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Col. John Crawford

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Death: April 1748 (56-65)
Green Township, Forest County, PA
Immediate Family:

Husband of Mary Crawford
Father of Maj. Robert Crawford; Joseph Crawford; Maj. James Crawford, Sr.; Mary Crawford; Col. William Crawford and 3 others

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About Col. John Crawford

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From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crawford-6922

JOHN CRAWFORD was born Abt. 1687 in Ayershire, Scotland, and died Abt. 1748 in PA.

It is believed that he emigrated to America with the ancestors of Andrew Jackson.

Children of COLONEL JOHN CRAWFORD are:

  • i. ROBERT (Major) CRAWFORD, b. 1726-1728, Ireland; d. October 8, 1801, Lancaster Co., PA.
  • ii. JAMES CRAWFORD, SR., b. 1728-1734, Lancaster, PA (or Ireland?); d. 1777-1779, Waxhaws Settlement, SC.
  • iii. JOSEPH CRAWFORD, b. 1730-1732.
  • iv. CATHERINE CRAWFORD, b. 1734.
  • v. MARY CRAWFORD, b. 1736.
  • vi. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. 1738; m. JOHN ELIAS HUTCHINSON, June 26, 1763, Lancaster Co., PA.
  • vii. GEORGE CRAWFORD, b. 1740.
  • viii. ARTHUR CRAWFORD, b. 1740.
  • ix. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. 1744; d. August 3, 1826, Greene Co., PA; m. ALICE KENNEDY

References

JOHN1 CRAWFORD was born Abt. 1687 in Ayershire, Scotland, and died Abt. 1748 in PA. It is believed that he emigrated to America with the ancestors of Andrew Jackson.

http://tissiers.com/Families/crawford1.html



came to PA with his father and brothers before 1728

References

"John Crawford, (or James) father of Colonel William Crawford, was born in Scotland, and came to America, settling at an early date on a tract of land near what is now Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He died in 1748, leaving three sons and two daughters, namely: George Crawford, Arthur Crawford, who was adopted by the Indian Chief, White Eyes, when in 1756, that chief was head of a party of Indians who destroyed the cabin of John McKinney, the second husband of Colonel William Crawford's mother on Big Kanawha". (Leckey, Howard L., The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families by Howard L. Leckey, Historianp. 522)



http://wvancestry.com/ReferenceMaterial/Files/Ancestry_of_John_Craw...


The early ancestors of the Crawfords in America : an introduction to genealogies of American families of the name


https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crawford-6922

John S Crawford (1687 - 1748) Privacy Level: Open (White) Colonel John S Crawford Born 1687 in Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotlandmap Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Husband of Mary (McConnell) Crawford — married 1726 in Pennsylvaniamap DESCENDANTS descendants Father of James Crawford Sr., Robert Crawford, Joseph Crawford, Catherine Crawford, Johanna Margaret (Crawford) Rose, Mary Crawford, Elizabeth (Crawford) Hutchinson, Arthur Crawford, George Crawford, William Crawford and John Crawford Died Apr 1748 in Green Township, Forest, Pennsylvaniamap Profile managers: Brian Wagnon private message [send private message] and Brad Wagnon private message [send private message] Profile last modified 16 Feb 2018 | Created 22 Aug 2014 This page has been accessed 769 times. Biography JOHN CRAWFORD was born Abt. 1687 in Ayershire, Scotland, and died Abt. 1748 in PA. It is believed that he emigrated to America with the ancestors of Andrew Jackson.

Children of COLONEL JOHN CRAWFORD are: i. ROBERT (Major) CRAWFORD, b. 1726-1728, Ireland; d. October 8, 1801, Lancaster Co., PA. ii. JAMES CRAWFORD, SR., b. 1728-1734, Lancaster, PA (or Ireland?); d. 1777-1779, Waxhaws Settlement, SC. iii. JOSEPH CRAWFORD, b. 1730-1732. iv. CATHERINE CRAWFORD, b. 1734. v. MARY CRAWFORD, b. 1736. vi. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD, b. 1738; m. JOHN ELIAS HUTCHINSON, June 26, 1763, Lancaster Co., PA. vii. GEORGE CRAWFORD, b. 1740. viii. ARTHUR CRAWFORD, b. 1740. ix. WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. 1744; d. August 3, 1826, Greene Co., PA; m. ALICE KENNEDY. [1]

Sources Col. John Crawford http://tissiers.com/Families/crawford1.html http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/PersonMatch.aspx?tid=100346868&pid=260...

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Col. John Crawford's Timeline

1687
1687
Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland
1728
1728
Pennsylvania
1730
1730
1730
South Hanover Township, Dauphin (formerly Lancaster), Pennsylvania, United States
1736
1736
1738
1738
1742
1742
1744
August 6, 1744
Chambersburg, Franklin, PA, United States
1748
April 1748
Age 61
Green Township, Forest County, PA