James Cratty, Sr.

James Cratty came from Chambersburg PA to Butler Co. PA in the early 1800's and settled on land later owned by Joshua McCandless. With him came brothers Robert and Thomas and sister Rachel. James married first Mary Johnston, daughter of Bernard Johnston, and had two daughters. He married second to Jane English who bore 14 children (6 sons & 8 daughters). He was a member of Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Church. He served in the War of 1812, a member of Captain Martin's company. His oldest son, Thomas Cratty, raised a family in Franklin Twp. Butler Co. His second son, James Cratty, Jr., apparently died in the Civil War; his remaining four sons were all dead by 1895.
(Per the 1895 History of Butler Co. PA, pg. 1254-55; and the Civil War record of James Cratty (Jr.))

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR James Cratty is not in my direct ancestor. He is related by marriage in the following way: Father of James Cratty, Jr. Father-in-law of Tamson Wilson, a daughter of James Wilson and Mary Baum

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1780; calc. 1781	PA, possibly Chambersburg area
1st Marriage			To Mary Johnston, dau. of Bernard Johnston
2nd Marriage			To Jane English
Death	10 Aug 1859
Burial		Mt Nebo Presby. Church, Connoquenessing Twp.

Ancestry chart segment

     Generation 5          Generation 6              Generation 7
 
                         +-- James Wilson
                         |   (1805-????)   
 +-- Tamson Wilson ------+
 |   (1828-1897)         |
 |                       +-- Mary Baum
 |                           (1806-????)
 +                                               +-- Thomas Cratty
 |                                               |
 |                       +-- James Cratty, Sr. --+
 |                       |   (1780-1859)         |
 +-- James Cratty, Jr. --+                       +-- Jane McKinney
     (1822-~1861)        |
                         +-- Jane English
 

Sources:

Children

(Children with Mary Johnston)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Sarah Cratty	F			Joseph White
Mary Cratty	F			James McDonald

(Children with Jane English)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Thomas Cratty	M	19 Dec 1811		Sarah Morrison, dau. of John Morrison	had 3 children: James A.; Mary;John M. who m. Hannah J. McCandless, had 4 children,& lives on his father's homestead
Jane Cratty	F			David Dunmire	died before 1895
Margaret Cratty	F			Robert Morrison	died before 1895
Elizabeth Cratty	F			James Morrison	died after 1895
Rachel Cratty	F	~1820
Anne Cratty				Nelson Myers	died before 1895
Matilda Cratty	F			William Phillips	died before 1895
James Cratty, Jr.	M				died before 1895
Prudence Cratty	F			Alexander Wilson	died before 1895
Catherine Cratty	F			Conrad Shanor
Samuel Cratty	M			died before 1895
William Cratty	M	~1830		died before 1895
Robert Cratty	M			died before 1895
John Cratty	M			died before 1895

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1850 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 12. Census dated 3 Aug 1850. Lines 6-9: James Cratty, 69, farmer, $3000 real property; Jane, 59; Rachel, 30; Wm., 20, farmer. All born in PA. Lines 10-11: James Cratty Jr. , age 28, farmer, married in the year; Tamzen, 21, married in the year. Both born in PA. Note: The page also includes several Gallagher families.
3	1985 History of Butler County, Brown & Co., p.1254-55. Biographical sektches of James Cratty, Sr., and of Thomas Cratty (oldest brother of James Cratty, Jr.): "James Cratty came to Muddy Creek township, Butler county, form the vicinity of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, early in the present century, and settled upon the land now owned by Joshua McCandless. He was accompanied to this county by his brothers, Robert and Thomas, and sister Rachel ...". He married 1st Mary Johnston, dau. of Bernard Johnston; 2nd Jane English. He had a son James (deceased at time of writing). Note: We expect it is this James Cratty's son, James Jr., who married Tamson Wilson. James Cratty's first son Thomas had a son named James A., but as Thomas was born in 1811, he is too young to be the father of the James Cratty who is married to Tamson and 38 yrs old (born about 1822) in the 1860 census.	(Complete text James Cratty sketch, 1895 Hist. Butler Co.)
4	Mt Nebo Cemetery, Connoquenessing Twp., Butler Co. PA James Cratty b. 1780, d. 10 Aug, 1859, son of Thomas Cratty & Jane McKinney Note: This record created by William Carlson on website Findagrave.com. It is unclear what portion of the data is from the gravestone inscription. Web address: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=2230022&GRid=27902635&
5	" 1830 U.S. Federal Census', Connoquenessing Twp., Butler Co. PA, image #23 on Ancestry.com.. Line 11: Household of Thomas Cratty, with 2M & 1 F under age 5, 1M age 15-20, 1M age 20-30, & 1F age 30-40. See Source Notes, below.

Source Notes

• Source 5, 1830 Census for Thomas Cratty: The oldest male is recorded as age 20-30. Our source #3 (1895 History Butler Co.) indicates Thomas Cratty, son of James Cratty Sr., was born in Dec. 1811, which would leave him only age 19 at any time in 1830. This would also indicate a 10-year age gap between him and the older female (his wife?) (age 30-40).
  The male age 15-20 cannot be the son of Thomas Cratty b. 1811. It could however be a cousin or hired hand living with him. (His next younger brother, James Cratty, Jr., would have been only age 8 in 1830, if the order of his siblings (listed in the 1895 History of Butler Co., biography of James Cratty, Sr.) is indeed the correct birth order. The biography of Thomas Cratty b. 1811 says he had only 3 children, two sons and a daughter, which would agree with this census if the male age 15-20 is a visitor.