Moses Craft (1785 - 1839)

Born 4 Jun 1785 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Died 10 Apr 1839 at age 53 in Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States

Biography

When Moses Craft was born on June 4, 1785, in Pomfret, Connecticut, his father, Benjamin, was 50 and his mother, Anna, was 42. He married Esther Mary Cannon on January 6, 1818, in Norwalk, Connecticut. They had four children in 10 years. He died on April 10, 1839, in Troy, New York, at the age of 53, and was buried there.

Sources

• Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) for Moses Craft

Willington Vital Records 1727-1851 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/1034/images/VBMDUSACT1634_0051-0119?pId=29490 U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Moses Craft Connecticut The Hartford Times Marriage 1817-1830 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/50015/images/40699_2221301230_7224-00050?pId=524957 U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995 for Moses Crafts 02 08 Potter https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9063/images/42691_2321306652_0696-00323?pId=14599 Moses M Craft in the U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4281&h=331306&ssrc=pt&tid=56514646&pid=262111327819&usePUB=true New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 for Moses Craft Rensselaer 1800 Troy https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_328806-00608?pId=241555 New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 for Moses Craft Rensselaer 1801 Troy https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_328806-00773?pId=245654 New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 for Moses Craft Rensselaer 1802 Troy https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_328806-00930?pId=249941 1820 United States Federal Census for Moses Craft New York Rensselaer Troy https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7734/images/4433437_00234?pId=501302 1830 United States Federal Census for Moses Craft New York Rensselaer Troy Ward 2 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8058/images/4410630_00049?pId=53457

New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 for Moses Craft Rensselaer Probate Records, Vol 0026-0029, 1838-1847 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8800/images/005121339_00131?pId=1250432