Moses Crafts (1754 - 1812)

Born 14 Aug 1754 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1812 at age 57 in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States

Biography

Private Moses Crafts served with 15th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Moses Crafts is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027180.

Moses Crafts is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 140159
Rank: Private

Moses Craft/Crafts of Newton was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving as a Private in Phineas Cook's company which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, under command of Capt. Lieut. John Marean, to headquarters at Cambridge, and in Capt. Phineas Cook's company, Col. William Bond's (late Col. Thomas Gardner's) regiment, and promoted to Corporal, in 1775. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Moses was born in 1754. He was the son of Samuel Craft. ^{[6] [7]}

HE married Hadassa Mills, Oct. 21, 1779 in Newton. ^{[6] [7]}

He passed away in 1812.

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
5. ↑ History of Newton, Massachusetts
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-03-14), "Record of Moses Craft", Ancestor # A027180.

• Smith, S.F., History of Newton, Massachusetts (The American Logotype Co., Boston, 1880); p. 339-47

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVH-SK7T : 19 February 2021), Moses Craft, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG49-5R2M : 19 February 2021), Moses Craffts Or Crafts, 6 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGQ-2FYK : 19 February 2021), Moses Crafts, 6 Oct 1775; citing Military Service, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVH-SK7Y : 19 February 2021), Moses Craft, 26 Dec 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 4,
  • p. 60
    • "CRAFFTS, MOSES, Newton. Corporal, Capt. Phineas Cook's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Gardner's) 37th regt. ; company return dated Oct. 6, 1775."
  • p. 62
    • "CRAFT, MOSES, Newton. Private, Capt. Phineas Cook's co., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, under command of Capt. Lieut. John Marean, to headquarters at Cambridge; service, 5 days; also, Capt. Phineas Cook's co., Col. William Bond's (late Gardner's) regt. ; order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 26, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Amariah Fuller's (Newton) co., Col. Thatcher's regt. ; company called out March 1, 1776 ; service, 5 days ; roll sworn to at Watertown."

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTQ-9DM : 20 May 2022), Moses Craft, 14 Aug 1754; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZR-RYML : 11 May 2022), Moses Craft and Hadasah Mills, 21 Aug 1779; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-4BH : 20 May 2022), Moses Craft, 2 Oct 1779; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHV3-ZBS : 16 August 2021), Moses Craft, 21 Oct 1779; citing Marriage, Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007579558.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-PQZ : 20 May 2022), Moses Croft, 21 Oct 1779; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-K671 : 11 May 2022), Moses Craft and Hadassah Mills, 21 Oct 1779; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011106.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZR-NF8L : 11 May 2022), Moses Craft and Haddapa Mills, 21 Oct 1779; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-8WXL : 11 May 2022), Moses Craft and Hadassa, ; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTQ-MRV : 20 May 2022), Moses Craft in entry for Moses Craft, 27 Jun 1780; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTQ-MRL : 20 May 2022), Moses Craft in entry for John Craft, 1 Jun 1782; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTQ-MR5 : 20 May 2022), Moses Craft in entry for Elisha Craft, 14 Sep 1787; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-36Y : 20 May 2022), Moses Craft in entry for Elisha Craft, 15 Feb 1788; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-KRLF : 1 March 2021), Moses Craft, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711083.

• Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1905);
  • p. 46 "Births", "Craft"
    • "Elisha, s. Moses and Hadassah, Sept. 14, 1787."
    • "John, s. Moses and Hadassah, June 1, 1782."
    • "Moses Mills, s. Moses and Hadassah, June 27, 1780."
  • p. 265 "Marriages", "Craft"
    • "Moses and Hadassah [dup. Hadassa] Mills, Oct. 21, 1779. [Hadassah, M.R.]"