Johann Frederick Croft, Sr.

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About Johann Frederick Croft, Sr.

Frederick CROFT was born Abt 1746 in Nr Phila PA ?. He was the son of 2. Johann Frederick CROFT and 3. Anna Barbara SALLADE.


John Frederick was born about 1745 and passed away about 1805. His parents are believed to be Johann Frederick Krafft and Anna Barbara Selleck Croft.

He married Catherine Jackson in Greenville Co., SC in 1748.

His children are: Jacob, John Frederick Jr., John B., Dolly, Martin, Rebecca, John R., Nancy Anne, Elizabeth, Catherine, and David


  • PA Probate Records 1683-1994 on line, Somerset Co PA, Wills 1795-1814 Vol 1, Image 95, p 176-177:
  • Frederick Kraft of Brothers Valley Tp
  • Written 2 Mar.1798, Proved 4 Mar 1802
  • Executor son-in-law Philip Weigley
  • Witnesses Joseph Weigley & Philip Weigley Jr
  • To "my son-in-law Philip Wegerline in whose house I now live, the sum of 20 pounds a year for my boarding and lodging" (He was living with his oldest daughter, Anna Dorothea (Kraft) Weigley/Wegerline & husband Philip).
  • Estate to be divided into 5 shares and distributed as follows:
  • 1 To my beloved son Frederick Kraft
  • 2 To son Peter Kraft
  • 3 To son Abraham Kraft
  • 4 To son-in-law Philip Wegerline
  • 5 To son John Kraft, son-in-law George Coleman, son-in-law Martin Fightner's 2 sons John and Martin, Jonathan Harry's son John (this share divided into 5 parts)
  • Frederick Kraft's sons Peter & Abraham might have moved to the Ligonier Valley of Westmoreland Co., where those names appear in early census and tax records. His youngest son, David Kraft/Croft, remained in Franklin Co, in Hamilton Tp.
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 18 2017, 4:52:41 UTC
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 18 2017, 4:58:17 UTC
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 18 2017, 4:58:17 UTC
  • Reference: RootsWeb's WorldConnect - SmartCopy: Apr 19 2017, 8:25:59 UTC

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Johann Frederick Croft, Sr.'s Timeline

1745
January 15, 1745
Nr Phila PA ?
1763
1763
1765
January 15, 1765
Chatham,Chatham,North Carolina,USA
January 15, 1765
Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
January 15, 1765
Chatham, Chatham, North Carolina, United States
1767
1767
Chatham, South Carolina, United States