Jane (Huston) Creigh (bef. 1749 - 1808)

Born before May 1749 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Wife of John Creigh — married 25 Aug 1766 (to 31 Oct 1808) in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 31 Oct 1808 after age 59 in Silver Springs, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania

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Biography

• Jane HUSTON was born in May 1749 in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, to Isabella SHARON, age 39, and Samuel HUSTON, age 44.
• Jane HUSTON married Lieutenant Colonel John CREIGH in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on August 25, 1766, when she was 17 years old.

Jane Huston married John Creigh (1741-1813), who was both scholarly and patriotic. He was in the employ of Jane's father, Samuel Huston, possibly as an educator or clerical. After serving in the Revolution as Lieutenant Colonel, he was selected as associate judge and a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church at Carlisle. John Creigh represented Cumberland County in the Provincial Conference, June 18-25, 1776 – along with John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers – at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia.^[1]

They had six children during their marriage, but not all lived.

• Jane HUSTON died on October 31, 1808, in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, when she was 59 years old.

Sources

1. ↑ Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 676-680

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 for Jane Huston; Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 032; DAR Member No. 31084
• Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 for Jane Creigh; PA - Cumberland Carlisle Family History Historical Society Carlisle; Kline's Carlisle Gazette; 1808, October 31; Creigh, Jane (Mrs. John) died.