John Craft (1723 - 1807)

Born 12 Jul 1723 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Youngman) Craft — married 20 May 1740 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1807 at about age 83 in Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

"57. John Craft (son of John) (28) (Ancestry Ephraim, John, Lieut. Griffin). Born at Roxbury, Mass., 12 July, 1723. Published in Boston 20 May, 1740, with his cousin (on his mother's side), Sarah Youngman, daughter of Ebenezer and Mercy (Jones) Youngman of Boston. She was born in Boston 13 Feb., 1721/22. No further records have been obtained." ^[1] Page 102.

"Descendants of John Craft, of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
54. John Craft lived at the time of his marriage in the vicinity of Fishkill, Dutchess Co., N. Y. The date of his birth has not been ascertained, but it was probably as early as 1723. He removed thence to Brady's Fort, near Muncy, Lycoming Co., Pa. His four elder children are said to have been born at or near Fishkill, and to have been married prior to his removal. He died previous to 1808. His marriage record has not been obtained.
He had nine children, as follows :
Jesse Craft, b. about 1756. He was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and d. during the war. He was married and had a dau. Mary Craft, who m. Jacob Buck of Lycoming Co. , Pa.
Jerusha Craft, b. about 1757, m. John Robb. He was a captain in the Revolutionary War, and after his death, she received, for many years, a pension from the U. S. Government. She d. 3 Mch. . 1843, over eighty-three years of age. They had two ch.. viz.: (1) Mary Robb, who m. Jacob Fuster of Lycoming Co., Pa. (2) John Robb Jr.
William Craft, b. in 1758. [55]
Zoaf or Zopher Craft, b. about 1763. He lived at White Deer Valley, Lycoming Co., Pa. He m. and had seven ch. ; four sons and three daughters. One son, Joseph Craft, lived at La Porte, Ind.
Abraham Craft, b. about 1764.
Rachel Craft, b. about 1766, m. John Herod.
Joseph Craft, b. about 1768.
John Craft, b. 3 May, 1770. [56]
Hannah Craft, b. 3 May, 1770, (twin sister), m. Edward T. Roark of Muncy, Pa. No ch. He was a school teacher, and d. in 1839. She d. about 1840 or 1842."
^[2] Page 724.

"He married Sarah Youngman 20 May 1740 at Boston, MA. They had nine children. He left Watertown, MA in 1747 moving to Fishkill, NY then in 1772 moved to Fort Brady in PA. Burial place unknown." ^[3]

Research Notes

The Craft Family Genealogy doesn't connect the John Craft of Roxbury, MA who was pub. to Sarah Youngman in 1740 with the John Craft of Fishkill, NY whose 1st child was b. in 1756. Find-a-Grave merges the two but doesn't give a source for the merge. The gap between the marriage and birth of 1st child makes this merge questionable, although not impossible.

He was the son ofJohn Craft and Elizabeth Youngman.

Sources

1. ↑ Crafts, "The Crafts Family: A Genealogical and Biographical History of the Descendants of Griffin and Alice Craft, of Roxbury, Mass., 1630-1890" by William Francis Crafts, 1893. ".
2. ↑ The Crafts family: A genealogical and biographical history of the descendants of Griffin and Alice Craft, of Roxbury, Mass. 1630-1890, 1893.
3. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158686447/john-craft

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4LP-CQP : 10 December 2019), John Craft, 1723.
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQP-5PD : 9 February 2018), John Crofts and Sarah Youngman, 20 May 1740; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0928191 IT 2.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Diana Bardsley for creating Crafts-49 on 24 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Diana and others.