Saturday, November 18, 2017

Surname Saturday -- CRAFT (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2051 who is Hannah CRAFT (1628-1692). 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 9th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this CRAFT family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

256. Robert Seaver (1702-1752)

257.  Eunice Rayment (1707-1772)

512.  Joseph Seaver (1672-1754)
513.  Mary Read (1680-????)


1024.  Shubael Seaver (1640-1730)
1025.  Hannah Wilson (1647-1722)


2050.  Nathaniel Wilson, born before 02 August 1621 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England; died 17 September 1692 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4100. Isaac Wilson and 4101. Susan Holgate.  He married 02 April 1645 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2051.  Hannah Craft, born about 1628 in England; died 17 August 1692 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Nathaniel Wilson and Hannah Craft are:
*  child Wilson (1646-1646).
Hannah Wilson (1647-1722), married 1668 Shubael Seaver (1640-1730).
*  Susanna Wilson (1650-1725), married 1673 Thomas Gill (1649-1725).
*  Nathaniel Wilson (1653-1721), married (1) 1680 Hannah Jackson (1660-1690); (2) 1693 Elizabeth Osland (1668-1715).
*  Joseph Wilson (1656-1710), married 1685 Deliverance Jackson (1657-1718).
*  Benjamin Wilson (1656-1706), married 1677 Sarah LNU (1658-1689).
*  Isaac Wilson (1658-1720), married 1685 Susanna Andrews (1659-????).
*  Mary Wilson (1661-1729), married 1682 Thomas Oliver (1660-1715).
*  Abigail Wilson (1663-1746), married 1687 Edward Jackson (1652-1727).
*  Samuel Wilson (1666-????), married 1696 Experience Trowbridge (1675-1705).

4102.  Griffin Craft, born before 21 May 1600 in Hereford, Yorkshire, England; died 04 October 1689 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1628 in England.
4103.  Alice LNU, born about 1600 in England; died before 26 March 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Griffin Craft and Alice are:
Hannah Craft (1628-1692), married 1645 Nathaniel Wilson (1621-1692)
*  John Craft (1630-1685), married (1) 1654 Rebecca Wheelock (1634-1667); (2) 1669 Mary Hudson (1632-1724).
*  Mary Craft (1632-1653), married 1652 Joseph Griggs (1624-1715).
*  Abigail Craft (1634-1706), married (1) 1651 John Ruggles (1625-1658); (2) 1659 Ralph Day (1620-1677); (3) 1678 Edward Adams (1629-1716).
*  Samuel Craft (1637-1691), married 1661 Elizabeth Seaver (1643-1731).
*  Moses Craft (1639-1718), married 1667 Rebecca Gardner (1647-1699).

Information about this Craft family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volume I (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), pages 489-491.

*  Joan S. Guilford, The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford (Orange, Calif. : Sheridan Psychological Services, Inc., 1990), Volume 1, pages 178-184.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

We have another connectio: Hannah Craft was the sister of my ancestor, John Craft. I'll send more privately.