Major Jospeh Crowshaw was born in probably 1610-1612, the son of Captain Raleigh Croshaw. He became a substantial planter and lived just a few miles from present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. On December 10, 1651, he patented land which became the plantation known as Poplar Neck:
1000 a. in York Co., upon the side of York River, commonly known by the name of Poplar Neck, abutting n. w. upon the mouth of St. Andrew's Creek" (later called Carter's Creek) "n. e. upon York River, s. e. upon a small creek called Croshaw's Desire dividing this land & the land now in possession of Richd. Croshaw into the woods, w. s. w. & by s. and s. w. along the Indian Field upon the land of Jas. Harris, w. by n. upon the land of Samuel Snead, n. w. by w. upon a line of marked trees leading along to St. Andrew's Creek.[1]
Poplar Neck subsequently came to Col. John West through West's marriage to Joseph Croshaw's daughter Unity.
Mary Croshaw born 1631 in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia was the eldest daughter of Maj. Joseph Croshaw, a lawyer and a justice of the court in York County; represented York as a member of the House of Burgess in 1659/60; and represented York in the Assembly in 1656, 1659, and 1660. Several early Virginia historical records show Mary Croshaw's English born mother as unnamed first wife of Joseph Croshaw. There is no proof that Elizabeth Yeardley married Maj. Joseph Croshaw. None of the scholarly books on either the Yeardley or the Croshaw families make this claim. Wikipedia claimed Joseph was married to Elizabeth Yeardley in article on Joseph Croshaw but, when the claim was shown to be unproven, the Wiki article was edited, showing an unnamed first wife. Wikipedia stated: Elizabeth Yeardley (1615–1660); married Major Joseph Croshaw.
Mary had two sisters, Unity and Rachel and two brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, both brothers died young.
In 1659, Mary Croshaw married naval officer, Henry White, born abt 1631 in England and settled at Ellison's Mill. Henry White had been unable to positively trace prior to 1663/4 when with Peter Gill he patented 100 acres upon the south side of Chickahominy Main Swamp beginning at the corner oak by upper Westover Path, but he was probably a resident of York for some years.
The children of Henry and Mary (Croshaw) White were:
Henry died April 17, 1667
Mary
Margaret died May 21, 1664
Ann died Oct 17, 1669,
Joseph,
William
Unity
Rebecca died 1686
(dated from Bruton Parish Register)
The will of Henry White, Sr., dated Dec. 20, 1671, proved Jan. 10, 1671/2 (York Bk, 4, p. 369) He left Mary his lands in Marston Parish until his son, Joseph comes of age, to son William 300 acres in New Kent, to daughters Mary, Unity and Rebecca 300 acres each lying in New Kent. After Henry's death, Mary married Thomas Taylor. Mary diedJuly 18, 1687 in Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia. No record exists of children by this second marriage.
One source states that Henry White was a vestryman in the Bruton Parish Episcopal Church. This church in Williamsburg is the third in a series of Anglican houses of worship that began in 1658. The first, which may have been at or near the 18th-century site, was built, probably of wood, in the Old Fields at Middle Plantation, Williamsburg's name until the 66-year-old community was incorporated in 1699.
Formed from Middletown and Marston Parishes in 1674, Bruton Parish was about 10 miles square. It is named for Bruton, Somersetshire, in England, the home of then-Governor William Berkeley and Virginia secretary Thomas Ludwell.
The church stood near the center of Williamsburg's original survey map drawn 15 years later. Its location suggested the church's importance to the colonial community's life.
Sources:
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applicatons, 1889-1970
Barrett White Appointed Committee of Safety Love 1775 - Revolutionary War Soldier -Nov 1775 (Son of Col. John White II of Hanover County and Katherine Barrett)
Applicant: William Mcclanton White - 5th great-grandson of Mary Croshaw and Henry White (1631-1671(2))
Genealogies of Virginia Families from William and Mary
College Quarterly, pg 802
(Mary Croshaw's death)
Publication Date: 1982
Tidewater Virginia Family Generations Beyond
Genealogies of Virginia Families William and Mary College Quarterly, pg. 802 (Children of Mary Croshaw and Henry White)
LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Volume, IV
Virginia Biogtraphy
Published 1915
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Ed. by Frederick A. Virkus.
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III
Publication Date: 1925
First Families of America
1000 a. in York Co., upon the side of York River, commonly known by the name of Poplar Neck, abutting n. w. upon the mouth of St. Andrew's Creek" (later called Carter's Creek) "n. e. upon York River, s. e. upon a small creek called Croshaw's Desire dividing this land & the land now in possession of Richd. Croshaw into the woods, w. s. w. & by s. and s. w. along the Indian Field upon the land of Jas. Harris, w. by n. upon the land of Samuel Snead, n. w. by w. upon a line of marked trees leading along to St. Andrew's Creek.[1]
Poplar Neck subsequently came to Col. John West through West's marriage to Joseph Croshaw's daughter Unity.
Mary Croshaw born 1631 in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia was the eldest daughter of Maj. Joseph Croshaw, a lawyer and a justice of the court in York County; represented York as a member of the House of Burgess in 1659/60; and represented York in the Assembly in 1656, 1659, and 1660. Several early Virginia historical records show Mary Croshaw's English born mother as unnamed first wife of Joseph Croshaw. There is no proof that Elizabeth Yeardley married Maj. Joseph Croshaw. None of the scholarly books on either the Yeardley or the Croshaw families make this claim. Wikipedia claimed Joseph was married to Elizabeth Yeardley in article on Joseph Croshaw but, when the claim was shown to be unproven, the Wiki article was edited, showing an unnamed first wife. Wikipedia stated: Elizabeth Yeardley (1615–1660); married Major Joseph Croshaw.
Mary had two sisters, Unity and Rachel and two brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, both brothers died young.
In 1659, Mary Croshaw married naval officer, Henry White, born abt 1631 in England and settled at Ellison's Mill. Henry White had been unable to positively trace prior to 1663/4 when with Peter Gill he patented 100 acres upon the south side of Chickahominy Main Swamp beginning at the corner oak by upper Westover Path, but he was probably a resident of York for some years.
The children of Henry and Mary (Croshaw) White were:
Henry died April 17, 1667
Mary
Margaret died May 21, 1664
Ann died Oct 17, 1669,
Joseph,
William
Unity
Rebecca died 1686
(dated from Bruton Parish Register)
The will of Henry White, Sr., dated Dec. 20, 1671, proved Jan. 10, 1671/2 (York Bk, 4, p. 369) He left Mary his lands in Marston Parish until his son, Joseph comes of age, to son William 300 acres in New Kent, to daughters Mary, Unity and Rebecca 300 acres each lying in New Kent. After Henry's death, Mary married Thomas Taylor. Mary diedJuly 18, 1687 in Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia. No record exists of children by this second marriage.
One source states that Henry White was a vestryman in the Bruton Parish Episcopal Church. This church in Williamsburg is the third in a series of Anglican houses of worship that began in 1658. The first, which may have been at or near the 18th-century site, was built, probably of wood, in the Old Fields at Middle Plantation, Williamsburg's name until the 66-year-old community was incorporated in 1699.
Formed from Middletown and Marston Parishes in 1674, Bruton Parish was about 10 miles square. It is named for Bruton, Somersetshire, in England, the home of then-Governor William Berkeley and Virginia secretary Thomas Ludwell.
The church stood near the center of Williamsburg's original survey map drawn 15 years later. Its location suggested the church's importance to the colonial community's life.
Sources:
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applicatons, 1889-1970
Barrett White Appointed Committee of Safety Love 1775 - Revolutionary War Soldier -Nov 1775 (Son of Col. John White II of Hanover County and Katherine Barrett)
Applicant: William Mcclanton White - 5th great-grandson of Mary Croshaw and Henry White (1631-1671(2))
Genealogies of Virginia Families from William and Mary
College Quarterly, pg 802
(Mary Croshaw's death)
Publication Date: 1982
Tidewater Virginia Family Generations Beyond
Genealogies of Virginia Families William and Mary College Quarterly, pg. 802 (Children of Mary Croshaw and Henry White)
LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Volume, IV
Virginia Biogtraphy
Published 1915
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Ed. by Frederick A. Virkus.
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III
Publication Date: 1925
First Families of America
Major Jospeh Crowshaw was born in probably 1610-1612, the son of Captain Raleigh Croshaw. He became a substantial planter and lived just a few miles from present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. On December 10, 1651, he patented land which became the plantation known as Poplar Neck:
1000 a. in York Co., upon the side of York River, commonly known by the name of Poplar Neck, abutting n. w. upon the mouth of St. Andrew's Creek" (later called Carter's Creek) "n. e. upon York River, s. e. upon a small creek called Croshaw's Desire dividing this land & the land now in possession of Richd. Croshaw into the woods, w. s. w. & by s. and s. w. along the Indian Field upon the land of Jas. Harris, w. by n. upon the land of Samuel Snead, n. w. by w. upon a line of marked trees leading along to St. Andrew's Creek.[1]
Poplar Neck subsequently came to Col. John West through West's marriage to Joseph Croshaw's daughter Unity.
Mary Croshaw born 1631 in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia was the eldest daughter of Maj. Joseph Croshaw, a lawyer and a justice of the court in York County; represented York as a member of the House of Burgess in 1659/60; and represented York in the Assembly in 1656, 1659, and 1660. Several early Virginia historical records show Mary Croshaw's English born mother as unnamed first wife of Joseph Croshaw. There is no proof that Elizabeth Yeardley married Maj. Joseph Croshaw. None of the scholarly books on either the Yeardley or the Croshaw families make this claim. Wikipedia claimed Joseph was married to Elizabeth Yeardley in article on Joseph Croshaw but, when the claim was shown to be unproven, the Wiki article was edited, showing an unnamed first wife. Wikipedia stated: Elizabeth Yeardley (1615–1660); married Major Joseph Croshaw.
Mary had two sisters, Unity and Rachel and two brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, both brothers died young.
In 1659, Mary Croshaw married naval officer, Henry White, born abt 1631 in England and settled at Ellison's Mill. Henry White had been unable to positively trace prior to 1663/4 when with Peter Gill he patented 100 acres upon the south side of Chickahominy Main Swamp beginning at the corner oak by upper Westover Path, but he was probably a resident of York for some years.
The children of Henry and Mary (Croshaw) White were:
Henry died April 17, 1667
Mary
Margaret died May 21, 1664
Ann died Oct 17, 1669,
Joseph,
William
Unity
Rebecca died 1686
(dated from Bruton Parish Register)
The will of Henry White, Sr., dated Dec. 20, 1671, proved Jan. 10, 1671/2 (York Bk, 4, p. 369) He left Mary his lands in Marston Parish until his son, Joseph comes of age, to son William 300 acres in New Kent, to daughters Mary, Unity and Rebecca 300 acres each lying in New Kent. After Henry's death, Mary married Thomas Taylor. Mary diedJuly 18, 1687 in Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia. No record exists of children by this second marriage.
One source states that Henry White was a vestryman in the Bruton Parish Episcopal Church. This church in Williamsburg is the third in a series of Anglican houses of worship that began in 1658. The first, which may have been at or near the 18th-century site, was built, probably of wood, in the Old Fields at Middle Plantation, Williamsburg's name until the 66-year-old community was incorporated in 1699.
Formed from Middletown and Marston Parishes in 1674, Bruton Parish was about 10 miles square. It is named for Bruton, Somersetshire, in England, the home of then-Governor William Berkeley and Virginia secretary Thomas Ludwell.
The church stood near the center of Williamsburg's original survey map drawn 15 years later. Its location suggested the church's importance to the colonial community's life.
Sources:
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applicatons, 1889-1970
Barrett White Appointed Committee of Safety Love 1775 - Revolutionary War Soldier -Nov 1775 (Son of Col. John White II of Hanover County and Katherine Barrett)
Applicant: William Mcclanton White - 5th great-grandson of Mary Croshaw and Henry White (1631-1671(2))
Genealogies of Virginia Families from William and Mary
College Quarterly, pg 802
(Mary Croshaw's death)
Publication Date: 1982
Tidewater Virginia Family Generations Beyond
Genealogies of Virginia Families William and Mary College Quarterly, pg. 802 (Children of Mary Croshaw and Henry White)
LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Volume, IV
Virginia Biogtraphy
Published 1915
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Ed. by Frederick A. Virkus.
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III
Publication Date: 1925
First Families of America
1000 a. in York Co., upon the side of York River, commonly known by the name of Poplar Neck, abutting n. w. upon the mouth of St. Andrew's Creek" (later called Carter's Creek) "n. e. upon York River, s. e. upon a small creek called Croshaw's Desire dividing this land & the land now in possession of Richd. Croshaw into the woods, w. s. w. & by s. and s. w. along the Indian Field upon the land of Jas. Harris, w. by n. upon the land of Samuel Snead, n. w. by w. upon a line of marked trees leading along to St. Andrew's Creek.[1]
Poplar Neck subsequently came to Col. John West through West's marriage to Joseph Croshaw's daughter Unity.
Mary Croshaw born 1631 in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia was the eldest daughter of Maj. Joseph Croshaw, a lawyer and a justice of the court in York County; represented York as a member of the House of Burgess in 1659/60; and represented York in the Assembly in 1656, 1659, and 1660. Several early Virginia historical records show Mary Croshaw's English born mother as unnamed first wife of Joseph Croshaw. There is no proof that Elizabeth Yeardley married Maj. Joseph Croshaw. None of the scholarly books on either the Yeardley or the Croshaw families make this claim. Wikipedia claimed Joseph was married to Elizabeth Yeardley in article on Joseph Croshaw but, when the claim was shown to be unproven, the Wiki article was edited, showing an unnamed first wife. Wikipedia stated: Elizabeth Yeardley (1615–1660); married Major Joseph Croshaw.
Mary had two sisters, Unity and Rachel and two brothers, Benjamin and Joseph, both brothers died young.
In 1659, Mary Croshaw married naval officer, Henry White, born abt 1631 in England and settled at Ellison's Mill. Henry White had been unable to positively trace prior to 1663/4 when with Peter Gill he patented 100 acres upon the south side of Chickahominy Main Swamp beginning at the corner oak by upper Westover Path, but he was probably a resident of York for some years.
The children of Henry and Mary (Croshaw) White were:
Henry died April 17, 1667
Mary
Margaret died May 21, 1664
Ann died Oct 17, 1669,
Joseph,
William
Unity
Rebecca died 1686
(dated from Bruton Parish Register)
The will of Henry White, Sr., dated Dec. 20, 1671, proved Jan. 10, 1671/2 (York Bk, 4, p. 369) He left Mary his lands in Marston Parish until his son, Joseph comes of age, to son William 300 acres in New Kent, to daughters Mary, Unity and Rebecca 300 acres each lying in New Kent. After Henry's death, Mary married Thomas Taylor. Mary diedJuly 18, 1687 in Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia. No record exists of children by this second marriage.
One source states that Henry White was a vestryman in the Bruton Parish Episcopal Church. This church in Williamsburg is the third in a series of Anglican houses of worship that began in 1658. The first, which may have been at or near the 18th-century site, was built, probably of wood, in the Old Fields at Middle Plantation, Williamsburg's name until the 66-year-old community was incorporated in 1699.
Formed from Middletown and Marston Parishes in 1674, Bruton Parish was about 10 miles square. It is named for Bruton, Somersetshire, in England, the home of then-Governor William Berkeley and Virginia secretary Thomas Ludwell.
The church stood near the center of Williamsburg's original survey map drawn 15 years later. Its location suggested the church's importance to the colonial community's life.
Sources:
U.S. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applicatons, 1889-1970
Barrett White Appointed Committee of Safety Love 1775 - Revolutionary War Soldier -Nov 1775 (Son of Col. John White II of Hanover County and Katherine Barrett)
Applicant: William Mcclanton White - 5th great-grandson of Mary Croshaw and Henry White (1631-1671(2))
Genealogies of Virginia Families from William and Mary
College Quarterly, pg 802
(Mary Croshaw's death)
Publication Date: 1982
Tidewater Virginia Family Generations Beyond
Genealogies of Virginia Families William and Mary College Quarterly, pg. 802 (Children of Mary Croshaw and Henry White)
LYON GARDINER TYLER, LL. D.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Volume, IV
Virginia Biogtraphy
Published 1915
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
Ed. by Frederick A. Virkus.
The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. III
Publication Date: 1925
First Families of America
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