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Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 31 Jul 2008 1:12AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: CRAIG, SHAW, SHARP, HANNING, MCCORDIC, GRAY
Our James Craig married Mary Ann Blake daughter of Christopher Blake, she was born at Reed's Point in 1766. James sister Mary Craig married Wiliiam Orser, she died in childbirth and James also died. William then married his widowed sister-in-law. Each family had six children, then when they got married, they had six more.

Information can be found on DeLancey's from the Ward Chipman papers which contained muster rolls. Also from W.O. Raymond Papers, found in the Public Archieves. I have been doing extensive research on them, for the UEL Association, and have a large compilation of other names and bios on approx. a thousand.

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 31 Jul 2008 1:15AM GMT
Classification: Query
Also for craigs check out Gathering Craigs, on the internet for info on Craig's, I have submitted a tree to this web

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 7 Aug 2008 9:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Craig
Can't locate on the web- can you send me your
tree address . I have been researching Carleton County families for c 4 years concentrating on Craig/Shaw/ Orser/DeLong

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 7 Aug 2008 8:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: CRAIG

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 8 Aug 2008 1:58AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi,
My father was Wellington, born in Millinocket Me in 1920, His father was Edward born in 1886 but I do not know where, his father was Wellington born 1850 but I do not know where, his father was Samual born in 1823 in New Brunswick, his father was Jacob born in 1800 in New Brunswick an his father was James Craig. Anything prior to that gets confusing for me. Some info suggests Ireland, some say Holland but I am not sure. This is one area I am trying to research and I am considering a trip to Hartland NB to see the covered bridge and see what I can find up there. I cannot claim credit for much of this work as it is from Turner and Delong. I am using family tree maker to try and document the current Craigs from Bucksport Me. I am sure I have a long way to go.

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 8 Aug 2008 11:43PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi: It is confusing abut where James Came from, but just prior to the outbreak of the revolution they were in Newtown NY, as that is where Christopher and Jacob, father and brother to James were when they were forced into the rebel militia from which they deserted and joined DeLancey's
However a search of the IGI batches for Newtown do not show any births or marriages, so that they must have come fron elsewhere shortly before that, when there were no births or marriages activer

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 12 Jan 2010 8:54PM GMT
Classification: Query
Patricia: I have a draft of a doc. you were working on about James Craig and Hartland called "Truth Or Fiction," but I lost your e-mail address. Could you e-mail me? I want to follow up for my family history I'm writing.
craigg@sage.edu

Thanks, Gladys

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 1 Aug 2013 6:05PM GMT
Classification: Query
Extract From Burton post 2008 http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db... . ID: I577060246 on MARY Anna BLAKE (may also have been called "Polly";
*MARY Anna BLAKE Birth: 6 May 1772 in Portland Point/Reeds Point, Saint John, NB Canada;
*Married: 1. James Craig 12 Sep 1788 in Reed's Point, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada [did James Craig disappear perhaps to Penobscot, Maine, around 1800? - Geo Heyward suggestion]; 2. William Oser after James Craig's death or disappearance c. 1800;
*MARY Anna BLAKE Death: 7 May 1856 in Brighton or Hartland, Carleton County, NB, Canada;Burial May 1856 Orser Cemetery, Hartland, NB;
• A significant Note to this Burton 2008 post told following story about Mary Anna (Blake, Craig)Orser that I have told my grandchildren but would like to find further confirmation or documentation if anyone knows of any:
About 1780 the child "Mary Anna Blake was taken by Indians on a raid along the St John River. A few years after she disappeared the Americans and English made peace. The Indians had a village just below the ferry (at Fredericton) and would take their furs to trade. That year a trader on the East side of the Ferry took in trade for rum a Church of England prayer book with silver caps on the corners. The trader discovered Mary's name inside and went over to St. Ann's Point and showed the Officers the book. The
Captain advised the trader to return across the river and keep the Indians there for a few days so he and his group could search the Indian village. The Rangers
reached the village at the mouth of the Tobique River at nighttime but Mary was not there so [they]went up-river to the next village. A young native runner had gone overland and warned the Indians to move her and she was taken 10 miles further up River to Wapske. The Rangers went overland and found Mary. On their return they had to brave rapids and high cliffs where the Indians could hurl rocks at them as they passed. Capt. Stewart led them to believe they were still hunting for the child and their canoe was allowed to pass.
Later when Mary and her husband William Orser settled at the mouth of the Becaguimec she knew the ways of the Indians and could speak with them."

Re: Craigs of Hartland, also Shaws Sharps, Hannings

Posted: 6 Apr 2015 5:24AM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Wayne,
Discovered the cemetery stone for Stephen Craig of Hartland/Cold Stream, NB and Brookton, Maine.
Brian Duley
Lakewood, Washington
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