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William Craige

William Craige

Male Abt 1709 - 1784  (~ 75 years)

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  1. 1.  William CraigeWilliam Craige was born about 1709; died on 13 Jan 1784 in Orange, NC, USA.

    Notes:

    William CRAIGE married Margaret 'Abigail' Stuart. He had five daughters. He died on January 13, 1784, in Orange, North Carolina, at the age of 74, and is not identical to William Craige the minister in Glasgow, Scotland who is mentioned in Chalmers' General Biographical Dictionary. His wife is Abigail in his will.
    Daughters Joanna Mc Millan (mother Mary?), Abigail Pasmore, Bethosheba (Batsheba) Crayton (1735-1834), Ruth Simmons and Mary Stuart.

    William married Margaret Abigail Stuart in 1730 in Scotland. Margaret was born about 1712; died in 1785 in Orange Co., NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ruth Craige  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1742 in Orange, NC, USA; died in 1800 in Orange Co., NC.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ruth CraigeRuth Craige Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born about 1742 in Orange, NC, USA; died in 1800 in Orange Co., NC.

    Ruth married John Isaac Simmons on 23 Jun 1761 in Christ Lutheran, York, PA. John was born in 1730 in North Carolina, USA; died in 1779 in North Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Benjamin Franklin Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1766 in Bute County, NC; died in Feb 1843 in Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Benjamin Franklin SimmonsBenjamin Franklin Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ruth2, 1.William1) was born in 1766 in Bute County, NC; died in Feb 1843 in Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA.

    Notes:

    Named on a petition, 19 April 1777, to the Senate, etc., from the "inhabitants of the Upper End of the County of Anson" asking that the county be divided since the county has "grown popolous".

    1780 Anson County, North Carolina, United States

    1786 Wards District, Onslow County, NC

    1790 Onslow, North Carolina, United States

    1800 Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina

    1840 Texas Tax list, Red River County

    Benjamin married Jean McBride on 24 Sep 1798 in Guilford, NC. Jean (daughter of John McBride and Margaret McGahey) was born in 1782 in Guilford, NC; died in Sep 1816 in Marshall, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. David Philip Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Dec 1815 in Tennessee; died on 20 Dec 1894 in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, USA; was buried in Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri.

    Benjamin married Catherine Tomalson in 1817 in Tennessee. Catherine was born in 1791 in SC; died in 1875 in Wolfe City, Hunt, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 4.  David Philip SimmonsDavid Philip Simmons Descendancy chart to this point (3.Benjamin3, 2.Ruth2, 1.William1) was born on 24 Dec 1815 in Tennessee; died on 20 Dec 1894 in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, USA; was buried in Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri.

    Notes:

    1850 Grayson, TX, five children.

    The 1870 census for Washington, Dallas, Missouri has David (born Tennessee) and Elizabeth (born Kentucky) Simmons with four children John (21 - born Missouri), Francis (19 - born Texas), Margaret E (16 - born Missouri) and Hugh L. (14 - born Missouri).


    David is buried in Bower's Chapel Cemetery, nr. Urbana, Dallas, Missouri along with several members of the family. His tombstone gives b: 24 Dec 1815 - d: 20 Dec 1894. Elizabeth is beside him with dates b: 8 May 1819 d: 15 Feb 1893. Son, Benjamin F. and wife, and daughter, Mary Jane Simmons Lindsey are also there. Source:: A Reading of Dallas County Missouri Cemeteries 1834-1977 vol 1 compiled by Dallas County Historical Society from gravestones.

    David married Mary Elizabeth Smiley in 1837 in Greene County, Missouri, USA. Mary (daughter of Hugh Smiley and Marea Duncan) was born on 18 May 1819 in Kentucky; died on 15 Feb 1893 in Urbana, Dallas, Missouri, United States; was buried in Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Jane Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Oct 1839 in Butler, Bates County, Missouri, USA; died on 10 May 1927 in Hickory County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Bowers Chapel Cemetery, Urbana, Dallas, Missouri.
    2. 6. Benjamin Franklin Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1842 in Hickory County, Missouri, USA; died on 27 Aug 1920 in Stark, Hickory County, Missouri, USA.
    3. 7. David Smiley Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1843 in Grayson, Texas; died after 1880 in Missouri, USA.
    4. 8. John Beiderlinden Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Dec 1848 in Missouri, USA; died after 1870 in Missouri, USA.
    5. 9. William J. Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jan 1849 in Grayson, Texas; died on 12 Jun 1922 in Marionville, Lawrence, Missouri.
    6. 10. Francis Marion Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Dec 1852 in Red River city, Grayson, Texas, USA; died on 7 Mar 1915 in Beaver, Carroll, Arkansas.
    7. 11. Margaret Elizabeth Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Aug 1853 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; died in in Missouri, USA.
    8. 12. Hugh Lafayette Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Mar 1855 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA; died on 26 Jan 1930 in Malta Bend, Saline, Missouri, United States.
    9. 13. Daniel Ross Simmons  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1860 in Porter, Christian, Missouri; died in 1860-1870 in Missouri, USA.


 

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