Thomas Cragg (1763 - 1848)

Born 22 Dec 1763 in Wyresdale, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Kelsall) Cragg — married 15 May 1800 in Friends Meeting House, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

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Biography

An entry for 1st April 1800 in the diary of his brother, David, reads: "Today my brother Thomas and Betty Kelsall appeared before the month meeting and declared their intention of taking each other in marriage. Will wonders never cease." For some reason David was not told of Thomas' intentions of marriage and he was not present at the declaration of intentions. Thomas was quite upset about it.

A further entry in the diary of David Cragg reads: "On the 15th day of the 5th month 1800 my brother Thomas was married at Lancaster meeting. We was all present and all sat in the gallery with him. Wm. Jepson preached. Then Thomas stood with Betty Kelsall and said his homeny very well but she was very small and abashed and all the words that were heard by anybody was ten degrees below wispering. William Jepson asked her to repeat it louder and many heard her. Then the marriage certificate was signed by about 36 people."

After his marriage continued for a time to work with his brothers, David, Titus and Richard on his father's farm and he lived in a cottage on the land that his father had leased from Thomas Bateson. From October 1804 he farmed on his own account at Damasgillside, Wyresdale. The house has since been demolished and the stone used for other purposes

Sources

• The Craggs of Greenbank, Georgina Fandrey (nee: Cragg)
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