Lt. Samuel Craig, Jr. and Elizabeth Shields
Husband Lt. Samuel Craig, Jr. 1 2 3
Born: Abt 1757 - New Jersey Christened: Died: 28 Aug 1808 1 4 Buried: - Congruity Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: Lt. Samuel Craig ( -Abt 1777) 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mother: Elizabeth McDonald ( - ) 2 5 9 11
Marriage: Apr 1784 12
Wife Elizabeth Shields 12
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Col. John Shields (Abt 1739-1821) 1 2 13 14 15 16 17 Mother:
Children
1 M Capt. John Craig 4
Born: 23 Mar 1786 4 Christened: Died: 20 May 1860 4 Buried:Spouse: Mary "Polly" Kirkpatrick ( - ) 4
2 F Elizabeth Craig 4
Born: 8 Mar 1788 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Martha Craig 4
Born: 8 Mar 1790 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 F Jane Craig 4
Born: 31 Mar 1792 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: George Shields ( - ) 18
5 M Alexander Craig 19 20 21
Born: 13 Aug 1794 18 Christened: Died: 10 Sep 1869 18 Buried:Spouse: Rebecca Moorhead (1803-1835) 21 Marr: 9 Jun 1826 18Spouse: Sybilla Kern (1808-1888) 20 22 23 Marr: 27 Feb 1838 23
6 M Samuel Craig 24 25
Born: 17 Mar 1797 25 Christened: Died: - Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA Buried:Spouse: Sally A. Hogg ( - ) 24
7 F Elizabeth Craig 25
Born: 6 Oct 1799 25 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Boyd Plummer ( - ) 25
8 M Joseph Craig 26
Born: 21 Feb 1803 26 Christened: Died: 1861 26 Buried:Spouse: Margaret Brown ( - ) 26
9 M James Craig 26
Born: 15 Apr 1805 26 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Lt. Samuel Craig, Jr.
He was first lieutenant in the company of Captain Orr, who was the father of General Robert Orr, of Kittanning. Like his father he, too, was captured by the Indians, and while crossing the Miami river they attempted to drown him. He was thrown into the river and then they tried to keep his head under water by pushing him with their paddles. When he evaded them and grasped the canoe, they beat his hands off and thrust him down. This they did over and again until his strength was almost gone, and then one of them claimed him as his prisoner, helped him into the canoe, and took him under his protection. At another time Samuel Craig's remarkable nerve, readiness, and skill in singing saved his life. He and five other captives were made to sit on a log and have their faces painted black to indicate their doom. At this moment Mr. Craig raised his voice in song and made the welkin to resound with melody. He sang on and on and while he sang some of the Indians came up behind and with one fell stroke buried their tomahawks in the heads of all the victims with the exception of Mr. Craig. Finally, after enduring great suffering and many hardships, he was sold to the English for a gallon of whiskey, was exchanged as a prisoner of war, and joyfully returned to his family.
It is said on reliable authority that Samuel Craig, Jr., at one time owned one thousand acres of land in Derry Township, Westmoreland County. He lived for a time on what was later the Brinker farm, and as he was a "fuller" by trade, built a "fulling mill" on the "run" which flowed through that farm to the Loyalhanna. In the early eighteen hundreds there was a terrible flood in the Loyalhanna called the "Pumpkin flood" by the early residents, and this fulling mill with all its contents was swept away and weeks afterward webs of cloth were found in a number of places along the banks of the Loyalhanna. After this disaster he moved to a farm in Unity Township where he built a fulling mill directly opposite the "grist mill" built by his half-brother Joseph Craig.
He died from hemorrhage resulting from the extraction of a tooth.
1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 409.
2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.
3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 59.
4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 62.
5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 174.
7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1082.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 684.
9 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 178.
10 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 14.
11 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 15.
12 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 59.
13 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 586.
14 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161.
15 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 123.
16 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 61, 140.
17 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 477.
18 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 63.
19 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 142.
20 —, Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (J. H. Beers & Co., 1903), Pg 133.
21 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 63, 136.
22 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 141.
23 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 64.
24 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 344.
25 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 65.
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Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 67.
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