Lucy (Clapp) Creighton (1738 - 1823)

Born 1738 in England

Wife of John Creighton Esq — married 8 Dec 1760 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1823 at about age 85 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Biography

Lucy Clapp was age 85 at death.

She first appears in these sources in 1760, when she married Col John Creighton in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia^{[1] [2] [1] [3] [4] [1]}, and their children included:

1. john, who was educated in England and an officer in the army^[1]
2. Lucy, who married Hinnert Newton Binney^[4]
3. Charles, born April 8, 1777, who married Elizabeth Morasch first and second married Jane Claussen^[4]
4. Joseph, born July 2, 1780^[4], who was educated in England and a Captain in the army^[1]
5. Sarah, born May 26, 1774, who married Lewis M. Wilkins^[4]
6. Another daughter, who is not named in these sources^[1]

Lucy (Clapp) Creighton died November 17, 1823 in Lunenburg^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} J. Murray Beck, “CREIGHTON, JOHN (1721-1807),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 17, 2020, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/creighton_john_1721_1807_5E.html.
2. ↑ DesBrisay, Mather Byles. History of the County of Lunenburg (W Briggs, Toronto, 1895)
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Creighton_(judge)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Lunenburg County GenWeb Lunenburg County and Queens County Birth, Marriage and Death Records From Primary Sources, transcribed by Don Shankle, which states:
   • "CREIGHTON","John","M","1760-12-08",,"SJAL","Clapp, Lucy",,
   • "CREIGHTON","John","D","1807-11-11",,"SJAL",,,
   • "CREIGHTON","Lucy","D","1823-11-17","widow","SJAL","wdw/John Regiment of Foot","85y","bur 1823-11-17"
   • "CREIGHTON","Charles","B","1777-04-08","1777-05-05","SJAL","John & Lucy",,
   • "CREIGHTON","Charles","M","1804-10-21",,"SJAL","Morasch, Eliz",,
   • "CREIGHTON","Charles","M","1810-05-17","widower","SJAL","Claussen, Jane",,
   • "CREIGHTON","Joseph","B","1780-07-02","1781-02-04","SJAL","John & Lucy",,"JosephCorkum,EdwJames&DorothyCRudolf"
   • "CREIGHTON","Sarah","B","1774-05-26","1774-07-11","SJAL","John & Lucy",,"HChris&,FrancesBarbJessen,Cath Knaut"
   • "CREIGHTON","Sarah","M","1799-08-13",,"SJAL","Wilkins, Lewis M",,
   • CREIGHTON","Lucy","M","1792-08-02",,"SJAL","Binney, Hinnert Newton",,