When Katherine Craig was born about 1645, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Craigg, was 47 and her mother, Mrs Craigg, was 47. She married Thomas Fairchild on 22 December 1662, in London St Stephen Coleman Street, Middlesex, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died in May 1706, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesQuoted from "Commemorative Biographical Record of New Haven County, Connecticut, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, and of Many of the Early Settled Families. I …
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