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Ebenezer Craft (1705 - 1791)

Deacon Ebenezer Craft
Born in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
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Husband of — married 30 Apr 1735 in Brookline, Massachusettsmap
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Died at age 86 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

Ebenezer Craft was born to Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Weld) Craft April 22, 1705, at Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[1][2]

Ebenezer married Susannah White April 30, 1735, at Brookline, Massachusetts.[1][3]

Ebenezer died September 1, 1791, at Roxbury, Massachusetts. His wife, Susannah died September 4, 1752, at age 39.[1]

Ebenezer and Susannah had the following known children born at Roxbury, Massachusetts:[4]

  1. Samuel, b June 3, 1736
  2. Susannah, b april 9, 1738
  3. Ebenezer, b April 9, 1740; d Sept 2, 1761
  4. Caleb, b Aug 21, 1741
  5. Daniel, b April 3, 1743; d October 22, 1747
  6. Elizabeth, b May 22, 1747
  7. Daniel, b August 16, 1752

Ebenezer was a cordwainer. Like his father, he was a Deacon of the "First Religious Society" of Roxbury. He lived on the homestead in Roxbury that his father willed him. He owned other tracts of land in Massachusetts, as well, some of which were extensive.[5].

Ebenezer make his will May 21, 1789; it was probated October 25, 1791, and filed in Suffolk. His son, Caleb, and his son-in-law, John Heath, were the executors of his estate.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Crafts, James Monroe The Crafts family. A genealogical and biographical history of the descendants of Griffin and Alice Craft, of Roxburg, Mass. 1630-1890, published 1893. Reference page 89
  2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1870, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Roxbury Volume 1, page 78
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Brookline Volume 1, page 100
  4. ↑ Crafts, page 94
  5. ↑ Crafts, pages 90-93
  6. ↑ Crafts, page 94




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