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John Crafts

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John Crafts

Birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
3 Oct 1685 (aged 55)
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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He was born aboard ship, and was the first child recorded in Roxbury birth records.

He was twice married at Roxbury,MA -- first to Rebecca Wheelock on June 7, 1654, and second to Mary Hudson of Lynn,MA on March 30, 1669. Mary Hudson Crafts died Jan 3,1724.

The children of John Crafts and his first wife Rebecca Wheelock, all born of record at Roxbury,MA are:

• i. Thomas Crafts, born c.1656.

• ii. John Crafts, Jr, b. Aug. 6, 1658; was unmarried & drowned on May 5, 1685 "off oyster banks."

• iii. Rebecca Crafts, b. Aug. 28, 1660, d. before 1710 at Medfield, Mass.; m. 1) at Roxbury in the year 1682, Isaac Turner, s. of John Turner & Deborah Williams, b. at Medfield, Mass. on Aug. 25, 1654 and d. there on May 29, 1694, Æ 40. She m. 2) on May 14, 1708 at Medfield, Mass. as his 2nd wife, John Rockwood, s. of Nicholas Rockwood & Margaret Holbrook, b. at Medfield on Feb. 12, 1662/3. He m. 3) at Medfield on June 20, 1710, Sarah Adams.

• iv. Mary Crafts, b. Oct. 16, 1662.
• v. Joseph Crafts, b. May 5, 1666; d. young.

The children of John Crafts and his second wife Mary Hudson, all born of record at Roxbury,MA are:

• vi. Abigail Crafts, Mar. 6, 1670/1.
• vii. Mehitable Crafts, b. Aug. 31, 1673.
• viii. Sarah Crafts, b. Feb. 17, 1674/5.
• ix. Ephraim Crafts, b. Aug. 9, 1677.
• x. Lydia Crafts, b. Apr. 8, 1681.
He was born aboard ship, and was the first child recorded in Roxbury birth records.

He was twice married at Roxbury,MA -- first to Rebecca Wheelock on June 7, 1654, and second to Mary Hudson of Lynn,MA on March 30, 1669. Mary Hudson Crafts died Jan 3,1724.

The children of John Crafts and his first wife Rebecca Wheelock, all born of record at Roxbury,MA are:

• i. Thomas Crafts, born c.1656.

• ii. John Crafts, Jr, b. Aug. 6, 1658; was unmarried & drowned on May 5, 1685 "off oyster banks."

• iii. Rebecca Crafts, b. Aug. 28, 1660, d. before 1710 at Medfield, Mass.; m. 1) at Roxbury in the year 1682, Isaac Turner, s. of John Turner & Deborah Williams, b. at Medfield, Mass. on Aug. 25, 1654 and d. there on May 29, 1694, Æ 40. She m. 2) on May 14, 1708 at Medfield, Mass. as his 2nd wife, John Rockwood, s. of Nicholas Rockwood & Margaret Holbrook, b. at Medfield on Feb. 12, 1662/3. He m. 3) at Medfield on June 20, 1710, Sarah Adams.

• iv. Mary Crafts, b. Oct. 16, 1662.
• v. Joseph Crafts, b. May 5, 1666; d. young.

The children of John Crafts and his second wife Mary Hudson, all born of record at Roxbury,MA are:

• vi. Abigail Crafts, Mar. 6, 1670/1.
• vii. Mehitable Crafts, b. Aug. 31, 1673.
• viii. Sarah Crafts, b. Feb. 17, 1674/5.
• ix. Ephraim Crafts, b. Aug. 9, 1677.
• x. Lydia Crafts, b. Apr. 8, 1681.


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