Margaret (Wallace) Craighead (1664 - 1738)

Born 1664 in Scotland

Wife of Thomas Craighead Sr. — married 1691 in Scotland

Descendants

Died 1738 at about age 74 in White Clay Creek, New Castle County, Colonial Delaware

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Margaret (Wallace) Craighead was born in Scotland.

Margaret (Wallace) Craighead was a Delawarean.

Biography

Margaret Wallace, or possibly Margaret Holmes, was born about 1664 in Scotland. In 1691, Margaret married in Scotland, Thomas Craighead, son of Robert Craighead and Agnes Hart, who was born about 1670 at Donoughmore, Co. Cork, Ireland and died in 1739 at Newville, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.^[1]

Children of Thomas Craighead and Margaret Wallace

Thomas and Margaret had seven children.^[1]

1. William Craighead Born: About 3 December 1691, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
2. Margaret Craighead Born: About 7 February 1695, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
3. Andrew Craighead Born: About 22 January 1697, Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
4. Thomas Craighead Born: 1702, Ireland
5. Alexander Craighead Born: 18 March 1707, Ireland
6. John Craighead Born: Before 1715, Ireland
7. Janet Craighead Born: Before 1715, Ireland

They had an eighth child, Robert Craighead, an "Irishman," who was in Baltimore by 1734 and likely much earlier.

The Reverend Thomas Craighead, his wife Margaret and their children, and his sister Catherine with her husband William Homes, arrived in Boston, Massachusetts Oct 1715 on the ship Thomas and Jane.

Margaret died in 1738 at White Clay Creek, New Castle County, Delaware where she is buried with her son Thomas and his wife Margaret.^[2]

"In memory of Margaret, the wife of the Rev. Thomas Craghead, who died in 1738, aged 74 years; and of Thomas, his son, deceased in 1735, aged 33 years; and if Margaret, his wife, who died in 1765, aged 63. Descended from religious families, they were eminent for piety, much esteemed in life, and lamented in death."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy Thomas Craighead : accessed 25 Jun 2018
2. ↑ Craighead, J. G. (James Geddes). The Craighead family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead, 1658-1876. Printed for the descendants [Sherman & co., printers]. Philadelphia, Pa. 1876. Pg. 41

• Source: S2 Title: Craighead Family : a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead, 1658-1876, The Author: Craighead, James Geddes, 1832-1895 Italicized: Y

Acknowledgments

• Family Genealogical Records.
• Craighead, J. G. (James Geddes). The Craighead family: a genealogical memoir of the descendants of Rev. Thomas and Margaret Craighead, 1658-1876. Printed for the descendants [Sherman & co., printers]. Philadelphia, Pa. 1876. Thomas Craighead, pp. 35-41
• Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy Thomas Craighead : accessed 25 Jun 2018
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 December 2020), memorial page for Margaret Holmes Craighead (unknown–1738), Find a Grave Memorial no. 155808531, citing Old White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, New Castle County, Delaware, USA ; Maintained by Hal G. Brown (contributor 47225725) .

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher, 25 Jun 2018
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