John Crackston II

Biographical Summary

John Crackston (II) was the son of John Crackston.  He was born perhaps around 1600-1610, and his family took up residence in Leiden, Holland.  His sister Anna married Thomas Smith in 1618 in Leiden.  He came with his father John on the Mayflower in 1620.  Since he did not sign the Mayflower Compact, we can assume he was still a minor, but since he had a sister who married in 1618 he probably was in his teens.  His father died sometime the first winter, but he survived and lived in Plymouth for about seven or eight years more.  He was included in the Isaac Allerton family in the 1627 Division of Cattle, and perhaps was serving Allerton as an apprentice.  He died sometime that winter after getting himself lost in the woods and nearly froze to death: he died shortly thereafter of a fever brought about by his ordeal.

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