendants; from 1640 to 1878. With an appendix containing brief notices of several other early settlers of New England of the name of Harris, published 1878. Reference page 203
3. ↑ Harris, Luther Metcalf, Robert Harris and his descendants", published 1861. Reference page 19
4. ↑ Source: #S325
5. ↑ Source: #S325

• Source: S325 Abbreviation: Roxbury MA Vital Records to 1849 Title: Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1925, 2 Volumes) Repository: #R39
• Repository: R39 Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116) Address: Web Address: http://www.AmericanAncestors.org

Acknowledgments

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