Genealogy Report: Descendants of John CRAWFORD
Descendants of John CRAWFORD
1.JOHN1 CRAWFORD1,2 was born 1687 in Ayrshire, Scotland3,4, and died 1748 in Pennsylvania, USA5,6,7.He married MARY MCCONNELL8.She died Bet. 1748 - 17639.
Notes for JOHN CRAWFORD:
"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)
Children of JOHN CRAWFORD and MARY MCCONNELL are:
| i. | GEORGE2 CRAWFORD, d. Unknown. | ||
| ii. | MARY CRAWFORD, d. Unknown. | ||
| iii. | ARTHUR CRAWFORD, b. Abt. 1742; d. Abt. 1763. | ||
| 2. | iv. | COLONEL WILLIAM CRAWFORD, b. 06 Aug 1744, Chambersburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA; d. 03 Aug 1826, Carmichael, Greene, Pennsylvania, USA. | |
| 3. | v. | JOHN CRAWFORD, b. 01 Nov 1748, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA; d. 18 Feb 1812, Venango County, Pennsylvania, USA. |