Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Family of Lieut. Griffin Craft (395) & Alice [Craft]

1040. Hannah Craft. Born ca 1628 in England.5 Hannah died on 17 Aug 1692 in Roxbury, MA.161

Hannah came to New England with her parents.

On 2 Apr 1645 Hannah married Nathaniel Wilson in Roxbury, MA.43 Born ca 1620 in England. Nathaniel died on 17 Sep 1692 in Roxbury, MA.161

Nathaniel was an early settler in Roxbury. He purchased 150 acres of land in “Cambridge Village” where he and his wife settled. The inventory of his estate amounted to £219 14s.161

Their children include:
3722 i. (infant) Wilson (Stillborn) (9 Feb 1646-9 Feb 1646)
3723 ii. Hannah Wilson (ca 1647-13 Feb 1721/2)
3724 iii. Susanna Wilson (ca 1648-29 Dec 1725)
3725 iv. Nathaniel Wilson (30 Apr 1653-26 Dec 1721)
3726 v. Joseph Wilson (Twin) (31 Jan 1655/6-ca 1710)
3727 vi. Benjamin Wilson (Twin) (31 Jan 1656-)
3728 vii. Isaac Wilson (21 Aug 1658-)
3729 viii. Mary Wilson (22 Jun 1661-2 Dec 1729)
3730 ix. Abigail Wilson (ca 1663-16 Mar 1746)
3731 x. Samuel Wilson (ca 1666-)

1041. John Craft. Born on 10 Jul 1630 in Roxbury, MA.43 John died in Roxbury, MA, on 3 Oct 1685; he was 55.43

John was the earliest born child in the Roxbury town records.2 From the Roxbury Church Records, on the ‘4th May 1684, John Craft confessed his sins that were publik and so was admitted to take hold on the Covenant.’161

On 7 Jun 1654 when John was 23, he first married Rebecca Wheelock, daughter of Ralph Wheelock (4 May 1600-11 Jan 1684) & Rebecca Wilkinson (-ca 1650), in Roxbury, MA.43 Born ca 1637. Rebecca died in Nov 1667 in Roxbury, MA. Rebecca died in childbirth. Buried on 24 or 28 Nov 1667 in Roxbury, MA CR1.43 Religion: member of the church at Roxbury 2 Jul 1663.

Rebecca, of Dedham and Medfield, MA.

Their children include:
3732 i. Thomas Craft (ca 1656-27 Feb 1692)
3733 ii. John Craft (6 Aug 1658-5 May 1684)
3734 iii. Rebecca Craft (28 Aug 1660-bef 10 Jun 1710)
3735 iv. Mary Craft (16 Oct 1662-)
3736 v. Joseph Craft (Died soon) (5 May 1666-Jul 1666)

On 30 Mar 1669 when John was 38, he second married Mary Hudson in Roxbury, MA.43 Mary died on 3 Jan 1724 in Roxbury, MA.43

Mary, of Lynn.

Their children include:
3737 i. Abigail Craft (6 Mar 1670-)
3738 ii. Mehitable Craft (31 Aug 1673-)
3739 iii. Sarah Craft (17 Feb 1674-)
3740 iv. Ephraim Craft (9 Aug 1677-)
3741 v. Lydia Craft (8 Apr 1681-)

1042. Mary Craft. Born on 10 Oct 1632 in Roxbury, MA.43 Mary died on 3 Jul 1653; she was 20.161 Buried on 30 Jun 1653 in Roxbury, MA.161

As many Roxbury death and burial dates are inconsistent, so are Mary’s.

In 1653 Mary married Joseph Griggs, son of George Griggs & Alice [Griggs].161 Born in 1620 in England.161 Joseph died on 10 Feb 1715 in Roxbury, MA.161 Religion: Roxbury church member 1652.161

Joseph came to New England with his father at the age of 15 in the Hopewell. He was accepted freeman 18 May 1653.161

1043. Abigail Craft. Born on 28 Mar 1634 in Roxbury, MA.43 Abigail died in Medfield, MA, on 19 Jun 1706; she was 72.161

On 24 Jan 1650 when Abigail was 15, she first married John Ruggles (3915) , son of Thomas Ruggles (2024) (1584-Nov 1644) & Mary Curtis (1083) (Mar 1588-Feb 1675), in Roxbury, MA.43 Born ca 1625 in Essex, England. John was baptized in Nazeing, Essex, Eng., on 6 Jan 1625. John died on 15 Sep 1658 in Roxbury, MA.43

John came in the Hopewell, 1635, aged 10 with his uncle John, but brought by Philip Eliot. Was freeman 1654, and a serg.2

Rev. John Eliot’s record of members of the Frist Church of Roxbury state “Thomas Ruggles he came to N. E. in the yeare 1637, he was elder brother to John Ruggles; children of a Godly father he joyned to the Church soone after his coming being as well knowne as his brother his first born sone dyed in England his second son John was brought over a servant by Philip Eliot; and he brought two other children with him: Sarah and Samuell: he had a great sicknesse the yeare after his coming but the Lord recoverd him in mercy.” “Mary the wife of Thomas Ruggles, she joyned to the Church with her husband and approved her selfe a Godly Christian, by a holy, and blameless convation being convted, not long before theire coming from England.”161

Left his house and land near Roxbury Meeting-house, on the hill to his wife and children.6

Will: The will of John Ruggles (NEHGR Vol. 9, p. 139.)

John Ruggles, sonne of Thomas Ruggles, being weake, I thinke good to settel things to Leave peace behind me. My house & lands with the rest of my Estate, the debts being discharged, I give unto my wife & children; the whole estate to remain in my wifes hands so long as the Children Continue with her, & the Children at the age of 21 yeares to possesse the one halfe, and my wife the other halfe, for her life time, & after her decease, to be the Childrens; the halfe of the Estate w'ch I give my Children to possesse at the age of 21 yeares my sonne John to have the one halfe of it, & my sonne Thomas, & my sonne Samuel, the other halfe, exually betwixt them; the other halfe, w'ch I give to my wife her life time, after her decease, to be devidded to my Childrenth't is to say, to my sonne John, the one halfe, & my sonne Thomas & my sonne Samuel the other halfe: also, this power I give to my overseers, th't in case my wife Mary againe, if then my overseers do not like the usage of my Children, then I give my overseers power to take away my Children, & to take the halfe of my Esate w'ch i leave in the hands of my wife, & dispose of it as they think best, for the good of my children, & she to have her halfe remaining unto her as aforesaid. My overseers are my Uncle Ruggles, my father Craft, & my Brother Samuel Ruggles. What Lands I have sold & have not given an assurance my overseers shall have power to give an assurance, as likewise what Lands I have bought & have not received assurance, my overseers shall have power to receive for my wife and childern quiet possession. I Leave my wife & my father Craft to be mine executors, with power to sell any Cattle, or Cart, or any other thing that may be necessarily spared for the payment of my debts, and likewise his house & Orchard upon the hill neare the meeting house; the overseers to give full assurance. 9th 7ber 1658 John Ruggles Witness Robert Pepper, Peleg Heath, who deposed 15 Oct. 1658

Their children include:
3742 i. John Ruggles (Died soon) (ca 1651-bef 1654)
3743 ii. John Ruggles (ca 1654-16 Dec 1694)
3744 iii. Thomas Ruggles (28 Jan 1654/5-)
3745 iv. Samuel Ruggles (16 Aug 1657-25 Feb 1659)

On 15 Nov 1659 when Abigail was 25, she second married Ralph Day in Dedham, MA.5 Ralph died on 28 Nov 1677 in Dedham, MA.161

Ralph, of Dedham, freeman 1645, in his will of 12 Sep 1677. w. Abigail, wh. was d. of Daniel Pond, and ch. John, Ralph, Mary, wh. was w. of John Paine, Abigail, and s.-in-law John Ruggles, are nam. But his first w. was Susan, d. of Jonathan Fairbanks, wh. in 1668 ment. her four ch. in his will, and they are found in Dedham ch. rec. to be Elizabeth bapt. 3 July 1648, tak. with the town rec. that shows Mary, b. 9 Nov. 1649; Susan, 1652; and John, 15 Apr. 1654; while the next is found Abigail, d. of Ralph and Abigail, Apr. 1661.161

Child:
3746 i. Abigail Day (22 Apr 1661-ca 1725)

On 7 Dec 1678 when Abigail was 44, she third married Edward Adams, son of Henry Adams (ca Jan 1583-6 Aug 1646) & Edith Squire (29 May 1587-21 Jan 1673), in Dedham, MA.5 Born on 19 Apr 1629 in Kings Weston, Somerset. Edward died in Braintree, MA, on 12 Nov 1716; he was 87.

Edward settled in Medfield, MA, with three of his brothers about 1652, and took up a house-lot on Bridge St, freeman 3 May 1654. His house was burned by the Indians in 1676. He was selectman for many years and was representative to the first two General Courts after the overthrow of Andros.161

1044. Lieut. Samuel Craft. Born on 12 Dec 1637 in Roxbury, MA.43 Samuel died in Roxbury, MA, on 9 Dec 1709; he was 71.43 Occupation: carpenter.42

Samuel “was made a freeman May 31, 1671. He took a prominent part in town affairs, was frequently chosen selectman, at times tithing-man and constable. He was appointed on various committees and commissions, was chosen in 1689 a commissioner with the selectmen, to take a list of all the real and personal estate of each of the inhabitants of Roxbury, with a list of all make persons from sixteen years or older.”161

Samuel “inherited his father’s estate, which he lived but a year to enjoy. He was lieutenant in the militia. In October, 1687, he was one of the grantees of Pomfret, Connecticut, but did not remove there. He was one of thirty-nine persons to sign to settle in New Roxbury, or Woodstock, Connecticut, and received the thirty-eighth lot assigned, besides other land. He died intestate in 1691, and his widow received other grants.”42

On 16 Oct 1661 when Samuel was 23, he married Elizabeth Seaver, daughter of Robert Seaver (ca 1609-5 Jun 1683) & Elizabeth Allard (-9 Jun 1657), in Roxbury, MA.43 Born ca 1643 in Roxbury, MA. Elizabeth was baptized in Roxbury, MA, on 19 Nov 1643.2 Elizabeth died on 9 Dec 1731 in Roxbury, MA.43 Buried in Roxbury, MA GR1.

Their children include:
3747 i. Hannah Craft (14 Dec 1662-bef 1696)
3748 ii. Samuel Craft (Died young) (24 May 1664-5 Jun 1664)
3749 iii. Elizabeth Craft (2 Oct 1665-9 Jun 1724)
3750 iv. Samuel Craft (16 Jun 1667-9 Dec 1707)
3751 v. Joseph Craft (13 Jul 1669-bef 1696)
3752 vi. Mary Craft (15 Oct 1671-1763)
3753 vii. Abigail Craft (1 Dec 1673-5 Nov 1702)
3754 viii. Nathaniel Craft (4 Jan 1676-8 Sep 1746)
3755 ix. Ens. Ebenezer Craft (ca 1679-13 Aug 1722)
3756 x. Alice Craft (ca 1681-1783)
3757 xi. Benjamin Craft (23 Oct 1683-1731 or 1732)

1045. Moses Crafts. Born on 28 Apr 1641 in Roxbury, MA.43 Moses died in Wethersfield, MA, on 30 Dec 1718; he was 77.161

Moses removed to Deerfield among the early settlers about 1673, bur after the destrcution of that town by the Indians in Philip’s war, he was a short time at Roxbury again, and soon removed to Hatfield, thence to Wethersfield.2

Moses “probably remained in his native town [of Roxbury] until 1672, as his name is found on the subscription list to raise money to build a ‘New House for worship,’ in place of the old one. His subscription was £2. He removed soon afterward to Deerfield, MAss., where he owned a home lot of 11 acres on the east side of main St. This he conveyed by deed to Eliezur Hawks, July 13, 1696, for £16. Moses and Rebecca joined in this conveyance, which was made at Hatfield. While at Deerfield we find that he was licensed by the selectmen to keep and ‘ordinary,’ or Hotel, with the permission to sell ‘strong water,’ in 1673. After the breaking out of King Philip’s war and ‘the massacre of Capt. Lathrop, and eighty young men, the flower of Essex,’ on the 18 Sept., 1765, the people of Deerfield abandoned their homes and fled to Hatfield and Hadley for protection. At this time there were less than twoenty-five householders, and several of their young men had been killed at Bloody Brook two or three days before. The Indians were in great numbers threatening them with destruction. They however readhed Hatfield in safety, a distance of twelve miles. Moses Craftrs remained in Hatfield until 1678, as we find that he was taxed there until that year. He probably was a portion of that time at Roxbury. We next find that 12 Dec., 1678, the town of Branford, Conn. granted Moses Crafts and Quinten Stockwell, four acres of land upon the plain for house-lots, and twoenty acres of land to Moses Crafts and thirty to Stockwell to be laid out below the Guilford road, provided they build houses. There were several other lots granted them. He was chosen town collector Dec. 8, 1680. ...

“When he removed to Wethersfield he had some land granted him, but he purchased the bulk of his farm. ...”161

On 24 Jun 1667 when Moses was 26, he married Rebecca Gardner, daughter of Peter Gardner & Rebecca [Gardner], in Roxbury, MA.43 Born on 9 Nov 1647.43 Religion: admitted to full communion to the Roxbury church 5 May 1676.161

Their children include:
3758 i. Rebecca Crafts (Died soon) (22 Apr 1668-20 Sep 1669)
3759 ii. Moses Crafts (Died young) (8 Aug 1669-3 May 1672)
3760 iii. Rebecca Crafts (2 Mar 1672-14 Mar 1711)
3761 iv. Moses Crafts (Died soon) (2 Feb 1673-4 Mar 1673)
3762 v. Abigail Crafts (1677-)

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