Orsella Craig

Abt 1675 -

• Name	Orsella Craig  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1675	Scotland
  Gender	Female
  Role	1685	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Free emigrant's child
  Departure	26 Aug 1685	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Aboard the America Merchant
  Arrival	Oct 1685	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Imported by Lord Neill Campbell
  Name	Oriella Craig
  Name	Ursula Craig
  Property	1721	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Granted a legacy of £50 in the will of her grandfather John Craig
  Person ID	I45092	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	John Craig,   b. Abt 1655   d. Abt 1722, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	wife (Craig),   b. Abt 1656, Scotland d. Bef 1685, Scotland (Age < 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisha Parker,   b. Abt 1659, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Jun 1717, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1697	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Children	1. John Parker,   b. Aft 1696, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef Dec 1732, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elisha Parker,   b. 25 Nov 1704   d. Bef Jun 1732, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. child Parker,   b. 1717, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1727, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA (Age < 9 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Orsilla Parker  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Mary Parker  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elizabeth Parker,   b. Daughter of Elisha Parker and Ursula Crage and sis  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1675 - Scotland Role - Free emigrant's child - 1685 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Departure - Aboard the America Merchant - 26 Aug 1685 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Arrival - Imported by Lord Neill Campbell - Oct 1685 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 27 Sep 1697 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Granted a legacy of £50 in the will of her grandfather John Craig - 1721 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 225 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p68. [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p248.