Capt. Joseph Craft

Captain Joseph Craft

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Joseph Craft, the eldest child of Samuel Craft, Jr. & Elizabeth Sharp, and great grandson of the family's immigrant ancestor Griffin Craft(s), was b. of record on October 1, 1694 at Roxbury, Massachusetts and died at Pomfret, Connecticut on January 23, 1754, Æ 60.

Per the Craft(s) Genealogy, Joseph married circa 1719 Susanna Warner, whose parents and origins are not given. The Putnam Congregational Church was organized in Killingly, Connecticut in 1715. At the time the church parish encompassed portions of present-day Pomfret, Killingly and Thompson, Connecticut. On October 29, 1719 of record in the Putnam Congregational Church, Joseph Craft of Roxbury, Massachusetts m. Susanna Warner of Pomfret, Connecticut, daughter of Samuel Warner and Mehitable Sabin, born of record July 19, 1703 in Woodstock, Connecticut. At the time of her birth Woodstock was part of Massachusetts, now in Windham County, Connecticut. She died in Pomfret on August 26, 1786 (g.s.)

Joseph "Craft" and Susanna "Craft," obviously husband and wife, were admitted as covenant members of the Roxbury Church in August 1720, one month prior to the purported birth of their first child, Susanna (neither her birth nor baptism appears in the Roxbury records). An extended bio will be added later. The Pomfret vital records uses the name "Craft" for the entire family, and Joseph's gravestone has the surname of Craft vs. Crafts.

Their fifteen children, the first purportedly b. at Roxbury, Massachusetts, the rest at Pomfret, Connecticut (Craft(s) Family Genealogy), are:

i. Susanna Craft, b. September 23, 1720, d. childless at Pomfret, Conn. on September 22, 1748, Æ 28; married on April 26, 1748 at Pomfret as his first wife, Abiel Lyon.

ii. Samuel Craft, Esqr., born on July 15, 1722, died on November 20, 1791 at Pomfret, Connecticut; married on February 19, 1746/7 at Pomfret, Judith Payson, daughter of Edward Payson & Thankful Holmes. She was b. November 22, 1720 at Pomfret and died there on February 13, 1813. Five children of record at Pomfret.

iii. Joseph Craft, born on July 4, 1724; died in infancy on January 17, 1724/5.

iv. Mary Craft, bon on November 27, 1725, died childless at Tolland, Connecticut on September 19, 1807, Æ 82; married 1) on March 5, 1755 at Pomfret, Connecticut as his 2nd wife, Benjamin Sharp, who died in 1782. Mary married 2) on June 3, 1783 at Tolland, Connecticut as his 2nd wife, Deacon Ichabod Griggs, who died at Tolland on May 9, 1790.

v. Elizabeth Craft, born on September 12, 1727, died on March 8, 1766 at Pomfret, Connecticut, Æ 39; married on January 2, 1748 at Pomfret, Peter Allen. Seven children of the family.

vi. Mehitable Craft, born on March 27, 1729; m. an unknown Bingham.

vii. Hannah Craft, born on March 8, 1730/1; d. unmarried on March 3, 1777 at Pomfret, Connecticut.

viii. Joseph Craft, Jr., born on March 8, 1732/3, died in April or May, 1777 while a soldier in the Rev. War.; married on January 8, 1756 Sarah Goodell. Twelve children of the family.

ix. Benjamin Craft, born on February 20, 1734/5, purportedly died on October 1785; married on March 12, 1761 at the Cong. Church at Woodstock, Connecticut, Anna Richardson, daughter of Zachariah Richardson & the former widow Lydia Willis. She was born at Woodstock, Connecticut on July 31, 1742 and died at Hartland, Vermont on June 22, 1825. Nine children of record at Pomfret, Connecticut.

x. Griffin Craft, born on February 21, 1736/7; d. in infancy May 11, 1737.

xi. Griffin Craft, born on July 9, 1738; died in infancy June 20, 1743.

xii. Col. Ebenezer Craft, born on September 22, 1740, died on May 24, 1810 at Craftsbury, Vermont, Æ 70; m. December 9, 1762, Mehitable Chandler, born on January 28, 1741 at Woodstock, Connecticut and died at Craftsbury, Vermont on September 29, 1812, Æ 72. Five children of the family.

xiii. Frances Craft, born on January 27, 1742/3, died at Pomfret on July 7, 1788, Æ 46; married on December 12, 1765 at Pomfret, Daniel Goodell. Four children of the family.

xiv. Moses Craft, born on April 15, 1744, d. unmarried at Troy, New York on May 21, 1812, Æ 69.

xv. Sarah Craft, born on January 5, 1745/6; died in infancy on June 20, 1750.

Children: Elizabeth Allen (born Craft), Susannah Craft, Samuel Craft, Joseph (1) Craft, Mary Craft, Mehitable Craft, Hannah Craft, Joseph (2) Craft, Benjamin Craft, Griffin (1) Craft, Griffin (2) Craft, Ebenezer Craft, Frances Craft, Moses Craft, Sarah Craft

GEDCOM Note

<p>Source: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts prepared under the editorial supervision of William Richard Cutter, A.M., Volume III, Illustrated. New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1908.</p><p><p>Captain John Craft, born October 1, 1694, Roxbury; married Susannah Warner.</p><p></p>