Thomas Craven Esquire (1742 - 1817)

Born 25 Aug 1742 in Augusta, Virginia

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Died 24 Jun 1817 at age 74 in Coleridge, Randolph County, North Carolina

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1744. He died 24 Jun 1817.^[1]

1790 Census Randolph Co., NC - 2 males > 16, 5 males < 16, 5 females^[2]

1800 Census Randolph Co., NC - 1 male 45+, 1 female 45+, 2 males 10-15, 2 males 16-26, 2 females 10-15, 2 females 16-26^[3]

1810 Census Randolph Co., NC - 1 male 45+, 1 female 45+, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 16-26^[4]

TRANSCRIPT OF WILL OF THOMAS CRAVEN: In the name of God Amen I Thomas Craven of the State of North Carolina and County of Randolph being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory. ... first I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Frances - during her life or widowhood all that track. Parcels of Land whereon I now Live Containing 134 acres with all buildings and houses of..... shall descent to my son Solomon Craven- I give and bequeath unto my son Jacob my rifle gun I give and bequeath unto my daughter Fanny one loom and ten dollars I give and bequeath unto my daughter Caty ten dollars I give and bequeath unto my daughter Janney ten dollars I give and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah ten dollars I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary ten dollars ..... remaining of the money to be divided equally amongst the following heirs, Peter Craven, Samuel Craven, John Craven, Jacob Craven, Thomas Craven, Solomon Craven --- Sarah Johnston, Mary Moffitt, and Fanny Craven..... set my hand and seal this 28th of January 1814

His name appears on lists of colonists involved with Capt. Benjamin Merrell and The Regulators of North Carolina before the Revolution: http://www.sonsofdewittcolony.org/mckstmerindivid.htm

Research Notes

We know that his wife was named Frances from his will but we haven't had a last name. Now someone is saying her maiden name was Hewitt, without a source except for the Mary Craven Purvis book... but she is not named in that book.

The Catherine "Caty" who is attached to his Find A Grave memorial is not his daughter Caty, but his brother John's daughter, also named Catherine "Caty".

Sources

1. ↑ Grave Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 July 2020), memorial page for Thomas Craven (25 Aug 1742–24 Jun 1817), Find A Grave: Memorial #29674645, citing Concord Cemetery, Coleridge, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Charmie Summers (contributor 47028311)
2. ↑ 1790 Census "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-1GR : accessed 9 April 2021), Thomas Craven, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 293, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
3. ↑ 1800 Census "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-19W : accessed 9 April 2021), Thomas Craven, Hillsboro, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 306, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 337,908.
4. ↑ 1810 Census "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLM-LPB : accessed 9 April 2021), Thomas Craven, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 162, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 337,911.

• Purvis, Mary Craven. Craven: Descendants of Peter Craven, Randolph County, NC, 1985, pg 11
• "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GM9V : accessed 9 April 2021), Thomas Craven, 05 Mar 1782; citing North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.