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Abt 1755 - 1795 (40 years)
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Name |
Robert Cree |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Born |
Abt 1755 |
County Down, Ireland |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1790 |
Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States [1] |
as Robert Cree |
Died |
Oct 1795 |
Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States |
Buried |
Oct 1795 |
Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States [2] |
Address: Shepherd Church Cemetery |
Beneficiary |
Bef 6 Apr 1813 |
heirs of Robert Cree, Jr. in the will of his father Robert Cree |
Person ID |
I7758 |
TangledRoots |
Last Modified |
22 Oct 2021 |
Father |
Robert Cree, Sr., b. 1732, County Down, Ireland , d. 1813, Cumberland Township, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Janet Hamilton, b. 1734, County Down, Ireland , d. Aft 1813, Cumberland Township, Green County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age > 80 years) |
Married |
1754 |
County Down, Ireland |
Family ID |
F3122 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Elizabeth Villars, b. 12 Oct 1763, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America , d. 7 Mar 1841, Freeport Township, Harrison County, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years) |
Married |
1786 |
Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States [3] |
Children |
| 1. Ann Cree, b. 13 Nov 1788, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1 Sep 1859, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States (Age 70 years) |
| 2. Mary Cree, b. 17 Dec 1789, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 6 Jun 1880, Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States (Age 90 years) |
| 3. Jennet Cree, b. 5 Feb 1790, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 7 Jul 1867, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years) |
| 4. Robert Cree, b. 12 Apr 1791, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 20 Sep 1870, Clarksville, Clinton County, Ohio, United States (Age 79 years) |
| 5. John Cree, b. 14 Jul 1793, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 30 Jun 1866, Madison County, Indiana, United States (Age 72 years) |
| 6. George Cree, b. 28 Dec 1793, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 1832, Harrison County, Ohio, United States (Age 38 years) |
| 7. Eleanor Cree, b. 20 Apr 1794, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 3 Oct 1853, Harrison County, Ohio, United States (Age 59 years) |
| 8. James Robert Cree, b. 12 May 1795, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States , d. 16 May 1859, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States (Age 64 years) |
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Last Modified |
16 Jan 2022 |
Family ID |
F3113 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
Robert Cree, Jr. followed his father to Western Pennsylvania after serving in Captain James Fisher's Cumberland County Militia Company in 1782. Here he met and married Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of John and Mary Villiers. She was born October 12, 1763, and they were married about 1786. They continued the westward migration by removing from the Tenmile Country to Harrison County, Ohio. [Reference: Howard L. Leckey, "The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneers", (Apollo, Pennsylvania : Closson Press, 1993), pg. 545]
Very little is known about the life of Robert Cree, Jr. He was born in County Down, Northern Ireland and came to this country at an early age, sometime prior to 1770. He was one of the older children of Robert and Janet Hamilton Cree. Robert Cree, Sr. and his family were living in Cumberland (now Perry) County, PA. during the years of the Revolutionary War. Several of his children including Robert, Jr. served during this war. Robert Jr. was a member of Capt. William Crawford's Co. of the Washington Militia in the fall of 1781. After this term of enlistment had expired, he evidently remained in Washington County and soon thereafter, he was followed there by his parents and the rest of his family.
Robert Cree, Jr. married Elizebeth Villars in Washington County in 1786. They were the parents of eight children. The exact date of Robert's death is unknown, although according to the Washington County records, the inventory of his estate was made on November 12, 1795. It was customary at that time to inventory the estates as soon as possible after death so he evidently died in the fall of 1795, possibly in the month of October. The place of his burial is unknown although obviously it would have been at some location in Washington County.
Sometime shortly after 1820, his widow, Elizebeth Villars Cree and some of her younger children moved to eastern Ohio, where she settled and bought property in Harrison County. She died there in 1841 and is buried in the Methodist Cemetery at Freeport, Harrison County. [Source: Robert H. Cree (Cree Family Notes, 1999)]
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Sources |
- [S985] 1790 Federal Census: Pennsylvania, Washington County, p158.
page 158
William Cree
Free White Males: 1 over 16;
Free White Females: 5; Total 6
page 159
Robert Cree
Free White Males: 1 over 16;
Free White Males: 1 under 16
Free White Females: 3; Total 5
Robert Cree, Jr.
Free White Males: 1 over 16;
Free White Females: 4; Total 5
Peter Fox
Free White Males: 1 over 16;
Free White Females: 4; Total 5
Washington County, Pennsylvania
- [S1888] Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial# 83298375 - Robert Cree.
Birth: 1755
County Down, Northern Ireland
Death: Oct., 1795, Cumberland Township , Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Shepherd Church Cemetery, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA
Created by: Dennis Peterson
Record added: Jan 11, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 83298375
Greene County, Pennsylvania
Robert Cree, Jr. 1755-1795
Jane Hamilton Cree 1736-unknown
- [S975] Book: The Tenmile Country and Its Pioneers, 974.88 H2l., pg. 545.
Here he met and married Elizabeth Villiers, daughter of John and Marry Villers. She was born October 12, 1763 and they were married about 1786.
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