Sarah (Craig) Walker (1689 - 1784)

Born 28 May 1689 in Coote Hill, County Tyrone, Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Wilson — married 1717 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1784 at age 94 in Hartsfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Craig) Walker has Scottish Ancestors.

Sarah was born in Ireland in 1692.

Married Richard Walker.

Married John Hugh Wilson in Ireland in 1719. ^[1]

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:^[2]

Hugh Wilson married in Ireland, Sarah Craig, a sister of Thomas Craig, the elder, who located in the "Irish Settlement" as early as 1728.

• Children:

1. William, born in Ireland, was brought to the "Settlement" by his parents and there grew to manhood, later he became a merchant of Philadelphia, thence removing to the West Indies where he died.
2. Mary Ann, born May 21, 1719, in county Cavan, Ireland, died October 19, 1793. She married, before leaving Ireland, Rev. Francis McHenry, a minister of the Presbyterian church, born October 18, 1710, died January 23, 1757.
3. Elizabeth, born about 1721, married William Craig, a captain in the Associated Regiment of Bucks county, in 1747-48. She survived him several years ;
4. Thomas, of whom further.
5. Charles, born January 30, 1726, died August 20, 1768. He married Margaret McNair, born March 2, 1728, died November 25, 1823 ;
6. Samuel, married and left issue;
7. James, of whom no record is found.
8. Margaret, born 1737, in the "Irish Settlement" in Allen township, died July 20, 1783. She married William McNair, born in Ireland in 1727, died near Mt. Morris, New York, in 1823.
9. Francis, youngest son of Hugh Wilson, the emigrant, returned to Ireland, where he studied theology and was admitted to holy orders in the Episcopal church. He later settled in Virginia, was a tutor in the family of General Lee, and died about the year 1812.

She passed away in Pennsylvania in 1784.^[3][4][5][6]

Sarah was born in 1689.

Sarah married Richard Walker. ^[7]

Sarah and her husband Richard Walker are mentioned in her brother Thomas Craig's Will ^[8]

Sarah died 24 Apr 1784 age 78 per her headstone and is buried in Neshaminy Cemetery, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States with a death date of 24 April 1784.^[9]

Notes

Sarah Craig who married Hugh Wilson in 1719 in Ireland may be a different Sarah Craig who maried Richard Walker

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage and Children https://archive.org/details/cu31924028856900/page/740/mode/2up Pennsylvania genealogies; chiefly Scothch-Irish and German by W H Egle, page 740-755
2. ↑ Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 112-117)
3. ↑ Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:36KD-TPC : accessed 11 May 2019), entry for Sarah /Craig/, cites sources; "Mitchell Family Tree" file (2:2:2:MM63-FSK), submitted 24 July 2017 by WilliamGMitchell .
4. ↑ Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3K3Q-799 : accessed 11 May 2019), entry for Sarah CRAIG-WILSON; "Jonathon's POTUS COUSINS" file (2:2:2:MM6N-LJF), submitted 18 October 2018 by Bill Lipton.
5. ↑ Geni
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #20353114
7. ↑ Marriage https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062867858&view=1up&seq=124&q1=northampton The Craig family; a genealogical and historical notes about the Craigs of America, Fayette County, Ohio, United States, [and] Canada, page 116
8. ↑ Thomas Craig's Will' https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9SM-7FW3?i=125&cc=1999196&cat=244331Northampton County, Pennsylvania Will book, v. 1-3, 1752-1800, pages 204-206
9. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #169489720 (accessed 5 April 2023)
   Memorial page for Sarah Craig Walker (1706-24 Apr 1784), citing Neshaminy Cemetery, Hartsville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA (plot: Sec K, Row 16); Maintained by Lady Grave Walker (contributor 48274486).