Hannah Craig

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Craig was born on 5 July 1801, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States, her father, Enoch Craig, was 42 and her mother, Dorothy Deborah Starling, was 38. She married Joseph Dean Prescott on 6 November 1820, in Farmington, Franklin, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1860. She died on 18 February 1865, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Dean Prescott
1799–1883
Hannah Craig
1801–1865
Marriage: 6 November 1820
Dorothy Ann Prescott
1821–1901
Albion Lafayette Prescott
1824–1825
George Washington Prescott
1826–1920
Ellery Channing Prescott
1828–1829
Hannah Louisa Prescott
1831–1855
Lucian N. Prescott
1833–1898
Sutton Kerr Prescott
1836–1854
Lonia C Prescott
1837–1879
Hortense Beauharnais Prescott
1840–1861

Sources (7)

  • Hannah Prescott in household of Joseph D Prescott, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Hannah Craig, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Hannah Craig, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1804 · Whitehead Light

In 1804, President Thomas Jefferson authorized the creation of a light station on Whitehead Island. The light house went into service by 1807. It is the third-oldest light house in Maine. Whitehead Light still exists as the private property of Pine Island Camp, a non-profit organization.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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