Francis Crawford

Francis Crawford was thrice married,—first to Eunice Watkins, by whom he had: 1, Samuel; 2, Thomas; 3, David; 4, James. Mrs. Eunice Crawford died in 1791, in her twenty-eighth year. [He married] second to Lydia, daughter of Jeduthan Belknap, Dec. 1, 1792. Third to Fanny Denniston (widow of Capt. Isaacs), born Jan. 20, 1780, died Feb. 26, 1829. His sons David and James came to Newburgh with him in 1806, and were his associates in his business until 1810. James afterward opened the Mansion House, of which he was for several years the proprietor. He married Elizabeth Munson, who after his death married John Farnum. David continued with his father, and at his death recieved the principal portion of his estate.

• E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, History of Orange County, New York with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Everts & Peck, Philadelphia, 1881.