William A. CRAIG was b. abt 1690 in Scotland, emigrated from Ireland with his father William CRAIG and siblings Thomas, James, Sarah, Margaret, Jane, Daniel (ancestor of Theodore Roosevelt). William A. CRAIG m. Janet STUART and died in 1759 in Augusta Co., Virginia, near Staunton/Fort Defiance. Janet died after 1759 in Augusta Co., Va.

The children of William A. and Janet CRAIG include:

1. Robert CRAIG b. 1713 Ulster, Ireland d. 1788 Mt. Meridian, Augusta Co., Va. m. (?) GRIZEL

• 4. John CRAIG d. 1801-05 Buncombe Co., NC m. 7/17/1787 Sarah BURTON
• 5. Elizabeth CRAIG
• 6. Jennet CRAIG
• 7. Margaret CRAIG m. David LAIRD b. 1755 Rockingham Co., Va. d. 1829 Rockingham
• 8. William CRAIG d. 1799 Greenbrier Co., Va.
• 9. James CRAIG d. 1808 Buncombe Co., NC m. Hannah DAVIS
• 10. Robert CRAIG d. 1806 Augusta Co., Va. m. 1740 Augusta Co., Va. Susannah (?)
• 11. Rebecca CRAIG
• 12. Anne CRAIG m. 9/1/1791 Joseph HARVEY

2. John CRAIG, Sr. b. 1718 Ulster, Ireland d. 1803 Lincoln Co., Ky(migrated after 1780) m. 1745 Sarah LAIRD b. 1733 Augusta (later Rockingham) Co., Va. d. 1790 Lincoln Co., Ky, d/o James and Mary (?) LAIRD (Scotland, Ireland>Rockingham Co., Va)

• 13. William CRAIG, LT.b. 1746 Rockingham Co., Va. d. 1788 Danville, Kentucky
• 14. James CRAIG, Capt. b. 1748 Rockingham Co., Va. d. 2/7/1791 m. Mary CULBERTSON
• 15. Mary CRAIG b. 1752 Rockingham Co., Va. d. 1/29/1837 m. 9/14/1781 Rockingham Co., Va. John COWAN, Col. b. 1748 Lancaster Co., Pa. d. 1819 Mercer Co., Ky.
• 16. John CRAIG, Jr. b. 4/5/1748 Augusta Co., Va. d. 1807 Lincoln Co., Ky. m. abt. 1780 Augusta Co., Va. Elizabeth BEARD b. 2/19/1756 d. aft 1810 Lincoln Co., Ky. d/o Edward BEARD and Mary BELL
• 17. Margaret CRAIG b. 1760 Rockingham Co., Va. d. 1800 Rockingham Co., Va. m. 1779 Rockingham Co., Va. David LAIRD b. 1755 Rockingham Co., Va. d. 1829 Rockingham
• 18. Sarah CRAIG b. abt 1760 lived in Staunton, Augusta/Rockingham Co., Va. d. 7/7/1820 Lincoln Co., Missouri m. 2/29/1788 Rockingham Co., Va. Samuel F. BEARD/BAIRD b. 7/26/1762 New Hope, Augusta Co., Va. d. 12/22/1840 Louisiana, Pike Co., Missouri

3. James CRAIG b. abt 1715 Ulster, Ireland d. 2/7/1791 Augusta Co., Va. m. Mary LAIRD b. abt 1715 d. 2/20/1785 Augusta Co., Va. d/o James and Mary LAIRD

• 19. Sarah CRAIG b.2/1/1742-3 Pennsylvania m. James ELY
• 20. James CRAIG, Jr. b. 7/23/1745 Augusta Co., Va. d. 9/25/1807 Augusta Co., Va. m. 8/18/1772 Augusta Co., Va. Jean Boyd STUART b. aft. 1737 d. 1816 Augusta Co., Va.
• 21. Samuel CRAIG b. 6/20/1746 Augusta Co., Va. d. 9/25/1795 Lincoln Co., Ky m. 3/7/1781 Lincoln Co., Ky Mary MASTERSON b. 1763
• 22. John CRAIG b. 11/21/1747 d.11/21/1772 Augusta Co., Va.
• 23. George CRAIG b. 1/4/1748-9Augusta Co., Va. d. 11/26/1801 Augusta Co., Va. m. 12/16/1790 Old Stone Church, Fort Defiance, Augusta Co., Va. Elizabeth EVANS d. 4/29/1801 Augusta Co., Va.
• 24. William Daniel CRAIG b.1/8/1749-50 d. 9/8/1829 Augusta Co., Va. m. 1778 Augusta Co., Va. Jane ANDERSON b. 1744 Augusta Co., Va. d. 6/9/1811 Augusta Co., Va.
• 25. Mary CRAIG b.5/10/1752 Augusta Co., Va. d. 1/16/1778 m. William ANDERSON b. Augusta Co., Va.
• 26. Agnes CRAIG b. 4/10/1754 d.abt. 1841 Anderson Co., SC m. James ANDERSON b. 1748 d. 9/9/1813 Anderson Co., SC

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