Thomas Craft1 
b. 1725
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3rd great-grandfather of Louise Underwood.
5th great-grandfather of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
- Appears on charts:
- Pedigree for Louise Underwood
Thomas Craft was born in 1725 in Virginia.3 He was the son of John Craft.2 He married Elizabeth Morse, daughter of Samuel Morse.3
Additional Data
Thomas Craft was a chain-bearer on a survey crew about 1750 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.3
In 1754 he applied for a grant, surveyed it, and received about 350-400 acres of land in present-day Granville County, North Carolina, in 1756.3
Thomas Craft witnessed his father-in-law Samuel Morse's will dated 1760 in Granville County, North Carolina.3
Thomas Craft was mentioned as an heir and appointed an executor in his father John Craft's will dated 10 June 1760 in Bertie County, North Carolina.2
Thomas Craft and wife Elizabeth, deed to David Mitchel, 6 November 1766 in Granville County, North Carolina.
Thomas Craft appeared on the Granville County, North Carolina, list of taxables for 1769; one white, two blacks.
Thomas Craft, Granville County, North Carolina, deed to Thomas Person, in which Elizabeth Craft, wife of said Thomas, relinquished her dower right, 22 May 1771.
Thomas Craft and wife, Elizabeth, sold land in Granville County, North Carolina, to James Brame of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 3 November 1777.4
Thomas Craft made his will in 1788 in Granville County, North Carolina. He bequeathed to Elizabeth Craft, John Craft, Ann Hanks, Elizabeth Hanks and Barbara Dreskell.3
In 1754 he applied for a grant, surveyed it, and received about 350-400 acres of land in present-day Granville County, North Carolina, in 1756.3
Thomas Craft witnessed his father-in-law Samuel Morse's will dated 1760 in Granville County, North Carolina.3
Thomas Craft was mentioned as an heir and appointed an executor in his father John Craft's will dated 10 June 1760 in Bertie County, North Carolina.2
Thomas Craft and wife Elizabeth, deed to David Mitchel, 6 November 1766 in Granville County, North Carolina.
Thomas Craft appeared on the Granville County, North Carolina, list of taxables for 1769; one white, two blacks.
Thomas Craft, Granville County, North Carolina, deed to Thomas Person, in which Elizabeth Craft, wife of said Thomas, relinquished her dower right, 22 May 1771.
Thomas Craft and wife, Elizabeth, sold land in Granville County, North Carolina, to James Brame of Mecklenburg County, Virginia, 3 November 1777.4
Thomas Craft made his will in 1788 in Granville County, North Carolina. He bequeathed to Elizabeth Craft, John Craft, Ann Hanks, Elizabeth Hanks and Barbara Dreskell.3
Children of Thomas Craft and Elizabeth Morse
- Ann Craft+ 1 d. 1798
- John Craft3
- Elizabeth Craft5
- Barbara Craft5
Citations
- [S267] Adin Baber, Nancy Hanks, of Undistinguished Families; a genealogical, biographical, and historical study of the ancestry of the mother of Abraham Lincoln (Kansas, Illinois: Adin Baber, 1960).
- [S287] Unknown author, "Abstract of Bertie County Wills", North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register vol. II (July 1901): 330.
- [S286] Howard Craft, Craft and Morse families in North Carolina in "Thomas Craft NC", listserve message to GenForum, 2 October 2000. Printout dated 20 August 2003.
- [S285] Granville County Deeds, L: 166, County Clerk's Office, Oxford, North Carolina.
- [S284] Fred A. Olds, An Abstract of North Carolina Wills from about 1760 to about 1800 (Oxford: n.pub., 1925; reprint Baltimore: Clearfield Co., 1998), 126.
