James and Martha (Dickey) Crawford, who were married July 4, 1776, in Nova Scotia, and soon after went to America, where James Crawford joined the American army, and was later a prisoner during the war of the Revolution, being chained in a dungeon at Halifax for many months. His manacles made him a cripple for life, he not being treated as a common prisoner of war. His wife was for weeks a waiter upon the prisoners, and together they contrived a plan for escape. Leaving her child, aged only six months, with her parents, she procured a sleigh, and was successful in getting him safely aboard a steamer. After the war they returned to Nova Scotia, obtained their baby boy, and then settled in Cambridge, N.Y.
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A Patriot who served in the American Revolution.
Info obtained from Find A Grave contributor Daryl Mallett & Barbara Biggs
A Patriot who served in the American Revolution.
James and Martha (Dickey) Crawford, who were married July 4, 1776, in Nova Scotia, and soon after went to America, where James Crawford joined the American army, and was later a prisoner during the war of the Revolution, being chained in a dungeon at Halifax for many months. His manacles made him a cripple for life, he not being treated as a common prisoner of war. His wife was for weeks a waiter upon the prisoners, and together they contrived a plan for escape. Leaving her child, aged only six months, with her parents, she procured a sleigh, and was successful in getting him safely aboard a steamer. After the war they returned to Nova Scotia, obtained their baby boy, and then settled in Cambridge, N.Y.
Info obtained from Find A Grave contributor Daryl Mallett & Barbara Biggs
A Patriot who served in the American Revolution.
Info obtained from Find A Grave contributor Daryl Mallett & Barbara Biggs
A Patriot who served in the American Revolution.
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