John Peter Croft

John Peter Croft (Krafft)
Birthdate:	February 23, 1746
Birthplace:	Philadelphia, PA, United States
Death:	1800 (53-54)
Immediate Family:	Son of Johann Frederick Kraft; Johann Frederick Krafft and Maria Margaretta Krafft Brother of Anna Dorothea Fronica Weigley; Anna Barbara Croft; John Martin Croft; John Valentine Croft; Eva Kraft and 6 others Half brother of John Croft and Johann Frederick Croft, Sr.

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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.
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1746	February 23, 1746	Birth of John Peter Croft Philadelphia, PA, United States
1747	March 2, 1747 Age 1	Baptism of John Peter Croft St Michael/Zion Luth Ch Cm, Bettelhausen, Germantown, Philadelphia Co PA
1800	1800 Age 53	Death of John Peter Croft

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