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CRAVENS, Robert Captain

Male 1696 - 1762  (66 years)


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  1. 1.  CRAVENS, Robert Captain was born 1696, Delaware; died May 1762, Rockingham County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Captain Robert Cravens was likely a son of Joseph Cravens of Lewes Town, Delaware, who in turn was likely the son of the immigrant Richard Cravens who came to New Jersey in 1690.

    Robert and Mary (Harrison) Cravens were among the earliest settlers in Harrisonburg, Virginia (named for her family).

    Robert was commissioned a Gentleman Justice for the Court of Augusta Co.,VA.

    He was twice appointed Land Appraiser and overseer of roads and surveyor of Augusta Co., Virginia.

    Robert died while the French and Indian war was raging in the colonies, but not of wounds.

    Two of Robert & Mary's boys fought in the Revolution. Mary provisioned the Continental Army after Roberts death.

    Robert's will apportioned several hundred acres and many slaves to his wife and 9 children.

    Robert married HARRISON, Mary 1721, Sussex, Delaware. Mary (daughter of HARRISON, Isaiah and WRIGHT, Elizabeth) was born 25 May 1696, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York; died 1781. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. CRAVENS, Maggie  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 3. CRAVENS, Joseph  Descendancy chart to this point died 1763.
    3. 4. CRAVENS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point died 1801.
    4. 5. CRAVENS, Agnes  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. CRAVENS, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. CRAVENS, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1722, Sussex County, Delaware; died 24 Jul 1778, Rockingham County, Virginia.
    7. 8. CRAVENS, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1724; died 1800.
    8. 9. CRAVENS, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1730; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 10. CRAVENS, Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1733, Sussex County, Delaware; died Mar 1784, Rockingham County, Virginia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  CRAVENS, Maggie Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1)

    Maggie — BLACK, Robert. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  CRAVENS, Joseph Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) died 1763.

  3. 4.  CRAVENS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) died 1801.

    Mary — HEMPHILL, Samuel. [Group Sheet]


  4. 5.  CRAVENS, Agnes Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1)

    Agnes — MAGILL, John. [Group Sheet]


  5. 6.  CRAVENS, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1)

    Elizabeth — MILLER, Jacob. Jacob (son of MILLER, Henry and KOGER, Anna Elizabeth) was born 19 Jul 1769, Virginia; died Bef 5 Apr 1861, Virginia; was buried , Elk Run Cemetery, Elkton, Rockinham County Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  6. 7.  CRAVENS, John Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 1722, Sussex County, Delaware; died 24 Jul 1778, Rockingham County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    John was a 1748 Tax Collector for Augusta Co., Virginia He lived at Cooks Creek Virginia.

    From Sussex Co.DE, Abt 1739 to Augusta Co. VA (later named Rockingham Co.).
    John and Margaret made their home on Cook's Creek about 4 miles from Thomas Harrison's place.

    Settlers by the Long Grey Trail; pg. 261
    John Cravens married, sometime between 1758 and 1762, Margaret, the widow of William Dyer. On 15th September, 1758, Henry Smith signed Thomas Fulton's bond as security for Margaret Dyer. Following her marriage to John Cravens the latter assigned the bond to his father Robert.
    (Augusta Court Judgements, October, 1765, D; Henry Smith vs. Samuel Cowden.)

    In 1762, "John Cravens and Margaret his wife, late Margaret Dyer administratrix of William Dyer, deceased," brought a bill of complaint vs. Charles Wilson, regarding payment of a bond of Wilson to Dyer, dated 24th December, 1752.
    (August Court Judgements A, 1762.)

    On the 20th March, 1765, Cravens was appointed guardian of Roger and John Dyer, "infant orphans of William Dyer, deceased."
    (Order Book 9, p. 248).

    John Cravens, (1722-1778), the eldest son of Capt. Robert Cravens, and wife Mary, was born in Sussex County, Delaware, and brought, in childhood, by his parents to Augusta, later Rockingham County, Virginia, about 1739. About 1759 he married Margaret Dyer, the widow of William, and daughter of John and Margaret Hiatt.
    (Settlers by the Long Grey Trail; pg. 342)

    John and Margaret Cravens made their home on Cook's Creek, some four miles southwest of "Thomas Harrison's", near a place called Fishers Spring.

    In addition to his home plantation, he also acquired land in the old Linville Creek community, through the death of his father. At the time of his own death in 1778, he was a large landowner of the county. He died intestate.

    John married HIETT, Margaret 1759. Margaret (daughter of HIETT, John and WILSON, Rachel) was born 1727; died 1826, Rockingham County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. CRAVENS, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1760; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 12. CRAVENS, Hannah  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1762; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 13. CRAVENS, Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1764; died 10 Dec 1793.
    4. 14. CRAVENS, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Apr 1766; died 1826.
    5. 15. CRAVENS, Joseph  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 May 1769; died 28 Nov 1847.
    6. 16. CRAVENS, James  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Apr 1773; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 17. CRAVENS, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Aug 1775, Augusta, West Virginia; died 19 Mar 1850, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia; was buried , Slanesville, West Virginia.

  7. 8.  CRAVENS, Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 1724; died 1800.

    Margaret — PRIMROSE. [Group Sheet]

    Margaret — HARRISON, Zebulon. [Group Sheet]


  8. 9.  CRAVENS, William Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 1730; died Yes, date unknown.

  9. 10.  CRAVENS, Robert Descendancy chart to this point (1.Robert1) was born 1733, Sussex County, Delaware; died Mar 1784, Rockingham County, Virginia.

    Robert — HARRISON, Hester. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 11.  CRAVENS, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 1760; died Yes, date unknown.

    Mary married HARRISON, Josiah 1779. [Group Sheet]


  2. 12.  CRAVENS, Hannah Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 1762; died Yes, date unknown.

    Hannah married EVANS, Jonathon 1779. [Group Sheet]


  3. 13.  CRAVENS, Robert Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 1764; died 10 Dec 1793.

    Notes:



    Never married.


  4. 14.  CRAVENS, William Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 2 Apr 1766; died 1826.

    William married HARRISON, Jean 1794. [Group Sheet]


  5. 15.  CRAVENS, Joseph Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 20 May 1769; died 28 Nov 1847.

    Joseph married NICKEL, Mary Polly 30 Nov 1790. [Group Sheet]


  6. 16.  CRAVENS, James Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 12 Apr 1773; died Yes, date unknown.

    James — LOVE, Nancy Ann. [Group Sheet]


  7. 17.  CRAVENS, Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 26 Aug 1775, Augusta, West Virginia; died 19 Mar 1850, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia; was buried , Slanesville, West Virginia.

    Notes:

    Margaret's Will:
    February 26, 1848,
    Proved April 27, 1850.
    Widow of Joseph Snapp,
    3 children:
    1. James C. Snapp
    2. Cynthia Jane Snapp
    3. Joseph Snapp
    Exec. Margaret Wolverton (Dau)
    Witnesses:
    William Heiskell
    David Henderson
    A. Monroe
    James Cunningham

    Margaret married SNAPP, Joseph 4 Oct 1793, Rockingham County, West Virginia. Joseph (son of SNAPP, John and WENDELL, Anna Maria) was born 17 Jun 1771, Strausburg, Virginia.; died 12 Dec 1847, Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia; was buried , Salem Methodist, Slanesville, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 18. SNAPP, John Cravens  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Jul 1794, Fauquire County, Virginia; died 31 Aug 1879, Salem, Hampshire County, West Virginia.
    2. 19. SNAPP, Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jun 1796; died 1 Jul 1858, Fort Defiance, Virginia..
    3. 20. SNAPP, William Cravens  Descendancy chart to this point was born 29 Jul 1799; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 21. SNAPP, Rhoda  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Jan 1801, Rockingham County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 22. SNAPP, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Apr 1803; died 29 Dec 1806.
    6. 23. SNAPP, Joseph  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 May 1805, Augusta County, Virginia; died 21 May 1882, Slanesville, West Virginia.
    7. 24. SNAPP, Mariah  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Feb 1808; died 26 Sep 1834.
    8. 25. SNAPP, Diana Allen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Dec 1810, Augusta County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. 26. SNAPP, James Cravens  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Feb 1813; died 11 May 1886, Salem, Hampshire County, Virginia..
    10. 27. SNAPP, Cynthia Jane  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Nov 1815, Augusta County, Virginia; died 10 Jun 1855.
    11. 28. SNAPP, Cyrus  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Sep 1818, Augusta County, Virginia; died 13 Sep 1836.


Generation: 4

  1. 18.  SNAPP, John Cravens Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 30 Jul 1794, Fauquire County, Virginia; died 31 Aug 1879, Salem, Hampshire County, West Virginia.

    Notes:

    John "known as Johnie" and his family lived on the nucleus of the old Snapp estate, about one-halh mile south of Salem church, and they are buried on the home farm. The Snapps were slaveholders, democrats and Methodists.
    (Capon Valley Pioneers and Descendants, Vol. II, Chapter XII, Page 334 )
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    John appears on the 1820 Hampshire Co., VA (now W.VA) census, with 1 male and 2 females.
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    John appears on the 1840 Hampshire Co., VA (now W.VA) census, with 2 males and 7 females.
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    The 1850 census shows John (age 56) a farmer living in Hampshire Co., W. VA with his wife Hannah (age 51) a daughter Sarah (age 18) and a son Silas (age 16). According to an 1850 slave owner's list John owned 4 slaves.
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    The 1860 Census, Hampshire Co., Virginia
    John Snapp, 66, Male, Blacksmith, $6000 R.E. / $4450 Personal, b. VA
    Hannah Snapp, 61, Female, b VA
    (They were next door to their son Silas, also a blacksmith at the time).
    -
    The 1870 Gore Twp., Hampshire Co., W.VA census shows;
    John, age 75, a farmer, $6,000/$450.
    Hannah, age 70, Keeping house.
    Next door is James C. Snapp, and his family.

    John married MILLISON, Hannah Bef 1821, Probably Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia. Hannah (daughter of MILLISON, Benjamin Taylor and SLANE, Phebe) was born Jul 1799; died 14 Mar 1876, Salem, Hampshire County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. SNAPP, Phebe J.  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1821, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. 30. SNAPP, Mariah E.  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1824, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 31. SNAPP, Caroline E.  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1828, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. 32. SNAPP, Margaret A.  Descendancy chart to this point was born , Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia.
    5. 33. SNAPP, Robert  Descendancy chart to this point was born , Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia.
    6. 34. SNAPP, Sarah Catherine  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 May 1832, Hampshire County, (Virginia) West Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. 35. SNAPP, Silas R. Rev.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Jan 1834, Probably Slanesville, Hampshire County, West Virginia; died 10 Mar 1895, Grottoes, Virginia; was buried , Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia.

  2. 19.  SNAPP, Robert Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 24 Jun 1796; died 1 Jul 1858, Fort Defiance, Virginia..

  3. 20.  SNAPP, William Cravens Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 29 Jul 1799; died Yes, date unknown.

  4. 21.  SNAPP, Rhoda Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 14 Jan 1801, Rockingham County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

    Rhoda — KILBOURNE, Roswell. Roswell was born 1800, Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont; died 1833, Shelby County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]


  5. 22.  SNAPP, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 19 Apr 1803; died 29 Dec 1806.

  6. 23.  SNAPP, Joseph Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 6 May 1805, Augusta County, Virginia; died 21 May 1882, Slanesville, West Virginia.

    Notes:



    1860 census finds Joseph with his wife Eleanor and his brother in Hamphire Co., West Virginia as a miller. $3,500 real estate.
    -
    Joseph was appointed postmaster of North River Mills, Hampshire Co., WV. on 03/13/1866.
    -

    Joseph — HIETT, Eleanor. Eleanor was born 1810, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  7. 24.  SNAPP, Mariah Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 6 Feb 1808; died 26 Sep 1834.

    Mariah married WOLVERTON, Isaac 15 May 1826, Hampshire County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  8. 25.  SNAPP, Diana Allen Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 31 Dec 1810, Augusta County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.

    Diana — ALLIN. [Group Sheet]


  9. 26.  SNAPP, James Cravens Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 10 Feb 1813; died 11 May 1886, Salem, Hampshire County, Virginia..

    Notes:



    1860 - Found with his brother in Hamphire Co., West Virginia census as a miller. $2,500 real estate.

    James — MONROE, Malinda. [Group Sheet]


  10. 27.  SNAPP, Cynthia Jane Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 30 Nov 1815, Augusta County, Virginia; died 10 Jun 1855.

  11. 28.  SNAPP, Cyrus Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 7.John2, 1.Robert1) was born 17 Sep 1818, Augusta County, Virginia; died 13 Sep 1836.


 

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