Husband John Crew
Born: Abt 1670 20
Christened:
Died: Between 1749 and 1752 - New Kent County, Virginia
Buried: - New Kent County, Virginia 373
Marriage: Abt 1692
Wife Sarah Gatley
Born: Abt 1670 20
Christened:
Died: - New Kent County, Virginia 373
Buried: - New Kent County, Virginia 373
Father: Nicholas Gatley 369
Mother:
Children
1 F Sarah Crew
Born: 1693 - Charles City County, Virginia 373
Christened:
Died: 1772 - New Kent County, Virginia
Buried:
Spouse: Robert Ellyson
Marr: 8 Jan 1715 - William Ladd's in Charles City County, Virginia 373. (Death of Spouse)
2 M John Crew Jr.
Born: Bef 13 Sep 1694 - Charles City County, Virginia 192
Christened:
Died: 11 Apr 1762 20
Buried:
Spouse: Agatha Ellyson
Marr: 14 Mar 1717 - Charles City County, Virginia 20
3 M Joseph Crew 20
Born: Abt 1698 - Charles City County, Virginia
Christened:
Died: Bef Aug 1759 - Hanover County, Virginia 85
Buried:
Spouse: Massey Johnson 20
Marr: 12 Jun 1725 - Friends Meeting House, Hanover County, Virginia 20,84
4 M Andrew Crew 84
Born: Abt 1700 - Charles City County, Virginia 85
Christened:
Died: 16 Oct 1766 - Charles City County, Virginia 85
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah Ellyson 85
Marr: 12 Feb 1720 - Charles City County, Virginia 20,84
5 F Mary Crew 84
Born: Bef 1702 - Charles City County, Virginia 85
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: John Ladd
Marr: 10 Sep 1724 - Charles City County, Virginia 20,84
6 F Elizabeth Crew 369
Born: Bef 1706
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Thomas Stanley 369
Marr: 8 Sep 1726 - Hanover Co., Virginia 369,370
7 M David Crews
Born: 1706 - Curles, Henrico County, VA 369,374
Christened:
Died: Bef 7 Jul 1766 - New Kent County, Virginia 147,375
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Stanley
Marr: 9 Nov 1734 - Hanover Co., Virginia 239,369. (Death of Spouse)
8 F Jane Crew 20
Born: Bef 1708 - Charles City County, Virginia 370
Christened:
Died: 1-2 Oct 1793 - Deep River, Guilford County, North Carolina 370
Buried:
Spouse: John Sanders Jr 20
Marr: 28 Dec 1728 - New Kent County, Virginia 20,370
9 M William W. Crews 20
Born: Bef 1710 - Charles City County, Virginia 370
Christened:
Died: Bef Jul 1771 - Louisa County, Virginia 370
Buried:
Spouse: Hannah Sanders 20
Marr: 8 Jul 1729 - New Kent County, Virginia 20,376
10 F Anne Crew 20
Born: Bef 1714
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: William Lane
Marr: 6 Nov 1734 - Henrico County, Virginia 20,239
General Notes: Husband - John Crew
Some Crews Quarters - A North American Story - John and Sarah Crew with some of their descendants
By CH Jones <https://stumblingintheshadowsofgiants.wordpress.com/author/julianatsleep/>
Some Crews Quarters - A North American Story - John and Sarah Crew with some of their descendants
By Thomas Randolph Crews
Copyright 1998. Published by Thomas Randolph Crews, 319 Oakwood Court, Lake Mary, Florida, 32746.
Chapter 1: John Crew (1669 - 1752)
It is fairly clear that our Crew(e)(s) ancestry is old Saxon English. But it is not at all clear which individual was our first immigrant ancestor. Early Virginia settlers were understandably more concerned with matters of survival than those of record keeping. And when you include the later destruction of records due to fire, age, and the American civil war, it is truly surprising that our family is documented back to the seventeenth century.
There are many immigration possibilities from England to the colony of Virginia. The list includes the following: Randall Crew, age twenty, arrived on the "Charles" in 1621; Joshua Crew was living in Virginia in 1623; Robert Crew, age twenty-three, arrived one the "Marmaduk" in 1623; Joseph Crew arrived on the "London Merchant" in 1624. Roger Crew in 1638; John Crew in 1640; John Crew in 1642; Thomas Crew in 1652; John Crew in 1664; James Crews in 1664; John Crew arrived in "James Town" in 1667; Andrew Crew from Maidstone, County of Kent, arrived in 1668 as a home circuit prisoner by way of Barbados; James Crews in 1677; and Robert Crew in 1681. Our "immigrant" ancestor may have been one of these individuals; or he may have been one whose record has not survived.
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Our earliest known ancestor, John Crew, was born about 1669. Agreeing with other researchers, I inferred this date from the Charles City County, Virginia court orders. In the October court of 1690, "the said John Crew is now in his non age"10 Ed1 (implying that he was not yet twenty-one). In the March Court of 1690/1, his wife Sarah was referred to as "being now at age".Ed2 And by November of 1691, John was sued in court as an adult.Ed3 These court appearances will be discussed later in this chapter. It is possible that John may have been born in England and later migrated to the colonies. But there are strong clues that John was born in Virginia. On November 15, 1738, then about age sixty-nine, John signed a petition on behalf of the Quakers which was submitted to the Virginia House of Burgesses. The petition stated that the signers "for the most part" were descendants of early Virginia inhabitants, were native subjects of the crown, and that Virginia, the first English colony, was their native country. This petition will also be discussed later in this chapter.
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One extremely significant event when John and his future wife, Sarah Gatley, were about seven years old was Bacon's Rebellion, also known as the Chesapeake revolution… colonists from all of the settled parts of Virginia rose up against Governor Berkeley, in support of Nathaniel Bacon. In defiance of the Governor, they elected Bacon to represent them in Virginia's governing assembly, the House of Burgesses, along with Bacon's very good friend, Captain James Crews. I do not know whether Captain James Crews was related to our John Crew, but he was at least a very close neighbor.Ed4
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The first written reference I have found to our John Crew is a civil court case in Charles City County. The case was started in August 1689 court, but carried on to the October 1689 court. Thomas King, the plaintiff, accused John Crew, the defendant, and "sayth that the defendant in anno 1689 hath contrary to law killed one sow belonging to ye plaintiff for which offense he prays benefit of the law."20 The case was referred to a jury who found John innocent and held Thomas King responsible for the court costs.Ed5
Several things are of interest in this case. The evolution of our surname from Crew to Crews had already started. John was recorded in the court orders as John Crew, John Crew, Jr., and as John Crews, Jr. "Junior" does not necessarily mean that his father was John Crew. But it does at least mean that there was an older John Crew living at the same time in the same county. We do not know much of the details of the case. It is very possible that John had become a Quaker by this time; and that Thomas King was one of the many members of the Church of England who actively persecuted members of the Society of Friends. Later in the same October 1689 court, an order was granted against Thomas King for the costs of six days attendance at court by one of the witnesses, John Craddocke; three days against John Crew and three days against Joseph Renshaw. It appears that if you lost a seventeenth century Virginia court case, you not only paid all the court costs, but you also reimbursed the witnesses for their attendance.
The next reference to our John is another civil court case, which started in the February 1689/90 court. The case was lengthy, carrying on through the following courts in 1690: June 3, June 12, August 4, September 15, and October 3. It continued in 1690/1: January, February 3, and concluded Marc3, over three fourths of a year in all. Following is a brief summary of the trial.
[Editor's note: For the gravity of the trail details to be understood in proper context, it's necessary to note that in seventeenth century Virginia, tobacco served as the established currency for all debts, business transactions, or monetary exchange. Coin was not in common circulation at the time, and printed notes were even less common.]
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By August 4, 1690, John Crew had married Sarah Gatley, but neither one was of legal age yet. Sarah's father was Nicholas Gatley. Nicholas died in 1678 leaving an estate valued at 6000 pounds of tobacco to his daughter, Sarah. The case gets a little complicated from here. Sarah's mother (Nicholas Gatley's widow) was also named Sarah. I do not know her maiden name. Because Sarah (the daughter) was a child when Nicholas died, Sarah (the mother) became administrator for the Gatley estate. Sara (the mother and widow) later married John Smith. After John Smith died, she married her third husband, William Morris. William Morris died by 1689, leaving her a widow for the third time.
By the time John Crew and Sarah Gatley were married, Sarah (the mother) had refused to give Sarah (the daughter) her rightful inheritance. One very real possibility was that John and Sarah had become Quakers by this time, and the mother was prejudiced against Quakers. But this is just my conjecture. At any rate, the case continued through the modern (Gregorian) year 1690. In the March Court 1690/91: "Jno. Crew who Marryed Sarah the orphan of Nicho. Gatley…. And the said Sarah ye orphan of ye said Gatley being now at age, pray this Courte…. To demand soe much… from Sarah ye Mother… as will pay 4605 pounds of tobacco."21 The court then ordered the mother to pay this amount to John and Sarah Crew and thus concluded the case. Later that same year, in the November court of 1691, judgement was granted to a John Justine against John Crew for 200 pounds of tobacco. There is no indication as to the reason for this judgement…
…In the November court of 1694, it was recorded that John Crewe's deeds of gift to his children be recorded.
The next reference that I found to our John Crew is in the surviving original minutes of the Society of Friends, Henrico… monthly meeting. On the ninth day of the twelfth month of 1699/1700, a list was recorded of the founding members of this old and venerable monthly meeting. Nineteen names were recorded together with their pledges to build a new meeting house. The pledges totaled 5900 pounds of tobacco with John Crew's personal pledge being 400 pounds. This meeting house was not completed until 1706. "It was 30 x 20 feet and inside there was 'one row of seats around… a double seat at one of the ends about ten feet long with a bar of banister before it, for the easement of Friends of the ministry." 22, 23
John and Sarah raised a family of ten children on the Virginia frontier. They must have been very good friends with the Quaker family of Gerrard Robert Ellyson because "three of Gerrard's children married three of the children of John and Sarah Crew, of Charles City County, and a fourth married the daughter of Robert Crew."24 "This was a common occurrence among the early colonial families, as their neighbors were the people they saw most often. It was especially prevalent among the Quakers because they had even greater limitations set upon their choice of marriage partners. Of those persons available because of age and distance, only those of the Quaker faith were acceptable. Other children of John and Sarah were: Joseph, who married Massey Johnson on the 12th day, 6th month 1725…"25
I do not know who the above Robert Crew was. I suspect he was John's brother; and possibly the Robert Crew who immigrated in 1681. If so, it raises the possibility that the family were Quakers in England and then migrated to Virginia.
Anne Crew was another of the ten children of John and Sarah. "There was a tradition that Ann was not John's daughter, just raised by the family and was actually Sarah (Ann) Elmore Crew, daughter of John Elmore and his Indian wife An-Nah-Wah-Kah, a full blooded Cherokee."26
Following are other references to John from various minutes of the Henrico monthly meetings: On the eighteenth day of the third month, 1706, a weekly meeting was organized at John and Sarah's residence at the request of John Crew, Robert Crew, and William Lead (Ladd). On the nineteenth day of the eighth month, 1706, John was appointed to represent the Old Man's Creek meeting of Charles City County at all of the monthly meetings. On the nineteenth day of the twelfth month, 1708, John was mentioned as having moved from his house where the weekly meeting was being kept. The meeting was then changed to the house of William Lead (Ladd).
… John was the clerk of the Henrico monthly meeting from the eighth day of the fourth month, 1711 to the tenth day of the seventh month, 1714. The implication is that he was skilled in both reading and writing. During his tenure… in 1714…two new Quaker meeting houses were soon constructed: "Weyanoke" in Charles City County and the "Swamp" in Hanover County. The "White Oak Swamp" meeting house in Henrico County was refurbished. And in 1717, John was mentioned in the Quaker minutes as being a member of Weyanoke meeting.
In about 1726 or 1727, John and Sarah moved to New Kent County, north, and just across the Chickahominy River from Charles City County. We would have better family data; except the colonial records of New Kent County were destroyed by a fire in 1787.
…conflicts with the Church of England continued. The Quaker minutes include a list of "sufferings" for the year 1726: John Crew had been taken into custody and released on the same day by paying the sheriff's demands. His son, Andrew, was imprisoned for two weeks. Andrew's neighbor, a non-Quaker, had secured Andrew's release by paying the sheriff's demands. Andrew also had a bridle and saddle taken from him. John Crew, Sr. was fined seventy-six pounds of tobacco, a gun and five pewter dishes for refusal to bear arms or pay tithes. During 1735, John was again fined for refusing to pay tithes. On the fourth day of the seventh month, 1736, he was appointed to sit in "the select meeting". The persecutions eventually became so bad that John, together with other Quakers prepared a petition. It was published in the Virginia Gazette in Williamsburg from November 10 - 17, 1738. And they presented it to the House of Burgesses on November 15, 1738:
"To the Honourable the Governor and Council, and Burgesses, met in General Assembly at Williamsburg.
The Humble Petition of the People called Quakers.
We lay hold of this Opportunity, with all Humility of Mind, to beseech You that You would be pleased to consider the Case of our Society in this Dominion, who, for the most Part, are the Descendants of Early Inhabitants; and who, as well as our Ancestors, are and have been, subject to great Loss and Detriment in our Substance and Employment, by Annual Seizures and Distress made upon our Goods and Persons on Account of Parish Levies: A Hardship, we hope, You do not desire we should lie under. And as we humbly conceive it is in Your Power to relieve us, are therefore the more emboldened to lay before You this our present aggrieved Case; and the rather, for that, as we have understood, You have been pleased to bestow the like Favour on Sundry German Protestants, by exempting them from Parish Levies: We (being native subjects) are encouraged to hope You will charitably look on our Condition, and afford us some relief: That being once freed from a Burthen, which we have long and patiently born, we may be better enabled to follow our Callings, for Support of our Families, according to Faith and good Conscience.
We need not, we hope, tell You that in most of the Provinces under the British Government our Friends set easy in this Behalf; either by Charter of Privileges or by a Special Law, made for that Purpose.
This our Native Country, is the first English Colony, and immediately under Our most Gracious Sovereign King George, who, we hope, looks on us to be universally attach'd to his Interest, and the Succession of His Noble House; and a People not useless, nor inconsiderable in his Dominions. For,
We pay all Taxes of Support of Government; we transgress no Laws of Trade; we keep back no Part of the Revenue due to the Crows; the Public are not charged, in the least, with our Poor; and we nevertheless willingly contribute to the Public Poor, and we endeavor to follow Peace with all Men.
To conclude, we are not numerous, which makes it the less difficult for You to grant us such Ease as we pray for: And are far from thinking that such Indulgence would increase the Number of real Quakers; and for hipocritical Pretenders, we shall hold ourselves under Obligations to detect them; so as the Government shall not be imposed on, nor Your Favour any ways abased; And further be pleased to know, it is for the Tender Conscience Sake, and not willfully nor obstinately, we have hitherto suffered, having sustained more than Treble Damages for our Conscientious Refusal: And by the Assistance of Divine Grace, preserved from Prejudice, against those who have been most active against us; We hope it will please Almighty God to put into Your Hearts to sat Amen to the Prayer of our Petition; and to also hear our Prayers; which are for Your Tranquility and Happiness, both in This World and That which is to come.
Signed in Behalf of the Society called Quakers in Virginia.
By
John Cheadle, Thomas Pleasants,
Abraham Ricks, Matthew Jourdan,
Wike Hunnicut, Thomas Newby,
William Lad, Thomas Trotter
Arminger Trotter, Robert Ellyson,
Peter Denson, John Crew,
William Outland, John Pleasants,
John Murdaugh, and Samuel Sebrel,
Edmund Jourdan, Samuel Jourdan,
John Denson."27
But the persecutions continued. On the fifth day of the seventh moth, 1747, John reported to the monthly meeting that he had a horse seized for fine. John and Sarah, together with other relatives and friends, endured fines, having property confiscated, being placed in jail, etc. for many years while still managing to remain successful planters on the Virginia frontier.
About fifteen miles downstream from present day Richmond, the James River makes a series of deep horseshow bends. This area was known as the "Curles". To help us better understand the Quakers, there is a letter by Robert Pleasants of Curles. "It sets forth the attitude of a minority group of whom John Crew and his descendants were members. Dated January 10, 1775, it is addressed to Robert Bolling of Buckingham, an apology to those who misunderstood the Quakers because of their uncouth mode of dress and speech, their studied aloofness, and their principle of submitting meekly to misunderstanding and injustice. Pleasants writes:"28
"I apprehend if we are sequestered from the rest of the community we are by no means culpable for it. It is well known that we have always declined the use of the sword as well as taking any oaths, supporting an hireling ministry and some other matters, which, tho' peculiar to ourselves, are by no means intended, or in justice ought to be, an exclusion from the common interest of the community; nor can I conceive how the community can be injured by our adherence to these principles. For, if we cannot fight for the state, we cannot fight against it; for so long as we keep to the truth (and I believe the contrary can't be charged upon us) swearing is unnecessary; and while we continue to be useful members of society and study the peace and welfare of the government we live under, every reasonable man will allow it is unjust we should be made to suffer for not conforming to a law in favor of a few individuals, utterly inconsistent with our belief."29
In later years the children of John and Sarah followed the westward migration to other counties in Virginia and southward to North Carolina. The Exodus westward depleted many Friends' meetings in Virginia. By 1808 the Swamp, Black Creek, White Oak Swamp (which was another name for the Henrico Monthly Meeting) and Curles Meeting Houses were for sale.30
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John died in New Kent County between 1749 and 1752 at about eighty to eighty-three. John and Sarah were very likely buried in a Friends' cemetery. Their ten children were all born in Charles City County. With some exceptions, the children were firmly committed to the Society of Friends. Because birth dates are not known with certainty, they are listed in order of their marriages:
i. Sarah Crew married Robert Ellyson in 1714/15. They had five children and lived in New Kent County, Virginia where Robert was overseer of the Black Creek meeting. In 1738, he was made treasurer of the Henrico monthly meeting. The family suffered numerous fines, but remained in New Kent County.
ii. John Crew married Agatha Ellyson in 1717. They also lived in New Kent County where John was a minister and Agatha was an elder. The family, including eight children, suffered many fines. The Virginia yearly meeting of May 29, 1762 reported that they were both deceased and ordered memorials read and recorded for them.
iii. Andrew Crew married Hannah Ellyson in 1720. They had eight children and continued to live in Charles City County, where they were members of the Weyanoke Meeting. The family suffered numerous fines, and at one point Andrew was imprisoned for two weeks.
iv. Mary Crew married John Ladd in 1724. They lived in Charles City County with their eight children and were members of the Weyanoke Meeting. In 1726, John made testimony against bearing arms and paying tithes. For this testimony, they lost so many of their household goods to fines that the Quaker meeting aided them in their distress.
v. Joseph Crew married Massey Johnson in 1725 and lived in Hanover County, Virginia with their nine children. Joseph was fined in 1738. Joseph and Massey are subjects of Chapter 2.Elizabeth Crew married Thomas Stanley, Jr. in 1726. They had ten children and lived in Hanover County where Thomas was the first overseer of the newly established Cedar Creek meeting. The Cedar Creek meeting house was built on "Stanley Land", part of an 800 acre tract granted to the Stanleys in 1714 by Governor Alexander Spotswood. A Quaker meeting house at Cedar Creek existed until a forest fire in the year 1904.
vi. Elizabeth Crew married Thomas Stanley, Jr. in 1726. They had ten children and lived in Hanover County where Thomas was the first overseer of the newly established Cedar Creek meeting. The Cedar Creek meeting house was built on "Stanley Land", part of an 800 acre tract granted to the Stanleys in 1714 by Governor Alexander Spotswood. A Quaker meeting house at Cedar Creek existed until a forest fire in the year 1904.
vii. Jane Crew married John Sanders, Jr. in 1727/8 and had nine children. They were fined in Hanover County and later migrated to Guilford County, North Carolina where they were among the original members of the Deep River monthly meeting. Jane died in 1793 in Guilford County.
viii. William Crew married Hannah Sanders in New Kent County in 1729 and had eight children. They suffered seizures of property in 1733 because William refused to bear arms and again in 1735 for refusal to pay tithes. They later moved to Louisa County, Virginia. William was put on probation by the Quakers in 1750 and dismissed from the church later that year. He died in 1771 in Louisa County.
ix. Anne Crew married William Lane (Ladd) in 1733/34 in Charles City County and had seven children. In 1764, the family moved to New Garden monthly meeting in Guilford County, North Carolina with other relatives. William was dismissed from the Society of Friends in 1769.
x. David Crew married Mary Stanley in 1733/34, having at least two children. After Mary passed away, he married Mary Ladd, widow of Samuel McGahea in 1754. David was disowned in 1758 for neglecting to insure that his children attended regular Quaker meetings. His son, David, Jr., is further described in Appendix A. This "Neglected child", David, Jr., was a soldier in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was a later business associate of Daniel Boone and was a citizen and a military guard of Boonesboro, Kentucky.
Husband Jonathan Crew
Born: 8 Jun 1802 - Abbeville County, SC 368
Christened:
Died: 13 Jan 1874 - Forsyth Couunty, NC 368
Buried:
Father: William Crew
Mother: Martha Greene 368
Marriage: 3 Feb 1824 - Stokes County, NC 377
Wife Matilda Masten
Born: 11 Nov 1802 377
Christened:
Died: 30 Aug 1870 - Forsyth Couunty, NC 377
Buried: - Forsyth Couunty, NC
Children
Husband Joseph Crew
Born: Abt 1722 - Charles City County, Virginia
Christened:
Died: Bef 1775 - Caroline County, VA
Buried:
Father: Andrew Crew 84
Mother: Hannah Ellyson 85
Marriage: 11 Oct 1743 - Caroline County, VA 364
Wife Agnes Stone 84
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 8 Aug 1761 87
Buried:
Children
1 M Armsiby Crew 87
Born: 31 Aug 1745 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
2 F Mary Crew 87
Born: 26 Jan 1749 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 M Micajah Crew 87
Born: 22 Jul 1750 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 M Nicholas Crew 87
Born: 26 Mar 1752 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 F Agatha Crew 87
Born: 19 Mar 1753 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 F Susanna Crew 87
Born: 16 Jul 1754 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
7 M Joseph Crew 87
Born: 1755 87
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Crew
[1111] Joseph Crew (Andrew III & Hannah Ellyson) b. Abt. 1722 CCC; d. Before 1775 Caroline Co.
+Agnes Stone (Nicholas & Mary ?) b: in Virginia; m: October 11, 1743; d. Bef. Aug 8. 1761 in Caroline Co., Va.
[11111] Armisby
[11112] Agnes/Agatha.
[11113] Mary
[11114] Micajah.
[11115] Nicholas
[11116] Susanna
[11117] Joseph.
Cedar Creek13;
Joseph, son of Andrew, married
Agnes Stone in Caroline Co., dau of Nicholas
Children:
Armisby b 8/31/1745
Mary b. 1/26/1749
Micajahb. 7/22/1750
Nicholas b. 3/26/1752
Aggy (Agnes/Agatha) b. 3/19/1753
Sucky b. 7/16/1754
Joseph
Joseph and his family seem to have moved to Caroline Co.
Stanley5, p207.Joseph, son of Andrew Crew and Hannah Ellyson, married in 1743 to Agnes Stone.
Husband Joseph Crew 20
Born: Abt 1698 - Charles City County, Virginia
Christened:
Died: Bef Aug 1759 - Hanover County, Virginia 85
Buried:
Father: John Crew
Mother: Sarah Gatley
Marriage: 12 Jun 1725 - Friends Meeting House, Hanover County, Virginia 20,84
Wife Massey Johnson 20
Born:
Christened: 5 Feb 1705 - St Peters Church, New Kent County, VA 85
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Johnson 20
Mother: Lucretia Massey
Children
1 M James Crews
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1831 - Stokes County, NC
Buried:
Spouse: Emelia
2 M Caleb Crews
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1814 - Granville County, NC
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth
3 M Gideon Crews
Born: 1730 - Hanover County, Virginia
Christened:
Died: 16 Oct 1815 - Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina
Buried: - Crews Family Cemetery, Lewis, Granville County, North Carolina, USA
Spouse: Jemima Wicker
Marr: Abt 1769 - Hanover Co., Virginia
4 F Martha Crew
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 F Elizabeth Crew
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
6 M Thomas Crew
Born:
Christened:
Died: 1841 - Stokes County, NC
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Talley
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Crew
Chapter 2: Joseph Crew (1698 - 1759)
In 1698, Jamestown, then the capital of colonial Virginia, burned. In about the same year, but thirty miles to the northeast in Charles City County, a son named Joseph was born into the staunch Quaker family of John and Sarah Crew.
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By this time in the southern colonies, tobacco was clearly established as the most significant cash crop. But tobacco depleted the soil very quickly, and new land had to be continually obtained and cleared. New settlers were arriving in the colonies from all parts of the new Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, many of them as indentured servants. Local governments were forced into making modifications and changes. In 1720, Hanover County was formed from the northwestern portion of New Kent County, Virginia. And it was here that Joseph Crew married Massey Johnson. Massey had been baptized on February 5, 1704/5 in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County and was the daughter of John Johnson and Lucretia Massey.
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At the monthly meeting held at the house near the White Oak Swamp on the fourth day of the sixth month, 1725: "The persons appointed by the last monthly meeting to Inquire into the Clearness of Joseph Crew, make reporte to This meeting he is Cleare as far as They know or finde. There upon Joseph Crew and Massey Johnson publish Their said Intentions the Second time in This meeting."33
"Whereas Joseph Crew Son of John Crew of Charles City County and Massey Johnson Daughter of John Johnson of Hanover County having declared their Intentions af taking each other in Marreyage Befoare two Severiall publick Meetings of The People Called Quakers in Virginia acordin to the good order yoused amoungest them whose proceeding their in after a deliberate Consideration with regard to the Rituous Law of god were approved by the said Meeting in Relation to mareyage and having Consente of parience and friends concerned.
"Now these are to Certifeye all whom it may Concern that for the full acomplishement of Their said Intentions this twelfe day of the Sixth Month in the yeare on Thousand and Seven hundred and twentye five thaye the said Joseph Crew and Massey Johnson appearing in a publick Meeting of the afoare said peopell and others at the Meeting house of The said Peopell in Hanover County and in a Solemn Maner he the said Joseph Crew taking the said Massey Johnson by the hand did opinley declare as followesth.
"In the presence of god and you my witnessis the Day I Take Massey Johnson to be my wife.
"And then and there in the said asemly the said Massey Johnson Did in a like maner declare the followeth. In the presence of god and you my witnessis this Day I take Joseph Crew to be my husband.
"And the said Joseph Crew and Massey his now wife as farther Confirmation therof did then and thir to the presenc sighned ther hand and wee whose names here signed Being present among others at the Solemnising of the said Mariage and Subscribtion in maner aforesaid in witness wherof have also Subscribed ower names the Day and yeare above written.
Wm. Elyson James Lead Joseph Crew
Benj. Johnson Gatley Crew Ashley Johnson Massey Crew
Robt. Crew Joseph Crew Charles Denson
Thos. Pleasant John Lead Tho. Lenoir John Johnson
John Johnson Tho. Elyson John Crew"34
It appears that Joseph and Massey lived in Hanover County, just north of Richmond, for the remainder of their lives. But records are scarce. Richmond was burned 140 years later at the conclusion of the American civil war and flames also consumed most of the Hanover County courthouse records.
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On the second day of the seventh month, 1738, Joseph reported to the Henrico monthly meeting that he had been fined sixty-seven pounds of tobacco for refusing to pay tithes. Ed6
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Joseph Crew… died in Hanover County sometime prior to the Henrico monthly meeting of the seventh day of the fourth month for the year 1759. The children of Joseph and Massey Crew, all born in Virginia, and most likely Hanover County, Virginia, were as follows:
i. Abigail Crew, who was disowned from the Society of Friends in 1744 for marrying out of unity.
ii. John Crew(s) was disowned in 1755 for marrying out of unity: "Whereas John Crew, son of Joseph Crew of the County of New Kent by his Education was reputed a member of our Society but by his disobedience to the blessed Truth and Contrary to the well known principle and practice of Friends hath taken a wife by the priest not of our Society… We therefore Testified against the said John of all such unchristian practices disowning him a member of our Religious Society."36
iii. Martha Crew was disowned in 1759 for marrying out of unity: "Whereas Martha Crew daughter of Joseph Crew, deceased, of Hanover County… hath been Prevailed on to suffer herself to be joined in marriage by a Priest to a man of a different Persuasion in Matters of Faith… We do therefore hereby disown the said Martha Crew to be of our Society…"37
iv. Elizabeth Crew was disowned for marrying out of unity in 1759: "Whereas Elizabeth Crew Daughter of Joseph Crew Deceased of Hanover County… hath been prevailed on to suffer her self to be joined in Marriage by a Priest to a man of a different persuasion in matters of faith & not having a due Regard to the advice of her Friends - We do therefore hereby disown the said Elizabeth Crew to be of our Society."38
v. Joseph Crew(s)
vi. James Crew(s) married Emelia (maiden name unknown), and moved to Granville County, North Carolina. This section of North Carolina was later to become a focal point of the Revolutionary War. In 1778, along with his brothers Gideon and Thomas, James took a public oath to protect North Carolina from the King of Great Britain. James and Emelia had at least 7 children and named one of the daughters Massey, after James' mother. They later moved to Stokes County where James died in 1831.
vii. Caleb Crew(s) married Elizabeth (maiden name unknown) and also moved to Granville County. They had five children and also named a daughter Massey. Caleb's musket was on display for several years at the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. Caleb owned 140 acres near the town of Oxford where he died in 1814.
viii. Gideon Crew(s) married Jemima Whicker and also moved to Granville County. They had eight children and are the subjects of Chapter 3.
ix. Thomas Crew(s) married Mary Talley. They had ten children and also named a daughter Massey. Thomas and Mary first moved to Granville County but later migrated to Stokes County where Thomas died in 1841.
Husband George Hubbard 192
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Marriage: 6 Jan 1744 192
Wife Judith Crew 192
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Father: John Crew Jr.
Mother: Agatha Ellyson
Children
Husband John Ladd
Born: - England
Christened:
Died: Bef 1763 - Charles City County, Virginia 20
Buried:
Father: William Ladd 85
Mother: Huldah Binford
Marriage: 10 Sep 1724 - Charles City County, Virginia 20,84
Wife Mary Crew 84
Born: Bef 1702 - Charles City County, Virginia 85
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Father: John Crew
Mother: Sarah Gatley
Children
General Notes: Wife - Mary Crew
[115] Mary (John II and Sarah Gatley)b. Bef. 1702 in CCC; d. Bef. June 27, 1786
+John Ladd, Sr.(William Ladd I & Huldah Binford) b: Bef. 1704 CCC, Virginiad: Bef. 1763m: November 10, 1724 CCC, Virginia
Gatley Ladd (____ - ____) b: CCC, Virginia
Elizabeth Ladd (Bef. 1725 - ____) b: CCC, Virginia
James Ladd (Bef. 1725bef. Oct 17, 1807) b & d. CCC, Virginia
Amos Ladd (Bef. 1727 - Bef. May 8, 1790) b. CCC, Virginia
Sarah Ladd (Bef. 1735Feb 22, 1804) b: CCC, Virginia
John Ladd, Jr. (Bef. 1740 - March 20, 1816) b: CCC, Virginia
William Ladd (Bef. 1742July 17, 1797) b: CCC, Virginia
Judith Ladd (Bef. 1744 - ____) b: CCC, Virginia
?Joseph Ladd
Henrico MM Records 8: in 1724 Mary, daughter of John and Sarah of CCC married John Ladd, son of William and Huldah of Charles City Co. in Meeting House near Wm. Lead's dwelling house, Charles City Co
CCC Order book2; Nov. Court 1741(86/172)William Lead's deed to his son John Lead recorded
Tidewater1; p. 388.Mary, daughter of Sarah Gatley and John Crew. married John Ladd, son of William Ladd on 10th day, 9th month 1724 (Nov. 10, 1724).
Ladd Family10; John of Charles City Co. and son of Wm and Huldah; Married Mary Crew, dau of John and Sarah Crew on Nov. 21, 1724. Children: James, Amos, John, William, and at least two girls.
LDS Ancestral File Ver. 4.18; Mary Crew (82H0-29) born about 1700 in Charles City Co., Va., spouse John Ladd, children William, Elizabeth, John, Amos, Joseph, James, Elizabeth, Amos
CCC BB; 9/22/99 Celeste Shoemaker
b. 1698, d. June 27, 1786
Husband Joseph Paterson 87
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Marriage: 23 Mar 1785 87
Wife Mary Crew 87
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Father: Ellyson Crew
Mother: Lydia Ladd 191
Children
Husband Thomas Stanley Jr 84
Born: 9 Feb 1731 86
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Father: Thomas Stanley 369
Mother: Elizabeth Crew 369
Marriage:
Wife Sarah Crew 86
Born: 16 Dec 1728 84
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Died: 15 May 1803 86
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Father: Andrew Crew 84
Mother: Hannah Ellyson 85
Children
Husband Robert Ellyson
Born: Abt 1695
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Died: May 1772
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Marriage: 8 Jan 1715 - William Ladd's in Charles City County, Virginia 373
Marr. Status: Death of Spouse
Wife Sarah Crew
Born: 1693 - Charles City County, Virginia 373
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Died: 1772 - New Kent County, Virginia
Buried:
Father: John Crew
Mother: Sarah Gatley
Children
1 M Matthew Ellyson
Born: Abt 1717 - New Kent County, Virginia
Christened:
Died: Bef 4 Nov 1752 192
Buried:
Spouse: Elizabeth Ladd 188
Marr: 17 Sep 1737 - Charles City County, Virginia 192
2 M Joseph Ellyson
Born: Abt 1720 - New Kent County, Virginia
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3 M John Ellyson
Born: Abt 1720 - New Kent County, Virginia
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4 F Susanna Ellyson
Born: Abt 1725 - New Kent County, Virginia
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Spouse: John Binford 192
Marr: 3 Aug 1754 - New Kent County, Virginia 192
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Crew
[112] Sarah (John II and Sarah Gatley) b. abt. 1693 in CCC; d. May 1772 New Kent Co.
+Robert Ellyson(Gerrard Robert II & Sarah Spence) b: abt. 1696 New Kent Co., Va.; d: Abt. May 1772 New Kent Co., Va.m: March 08, 1713/14 in Henrico County, Va.
Children:
Matthew Ellyson b. Abt. 1717 New Kent Co.,; d. bef. 1752.
Joseph Ellyson b. abt. 1720 New Kent Co.,;d. New Kent Co.
Susanna Ellyson b. abt. 1725 New Kent Co.,.
John Ellyson b. abt. 1720 New Kent Co.,
Henrico MM Records 8; lists her as Sarah, daughter of John of CCC in 1715 when she married Robert Ellyson, son of G.R. of New Kent Co at William Ladd's in Charles City Co.
Stanley5, p 207.Sara, dau John & Sarah Gatley, married 1714 to Robert Ellyson, son of G.R. & Sarah Crew.
Tidewater1; Sarah, daughter of John Crew and her mother was probably Sarah Gatley the dau of Nicholas Gatley of Charles City Co.Attended Black Creek Particular Meeting in Hanover Co. and the Henrico Monthly Meeting in 1738.She married Robert Ellyson at the home of William Ladd in CCC on 8th day, 1st month, 1714 (March 8, 1714).Issue: Matthew, Joseph, Susanna and John. Robert, son of GR and Sarah was believed to be the eldest son. Robert was always identified as living in New Kent Co. when he was mentioned in the minutes. Robert and Sarah had died within a short time of each other between May 7 and May 23 of 1772.
Ellison Kinfolk6Lists Sarah as daughter of John Crew and hissecond wife, Sarah Gatley.Sarah and Robert married Jan 8, 1713/4 in Henrico Co. and she was born abt. 1695 and died May 1772.Issue: Samuel, Matthew, Joseph, Susanna.Robert Ellyson was born abt. 1695, son of Gerrard Robert and Sarah Spense and died May 1772 in Va.Lived in New Kent Co.
Cruze Ancestors7.Child of John Crew and Catherine ?.Married Robert Ellison in Henrico Co., Va on Jan 8, 1714.He was a son of Gerard Robert Ellison and Sarah Crew.Robert and Sarah were Quakers and live in New Kent Co. Va.They had five Children.Issue: Robert, Susannah, Joseph, Matthew, Garrett.
With Robert marrying Sarah Clopton and Garrett m. Eliz. ?
[Note: I don't have either of them]
Ladd List; 9/23/99 Sharon Bertsch
Married Aug. 1, 1714d. before May 23, 1772
Lists children: Robert, Susanna, John, Joseph, Garrett, Susanna, Mathew
Husband Thomas Crew
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Died: 1841 - Stokes County, NC
Buried:
Father: Joseph Crew 20
Mother: Massey Johnson 20
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Wife Mary Talley
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Children