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    1. Re: [CALVERT-L] Crupper - Durnil - Cavit
    2. Robert Fillerup
    3. I will spend tomorrow morning at the Family History Center in Salt Lake City searching for info on Cynthia Crupper Calvert. I understand from the messages that apparently she was first married to Moses Hawkins before she married Henderson Durnil. I will examine the estate file of Moses Hawkins, as well as report on any other items I find. For those who are interested, I am also pursing the possiblity that our William was a son of Antoine Calvit (from France) and Mary Dean Calvit. This Antoine or Anthony Calvit had a son Frederick Calvit who seems to have been closely associated with our William. For example, Frederick, William, and a John Calvit or Calvert (the name is spelled interchangeably) all received military land grants together in Washington Co., TN (actually North Carolina at the time). While it is possible that there are two groups, one of Calvits and one of Calverts, I have been unable to find any evidence they are separate individuals. This Frederick Calvit or Calvert was shot and scalped by Indians in the Watauga Settlement in 1777, while a soldier in the Rev. War. Apparently he survived for some 13 more years, living in at least Sullivan Co., TN. It also appears that this Frederick Calvit did indeed have a brother named William. What became of this William is still a mystery to me. The fact that a Will Calvit, a Frederick Calvert, a Tho. Calvit and a John Calvit received military land grants (from NC) together on the same date, (28 Oct 1783) intrigues me. Also, the Washington Co., TN land entries seem to indicate that Frederick Calvit's land was very near, if not immediately adjacent to our William Calvert's land, as well as that of John Calvit (spelled both Calvit and Calvert in the very same entry!) [Washington Co. land entry #1886=William Calvet, #1887=Frederick Calvet, #1889=Frederick Calvit, and #1892=William Colvett - this last entry appears to me to clearly be our William - the 640 acres including his "manner plantation." The entries go on, with #1920=Frederick Calvert, #1920B=Frederick Calvet, etc. Well, I've found it curious enough to pursue it. It doesn't explain how our William got all the way up to Maryland to marry a Virginia girl, unless he encountered her in his travels as a soldier during the Rev. War. I've wanted to track the movements of Philip Maroney's "Flying Camp" during the Rev. War, but just haven't taken the time yet. Is there anybody who can fill us in on the Antoine Calvit family? I've seen posts that indicate he had sons Frederick, William, and Thomas.

    01/10/2000 12:11:02