John Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1758 44
Christening:
Death: 12 Oct 1807 - ( at age 49) 44
Burial:
Parents
Father: John Crew 45
Mother: Sarah 44
Jonathan Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 8 Jun 1802 - Abbeville County, SC 213
Christening:
Death: 13 Jan 1874 - Forsyth Couunty, NC ( at age 71) 213
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Parents
Father: William Crew
Mother: Martha Greene 213
Spouses and Children
1. *Matilda Masten
Marriage: 3 Feb 1824 - Stokes County, NC 214
Status:
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 16 Sep 1753 44
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Andrew Crew Jr. 82
Mother: Elizabeth Ladd 82
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1755 144
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Joseph Crew
Mother: Agnes Stone 45
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1698 - Charles City County, Virginia
Christening:
Death: Bef Aug 1759 - Hanover County, Virginia 83
Burial:
Parents
Father: John Crew
Mother: Sarah Gatley
Spouses and Children
1. *Massey Johnson 204
Marriage: 12 Jun 1725 - Friends Meeting House, Hanover County, Virginia 45,204
Status:
Children:
1. James Crews
2. Caleb Crews
3. Gideon Crews
4. Abigail Crew
5. John Crew
6. Martha Crew
7. Elizabeth Crew
8. Joseph Crew
9. Thomas Crew
Notes
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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.
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1761
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Death:
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Parents
Father: John Crew 45
Mother: Sarah 44
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 20 Apr 1782 - Stokes (now Forsyth) County, NC
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Death:
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Parents
Father: David Crew 206
Mother: Sarah Gooch
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: Abt 1722 - Charles City County, Virginia
Christening:
Death: Bef 1775 - Caroline County, VA
Burial:
Parents
Father: Andrew Crew 45
Mother: Hannah Ellyson 83
Spouses and Children
1. *Agnes Stone 45
Marriage: 11 Oct 1743 - Caroline County, VA 215
Status:
Children:
1. Armsiby Crew
2. Mary Crew
3. Micajah Crew
4. Nicholas Crew
5. Agatha Crew
6. Susanna Crew
7. Joseph Crew
Notes
General:
[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.
Joseph Crew
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date:
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Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: Joseph Crew 204
Mother: Massey Johnson 204
Judith Crew
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date:
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Parents
Father: John Crew Jr.
Mother: Agatha Ellyson
Spouses and Children
1. *George Hubbard 85
Marriage: 6 Jan 1744 85
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