Jonathan Crawford

CAPTAIN JONATHAN CRAWFORD (c. 1747 – 1827), son of Thomas Crawford and Jane Johnston

MARY HEATH

Captain Jonathan Heath was born about 1747. He died on 8 December 1827, age 79, in Bridgewater, Grafton County, New Hampshire and was buried in the Kenfield Cemetery. [1] He married Mary Heath after 31 January 1767 (int.) in Hampstead. [2]

The identity of Mary Heath is unknown. She is unlikely to be the daughter of Bartholomew Heath and Hannah Kelly, born 3 January 1753 as that would make her quite young to be married in 1767. She is unlikely to be the daughter of Nathaniel Heath and Sarah Stevens, born on 15 April 1733, as that would make her improbably old to marry Jonathan in 1767 and have a child in 1783. Mary (Molly) Heath, born 19 October 1746, the daughter of Bartholomew Heath and Mary Pike, is the right age, but she died young.

Jonathan's grave has a Revolutionary War memorial. [1] He served five enlistments. [2] He was a captain in the militia. [2]

Captain Thornton raised a company of 23 men. Among them from New Chester were Thomas Crawford, age 26, and Jonathan Crawford, age 28, both farmers from New Chester who enlisted on 11 July 1775. James Osgood became the captain and Thomas Crawford was a sergeant; they were known as Osgood's Company of Rangers and they were discharged at the end of September. [3]

Children of Jonathan Crawford and Mary Heath: [4]

i. Ezra Crawford was born on 27 December 1768 in Bridgewater. He died on 12 August 1814 and is buried in the Kenfield Cemetery. [5] He married Deborah Bickford on 26 November 1789. [6]

Ezra was a private in the Third New Hampshire Regiment in the War of 1812. [7] His grave has a War of 1812 memorial. [5] He was a farmer in Bridgewater. [2]

ii. Mary Crawford was born on 11 November 1770 in Bridgewater. She married Nathaniel Cummings.

iii. Susanna Crawford was born on 11 September 1772 in Bridgewater. She died on 20 July 1850 and is buried in the Green Grove Cemetery in Ashland, Grafton County. [8] She was married to Simon Harris by the Justice of the Peace Thomas Crawford on 17 September 1790 in New Hampshire. [9] Simon, the son of Job and Helen Simon, was born in 1770. [10] He died on 13 January 1821 and is buried in the Green Grove Cemetery. [11]

Simon was a resident of Bridgewater. He was the deputy sheriff between 1807 and 1811. He was a mail carrier between Haverhill and Concord from 1817 to 1820. [10]

iv. John Crawford was born on 22 July 1774 in Bridgewater. He was married to Hannah Kenfield by the Justice of the Peace Thomas Crawford on 2 June 1800. [12]

v. Abigail Crawford was born on 18 May 1776 in Bridgewater. She died on 30 March 1803. She was married to John Mitchell, Jr. by the Justice of the Peace Thomas Crawford. [13] The date of the marriage, not given in the record, was 21 October 1792. [2] John married second Huldah Clifford [13]

vi. Robert Crawford was born on 8 August 1778 in Bridgewater. He was married to Mary Kenfield by the Justice of the Peace Thomas Crawford on 28 May 1800. [14] He died before 15 May 1818 when Simon Harris, esquire, Robert Mitchell and Charles Mitchell of Bridgewater were appointed to take inventory of the estate of Robert Crawford of Bridgewater, deceased. [15]

vii. Hannah Crawford was born on 3 June 1783 in Bridgewater. She married Andrew Cummings. [16]

References

1. Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Capt Jonathan Crawford (1746–8 Dec 1827), Find a Grave Memorial ID 119005328, citing Kenfield Cemetery, Bridgewater, Grafton County, NH; Maintained by Mrs. London (contributor 49100409), all Find A Grave entries accessed 28 November 2022.

2. Ezra S. Stearns, History of Plymouth, New Hampshire, vol. 2 (Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1906), 154–6.

3. Richard W. Musgrove, History of the Town of Bristol, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, vol. 1. (Bristol: R.W. Musgrove, 1904), 168.

4. "New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659–1900," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4582) > Clark–Chellis, images 3304, 3380, 3394, 3350, 3259, 3407 and 3331, respectively. The children are referred to as the children of Capt. Jonathan Crawford.

5. Find a Grave, memorial page for Ezra Crawford Sr. (27 Dec 1768–12 Aug 1814), ID 119005458, citing Kenfield Cemetery; Maintained by Mrs. London.

6. "New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659–1947," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/5241) , entry for Ezra Crawford.

7. "U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812–1815," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4281), entry for Ezra Crawford.

8. Find a Grave, memorial page for Susannah Crawford Harris (11 Sep 1772–20 Jul 1850), ID 21912973, citing Green Grove Cemetery, Ashland, Grafton County, NH; Maintained by Geo Clinton (contributor 46936067), death date on gravestone.

9. "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records," entry for Susanna Crawford.

10. Musgrove, History of the Town of Bristol, 2: 224.

11. Find a Grave, , memorial page for Simon Harris (1770–13 Jan 1821), ID 21912959, citing Green Grove Cemetery; Maintained by Geo Clinton.

12. "New Hampshire Marriage and Divorce Records," entry for John Crawford.

13. "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records," entries for Abigail Crawford (no date) and Huldah Clifford.

14. "New Hampshire, Marriage and Divorce Records," entry for Robert Crawford.

15. "New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643–1982," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8996)> Grafton >Probate estate files, Bacon–Hatch, 1813, image 483.

16. George Mooar, The Cummings Memorial: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Isaac Cummings (New York: B.F. Cummings, 1903), 172.

last revised 26-Dec-2022