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Lieut. Griffin Craft

Male about 1603 - 1689  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Griffin Craft 
    Prefix Lieut. 
    Birth about 1603  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 October 1689  Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Griffin Crofts, Crofte, Crafts, or Craft. Among his descendants, in eastern Massachusetts ‘Craft’ was favored, but in western Massachusetts and Connecticut ‘Crafts’ was more common.

      Griffin came to Roxbury in 1630, probably with his wife Alice and daughter Hannah in the fleet with Winthrop. He was a freeman 18 May 1631. He was lieut. selectman, rep. 1663-7, ar. co. 1668.

      ‘Griffith Crofts’ was admitted to Roxbury church as member #45. As ‘Griffin Crofte’ he was freeman, 18 May 1631.

      “Lieutenant Griffen Craft, immigrant ancestor of Craft and Crafts family, came to New England with Winthrop’s company and settled in Roxbury in 1630. He located on the west bank of Muddy river. His wife Alice and daughter Hannah came with him. There are reasons for believing he was from Yorkshire, England, and was born about 1600, and family tradition states that he came on the ship ‘Arabella.’ He was admitted a freeman May 18, 1631. He was a deputy to the general court in 1638-63-64-64-65-66-67. He was a juryman in 1640. He was commissioned lieutenant of the militia, September 10, 1653, and resigned his commission February 21 1675-76. He is supposed to have been part owner of a grist mill on Muddy river. He was selectman in 1650, and serverd until 1673, with the exception of two years, 1665 to 1667, during which time he was one of a committee of three to give the selectmen orders [what does that mean?]. He was commissioner to end small causes from 1659 to 1670 inclusive. He was often on committees to decide boundaries and settle estates. The last few years of his life he was blind.”

      Check out Joan S. Guilford’s book The Ancestry of Dr. J.P. Guilford, Volume 1, pp. 178-184 (Orange, California, 1990) for more on Griffin Craft and his descendants. [1, 2, 3]
    Person ID I1634  Schirado
    Last Modified 2 June 2012 

    Family/Spouse 1 Alice,   b. about 1600   d. 26 March 1673, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Marriage about 1628  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Hannah Craft,   b. about 1628, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 August 1692, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
    +2. John Craft,   b. 10 July 1630, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 October 1685, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
     3. Mary Craft,   b. 10 October 1632, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 July 1653 (Age 20 years)
    +4. Abigail Craft,   b. 28 March 1634, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 January 1706/7, Medfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +5. Lieut. Samuel Craft,   b. 12 December 1637, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 December 1709, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    Family ID F1169  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 2 Ursula Adams,   b. about July 1619, Barton, St David, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 February 1679, Charlestown, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Marriage 15 July 1673  Dorchester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F2373  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family/Spouse 3 Dorcas French,   b. about 1614, Assington, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 December 1697, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Family ID F2372  Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S11] Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1995).

    2. [S9] Joseph Savage, (Little Brown, Boston, 1860).

    3. [S47] William Richard Cutter, (Lewis Historical Publ. Co., New York, 1908, four volumes).

    4. [S25] Roxbury Vital Records.


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