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Mary Cravens (Harrison)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, United States
Death: August 27, 1781 (85)
Harrisonburg, Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Place of Burial: Harrisonburg, Augusta, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Isaiah Harrison, I and Elizabeth Harrison
Wife of Capt. Robert CRAVENS (Harrison) and Captain Robert R. Cravens, I
Mother of William Cravens; John Cravens; Elizabeth Cravens; Mary Cravens; Maggie Cravens and 13 others
Sister of Isaiah Harrison, II; John Harrison, I; Gideon Harrison and Elizabeth ‘Lydia’ Stewart
Half sister of Joseph Harrison, Sr.; Daniel B. Harrison, I; Thomas Harrison; Jeremiah Harrison; Abigail Herring and 2 others

Managed by: John H. Nye
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About Mary Cravens

  • CRAVENS, MARY HARRISON Ancestor #: A027561
  • Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
  • Birth: 5-25-1696 OYSTER BAY NEW YORK
  • Death: ANTE 5-28-1781 ROCKINGHAM CO VIRGINIA
  • Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES

Mary was born at Oyster Bay Long Island the first daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth Wright. After all her family moved from NY to Maidenhead Plantation 8 miles west of Lewes Delaware, she married Robert Cravens. Mary gave birth to 5 children while there. Pregnant with her 6th child, all the family including 14 other adults and numerous children sailed to VA in 1738. Mary is a Rev. War patriot for donating good to the cause of freedom from Britain.

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Mary Cravens's Timeline

1696
May 25, 1696
Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, United States
1722
1722
Sussex County, Delaware Colony
1722
Sussex, DE, United States
1723
1723
Sussex County, DE, United States
1723
Sussex, Delaware, United States
1723
Augusta, Rockingham, Virginia, United States
1724
July 23, 1724
Lewes, Sussex County, Delaware, Colonial America
1724
Augusta, Virginia, United States