First Generation
1. He died about 1790 at the age of 70 in Harford Co., Maryland. 1 Thomas was probably born in Scotland, although Northern Ireland. He is believed to be the only known child of Thomas and Hannah [Kenner] Crail. He and his wife, Jane, had eleven children. The family resided, for the most part, in Harford Co., Maryland - where Thomas died about 1790.
Thomas Crail Sr. and Jane Wilson2 were married about 1742 in Maryland.1 estimate based on birth of eldest child She died in Maryland Or Chester Co., Pennsylvania, British North America. 1 There has been considerable debate among Crail researchers as to Jane's Christian name. Jane, Anne, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Jane and Elizabeth Anne have all appeared in various compilations. Likewise, her birthplace has been given as Chester Co., PA, Chester, Delaware Co., PA, Eastern Pennsylvania and, safely, Pennsylvania.
Three possible places of death have been given for Elizabeth, Harford Co., Maryland, Chester, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania and Richmond, Chesterfield Co., Virginia. There is no evidence of any of the children migrating to the Richmond area. She could easily have moved in with one of her children who remained in Harford Co.
Ted Nelson McGill offeres the following explaination: [Thomas Crail's] wife's name was JANE WILSON, said by Owens* to have been "of Eastern Pennsylvania." She seems to have been the daughter of JAMES WILSON of Chester Co., PA, although which James Wilson is still unclear."
(* J. Adolphus Owens, author of "Anywhere I Wander I Find Facts and Legends Relating to the Creel Family.")
Three possible places of death have been given for Elizabeth, Harford Co., Maryland, Chester, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania and Richmond, Chesterfield Co., Virginia. There is no evidence of any of the children migrating to the Richmond area. She could easily have moved in with one of her children who remained in Harford Co.
Ted Nelson McGill offeres the following explaination: [Thomas Crail's] wife's name was JANE WILSON, said by Owens* to have been "of Eastern Pennsylvania." She seems to have been the daughter of JAMES WILSON of Chester Co., PA, although which James Wilson is still unclear."
(* J. Adolphus Owens, author of "Anywhere I Wander I Find Facts and Legends Relating to the Creel Family.")
Thomas Crail and Jane Wilson had the following children:
Second Generation
2. He died on 23 Apr 1809 at the age of 66 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky. 1–2 Thomas Crail, Jr. was reportedly born in Frederick Co., Maryland. Most of the references to the family around the time of his birth seem to be based in Harford County, so it is possible that he was born there. Perhaps his parents were living in Frederick Co. in 1743 and then settled in Harford Co. by 1745.
Thomas was made a freeman in London Derry, Chester Co., PA in 1767. Crail married about 1773 to Elizabeth Berry, probably in Maryland. Thomas Crail was a private 4th class in Captain Charles Reed's 2nd Company in Lt. Col. John Marshal's 4th Battalion in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. Thomas was living near brother John in Beaver Co. [later Allegheny Co.], Pennsylvania in 1790. He was on the Allegheny Tav list for 1791.
By 1795 he was on the Campbell Co., Kentucky tax list showing 1 adult male, 2 males 16 and older, 2 horses, and 4 cattle. The 1796 Campbell Co. tax list showed 2 adult males, 2 males over 16, 1 horse, and 6 cattle.
John Grant [Grant's Lick named in his honor] sold, by agreement, an unrecorded 150 acres one the North Licking River to Thomas Crail on 14 April 1797. This land became part of Pendleton County in 1798. According to letters from E.E. Barton to local families, the Crails were among the early settlers of Pendleton County.
On 18 September 1799, Crail bought household items from the estate of Peter Horn. His name appeared on the 1801-1808 Pendleton Co. tax lists with 150 acres of land.
Thomas Crail's will was dated 10 April 1809 and probated on 15 May 1809. The will named wife Elizabeth, sons Wilson, Absalom, James and John, and daughter Elizabeth Downing. Also named are Elizabeth's husband, Edward, and children Eliza, Sally, Elizabeth, and Polly. John was to receive $1 from the estate unless he returned a power of attorney and deed for 336 acres near Chillicothe, Ross Co., OH. Thomas died on 23 April 1809.
Wilson Crail, executor and heir, petitioned the court to legalize the 1797 deed agreement [Pendleton Co. Deed Book C3]. An appraisement of the estate was entered on 17 June 1809. The inventory was made by Stephen Mullins, John Boyle and Pope Williams. Elizabeth's name appeared on the tax lists for 1809-10 with 150 acres.
Thomas was buried in the Thrasher Cemetery.
Thomas was made a freeman in London Derry, Chester Co., PA in 1767. Crail married about 1773 to Elizabeth Berry, probably in Maryland. Thomas Crail was a private 4th class in Captain Charles Reed's 2nd Company in Lt. Col. John Marshal's 4th Battalion in Washington Co., Pennsylvania. Thomas was living near brother John in Beaver Co. [later Allegheny Co.], Pennsylvania in 1790. He was on the Allegheny Tav list for 1791.
By 1795 he was on the Campbell Co., Kentucky tax list showing 1 adult male, 2 males 16 and older, 2 horses, and 4 cattle. The 1796 Campbell Co. tax list showed 2 adult males, 2 males over 16, 1 horse, and 6 cattle.
John Grant [Grant's Lick named in his honor] sold, by agreement, an unrecorded 150 acres one the North Licking River to Thomas Crail on 14 April 1797. This land became part of Pendleton County in 1798. According to letters from E.E. Barton to local families, the Crails were among the early settlers of Pendleton County.
On 18 September 1799, Crail bought household items from the estate of Peter Horn. His name appeared on the 1801-1808 Pendleton Co. tax lists with 150 acres of land.
Thomas Crail's will was dated 10 April 1809 and probated on 15 May 1809. The will named wife Elizabeth, sons Wilson, Absalom, James and John, and daughter Elizabeth Downing. Also named are Elizabeth's husband, Edward, and children Eliza, Sally, Elizabeth, and Polly. John was to receive $1 from the estate unless he returned a power of attorney and deed for 336 acres near Chillicothe, Ross Co., OH. Thomas died on 23 April 1809.
Wilson Crail, executor and heir, petitioned the court to legalize the 1797 deed agreement [Pendleton Co. Deed Book C3]. An appraisement of the estate was entered on 17 June 1809. The inventory was made by Stephen Mullins, John Boyle and Pope Williams. Elizabeth's name appeared on the tax lists for 1809-10 with 150 acres.
Thomas was buried in the Thrasher Cemetery.
Thomas Crail Jr. and Elizabeth Berry \ Barry2,4–6 were married about 1773 in Maryland.2,7 She died after 1840 at the age of 90 in Pendleton Co., Kentucky. 1–2 [Desc. of John Creel]
Thomas Crail and Elizabeth Berry \ Barry had the following children:
3. He died on 3 Apr 1839 at the age of 93 in Racoon, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania. 1 John Boggs Crail was a veteran of the Revolutionary War . He enlisted in June 1776 at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania serving two years in Captain Waggoner's Company, 12th Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Woods. He fought at Brandywine and was at Valley Forge. It appears that he was discharged before the army left its winter encampment there.
He received his pension on 28 August 1829 while residing in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; aged 83 years and 11 months.
He received his pension on 28 August 1829 while residing in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania; aged 83 years and 11 months.
John Boggs Crail and Althea Erwin Body were married about 1778 in Beaver Co., Pennsylvania.1,8 Althea Erwin Body1 was born (date unknown).
Mary Crail and John Howard were married on 16 Nov 1778 in Frederick Co., Maryland.1 John Howard1 was born (date unknown).
5. He died 1 0ct 1793 in Harford Co., Maryland. 1 Phillip Crail's name appeared on the Deer Creek Hundred tax list for 1775-1776. He enlisted as a private in Captain Alexander Ribon's company #12 of the Harford Co. militia on 2 December 1775. Phillip resided in the town of Bush and was a school master. Phillip died from a copperhead bite shortly before the birth of his youngest son, Joseph.
Phillip Crail and Margaret Hill Spencer were married about 1772 in Baltimore, Baltimore Co., Maryland.1 She died on 26 Dec 1840 at the age of 89 in Scioto Co., Ohio. 1 [Desc. of John Creel]
6. He died about 1824 at the age of 73 in Buffalo, Hardin Co., Kentucky. 1 Richard A. Crail signed the Oath of Fidelity at Frederick Co., Maryland in 1777. He evidently moved to Washington Co., Pennsylvania during the war and served in the Pennsylvania militia.
Brothers Thomas and John also resided in Washington Co., Pennsylvania.
The Crail farm in Kentucky was located about 2½ miles from Hodgenville [then Hardin Co., now LaRue Co.] Richard was renting land to Thomas Lincoln at the time of future president Abraham's birth. Richard was listed as a neighbor to the Lincolns in the Mather Papers [Hodgenville Public Library]. The Crail home supposedly stood at the entrance to the present-day Lincoln Shrine. [Desc. of John Creel]
Brothers Thomas and John also resided in Washington Co., Pennsylvania.
The Crail farm in Kentucky was located about 2½ miles from Hodgenville [then Hardin Co., now LaRue Co.] Richard was renting land to Thomas Lincoln at the time of future president Abraham's birth. Richard was listed as a neighbor to the Lincolns in the Mather Papers [Hodgenville Public Library]. The Crail home supposedly stood at the entrance to the present-day Lincoln Shrine. [Desc. of John Creel]
Richard A. Crail and Eva Livingston were married in 1778 in Frederick Co., Maryland.1 Eva Livingston1 was born (date unknown).
7. He died in probably Campbell Co., Kentucky. 1 William served with the 5th Company of the 3rd Maryland Regiment from 19 July 1776 until 15 November 1783. He received a Maryland Federal Land Grant of 100 acres on 11 January 1790. [BLW #11068] William Crail moved to Campbell Co., Kentucky before 1830.
William Crail Sr. and Mary Lewis were married on 13 Jun 1785 in Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland.1 Mary Lewis1 was born (date unknown).
Sources:
1. Robert Crail; Register Report for Thomas Crail [1695 - 1765] , e-mail to Terry D. Prall, 15 June 2008.
2. "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 24 February 2011, Terry D. Prall ([address for private use] Avon, IN) to ([address for private use]), 1; held by author, [address for private use].
3. Ted Nelson McGill, "The Crail Family," 2; NA, Pendleton Co. Library, Falmouth, KY.
4. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 2-3.
5. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 4.
6. Prall, "Time Line Report on Family of Thomas Crail in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana & Elsewhere," 8.
7. Mel Lett, "William Lett marrys Sarah E. Crail - 1854 - KY," e-mail message to Lett Family GenForum, 25 January 2003.
8. John Boggs Crail File (private, Capt. Waggoner's Co., 12th Virginia Regt.), Revolutionary War Pensions, LDS/FHL microfilm (Washington, D.C.: NARA), roll 970678
Great information, thanks. Richard A Creal is my ancestor. I'm trying to go back a few more generations with Elizabeth Wilson.
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