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Anna Farmer (Peters) Craft (1798 - 1859)

Anna Farmer (Nancy) Craft formerly Peters
Born in Hampstead, Queens, New Brunswickmap
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Wife of — married 23 Oct 1823 in Hampstead, Queens, NBmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 61 in Baring, Washington, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

Ann Farmer "Nancy" Peters was born at Hampstead, New Brunswick, 25 Aug 1798 (FindAGrave), and baptized there, 3 Aug 1800 (together with her sisters, Elizabeth and Ruth, and her brother, John), [1] the daughter of Marcus Peters and Frances Golding; [2] died of apoplexy at Baring, Maine, 7 Sep 1859, aged 61y, [3] [4] [5] and is buried in the Baring Cemetery. [6]

She married at Hampstead, New Brunswick, 23 Oct 1823, Samuel P. Craft. [2] [7]

Lived at Baring, Maine. [8]

Children: [9]

  1. Reuben Joseph Craft, b. at Hampstead, New Brunswick, 26 Feb 1828; married at Calais, Maine, 4 Jan 1847, Esther Bailey.
  2. Elizabeth Jane Craft, b. 4 Nov 1829 in New Brunswick; m. at Alexander, Maine, 20 Jan 1849, Nathaniel Bailey, Jr.; lived at Baileyville, Maine; seven children.
  3. Alithea Mary "Althea" Craft, b. at Saint John, New Brunswick, 12 Aug 1831; married Abner Bailey; six children; d. at Princeton, Maine, 14 May 1908.
  4. Charlotte Augusta Craft, b. at Hampton, New Brunswick, c1835; married, intentions at Calais, Maine, 10 Nov 1851, John Hazen Hoar.
  5. Marcus Wilbur Craft, b. at Hodgdon, Maine, 29 Sep 1836; married Sarah Stuart.
  6. James Alpheus Craft, born at Hodgdon, Maine, 24 Sep 1838; married Georgianna G. Tracy.
  7. Emily Maston Craft, born at Richmond Center, New Brunswick, 29 Aug 1840; married at Alexander, Maine, 15 Oct 1861, Benjamin Strout Bailey.
  8. Almira Peters Craft, b. at Orient, Maine, 28 Sep 1843; married at Alexander, Maine, 25 May 1862, Jacob Bridges Bailey.
  9. Martha Angevine Craft, born 12 Dec 1845; died at Baring, 4 Nov 1849.

Fifth great granddaughter of Arthur Golding.

Sources

  1. Otty, Marianne Grey, The Marianne Grey Otty Database (Loyalist Collection of the Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick), Peters family baptisms at Hampstead, New Brunswick. Cit. Date: 21 Oct 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Adams, Hebron E., The Craft Family of New York, New Brunswick, and Maine (Typescript, self-published, Reston, Virginia, Feb 1987. Photocopy in the library of David James; additional copies archived at Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine; Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick; New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick; Kings County Museum, Hampton, New Brunswick; Calais Free Library, Calais, Maine), p. 7. Cit. Date: 5 Aug 2022.
  3. Johnson, Daniel F., Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics (Provincial Archives of New Brunswick), Vol. 20, No. 896, citing the 23 Sep 1859 issue of the [Saint John, NB] Religious Intelligencer, death notice: "d. Ann w/o Samuel CRAFT of Baring, Maine departed this life 7th Sept. age 61 (or 81) She had been a follower of Christ about 28 years as a member of Free Baptist Church, left husband, nine children, grandchildren. (see original)" Cit. Date: 5 Aug 2022.
  4. Maine State Archives; Augusta, Maine; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, Maine, 1850-1880; Archive Collection: 2; Census Year: 1859; Census Place: Baring, Washington, Maine; Page: 6, Ann Crafts. Accessed 5 Aug 2022.
  5. Adams, op. cit., p. 8. Cit. Date: 5 Aug 2022.
  6. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 06 August 2020), memorial page for Ann Craft (unknown–7 Sep 1859), Find A Grave: Memorial #180129463, citing Baring Cemetery, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by D (Huntley) Carter (contributor 47177961).
  7. Otty, Marianne Grey, The Marianne Grey Otty Database (Loyalist Collection of the Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick), Peters family marriages at Hampstead, New Brunswick. Cit. Date: 22 Oct 2023.
  8. "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VC-B3D : Thu Oct 05 10:22:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Craft and Ann Craft, 1850.
  9. Adams, op. cit., pp. 7-8. Cit. Date: 5 Aug 2022.




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Children1.Has Children Frances Ann CRAFT b: 6 May 1826 in New Brunswick

2.Has Children Reuben Joseph CRAFT b: 26 Feb 1828 in Hampstead, Queens, NB 3.Has Children Elizabeth Jane CRAFT b: 4 Nov 1829 in Saint John, Saint John, NB 4.Has Children Althea Mary CRAFT b: 12 Aug 1831 in Saint John, Saint John, NB 5.Has Children Charlotte Augusta CRAFT b: 8 Jul 1834 in Weston, Aroostook, ME 6.Has No Children Marcus Wilbur CRAFT b: 29 Sep 1836 in Hodgdon, Aroostook, ME 7.Has Children James Alpheus CRAFT b: 24 Sep 1838 in Hodgdon, Aroostook, ME 8.Has Children Emily Maston CRAFT b: 29 Aug 1840 in Richmond Corner, Carleton, NB 9.Has Children Almira Peters CRAFT b: 28 Sep 1843 in Orient, Aroostook, ME 10.Has No Children Martha Angevine CRAFT b: 12 Dec 1845

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