Rebecca MCCRAIGHT (1844-1936)

1 Rebecca Margaret MCCRAIGHT^1,2,3,4,5,6 (1844-1936) [8748]. Born 14 Oct 1844, Baltimore, MD.^1,2 Marr Johnson PRIDGEON 29 Jul 1862.⁵ Died 19 Jul 1936.²

From an Allegheny County, PA Gen Web site, subheading "Pridgeon Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA."

Rebecca Pridgeon was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of Rebecca McCreight [McCrate] and David McCreight. Her mother's father was a Hamilton and was a direct line to the throne of Scotland. Rebecca married Johnson Pridgeon and had three children - Charles, Lily and Sara Ellen, aka Ella. They were very proud that all three children had chosen such fine vocations. Rebecca was my grandmother's sister and was called Aunt Bessie. Aunt Bessie and her sister, Emma, kept the Hamilton name in the family. Aunt Bessie named her son Charles Hamilton, and her sister, Emma, named her daughter Grace Hamilton Wittaker. Grace married Joseph M. Thompson. Grace was my mother. (Recollections of Katharine Elaine Thompson Dow, contributed by Beverly Dow Mazzarella.).

Sources

1	"Information provided by Richard Brothwell".

2	"Allegheny County, PA Gen Web site, Pridgeon Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA".

3	"1870 Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore census".

4	"1880 Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore census".

5	"Wedding announcement of Johnson Pridgeon and Rebecca McCraight in the Baltimore Sun, August 2, 1862".

6	"Death certificate of Sara Ellen Pridgeon".