CRAIG, Thomas 1790 U.S. Census Winthrop 1-0-3-0-0

Thomas Craig house, Church Road.
This picture was taken about 1960.

Thomas Craig  was James and Anna Craig’s third child. Thomas was born in Deighton, North Yorkshire, England on September 27, 1764. In 1790 James Craig deeded part of lot #212 to his son Thomas. The deed reads "1/4 acre of land to build him a house thereon... likewise a barn & barnyard on said lot." Thomas married first to Rebecca Brown c1784, the eldest child of Unight Brown. His second marriage was to Rachel Huntoon on January 10, 1791. Rachel was born in Canterbury, N.H. March 12, 1773 daughter of Peter and Rachel Huntoon. They had eleven children between the ages of 30 and 3years and Rachel was pregnant with the twelfth when Thomas Craig died in 1814 at age 50. Following his death wife Rachel married Samuel White on July 9, 1816 and they had twin daughters Betsey & Emeline S. b.8-17-1818. Samuel White already had 8 children by his first marriage. Their blended brood must have had quite the family picnics!

In 1818 Rachel and Samuel White, sold the Craig home & property to Rachel's fourth child and eldest son, John O. Craig. The deed reads "a certain piece or parcel of land situated in Readfield, including the land belonging to the farm which was owned and occupied by Thomas Craig late of said Readfield." John O. Craig, son of Thomas & Rachel, married Sally Turner, daughter of Capt. Christopher Turner an early Readfield settler. John O. Craig's gravestone in Readfield Corner cemetery refers to him as Colonel. He died 3-9-1881, and Sally died 8-17-1874. Their eleven children were born in Readfield and Gardiner. The eldest was Rozilla who married Edmund H. Frost. For several years this home left the Craig family but on January 7, 1852 it was sold by Russell B. Norton to Rozilla Craig Frost and her husband Edmund. At that time their sons George and Charles were ten and three years of age. Eight years later Rozilla’s husband, Edmund died but she continued to live there until 1893. Thus the end of the Craig line at this home on Church Road.