Samuel Craig Jr (abt. 1757 - 1808)

Born about 1757 in New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Shields) Craig — married 1785 in Pennsylvania, United States

Died 28 Aug 1808 at about age 51 in Salem Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Samuel Craig Jr served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Craig Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027271.

Samuel Craig Jr. was born about 1757 in New Jersey, the son of Samuel Craig Sr. and Elizabeth McDonald^[1].

Samuel served as a lieutenant in 1781 under Col. Lochry against the Indians on the Ohio River, where Colonel was killed. Samuel was captured, taken to Detroit and was a held prisoner until 1783.

Marriage and Children

Samuel Craig married Elizabeth Shields. (There were multiple marriages between the Shields and Craig families, probably dating back to relationships formed between males in the families who served together in the Revolutionary War. Samuel's daughter Jane also married a Shields.)

To Samuel and Elizabeth's union were born the following children^[2] :

• Alexander Craig (who married 1. Rebecca Moorehead and 2. Sybilla Kern)
• Elizabeth Craig Plummer (who married John Boyd Plummer)
• Jane Craig Shields (who married George Shields)
• Samuel Craig Jr. who (who married Sallie Hogg)
• John Craig (who married Mary Kirkpatrick)
• James Craig (who married Sarah A Weaver)

Death and Burial

Samuel Craig died 28 Aug 1808 in Salem Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania^[3]. In 1839, his widow, Elizabeth, at the age of 75, received a pension for seventeen months of actual service of her husband^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ DAR citation below
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 23 June 2022), "Record of Samuel Craig Jr", Ancestor # A027271.
3. ↑ Washington DC Wills and Probate Records
4. ↑ Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements

• Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 113 : 1914: [1]

• Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements and Rosters, Statement of Elizabeth Craig: [2]

• Revolutionary War Pension Record - Robert Orr

• Revolutionary War Pension Record - Samuel Craig/Elizabeth Craig

• Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution: battalions and line, 1775-1783
• Vol. I. Continental Line. First Pennsylvania: [3]

• Craig Family History: [4]

• Source Citation Probate Records (District of Columbia), 1801-1930; Author: District of Columbia. Register of Wills; Probate Place: District of Columbia, Washington, D.C. : [5]

Acknowledgments

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Sources added by Tani Nicolette Slusser Toussaint in August 2022.