Charity Craft

Brief Life History of Charity

When Charity Craft was born on 9 May 1771, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Washington Craft, was 57 and her mother, Sarah Hammons, was 41. She married Elijah Church about 1788, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States. She died in 1855, in her hometown, at the age of 84, and was buried in Yellow Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Purlear, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Church
1773–1860
Charity Craft
1771–1855
Marriage: 1790
Phillip Church
1789–
Charity Church
1790–1854
Sarah "Sallie" Church
1793–
Allen Church
1800–1889
Enoch Church
1805–
Lucy Church
1806–
Elijah Church Jr
1812–
Marion Church
1812–
Jesse H. Church
1791–1876
Noah Church
1792–
Martha Church
1798–1870
Joel Church
1803–1844
William Nathaniel Church
1807–1885
William Emanuel Church
1808–1889

Sources (3)

  • Charity Craft Church, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Charity Craft Church (1771-1859) - Find A Grave Memorial
  • Obituary

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

North Carolina is the 12th state.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English craft ‘skillful, clever, learned’.

English: habitational name from Croft in Leicestershire. See also Croft .

Americanized form of German, Danish, Swedish, or Jewish Kraft . See also Croft .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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