Harriot Craggs

1713 - 1769  (56 years)

• Name	Harriot Craggs
  Born	Feb 1712/13  [1]
  Died	01 Feb 1769  [2]
  Buried	01 Feb 1769	Outside Chancel Window (Looking in Port Eliot Garden), St. German's Church, St. Germans, Cornwall, England   [1]
  Person ID	I00181	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	James Craggs,   b. 09 Apr 1686, Westminster, London ,   d. 16 Feb 1720/21  (Age 34 years)
  Mother	Hester Santlow,   b. Abt 1690,   d. 15 Jan 1773, Great Russell St., St. George, Bloomsbury  (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F00098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 1	Richard Eliot,   b. 06 Sep 1694, Cuddenbeak Manor, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 19 Nov 1748, London  (Age 54 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1725/26	Lincoln's Inn Chapel, London   [1]
  • "London Parker Penny Post" 21 Mar 1726, page 4: On Thursday Morning last, Richard Elliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Excise, was married to Mrs. Smith, a Lady of a very considerable Fortune. • "London Journal" 19 Mar 1726: Marriages. On the 10th, Richard Elliot, Esq; one of the Commissioners of the Excise, was married to Mrs. Smith, a Lady of a considerable Fortune. • "The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn", 1896, Vol. 2, page 568: Richard Eliot, Esq., of St. George's, Hanover Square, Middlesex, and Harriot Smith, of the same Parish, were married March 10th, 1725 (Old Style Date) • FMP Parish Records Collection Marriages: License date: 04 Mar 1726 License date year: 1726 Bride's last name: SMITH Bride's first name: Harriot Dual date: 04 Mar 1725/26 Groom's last name: ELLIOT Groom's first name: Richard Record source: Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations 1701-1850
  Children	1. 1st Baron Eliot, Edward Craggs Eliot,   b. 08 Jul 1727, St. George, Hanover Square, London ,   d. 17 Feb 1804, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 76 years)   2. Anne Eliot,   b. 17 Nov 1729, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 13 Apr 1816, Grosvenor Street, Westminster, Middlesex  (Age 86 years)   3. Harriot Eliot,   b. 15 Dec 1731, Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 22 Jan 1776  (Age 44 years)   4. Richard Eliot,   b. 16 Jul 1733, Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 28 Apr 1747, Kinsale, Ireland (In the Navy)  (Age 13 years)   5. Hester Eliot,   b. 11 Mar 1734/35,   d. 12 Apr 1736  (Age 1 years)   6. Augusta Eliot,   b. 10 Jun 1737,   d. 25 Nov 1737  (Age 0 years)   7. Elizabeth Eliot,   b. 03 May 1739, Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 01 Jan 1771, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire  (Age 31 years)   8. John Eliot,   b. 12 Jun 1741, Molenick, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 02 May 1769, Governor's Mansion, Pensacola, Florida  (Age 27 years)   9. Catherine Eliot,   b. 29 Oct 1743, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall ,   d. 28 Jul 1798, Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornwall  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 2	John Hamilton,   b. 02 Mar 1713/14,   d. 18 Dec 1755, Drowned Near Portsmouth Harbor  (Age 41 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1749	Holy Trinity, Cookham, Berkshire   [3, 4]
  --- "Caledonian Mercury" 27 Nov 1749, page 2 A few Days since, the Hon. John Hamilton, Esq; Captain of his Majesty's Ship the Vanguard, and Brother to the Right Hon. the Earl of Abercorne, was married at Ware in Hertfordshire to Mrs. Elliot, Relict of the late Richard Elliot of Port Elliot, Esq; The Ceremony was performed by his Brother, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. George Hamilton.
  Children	1. Ann "Nancy" Hamilton,   b. Abt 1751,   d. 04 Nov 1764, Highgate  (Age 13 years)   2. 1st Marquess Abercorn John James Hamilton,   b. 02 Jul 1756, London, England ,   d. 27 Jan 1818  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Harriot Eliot (nee Craggs) Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds

  
  

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  [S00020] Genealogical Memoranda relating to the families of Eliot of Port Eliot and Craggs of Wyserley, Copied from Documents in the possession of the Right Honorable the Earl of St. Germans, (Name: Name: Taylor and Company, London 1868;;). The Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's The Peerage of Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland: David Douglas, 1904), volume I, page 63. www.familysearch.org Batch #M00865-1. [S00003] FamilySearch.org.