Children of Thomas and Jane [Wilson] Crail

The various family group records for Thomas and Jane show a mix of children. They also show an incorrect place of birth, at least for the time the kids were born - Harford Co., MD. Harford was not formed until 1774, when most of the Crail issue had reached adulthood. Prior to that the area was part of Baltimore Co. [The county appears as Hartford in some cases. Hartford is in Connecticut.]

Several of the Crail kids stayed in Harford. It appears that some of the boys ended up in western Pennsylvania, as well. Little, or no, information exists for several of the children, especially the girls.

Here are the "possible children" of Thomas and Jane.

1) Thomas Jr. = c1743 Frederick Co., MD - 23 Apr 1809 Pendleton Co., KY
m. Elizabeth Berry
10 Apr 1809 will names wife Elizabeth, sons Wilson, Absalom, James, John & children of daughter Elizabeth Downing, dec'd.
On muster roll of Capt. Charles Reed's 4th Battalion Washington Co., PA Militia 1781
1790 Census - That part of Washington Co. that became Allegheny Co., PA
He was in Campbell Co., KY by 1795 [tax list]
14 Apr 1797, purchased 150 acres in Grant's Lick from John Grant, in what became Pendleton Co.
On Pendleton Co. tax list 1801-1808.
One of earliest settlers in area.

2) John Boggs = 3 May 1745 MD* - 3 Apr 1839 Raccoon Twp., Beaver Co., PA
m. Althea Body
Served 2 yrs. with Capt. Waggoner's Co., 12th VA Regt., enlisted at Fort Pitt.
Rec'd pension 28 Aug 1829.
Acquired land in Washington Co., PA on 15 Dec 1778.
1790 Census - That part of Wash. Co. that became Allegheny Co.

3) Mary = c1749 MD* - ???
m. 16 Nov 1778 Frederick Co., MD

4) Phillip = c1750 MD* - 1 Oct 1793 Harford Co., MD
m. Margaret Hill Spencer
Deer Creek Hundred tax list 1775-76.
In Annapolis, MD 1785.
Pvt. in Capt. Alexander Ribon's Co. #12, Harford militia.
Schoolmaster.
Died from bite of a copperhead snake.

5) Richard = c1751 MD* - 1824 or 1827 Hardin Co., KY [birth also given as 1765]
m. Ann Brashear - c1785; Nancy Brownfield - 1796
Buried South Fork Baptist Church Cemetery, LaRue Co., KY [Hardin Co. at time of death].
Signed Oath of Fidelity in Frederick Co., MD.
Served in Washington Co., PA Militia.
Crail farm about 2.5 miles from Hodgenville, KY [now LaRue Co.]
Thomas Lincoln was supposed to have rented land from the Crails.

6) Jane = c1751 MD* - ????

7) Alice = c1752 MD* - ????

8) Elizabeth = c1753 MD* - ????

9) William = c1755 MD* - ????
m. Mary Lewis - 13 Jun 1785 Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Frederick Co., MD
Served with Maryland troops 1776-1783.
Rec'd 100 acre land grant.

10) James = c1760 MD* - 1790 KY
m. Elizabeth Bennington


11) Peter = 175? MD - ????
Signed Oath of Fidelity in Frederick Co., MD 1777
Served in Frederick Co. militia 1775-76.
1790 Frederick Co. census.
I don't know for sure if he fits the family, although Peter appears on a couple of Trees.

*All but Thomas were supposed to have been born in what became Harford Co. Several of the children maintained connections with Frederick Co.