Katherine Craig

Brief Life History of Katherine

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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Family Time Line

Thomas Fairchild
1610–1670
Katherine Craig
1645–1706
Marriage: 22 December 1662
Joseph Fairchild
1664–1713
John Fairchild
1666–1762
Priscilla Fairchild
1669–1723

Sources (17)

  • Katherina Cragg, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Kathrine Cragg, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Katharine in entry for Joseph Fayerchild, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"

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Name Meaning

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.

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Quoted 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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