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John Crowe

Also Known As: "of Nobscusset", "Crow", "Crowell", "John (2)"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: January 28, 1688 (44-53)
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Dominion of New England (Present Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Unknown
Immediate Family:

Son of John Crow, of Yarmouth and Elishua Crow
Husband of Elizabeth Crow and Mehitable Crow
Father of Mehitable Tobey; Lydia Goodspeed (Crowell); Elizabeth Clark; John Crowell; Samuel Crowell and 4 others
Brother of Moses Crow
Half brother of Yelverton Crowell and Elizabeth Wardwell

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About John Crowe

John Crow Jr.

  • BIRTH 1638 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • DEATH 28 Jan 1689 (aged 50–51) Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
  • MEMORIAL ID 189366154

The name Crowell was originally written CROWE, The surname of Samuel, who died in Boston in 1646, is written on the Suffolk Records CROWES. In 1669, in a grant of a house lot to Samuel of Yarmouth, his and Yelverton's surname is written Croell. For the last century the uniform orthography has been Crowell, though in conversation it is often pronounced Crow.^ It is an ancient name in Great Britain. In the Rolls preserved in the Tower of London of the year 1254 Gilbert Crowe, of Berkshire, is named. [6]

Estate of John Crow Sr.

[p. 26] At the Prerogative Court held at Barnstable 6 March, 1688/9, "the Estate of mr John Crow Snr Late of yarmouth deceased" was settled as follows: "John Crow the Eldest Son .... to have and Injoy the house and all the Lands .... after the death of his mother mehittable Crow and the sd mehitable Crow to have and Injoy the third part there of during her natural Life and thre pounds In Apparrel to Samuel Crow the Son of sd deceased and Just debts being paid the sd mehittable the relict of sd deceased to have the third part of the Rest of the Estate: mehittable Crow and Lidya Crow the Daughters of sd deceased having had alredy considerable of theirs the other two thirds of his personal estat to be equally devided between his Children Samuel Crow Jeremiah Crow Elizabeth Crow Susanna Crow and Hannah Crow and the sd John Crow the Son of sd deceased to pay out of his owne estate the Sum of twenty Shillings to Thomas Toby grand Son of sd deceased within a twelve month after the date above writen and to his sd Brother Samuel Crow the sum of forty Shillings presently after the marriage or death of the sd mehittable Crow his Mother"

The inventory was taken 14 February, 1688/9, by Paul Sears (who made his mark) and John Hall; was sworn to by the widow 6 March, 1688/9, and recorded 9 March, 1688/9, by Joseph Lothrop, Deputy Register. [2]

Parents
John Crow 1590–1652
Elishua Crow 1592–1688

Spouse
Mehitable Miller Crowell 1638–1715

Siblings
Yelverton Crowell 1616–1683
Thomas Crowe 1639–1689
Elizabeth Crow Wardwell unknown–1696

Children
Mehetable Crowell Tobey 1654–1728
John Crowell III 1662–1728
Jeremiah Crowell 1670–1746
Hannah Crowell Studley 1677–1723

References

1. http://www.tracycrocker.com/p14.htm

2. Barnstable County, Mass, Probate Records p.26, 101

3. http://www.tracycrocker.com/p80.htm#i2798 (dead link)

4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189366154/john_crow

5. http://www.archive.org/stream/johncrowehisdesc00crow/johncrowehisde...

6. CROWELL FAMILIES OF YARMOUTH reprinted from “Yarmouth Register May 9, 1850, by Amos Otis, Esq.

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John Crowe's Timeline

1639
1639
Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1654
February 2, 1654
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1661
1661
Yarmouth, (Present Barnstable County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts), Colonial America
1662
January 3, 1662
Yarmouth, (Present Barnstable County), Plymouth Colony (Present Massachusetts), Colonial America
1662
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1664
1664
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1670
1670
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1677
April 1, 1677
1688
January 28, 1688
Age 49
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Dominion of New England (Present Massachusetts