George CRAFORD^[1]

- 1691

• Name	George CRAFORD
  Gender	Male
  land patent	23 Apr 1688	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [2]
  	On 23 April 1688, George patented 70 acres of land "lying in the Northern branches of Curretick [Currituck] in the County of Lower Norfolk."
  Prop	15 May 1690	Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Colony   [1]
  	On 15 May 1690, George received a deed of gift from his father William. By this deed he received 6 adult slaves and "two thousand acres of land lying and being att a place called Godfryes Run".
  Death	Before 16 Jul 1691  [3]
  	George and his wife Abigail had died prior to 16 July 1691, when William Craford presented an inventory of his son's and daughter-in-law's estate to the Lower Norfolk County Court.
  Person ID	I56688	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Capt. William CRAFORD,   b. England d. c. 1700
  Mother	Margaret (UNKNOWN)   d. After 26 Sep 1699
  Family ID	F4558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail MASON   d. Bef 16 Jul 1691
  Marriage	Bef 14 May 1690  [4]
  	The couple had married prior to 14 May 1690 when by deed-of-gift Lemuel Mason transferred all "right titell and intrest that I have to one third part of an illand called Whites Illand sittuat lying and being in Corat[uck] in North Carolina with all that part or stock of cattle.....".
  Children	1. Col. William CRAFORD,   b. Before 16 Jul 1691   d. 1762 (Age 70 years)   2. Abigail CRAFORD,   b. Before 16 Jul 1691, Virginia Colony d. c. 1774 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F4508	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1825] Craford to Craford deed of gift (1690), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 5, p. 130a. [S1826] George Craford, Virginia land patent, 23 April 1688. [S4558] George & Abigail Craford inventory (1691), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 5, pp. 159a-160. [S4560] Mason to Craford deed (1690), Norfolk Co, VA Deed Book 5, pp. 130a-131.