Bob Lynch Of KC,MO and The List: I've always thought or at least believed my Craigs came through the "Irish Settlement" or was related to those who did. In the information you listed(see below), I noted: "Colonel Robert Craig, D. C. of the regular army and a graduate of West Point". Have you checked to see what his West Point records say? Could be interesting. Sincerely, Deane 'DOC' Craig Las Vegas, Nevada (my oldest proven direct line ancestor is Robert Craig born 1781 VA and is buried in Edgar Co., Illinois) On Mon, 01 May 2000 21:56:05 -0500 "Bob D. Lynch" <geo@qni.com> writes: > Lauri: > > Craig History and Genealogy, by Winchell McKendree Craig, 1956, pp. > 88-90 reads as follows; > > About 1700, a family of Craigs, consisting of four brothers and > three > sisters, Daniel, Thomas, James, William, Sarah, Margart and Jane, > came > from the North of Ireland, presumably from Derry, to Eastern > Pennsylvania. Daniel Craig had a daughter, Sarah, who married John > Barnhill; thier daughter Margaret married Cornelius V. S. Rosevelt, > and > their son Theodore, married Martha Bullock, the son of Theodore and > Martha Rosevelt was President Theordore Roosevelt of the United > States. > > In 1728, Thomas, James, and William Craig, with their sister, Jane > and > her husbnad, John Boyd went from Philadelphia to a place on > Catasaqua > Creek within the bounds of the present Northampton County, Pa., and > founded the "Craig Settlement" later known as the "Irish > Settlement". > There were at least six or more descendants of these Craigs who > served > in the war of the American Revolution; among them was a grandson of > Thomas Craig, also Thomas Craig who served from the beginning to the > close of the Revolution in 1774 as Second Lieutenant, was promoted > successively to the offices of Captain, Lieutenant Colonel, and > Colonel > in 1776 and 1777, Bevvetted Grigadier General in 1783, and in 1807 > becaume Major General of the 7th Division Pennsylvania Militia. He > had > a son, Thomas, who had four sons, Colonel John Craig who served in > the > Civil War as Colonel of the 147th PA Regiment; the later Judge Allen > Craig of Mauch Chuck Pa. Mr. William Craig of Blue Springs, > Nebraska > and Colonel Robert Craig, D. C. of the regular army and a graduate > of > West Point. General Thomas Craig had a brother, John Craig who was > commissiined December 2, 1778, and served as Captain in the 4th > Regiment > PA, Light Dragoon and was promoted by General Washington the best > horseman in the army. Ke was Sheriff of Northampton County, Pa. > from > 1793 to 1796. > > Captain Samuel Craig of this connection served six years in the > continental line from Pa, and after the close of the was settled in > Green county, TN" > > Oliver Perry Temple of Knoxville, Tennessee was a grandson of Samuel > and > said that his broters were Thomas Craig a Colonel, Isaac Craig a > Major, > and John and James as Captains. Losts of records on descendants of > Captain Samuel Craig in the DAR. > > I am working on Book on the descendants of Samuel Craig, but figured > it > would be great if found information on his parents and family. > > Bob Lynch > KC MO > > > ==== CRAIG Mailing List ==== > All material sent through Craig-L > is copyright 2000 by its original author > permission must be obtained from the original author > for the reuse of any text, "whole or in part". > CRAIG Genealogy WEB Page > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9791 > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. >