Deacon Edward COLLINS was born on 25 Mar 1603 in Bramford, Suffolk, England.⁽¹⁾ He was christened on 25 Mar 1603 in Bramford, Suffolk, England.⁽¹⁾ He Freeman on 13 May 1640 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. ⁽¹⁾ He died on 9 Apr 1689 in Charlestown, Suffolk, MA. ⁽¹⁾ Parents: John COLLINS and Maudlen TREITHERNE.

He was married to Martha (UNKNOWN) .⁽¹⁾ Children were: Sybil COLLINS.

He was married to Maudlen TREITHERNE .⁽¹⁾ Children were: Deacon Edward COLLINS.

She was married to Rev John WHITING in 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, MA.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Rev Samuel WHITING.

She was married to Arthur Wolcott MIDDLETON in 1886. Children were: Thrassa MIDDLETON, Martha MIDDLETON.

She was married to Col Edmond READE on 14 Aug 1592.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Margaret READE.

 He was married to (Unknown) NEWTON. Children were: Robert COOKE.

He was married to Joan SYDAY in 1539. ⁽¹⁾ Children were: Thomas COOKE.

He was married to Susan BRAND in 1568 in Bures St Mary, England.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Elizabeth COOKE.

She was married to John DOW. Children were: Thomas DOW.

 Children were: Sybil CORBICON.

She was married to John DURVASSAL.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Nicholas DURVASSAL.

He was married to Maggie Jane Jewell DARTER on 25 Dec 1904 in Grayson Co., Texas. He was engaged on 3 Jul 1973 in OG.

He was married. Children were: Richard CORNELL.

She was married to George W.__Jr. MIDDLETON on 14 Jun 1889 in NY, NY, NY. Children were: Harold Cottrell MIDDLETON, Marjorie Stanton MIDDLETON , Josephine Williams MIDDLETON.

She was married to William DEBURGH.⁽¹⁾ Children were: Adam DEBURGH.

Children were: Eleanor COWLEY.

David Craig was born in Cambridge, Ohio, and by 1958 was living in La Mesa with his mother and siblings. He later returned to Cambridge to live with his father and there graduated from John Glenn High School in 1965.

After joining the army and serving a tour in Viet Nam, Dave settled in Carlisle, PA with his wife Barbara March and her daughter Deborah Lea. Dave soon adopted Deborah and not long afterwards, Jennifer was born. Dave and Barbara eventually divorced and Dave moved to Flint, Michigan where he enjoyed the bachelor life for many years, before marrying Sharon Brabon in 1982. Soon after, Dave, Sharon, and her daughter Kristen moved to San Diego.

At this time, Dave owns his own accounting business, and he and Sharon live in
La Mesa, a suburb of San Diego. Parents: Russell Francis CRAIG and Marjorie Florence LEIGHTON.

Francis Perry Craig was born on the Craig family farm in Westland Township, Guernsey Co., Ohio in 1886. By the age of 24 he had joined his brother, Walter, in St. Louis, where they both worked as conductors on the railroad.

In 1913, Perry married Cora Ida Escudier, daughter of French-born Frederick M. Escudier , and Magdelena Elser, daughter of Peter Elser and Anna Maria Lauterwasser, both of German origins. In 1917, two years after the birth of
their only child, Russell, Cora died at the age of 26 of Hodgkins Disease.

Perry, in 1924, after seven years of widowhood, married Eleanor Rhorer, to whom he remained married
until his death in 1973. By a strange set of coincidences, Perry, his wife, Eleanor, their son, Russell and their daughter-in-law, Marjorie all passed away within nine months of each other.

Perry, along with Eleanor, his brother and sister-in-law, Walter and Stella, and his son Russell are buried in the Lakewood Park Cemetary in St. Louis.

He was married to Cora Ida ESCUDIER on 9 Mar 1913 in St. Louis, , , MO. Children were: Russell Francis CRAIG.

When Russell was only a year old, his mother died and his father took him back to Cambridge, Ohio. There the child was raised by his paternal grandparents, William and Maggie Craig, while his father returned to St. Louis where he was employed as a railroad conducter. In September 1924, Perry remarried and took Russell back to St. Louis to live with them, where he remained until adult hood.

As a young man searching for job oportunities, Russell moved to New York where he met Marjorie Leighton. She was the daughter of Harold Leighton (who had been born Harold Levey in Boston) and Bessie Middleton. Bessie was a descendant of colonists and patriots who came to America on the first Mayflower vogage. There they were married and by 1947 were back in Cambridge with three children.

The Craigs left Cambridge and between 1954 and 1957 they lived in California, Nebraska and New York.

In 1958, again residing in California and after being married almost 22 years,Russell and Marjorie obtained a divorce. Marjorie and the children remained in the San Diego area. for many years,before the children moved to other states.

In 1969, Marjorie moved to Cedar Rapids, IA to be near her married daughter and grandchildren. She died there of lung cancer on November 2, 1972 and is buried in Bertram Cemetary outside of Cedar Rapids.She rests there alone, as her daughter and family all moved out of state in the ensuing years.

In March of 1973, suffering from cancer of the stomach and Hodgkins Disease, Russell took his own life.
He was buried in St. Louis, in the Parkwood Cemetery beside his mother and father.

Parents: Francis Peregoy CRAIG and Cora Ida ESCUDIER.

He was married to Marjorie Florence LEIGHTON in 1936 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY. He was divorced from Marjorie Florence LEIGHTON. Children were: Russelle"Rusty" Leighton CRAIG, Thomas Elliot CRAIG, David William CRAIG.

Russelle"Rusty" was born in New York and by the age of fifteen was residing with her mother and brothers in La Mesa, California. In 1961 she married Marvin"Guy" Kuehl and moved to his home town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where
they raised two children. In 1978 they were divorced.

Rusty remained single and in 1987 returned to San Diego, where she resides in close proximity to her brothers, Tom and Dave and their families. She is deeply involved in genealogy and has spent the last three years producing this book.

Parents: Russell Francis CRAIG and Marjorie Florence LEIGHTON.

She was married to Marvin(Guy) Dean KUEHL on 30 Sep 1961 in Cedar Rapids, Linn, , IA. She was divorced from Marvin(Guy) Dean KUEHL. Children were: Jeffrey Lance KUEHL, Kelli Kay KUEHL.

Thomas was born in Cambridge Ohio, and at the age of of thirteen came to La Mesa, California with his family. There he attended high school and college, also serving a tour in Viet Nam with the Army.

Currently Tom is divorced and he and his daughter, Anita, are living in San Diego, where he has resided for the past thrity-six years. Tom is employed by the City of San Diego as a Supervisor with the Park and Recreation Department.

Parents: Russell Francis CRAIG and Marjorie Florence LEIGHTON.

Abigail Hempstead CROCKER was born in 1810 in , , CT. She died on 19 Dec 1884 in New London, New London, CT>. !DEATH:Headstone Inscription in Cedar Grove Cemetary;p.7

Abby was a widow linving in New London, Ct. in 1870. She was fifty five years old and resided with her unmarried daughter, Abby.

She is also listed in the 1874 New London City Directory as a "widow of Nathanial"

He was married to Mary GOOLSBY on 20 Nov 1781.

He was married to Anna HENDERSON about 1793 in Virginia. He was engaged on 5 May 1992 in SE. Children were: Nicholas DARTER, John DARTER, Anthony DARTER, Henry DARTER, Barbara DARTER, Rhoda DARTER.

Parents: Henry DARTER and Anna HENDERSON.

He was married on 21 Jun 1835. He was engaged Cleared. Children were: Anthony H. DARTER, Elza M. DARTER, S. A. DARTER, Rhoda A. DARTER, John L. DARTER, Henrietta E. DARTER, Albert L. DARTER, James DARTER.

He was married to Elizabeth NEIGHBORS on 18 May 1854.

1. From History of Washington Co. Ill.:
On the 24th of Dec. 1807, a short distance east of what is now known as the Dempsey Kennedy Farm, along the old Indian trace, then known as the old Post Vincennes trace, on horseback in indian file, a family of 6 or more persons were traveling. They had come from eastern Ky. by way of the falls of Ohio and Vincennes, had been on the journey many long and bitter cold days, hungry, cold, and tired, their little stock of provisions that had been procured at Vincennes had been exhausted for nearly two days, no game was to be had to relieve them from their sufferings, and starvation stared them in the face. At this juncture they met the "post rider" carrying the mail or dispatches from Kaskaskia to Post Vincennes. In reply to their anxious entreaties for food, he informed them that he had with him barely sufficient provisions to last him through his journey. He told them however, that he had deposited some meat and bread in a locust tree a mile or two beyond the next strip of timber through which they would pass to which they were
welcome if they would stop and get it. The sharp pangs of hunger caused them to urge forward their horses with greater speed, until they reached the spot described where the locust tree was to be found. The father left the group,
following the directions given by the Post Rider, and soon returned with the hidden provisions, a scanty one indeed, out of which to make a Christmas eve meal, but it was dispatched with a relish and sincere gratitude that would have
done honor to many a noble man's banquet hall. That was the family of Henry Dexter (Darter) Senior. John Darter, Barbara Hutchings, and Rhoda Smith now citizens of Washington Co. were of the party. They proceeded to St. Clair
Co. where they resided for a few years when they returned to this Co. where they afterwards lived. The circumstances of finding the provisions in the Locust tree gave rise to the name of "Locust Creek", a name which the creek that
flows south from this point retains to this day.
2. From Washington Co. History: John Darter of Nashville post office came to county in 1818.
3. From 1850 Washington Co. Ill. census:
#136 John Darter   50        M   Farmer        $780                Kentucky
Mary W.                 48        F                                                N.C.
John                      16        M                                                Ill.
Issiah?                  14        M                                                 "
Sarah B.               12        F                                                  "
Martha A.               9         F                                                  "
Nancy Huchison?82        F                                                  Va.
4. 1860 Washington Co. Ill. census:
#768 Darter John  60        M   Farmer    $1800  $2000        Ky.
Mary                      47        F                                                 NC
Martha A.              19        F                                                  Ill.
Parents: Henry DARTER and Anna HENDERSON.

He was married to Elizabeth UNDERWOOD on 10 Jan 1861.

He was married to Mary W. HICKMAN on 1 Feb 1822 in St. Clair Co., ILLINOIS. He was engaged on 5 May 1992 in SE. Children were: Sarah B. DARTER, John A. DARTER, Issiah (Josiah) DARTER, MARTHA A. DARTER.

He was married to Mary A. POWER on 18 Sep 1851 in St. Clair Co., ILLINOIS. He was engaged on 6 Jan 1977 in OK. Children were: Nathaniel HILL DARTER, Lorenzo H. DARTER, Mary A. DARTER.

She was married to John Felix CORDER on 25 Dec 1904 in Grayson Co., Texas. She was engaged on 3 Jul 1973 in OG.

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