Individual Details
Rev ALEXANDER CRAIGHEAD ?
(18 Mar 1708 - 12 Mar 1766)
Events
| Birth | 18 Mar 1708 | Donegal,Ireland |  | ||
| Immigration | 1715 | New England, British America | | ||
| Occupation | From Nov 1735 to 1741 | pastor of Middle Octorara - Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British America | | ||
| Move | Aft 1741 | Virginia | | ||
| Religion | 11 Nov 1743 | Octorara, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British America | | ||
| Residence | 1749 | Windy Coce, Augusta, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1756 | first pastor of newly organized Sugaw Creek Presbyterian - near Charlotte, Mecklenberg, North Carolina | | ||
| Will | Abt 1765 | Mecklenberg, British America | |||
| Death | 12 Mar 1766 | Sugar Creek, Anson, North Carolina, British America | | ||
| Move | Sugar Creek, Anson, North Carolina, British North America | |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Thomas B Craighead (1750 - ) |
| Child | Robert Craighead (1751 - ) |
| Child | Agnes 'Nancy' Craighead (1740 - 1790) |
| Child | Rachel Craighead ( - ) |
| Child | Jane Craighead ( - ) |
| Child | Margaret Craighead ( - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Craighead ( - ) |
| Father | Rev Thomas Craighead (1660 - 1739) |
| Mother | Living |
| Sibling | Thomas Craighead (1702 - 1735) |
| Sibling | John Craighead (1703 - ) |
| Sibling | Jane or Janet Craighead ( - ) |
| Sibling | Andrew Craighead (1704 - 1766) |
Endnotes
1. "Welcome to Reckert's Roost!," database, hosted by rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reckertsroost/index.html: accessed 22 January 2013), Rev Thomas Craighead.
2. Rev James Geddes Craighead, The Craighead Family: A genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of REv. Thomas and Margaret Craighead 1658-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Sherman & Co, 1876), p41.
3. Rev James Geddes Craighead, The Craighead Family: A genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of REv. Thomas and Margaret Craighead 1658-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Sherman & Co, 1876), p39.
4. J. Barry Girvin, Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church and the Revolution (self-published: not known, not known), 2.
5. Rev James Geddes Craighead, The Craighead Family: A genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of REv. Thomas and Margaret Craighead 1658-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Sherman & Co, 1876), p39.
6. J. Barry Girvin, Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church and the Revolution (self-published: not known, not known), image 6.
7. J. Barry Girvin, Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church and the Revolution (self-published: not known, not known), image 6.
8. Ellis and Evans, History of Lancaster County (N.p.: n.p., 1883), Henry Worke (c1680-1738)/Notes.
9. Rev James Geddes Craighead, The Craighead Family: A genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of REv. Thomas and Margaret Craighead 1658-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Sherman & Co, 1876), p51.
10. Rev James Geddes Craighead, The Craighead Family: A genealogical Memoir of the Descendants of REv. Thomas and Margaret Craighead 1658-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Sherman & Co, 1876), p39.