Susannah Crenshaw

Not the same as Susannah Whitford, daughter of Caleb Carr, III & Sarah Richmond of Rhode Island.

Biography

Susannah Carr was the daughter of William Carr of Spotsylvania County. She married Captain William 'Anderson' Crenshaw, Jr. Before Feb 22 1751 Louisa, Virginia, United States

On 22 February 1751, William Carr of Spotsylvania County gave to his son-in-law William Crenshaw and his beloved daughter Susanna for "good will, love and affection" 400 acres in Louisa County on the North side of the North branch of the North fork of the James River, bounded by Ambrose Joshua Smith, John Mallory JR

Estate

Louisa, Virginia will book 4, pages 134-135.

The will of Susanna Crenshaw of Louisa County, "widow of William Crenshaw, deceased", was written on 23 September 1800 and proved in court on 14 October 1800. Family members named in the document are her sons, Joel Crenshaw, Charles Crenshaw, and David Crenshaw.

Family

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/9SSM-WRF

Crenshaw Genealogy:

• 1. William A. Crenshaw (1725-1799) & Susannah Brook Carr (1707 (SIC) -1800)
  • 1. Cornelius Crenshaw
  • 2. Charles Brook Crenshaw (1749-1814) & Eunice White
  • 3. David Crenshaw (1751-) & Jane Waddy
  • 4. Nancy "Ann" Crenshaw (1756-1800) & Thomas Crenshaw
    • 1. Joel Crenshaw Jr.
    • 2. Frances Crenshaw (1800-)
  • 5. Mary Crenshaw (1762-) & John Crenshaw
  • 6. Susannah Crenshaw (1767-) & John Burnly
  • 7. Agnes "Aggy" Crenshaw (1769-) & Thomas Fretwell
  • 8. Jamima Crenshaw & William Fretwell Jr. (1736-1807)
    • 1. Crenshaw Fretwell* (-1822) & Mildred Burnley
    • 1. Crenshaw Fretwell* (-1822) & Sarah
    • 2. John Thomas Fretwell* (1773- 1837)
    • 2. John Thomas Fretwell* (1773- 1837) & Mildred "Milley" Garth (1779-1832)
    • 3. Thomas Fretwell (-1822)
    • 4. William Fretwell* (-1807) & Mildred Overton Burn
    • 4. William Fretwell* (-1807) & Vienna Kinsolving
    • 5. Susannah "Susan" Fretwell* (1777-1802) & Elijah L. or S. Garth (1772-1816)
    • 5. Susannah "Susan" Fretwell* (1777- 1802) & William Brown
  • 9. Joel Crenshaw (1776-) & Jane (Jean) Swift
  • 10. Sarah Crenshaw (1778-) & William Dickinson
  • 11. Patsy Crenshaw (1780-) & Hardin Turner

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1800 Legatees of William Crenshaw, deceased, sell land to Thomas Nuckolls - Louisa, Virginia deed book J, pages 107-108. Nicolas Crenshaw and Mary his wife are former owners of the land being sold in this deed. Legatees seem to be the children and grandchildren of William Crenshaw.

sell two tracts of land in Louisa County to Thomas Nuckolls for 493 pounds. The first tract, containing about 300 acres, is "the tract of land conveyed to William Crenshaw, dec'd, by Nicolas Crenshaw and Mary his wife" in a deed dated 11 August 1783, and is bounded by "the lands lately the property of Col Richard Anderson, called Glenn's tract" and others, and the second tract containing 95 acres is "the tract of land conveyed to Wm. Crenshaw by John Winston and Mary his wife" on 10 May 1790.

Source "Louisa, Virginia, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKJ-W9L6-B : November 5, 2024), image 65 of 418; Virginia. County Court (Louisa County).

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Origins

Will of William Carr (1760)

References

1. Reference: Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 4 2021, 13:36:37 UTC
2. Wills Book 4 with Inventories Accounts Etc., 1797-1802, Louisa County, Virginia. Pages 134-135 (image 79) < FamilySearch >
3. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SSM-WBV
4. CRENSHAWS OF KENTUCKY 1800-1995 page 5, by Henry C. Peden, Jr.
5. A Sketch of Judge Anderson Crenshaw, by his son, Rev. Charles Edward Crenshaw. < FamilySearch >; < PDF > Page 5 of 12. Vl. Judge Anderson Crenshaw ... His parents were Charles- (born in Va.) and Eunice (White) Crenshaw, and his grandparents were William (of Va.) and Susanna (Parr) Crenshaw, and John and Elizabeth (Lee) White.
6. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/9SSM-WBV
7. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I8194... shows her as born aft. 1744, which is either incorrect, or her father was not the William Carr of Spotsylvania who died 1760.