'Craggs1'
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Families covered: Craggs of Landew, Craggs of Wiserley (Wyserley)
| Thomas Craggs of Landew & Wiserley, co. Durham (a 1585) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Craggs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Hutton (dau/coheir of John Hutton of Hunwick) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Craggs of Landew & Wiserley (a 1615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cecilia Garthorn (bur 15.10.1665, dau of Thomas Garthorn of Roodford) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Anthony Craggs, last of Wiserley, of Holbeck, Durham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Moorcroft (dau of Rev. Ferdinando Moorcroft) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | James Craggs 'the elder' 'of London' (bpt 10.06.1657, d 16.03.1721, Postmaster General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Richards (dau of Brigadier Jacob Richards of Westminster) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Craggs 'the younger' (b 09.04.1686, dvp unm 16.02.1721, Secretary of State) | ||||||||||||||
| p. Hester Santlow (dancer & actress) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Harriot Craggs (d 01.02.1769) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.03.1726) Richard Eliot of Port Eliot | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (11.1749) John Hamilton (d 18.12.1755) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Margaret Craggs (dsp 23.08.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (09.07.1719) Samuel Trefusis of Trefusis (bur 04.04.1724) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir John Hind Cotton, Bart | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Craggs | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Eliot of Port Eliot (d 1722) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Anna Craggs (b c1697, d 22.11.1756) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Newsham of Chadshunt | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Newsham (b 07.10.1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. John Knight of Gosfield Hall (b c1683, d 1733) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (23.03.1736/7, sp) Robert Nugent, later Craggs-Nugent of Carlanstown, Earl Nugent (b c1702, d 14.10.1788) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Ferdinando (bpt 07.05.1671), Ann (bpt 27.02.1661), Margaret | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | John Craggs of Newland, near Dublin | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | William Craggs | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Elizabeth Craggs (bpt 25.09.1657) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Genealogical Information relating to the Families of Eliot of Port Eliot and Craggs of Wyserley' (1868, p5+, with thanks to a contributor (DCS, 01.05.18) for bringing this to our attention, information repeated in MGH (NS1, vol 2 (1876), p38+)) with some input/support from Wikipedia ("James Craggs")
[Part of the above was originally within CZmisc06. It was moved here to facilitate expansion.]
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