Eleazer Crafts (1743 - 1793)

Born 31 Jul 1743 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Biography

Lieutenant Colonel Eleazer Crafts served with Essex County, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Eleazer Crafts is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027164.

Eleazer Crafts is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 140169
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

Eleazer Crafts was an officer during the Revolutionary War, serving as a Major in Col. James Collins's 6th Essex County regiment, commissioned April 24, 1777, and as Major in Col. Samuel Johnson's regiment, and as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Essex County Militia. ^{[1] [2]}

Eleazer Crafts was born on July 31, 1743 in Ipswich, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, son of Benjamin Craft (1706–1746) and Margaret Choate (~1709–1767). ^{[3] [4]}

He married Elizabeth Sample, Jan. 6, 1767, in Manchester, Massachusetts. ^[5]

Eleazer died on September 20, 1793, aged 50. ^[5]

He was buried in Old Burial Ground, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex County, Massachusetts. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-11-14), "Record of Eleazer Crafts", Ancestor # A027164.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Records of Manchester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53207064/eleazer-crafts: accessed), memorial page for Maj Eleazer Crafts (31 Jul 1743–20 Sep 1793), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53207064, citing Old Burial Ground, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by John Glassford (contributor 47271570)

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter, Boston, 1896-1908) Vol. 4, p. 64
  • "CRAFTS, ELEAZER. 2d Major, Col. James Collins's (6th Essex Co.) regt. ; list of officers of Mass, militia; commissioned April 24, 1777; also, Major, Col. Samuel Johnson's regt.; engaged Sept. 1, 1777; discharged Nov. 30, 1777; service, 3 mos. 13 days, travel included, in Northern department ; roll sworn to at Watertown ; also, same regt.; pay abstract for rations sworn to in Middlesex Co., June 5, 1778; rations allowed from Sept. 1, 1777, to Dec. 12, 1777."

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7B4-WLZ : 10 November 2022), Elezer Crafts in entry for Abigail Smith, 1845.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWCL-7RX : 17 November 2022), Eleazer Crafts in entry for David Crafts, 1848.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7LN-RM8 : 14 December 2022), E... Crofts in entry for Martha Lee, 1860.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-B1RR : Wed Oct 25 22:22:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Eleazer Craft and Benjamin, 31 Jul 1743.

• Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1910) Vol. 1 (1910) Births, p. 103 "Eleazer, s. Benjamin and Margaret, bp. July 31, 1743."

• Vital Records of Manchester, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1903);
  • p. 152 "Marriages", "Craft"
    • "Eleazar, and [" Misrs." int.] Elizabeth Sample, Jan. 6, 1767."
  • p. 245 "Deaths", "Crafts"
    • "Eleazer, Maj., Sept. 20, 1793, a. 50 y."
    • "Elizabeth, wid., old age, Mar. 16, 1824, a. 89 y. c. R. [relict of Maj. Eleazer, a. 89 y. 4 m. 19 d. "