Harriet Craig

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1765, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Revolutionary War officer, Pittsburgh business and civic leader, born in Hillsborough, Ireland. Craig took part in the capture of the Hessians at Trenton on Christmas night 1776, and fought in the battles of Princeton, Brandywine, and Germantown (all 1777); he wintered at Valley Forge (1777-78). Commanding Fort Pitt, Craig led troops to assist George Rogers Clark in the Detroit expedition (1781). Craig was deputy quartermaster general and military storekeeper of Pittsburgh (1791), led federal troops during the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), and helped prepare munitions during War of 1812.

Isaac Craig, originally from Ireland, and his business partner, Stephen Bayard, purchased all of the ground between Fort Pitt and the Allegheny River from John Penn and his son in 1783.

A Revolutionary War captain who saw action at Brandywine and Germantown and wintered at Valley Forge, Craig came to Fort Pitt in 1781. Eventually, he purchased the site of Fort Pitt and resided in the blockhouse with his family for several years.

After the war, Craig served as deputy quartermaster general and military storekeeper of Pittsburgh and led federal troops in 1794 during the Whiskey Rebellion. In "The History of Pittsburgh: Its Rise and Progress," published in 1906, Craig is credited with filling "many offices of public trust, and took an active part in making and developing his adopted town."

Buried in the grave yard of the First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh PA (later removed to Allegheny Cemetery). Came to American in 1765, landing near Philadelphia. He was a house carpenter and worked at this trade becoming a master builder which he continued until the breaking our of the Revolution. He enlisted in the navy. In November 1775, he was commissioned lieutenant of marines (probably the first ever appointed in our navy)

In February, 1785, Major Craig married Amelia Neville, the only daughter of John Neville, a native of Virginia, and the colonel of one of the Virginia regiments, who was
then residing at Woodville, about eight miles from Pittsburgh, and about one half-mile south of the new stone Episcopal Church, on the Washington turnpike. He had entered a large body of land there, before the Revolution, while it was supposed to belong to Virginia.

Major Craig had a taste for, and a very respectable knowledge of Mathematics, was an excellent carpenter, and was fond of mechanic art generally, and philosophical experiments; and it was, no doubt, because of this knowledge, and these inclinations, that the American
Philosophical Society, in May, 1787, unexpectedly,
on his part, complimented him by electing him a member.

In September, 1787, an Act was passed by the Legislature, incorporating the Presbyterian Congregation of the town of Pittsburgh. In this Act eleven trustees were named, six of
whom were officers in the Revolutionary army, Major Craig being one. The congregation proceeded immediately to erect a log church on the spot where the beautiful stone edifice is now almost completed; Isaac Craig being one of the building committee, as he was afterwards in the erection of the original brick church around the primitive log building.
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Isaac married Amelia Neavill (Neville) in Feb 1785 in Pennsylvania. Amelia (daughter of General John Neavill (Neville) and Winifred Oldham) was born on 4 Apr 1763 in Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia; died on 17 Feb 1849 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania; was buried in Allegheny Cem, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried:
From "Pennsylvania; Genealogies - chiefly Scotch-Irish and German," by William Henry Egle.

"The inscription on John Neville's tombstone, First Presbyterian Churchyard, Pittsburgh, PA:

In memory of GENERAL JOHN NEVILLE, who departed this life July 29, 1803; Aged 72 years and 3 days. During his long life he filled many important offices, both Civil and Military; in the former, he was virtuous and disinterested; in the latter, he was patriotic and brave. He enjoyed the friendship and confidence of the illustrious Washington. The day of his death witnessed the most pleasing Tribute that can be paid to the memory of a mortal, The sincere regrets of his friends and the tears of the neighboring poor."

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John married Winifred Oldham on 24 Aug 1754 in Winchester, Frederick Co, Virginia. Winifred (daughter of John Oldham and Nancy Ann Conway, (1st c to Pres GW)) was born on 19 Nov 1736 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia; died on 3 Apr 1797 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania; was buried in Presbyterian Church Cem, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
Inscription:
Beneath this stone
are deposited the remains of
Winney Neville
who was born November the 14th, 1736
and died April the 3rd, 1797
Aged 60 years, 4 months, and 14 days

Here in just hope above the Stars to rise
The mortal part of Winney Neville lies.
In whom those beauties of a spotless mind,
Faith and good works were happily combined;
A patient, careful, constant, loving wife.
The foe of Scandal & domestic strife,
The tender Mother, undesembling Friend,
Who grac'd those virtues with a pious end;
Who still preserving an unblemished name,
Did never strive to taint a Neighbor's fame;
Who played, as all who live should do, her part
With inward Peace & Rectitude of Heart.
Who, Christian like, resigned her final breath
and, Dying free from Censure, smiled at Death.
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Joseph and Ann were cousins. He settled in Prince William Co, VA about 1745 where that county on 27 Nov 1752 and again on 25 Oct 1753 granted him a license 'to keep ordinary at his house.' Since his house was located "on the branches of Cedar Run at the throroughfair of the Rapahannock Mountain," he was a neighbor of his brother Capt George Neaville, who, also was an ordinary keeper. His son, George Neaville, Jr., succeeded him in the operation of the ordinary in 1766. Another son, Joseph Neavill, became a general in the Revolutionary War, and a third son, John, served in that war as a colonel.

Children of Joseph and Ann Bohannan (according to LDS):
Colonel John Neville, b 26 July 1731, Gloucester, Abingdon, Virginia - m Winifred Oldham
General Joseph Neville, b Feb 1733, Gloucester, VA, m Nancy Brown (b 1737 Glouceser, Va)
George Neville, b 1734, Prince William, Virginia, m Rachel Earle (b 1740, Frederick Co, VA)
Mary Ann Neville, b 1735, Prince William, VA, m William O'Bannon (b 1731, Prince William) m
Thomas Dodson, b 3 Oct 1728, North Farnham, Richmond, Virginia
Benjamin Neville, b 1737, Prince William
William Neville, b 1739 Prince William, m Winifred Ann Oldham, b abt 1741, Tidewater, Virginia
Ann Neville, b 1739, Isle of Wright, m William O'Bannon (b 1735)
James Neville, b 1 Sep 1742, Prince William, Tide Water, m Miss Blackburn (b 1746 Virginia)
Richard Neville, b 1745 Prince William.


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From Shirley Wilcox in Email dated August 3, 2001: Timeline for Joseph Neville:

1731 & 1733 - children recorded in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester Co., VA
1735 - had license to operate an ordinary in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania Co., VA
1739 - 1741 - and an ordinary in Caroline Co., VA
1745 - purchased land in Prince William Co., VA
1753 & 1754 - on Prince William Co., rent roll
1762 - sells to son George land he purchased in 1745; land is now in Fauquier Co., VA

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Died:
?Death: AFT 30 JUL 1792 3
?Death: 1790 in Ashby's Gap, Prince William Co., VA 5
?Death: 1790 in Moorefield, Hampshire Co., VA 4
?Death: AFT 1790 in Hardy Co., VA 2

sources:
2.Title: E-Mail from Glenn Gohr , dated 11-19-00 {3:49 PM}; Subj. Re: Thomas Dodson III & Mary Neville 3.Title: E-Mail from Shirley L. Wilcox , dated 8-3-01 {10:20 PM}; Subj. Re: FAUQUIER-HELP 4.Title: BOOK: Neville-Jones-Giles-Spencer-Harrison Families and Collateral Lines, 1600 - 1992, by Shepherd Spencer Neville Brown; 1993
Repository:
Media: Book 5.Title: JOURNAL: Society of John Neville Descendants Newsletters
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: Newsletter #15

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Joseph married Ann Bohannan, (dau?) in 1730 in Isle of Wight Co, Virginia. Ann (daughter of Joseph Bohannan, (maybe nephew) and Elizabeth Neavill) was born about 1720 in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co ,Virginia; died about 1777 in Hampshire Co, or, Prince William Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Nancy Ann Conway, (1st c to Pres GW) on 10 Jan 1729 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Dennis Conway, II and Susannah "Anne" Routt) was born in 1708 in St. Stephens Parish, Northumberland Co, Virginia; died in Apr 1796 in Hampshire Co, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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15 Sep 1768: Fairfax Lease to Darby Aughtney, Anne Aughtney and William Oldham rec. 15 Sep 1768 for 400 acres on South Branch, Witnessed by Pet. Hog, Alex White, Gabriel Jones

!1795: Samuel Bray was to inherit half the land in Hampshire Co, VA (now in WV) left to his grandmother, Ann (Conway) Oldham AUGHNEY [1718-1796], by her husband, Darby Aughney [ca. 1714-1795], at the time of Ann's death. Source: 1795 will of Darby Aughney. Ann died April, 1796. Conway Rector [1760-1832] was to receive the other half of the land at the same time. He was the son of Nancy Ann Oldham [1744-1818] and Daniel Rector, Sr.[1738-1814].

!18 Apr 1796: Aughney, Ann, Will written 11-17-1795, proved 4-18-1796. "My grandson, Samuel Bray," slaves; [snip] ... "to my two grandchildren, Sam Bray and Nancy Rector." She gives to daughter Wineford Nevil. Exec., Conway Rector and Sam Bray. Early Records Hampshire Co., VA, Now W.VA" 1976, Synopsis of Wills, Books I-XXI, p. 107. Hampshire Co. WV Will, Vol 1, p 51-2
!18 Apr 1796: Will of Ann Aughney: Children: Samuel, Wineford Nevil, Abigial Lyal, Susannah Ross, Mary Ann Kirkpatrick, Nancy Rector. Grandchildren: Sam Bray, Nancy Rector. Sage & Jones "Early Records of Hampshire County , VA", p. 107.

!15 Apr 1796: "IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I Anna Aughey, of the County of Hampshire and State of Virginia considering the uncertainty of this mortal life and being of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed by Almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say: First, I give and bequeath to my grandson, Samuel Bray, the following slaves by name Peg, a woman, Peter, a boy, Rachel, a girl, and Mary, a girl and also I give and bequeath unto my beloved son, Saml. Oldham, the sum of one shilling sterling, Also I give and bequeath to my daughter, Wineford Nevil the sum of one shilling sterling. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Abigil Lyal one shilling, Also I give and bequeath to my daughter, Susannah Ross, one shilling. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter, Mary Ann Kirkpatrick the sum of one shilling and also I give and bequeath to my daughter, Nancy Rector the sum of one shilling and lastly as to all the rest, residue, and remainder of my house-hold and kitchen furniture and of my personal estate, goods, and chattels of what kind or nature soever that I may possess at my decease, it is my will that they be equally divided acording to quallety and quantity between my two grand-children, Samual Bray and Nancy Rector, and also I do hereby appoint Conway Rector and Samuel Bray, sole Executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five. her Anna Aughney (Seal) mark. Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared by the above named Anna Aughney to be her last will and testament of us the subscribers. George Currulkers, Daniel McLaughlen, William Young, John Higgins. At a Court held for Hampshire County the 15th day of April, 1796, this last will & testament of Ann Aughney, deceased, was proved by the oaths of William Young and John Higgins two of the witnesses thereto and is ordered to be recorded. Test. And. Wodrow, Cl. Cur.
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