Text this colour is a link for Members only. Support us by becoming a Member for only £3 a month by joining our 'Buy Me A Coffee page'; Membership gives you access to all content and removes ads.
Text this colour links to Pages. Text this colour links to Family Trees.
Place the mouse over images to see a larger image. If the image is a painting click to see the painter's Biography Page. Move the mouse off the image to close the popup.
Place the mouse over links to see a preview of the Page. Move the mouse off the link to close the popup.
Around 1713 Harriet Craggs was born illegitimately to James Craggs (age 26).
On 16th February 1721 [her father] James Craggs (age 34) died.
On 10th March 1726 Richard Eliot (age 31) and Harriet Craggs (age 13) were married.
On 8th July 1727 [her son] Edward Craggs Eliot 1st Baron Eliot was born to Richard Eliot (age 32) and Harriet Craggs (age 14).
On 16th July 1733 [her son] Richard Eliot was born to Richard Eliot (age 38) and Harriet Craggs (age 20).
Before 1743. Michael Dahl (age 83). Portrait of Harriet Craggs (age 29).
On 28th April 1747 [her son] Richard Eliot (age 13) died. He was serving on the "Augusta" under the command of John Hamilton (age 33). While at port in Kinsale, he was taken by a sudden fever. Hamilton shouldered the duty of burying this favorite son of his dear friends before returning to England and the bereaved family.
On 19th November 1748 Richard Eliot (age 54) died. His good friend John Hamilton (age 34) subsequently married his widow Harriet Craggs (age 35).
On 20th November 1749 John Hamilton (age 35) and Harriet Craggs (age 36) were married at Holy Trinity Church, Cookham [Map] a year and a day after the death of her first husband Richard Eliot. He the son of James Hamilton 7th Earl Abercorn and Anne Plumer Countess Abercorn (age 59).
Around 1751 [her daughter] Anne Hamilton was born to John Hamilton (age 36) and Harriet Craggs (age 38).
On 18th December 1755 John Hamilton (age 41) drowned in Portsmouth Harbour. He had returned from his first command following his marriage to Harriet Craggs (age 42). Despite the weather being stormy he set out in a small boat for shore. The boat was overturned throwing all nine men into the rough water. Some of the men caught hold of the bottom of the upturned boat and waited for help to come from shore. Hamilton, confident in his swimming skills, swam around in the water – reportedly for twenty minutes – "exhorting the men to resignation in case they could not save themselves and, at the same time, encouraging them to exert their strength to preserve life". Along with two of his men, the Captain drowned before help arrived. One newspaper reported that, "The Loss of this Hon. Gentleman is great, he being much esteem'd for his Naval Abilities and exemplary Piety, (having Divine Service perform'd twice a Day at Sea to the Ship's Company) to whom he was a Father; his whole Behaviour was uniform and shew'd both the Christian and Gentleman." Hamilton's portmanteau was retrieved from the water by his footman (one of the six rescued men) and carried to shore. A "Gentleman" at Portsmouth set out immediately for London, with said portmanteau, to inform Harriot "in the discreetest manner possible" of her husband's death.
In July 1756 [her son] John Hamilton 1st Marquess Abercorn was born to John Hamilton and Harriet Craggs (age 43) posthumously.
On 8th August 1759 [her son-in-law] Charles Cocks 1st Baron Somers (age 34) and [her daughter] Elizabeth Eliot were married.
On 4th November 1764 [her daughter] Anne Hamilton (age 13) died.
On 1st February 1769 Harriet Craggs (age 56) died.
[her daughter] Elizabeth Eliot was born to Richard Eliot and Harriet Craggs.
GrandFather: James Craggs
Father: James Craggs