The Haycraft Family
The Haycraft Family
James Haycraft, Jr. |
Samuel Haycraft, Sr.
By Steven R. Butler
The Haycraft family is English in origin and our branch has interesting history in America. James Haycraft, Jr., who settled in Virginia, came to America in 1744 as a transported convict, leaving behind a common-law wife. His indenture was sold first to George Neville, a Virginia Planter, then later, apparently, to George's brother John Neville, who became a Revolutionary War general and the man who put down the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennysvlvania during President George Washington's administration. In America, James Haycraft married again and sired three sons, all of who served as soldiers on the patriot side in the American Revolution. One, Samuel Haycraft, Sr., was among the first settlers of what became Hardin County, Kentucky - birthplace of President Abraham Lincoln.
I am a Haycraft descendant by virtue of the marriage of my great-grandfather William Newton Jenkins to Emmerine J. Morrison, who was a daughter of Isaac Fisher Morrison, who was a son of Samuel H. Morrison, who was a son of Elizabeth (Betsey) Haycraft, who was the daughter of Samuel Haycraft, Sr., who was the son of James Haycraft, Jr.
The Haycraft Family
James Haycraft, Jr. |
Samuel Haycraft, Sr.
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