Benjamin
Abind
McCraw
Born before in Southam Parish, Cumberland, Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of William McCraw I
and Elizabeth (Dancy) McCraw
[uncertain]
Brother of
Francis McCraw, William McCraw Jr., Samuel McCraw, Edward McCraw, James McCraw, Stephen McCraw and Dancy McCraw
Husband of
Ursula (East) McCraw
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died before
at about age 65
in Surry, North Carolina [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2016
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Biography
Benjamin Abind McCraw was still a minor when his father's Will was proved at the May Court in 1752. He executed a will on 8 Dec 1812 which was proved on 13 Aug 1813. His widow's name was USLEY or Ursula, possibly surnamed EAST, possibly a daughter of SARAH MADDOX and JOSEPH EAST. His known and possible children, order of birth not confirmed:
- Samuel McCraw (uncertain)
- Cabraid McCraw (uncertain)
- Baird (Byard) McCraw (uncertain)
- Sherod/Sherwood McCraw
- Deborah McCraw
- Elizabeth McCraw
- Lockey McCraw
- Washington Maddox/Mattox McCraw (uncertain)
and possibly other children not known.
Sources
- Carol McCraw, "It Is McCraw, Not McGraw", 1981, p. 1078-1079.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Deanna (Dalton) Brittain
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M187313 [compare]
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~0.78%
Maurice Allison :
23andMe, GEDmatch M363052 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M363052 [compare], FTDNA kit #43899
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~0.78%
Mary Elkins :
23andMe, GEDmatch A023130 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member closer13
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Harvey Bennett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member harvbennett34
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~0.78%
Lonnie Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch UVMH7 [compare], Ancestry member sgjlgj
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~0.78%
Jennifer Wood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QD3146867 [compare]
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~0.78%
Diane (Lewis) West :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A308058 [compare]
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~0.39%
Lynn (West) Clark :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A250980 [compare]
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E. McCraw
McCraw-267 and McCraw-184 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth/death, children. Same source. They're the same! We'll just have to confirm spelling of the middle name. Carol McCraw documented it as: "Abind". I'll put both in the merged profile.
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by E. McCraw
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