I3963: Griffin CRAFTS (ABT 1603

Griffin CRAFTS

ABT 1603 - 4 Oct 1689

BIRTH: ABT 1603, England
EMIGRATION: 1630, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
DEATH: 4 Oct 1689, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA

Family 1 : Alice

MARRIAGE: ABT 1628, England

Family 2 : Ursula ADAMS

MARRIAGE: 15 Jul 1673, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

Family 3 : Dorcas FRENCH

MARRIAGE: ABT 1680

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[5174] "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England"
Anderson, Robert Charles
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, MA; 1995
http://NewEnglandAncestors.org/
"ORIGIN: Unknown; MIGRATION: 1630;
FIRST RESIDENCE: Roxbury
BIRTH: By about 1603 based on estimated date of marriage.
DEATH: Roxbury 4 October 1689
MARRIAGE: (1) In England by about 1628 Alice _____;
"Alice Craft, aged 73" died (or was buried) at Roxbury, 26 March 1673
(2) Dorchester 15 July 1673 Ursula (Adams) (Streeter) (Hosier) Robinson,
daughter of Henry Adams, and widow successively of Samuel Streeter,
Samuel Hosier and William Robinson; she died 20 February 1679
(3) Dorcas (French) Peake, daughter of Thomas French and widow
of Christopher Peake; she died at Roxbury on 30 December 1697."

"The Crafts Family"
James M. Crafts and William F. Crafts
Northampton, MA; 1893
"Our records begin with his arrival in this country, accompanied by his
wife Alice and daughter Hannah... By his wife Alice he had five more
children, John, Mary, Abigail, Samuel and Moses... Alice died in Roxbury,
March 25, 1673... Lieut. Griffin Crafts took a second wife, being married
July 15, 1673, to Ursula... She was a daughter of Henry Adams of Braintree...
He buried her, but consoled himself for his loss by marrying as third wife
Dorcas, daughter of John and Barbara Ruggles... She died Dec. 30, 1697.
Lieut. Griffin Crafts lived to an advanced age... He died Oct. 4, 1689."

"Pioneers of Massachusetts"
Pope, Charles Henry
Boston, MA; 1900
p122, "Craft, Crafts, Chroft; Griffin or Griffith"

"A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England"
James Savage
Pub. Boston, 1860-1862
Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998
v1 p469: "CRAFTS, GRIFFIN, Roxbury 1630, came, prob. with w. Alice and d. Hannah,
in the fleet with Winthrop freem. 18 May 1631; had John, b. 10 July 1630, the
earliest b. in town rec.; Mary, 10 Oct. 1632; Abigail, 28 Mar. 1634; Samuel,
12 Dec. 1637; and Moses, 28 Apr. 1641; was lieut. selectman, rep. 1663-7, ar. co.
1668, and d. 1690, leav. wid. Dorcas, his third or fourth w. wh. d. 30 Dec. 1697;
but he had former w. for he m. 15 July 1673, Ursula, wid. of William Robinson of
Dorchester, being, her fourth h.; and in the rec. is Alice C. d. 26 Mar. 1673,
aged 73. In his will, made 18 May 1689, pro. 9 Nov. 1690, of wh. Samuel was
excor. he names Abigail, wh. had first m. 24 Jan. 1651, John Ruggles, as w. of
Edward Adams; Hannah, as w. of Nathaniel Wilson; and gr.ch. Ephraim, s. of John.
Apostle Eliot spells his name Crofts; in some other rec. e is used for s final;
and often the first five letters made the name."

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"CRAFTS, Griffin (-1689) & 1/wf Alice _____ (-1673, ae 73); in Eng, by 1629;
Roxbury/Deerfield"
"CRAFTS, Griffin (1600-1689) & 2/wf Ursula (ADAMS) (STREETER) (CHOISER) ROBINSON (-1679),
w Stephen, ?w Samuel, w William; 15 Jul 1673; Charlestown"
"CRAFTS, Griffin (-1689) & 3/wf Dorcas (FRENCH) PEAKE (-1697), w Christopher; aft 1676,
aft 1679?"