Mary (Woodson) McCraw (1736 - abt. 1813)

Born 1736 in Southam Parish, Goochland, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Francis McCraw — married 1752 in Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about Apr 1813 at about age 77 in Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary Woodson was born about 1736 in Virginia Colony [now United States]. Her mother was Mary Miller who married John Woodson on 10 August 1731 in Lancaster County, Virginia. Mary'smother's parents are thought to be John and Margaret Miller of Lancaster.^[1]

On 18th September 1752, in Cumberland County, Francis McCraw took out a marriage bond to marry Mary Woodson, "spinster daughter of John Woodson" with Thompson Swann as his security. The witnesses to the bond were G. [Gideon] Marr and John Woodson. A copy of this is on file at the Virginia State Library & Archives.^[2][3][4]

They farmed their land in Goochland County, Virginia, and raised their children:

1. Elizabeth "Betsy" McCraw
2. John McCraw
3. Francis "Frank" McCraw
4. Ann Branch McCraw
5. Dancy McCraw
6. William McCraw
7. Miller Woodson McCraw
8. Mary Miller McCraw
9. Sarah McCraw
10. Judith McCraw
11. Susanna McCraw

Mary was named in her husband's will as "Executrix" and sole heir of his property (excepting one slave bequeathed to their daughter, Elizabeth Pittman) as long as she remained a widow.^[5]

She passed away in about April 1813 in Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Research of Marilyn Jackson Fairfax VA
2. ↑ McCraw, Carol: "It's McCraw Not McGraw", 1981, p. 220.
3. ↑ Mary Woodson and Francis McCraw. Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, indexer. Virginia Marriage Records: From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, the William and Mary College Quarterly, and Tyler's Quarterly. Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Co., Inc., 1984.
4. ↑ Dodd, Jordan. Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.

   Name: Mary Woodson

   Spouse: Francis Mccraw

   Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1752

   Marriage Location: Cumberland County, Virginia

5. ↑ McCraw, Carol: "It's McCraw Not McGraw", 1981, p. 220.