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From: "Diana Quinones" <>
Subject: Fw: Craig
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 23:16:54 -0600

This item was on the Berks Co maillist today, but had folks from Middletown in Chester Co., so am fwding to this list to see if anyone interested!

Diana in AL
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From: geri brennan<mailto:>
To: <mailto:>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: Craig


Hii, Harry Craig, (Major) of San Francico, not a native of Bucks Co.,
spent his youth just over its borders at Hatboro, has alway taken an
interest in the county as the home of his maternal ancestors. He is the
son of Dr. John Howard and Cynitha (Craig) Hill, who married in 1835,
and was born in Phila.

His paternal ancestors, William and Mary (Hunter) Hill, came to America
fron Ireland about 1720 and settled in Middeltown, Chester Co, where the
former died in 1747, leaving 6 children, Alexander, Mary, John, Peter,
Christina, and one unknown. John Hunter, the father of Mary (Hunter)
Hill, was a native of Durham, England.

John Hill, son of William and Mary (Hunter) was born in Middletown,
Chester Co, in 1736, died there Feb 14, 1814, He married at Christ
Church, July 22, 1766 to Mary Gibbons, d/o Joseph and Hannah (Marshall)
Gibbons, and granddaughter of James and Hannah (Pearce) Gibbons, and
great-granddaughter of John and Margery Gibbons, who came from
Warminster, Wiltshire, England, in 1681 and settled in Chester Co, Mary
(Gibbons) Hill was born 2m 15, 1743. Her father Joseph Gibbons, was a
member of the colonial assembly (1748-63), and her grandfather George
Pearce of Thornbury was also a member of assembly (1717-19). Her mother,
Hannah Marshall was a daughter of Abraham Marshall, who came from
Grantton, Derbyshire, England, in 1700, and a sister to Humphrey
Marshall. John and Mary (Gibbons) were the parents of 13 children, 11
lived to maturity.

Humphrey Hill, the grandfather of Major Hill, was the third son of John
and Mary, and was born Oct 1763 and died Dec 18ll. He was married at
Christ Church, March 3, 1791 to Alice Howard, d/o JOhn and Sarah
(Bunting) Howard, and granddaughter to Thomas and Grace (Beakes) Howard.
Sarah (Bunting) Howard was the daughter of John and Alice Lord
(Nicholson) Bunting of Burlington Co., NJ and granddaughter of Samuel
and Mary (Foulke) Bunting, the former of whom was a son of Anthony and
Ellen Bunting, of Matlock, Derbyshire, England. and the latter a
daughter of Thomas Foulke, one of the nine commissioner of New Jersey,
and settled at Crosswicks in 1677. Grace (Beaks) Howard, a daughter of
Stephen Beaks and Elisabeth Biles, of Bucks Co., both natives of
England, their repective parents William Beaks, of Barkwell,
Somersetshire and William Biles, of Dorchester, being among the earliest
settlers on the Delaware in Bucks Co.

Dr. John Howard Hill, the father of Major Hill, was the only child of
Humphrey and Alice (Howard) Hill, of Hatboro, Montgomery Co. He was
twice married, having married Dec 13, 1813 to Eliza Louisa Davis,and
second in Oct 1835 to Cynthia Craig, born Oct 1804, a d/o Daniel and
Jean (Jamison) Craig, both natives of Warrington, Bucks Co., and
grandson of Daniel Craig, who came from the north of Ireland and settled
in Warrington about 1735 and died there in 1775.

Thomas Craig, grandfather to Mrs. Hill, was a captian in the Flying Camp
during the Rev. and the command of the Bucks Co Regt devolved upon him
on the death of Col. William Baxter. His brother John and his cousins
Thomas, John and Wiliam Craig of Northampton Co., were also
distinguished officers in the Rev. His sister Sarah,married John
Barnhill, was the ancestor of Pres. Roosevelt.

Best Wishes, Geri

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