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CRAWFORD, Capt. David Sr.

CRAWFORD, Capt. David Sr.

Male Abt 1625 - 1710  (84 years)   Has 49 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name CRAWFORD, David  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Prefix Capt. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt 1625  Kilbirnie, Ayershire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Abt 1643  Jamestown, James City, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 8] 
    from Scotland with his father 
    Appointed 1 Nov 1665  York County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    a Constable 
    Land 7 Aug 1667  James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    received by a Land Grant, 86 acres in Martins Hundred Parish, 
    Land Between 1672 and 1687  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 11] 
    received in Land Grants 
    • These land grants are in present day Hanover County, created in 1720 from a portion of New Kent County.

      - On 5 Oct 1672, granted 1000 acres in the branches of Mattadegun [Matadequin] Creek adjoining the land of John POUNCE.

      - On 24 Feb 1676, granted 1350 acres on Little Creek, a branch of Mattadegun [Matadequin] Creek, and also granted 375 acres between the head branch of Mattadegun [Matadequin] Creek called Little Creek and the branches of Chickahominy Swamp.

      - On 12 Mar 1683, granted 1316 acres on the south side of the York River, known by the name of Esaquan Plantation, adjacent to land of Sir Philip HONIEWOOD.

      - On 5 Jan 1685, deeded 300 acres on the south side of the York River [its tributary the Pamunkey River] between its branches and Topopotomoy Creek. He conveyed this to his grandson, David HOLT by deed of gift on 28 May 1686. David HOLT was a minor at that time.

      - On 4 Nov 1685, granted 1300 acres on the south bank of the York River [its tributary the Pamunkey River] at the mouth of Asseskuin [Assasquin] Run. He built the Assasquin plantation house soon after on this property. The house burned about 1740 and was not replaced. He was also granted 277 acres on the south side of the York River [its tributary the Pamunkey River] at the mouth of a small branch where it meets the main branch of Asseskuin [Assasquin] Run and on the south side of that main branch.

      - On 20 Apr 1687, granted 196 acres on the south side of the Pamunkey River.

      - On 21 Oct 1687, sold some land to William WINSTON I that was part of 266 acres granted to WINSTON, where he was then living.
    Land Feb 1671/72  York County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    located in Hampton Parish on Felgates Creek, that he purchased from Robert LANCASTER of New Kent County, 
    Election 1692  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    a representative to the House Of Burgesses 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 114804823 
    Land 22 Apr 1693  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    of 400 acres on the Pamunkey River, that was part of his Assasquin Plantation, that he deeded to his grandson, Col. William MERIWETHER, Sr., son of Col. Nicholas MERIWETHER II and Elizabeth CRAWFORD, 
    • The future town of Newcastle was to be built by William MERIWETHER on this property in 1738.
    Occupation New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Plantation Owner 
    Death Between 3 Oct 1709 and 15 Aug 1710  Assasquin Plantation, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Address:
    "Assasquin" Plantation
    New Kent / Hanover County, Virginia
    USA 
    Age 84 years 
    Burial Y  [8] 
    Person ID I3725  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2025 

    Father CRAWFORD, John Jr.,   b. 1600, Kilbirnie, Ayershire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1676, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother —?—   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F2315  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family —?—, Jane,   b. Abt 1638   d. Aft 1710, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1654  James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 7, 8] 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 29 years - She : ~ 16 years. 
    Children 
       1. Male CRAWFORD, Peter   d. Yes, date unknown
    >  2. Female CRAWFORD, Judith,   b. 1658, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    >  3. Female CRAWFORD, Angeline,   b. 1660, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1762 (Age 102 years)
    >  4. Male CRAWFORD, Capt. David Jr.,   b. 1662, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1762, Amherst County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years)
    >  5. Male CRAWFORD, John,   b. 1664   d. 13 Dec 1689 (Age 25 years)
    >  6. Female CRAWFORD, Sarah,   b. 12 May 1666, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1753, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +  7. Female CRAWFORD, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1667, Assasquin Plantation, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 11 May 1762, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years)
    Family ID F1486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2021 

  • Notes 
    • (Research):The Crawford family lineage has forever been damanged by one Gustave Anjou - a man who created multiple fraudulent lineages for pay - scams have always been with us. Wikipedia has a article, or just Google Gustave Anjou to read more about him. His books are still out there and many others have copied from them unknowingly.
      The majority of the information found in family trees on the Internet about David Crawford has come from this fraudulent material.
      - Kay Haden

      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/crawford/index.html

      David Crawford may have been born and emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland. [6]

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1625 - Kilbirnie, Ayershire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - from Scotland with his father - Abt 1643 - Jamestown, James City, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1654 - James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointed - a Constable - 1 Nov 1665 - York County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - received by a Land Grant, 86 acres in Martins Hundred Parish, - 7 Aug 1667 - James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - received in Land Grants - Between 1672 and 1687 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - located in Hampton Parish on Felgates Creek, that he purchased from Robert LANCASTER of New Kent County, - Feb 1671/72 - York County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElection - a representative to the House Of Burgesses - 1692 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - of 400 acres on the Pamunkey River, that was part of his Assasquin Plantation, that he deeded to his grandson, Col. William MERIWETHER, Sr., son of Col. Nicholas MERIWETHER II and Elizabeth CRAWFORD, - 22 Apr 1693 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Plantation Owner - - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Address:
    "Assasquin" Plantation
    New Kent / Hanover County, Virginia
    USA - Between 3 Oct 1709 and 15 Aug 1710 - Assasquin Plantation, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 233-234.

    2. [S1133] Charles Barnett Lampkin Jr., Book - Descendants of John Crawford, (Miami, Florida: Acme Press Inc., 1970.), 30 Jul 2018, p 4-6.
      Book - Descendants of John Crawford      		 Book - Descendants of John Crawford


    3. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I14, Elizabeth Crawford; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    4. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 189.

    5. [S643] Sarah Travers Lewis (Scott) Anderson, Book - Lewises, Meriwethers & Kin, (1938; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008.), 14 Aug 2015, p 146.

    6. [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 30 Jun 2021, p 352-361.

    7. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I8135, David Crawford; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    8. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015<, Memorial #64687898, David Crawford.

    9. [S654] Haden, Kay, Internet - Leaves of the Tree, (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~katy/index.html : 1999-2013), 14 Aug 2015, accessed 14 August 2015), David Crawford.
      The Crawford family lineage has forever been damanged by one Gustave Anjou - a man who created multiple fraudulent lineages for pay - scams have always been with us. Wikipedia has a article, or just Google Gustave Anjou to read more about him. His books are still out there and many others have copied from them unknowingly.
      The majority of the information found in family trees on the Internet about David Crawford has come from this fraudulent material.
      - Kay Haden

    10. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 14 Aug 2015, David Crafford, Grantee, Land Grant, James City County, 7 Aug 1667 (Book No. 6, p. 90), (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 14 August 2015).
      VA - James City County - David Crafford      		 VA - James City County - David Crafford


    11. [S498] Virginia. Land Office., Land Grants - VA (Library of VA), (Digital images. Library of Virginia. http://www.lva.virginia.gov/), 14 Aug 2015, David Crafford, Grantee, Land Grants, New Kent County, (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 14 August 2015).
      VA - New Kent County - David Crafford      		 VA - New Kent County - David Crafford


    12. [S651] William Waller Hening, Book - Statutes at Large: Laws of VA, Vol V (Internet Archives), (Richmond, Virginia: The Franklin Press, 1819.), 14 Aug 2015, Chapter XXIV: p 257-9.
      Book - Statutes at Large - Vol V - p 257-9      		 Book - Statutes at Large - Vol V - p 257-9



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