Doc--Is this Croshaw related to the Davenports? I know I've seen you posting about Croshaw before. Denise in Alexandria, VA ----- Original Message ----- From: <jmwhitehead@webtv.net> To: <GRAVES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: [GRAVES-L] CROSHAW-WEST-GRAVES-WHITE 1894 Wm :& Mary Quartly > > Notes and Queries; Wm. and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 > Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special > Collections Project > *********************************************** > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb > *********************************************** > > Notes and Queries > William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Papers, Vol. 2, No. 4. > (Apr., 1894), pp. 270-278. > NOTES AND QUERIES. > > CROSHAW - WEST - GRAVES - WHITE. Joseph Croshaw, J. P. of York > County, 1655, and sub- sequent years, major of militia, member of H. of > B. in 1659 and 1660, died 10th April, 1667. > Married 1. ------ ------ 2. Perhaps widow Finch [the index of the oldest > book (1644-1649) in the clerk's office at Yorktown, the front pages > being torn away, has "Croshaw's joynture to Mrs. ffinch", "his bond to > menteyne Elizabeth ffinch", "his bond for a heifer to Betty > ffinch". Henry Finch brother of Sir John Finch was in the Council, > 1631-'33]. 3. Anne ----, relict of Augustine Hodges, who d. after Jan. > 25, 1660-'61, and she remar. Croshaw before > July 24, 1661, and died July 20, 1663. 4. Margaret ---- (d. Sept. 30, > 1664), widow of Daniel Tucker who had Dorothy Tucker. (D. T. mar. 1st > Capt, Bryan Smith of New Kent and > 2d Hugh Owen, the lawyer). 5. Mary ----, widow of Thomas Bromfield (d. > Sept. 1665). She survived him and married 2dly Clement Marsh. Issue of > Cro- > > Page 271. > shaw by his first wife: Benjamin and Joseph (godsons of Dr. John > Broch), living in 1646, but > d.s.p. Rachel married to Ralph Graves before 1656; Mary mar. to Henry > White before 1661; and Unity, wife of Col. John West, nephew of Lord > Delaware. The 3d wife must have married three times as she had a > daughter living in 1661 by name Jane Bignall. By the 5th wife [she had > Anne Bromfield by 1st marr.] he had Joseph, who married, but d.s.p.; and > Col. John West received the whole estate of Major Croshaw. His home was > called "Poplar Neck", and was sold by Col. West and Unity, his wife, in > 1687 to Edmund Jenings, Secretary of State, who named it "Rippon Hall", > and died there June 2, 1727. > > Ralph1 Graves (d. May 9, 1667), headright to Croshaw, had Anne, > Ralph2, William and Mary. His widow, Rachel, m., 2dly Richard Barnes, > and d. April 20, 1669. > Ralph2 Graves m. his cousin, Unity, d. of Henry and Mary (Croshaw) > White, and had Ralph2 > (d. Feb. 1748-9), who m. 1st Mary d. of William Pinkethman and 2dly > Elizabeth -----, and had > William4, Henry, Richard4, Richard Croshaw, Unity m. William Hilliard, > Elizabeth m. ----- > Stone. William4 died in 1758, and had Ralph5, John, Henry Brown, Mary > m. ----- Winfrey, > Susannah m. ----- Powsers, and Sally. Ralph5, son of William4, mar. > Letitia Power, dau. of Major John Power of New Kent County (his will was > proved in York County, 15th Feb. 1768) and had Letitia Power Graves, > "his heiress", who m. John M. Gregory, father of Gov. John M. Gregory > who was born July 8, 1804. > > Richard4 Graves, of New Kent County, m. Dyonisia - and had Charles > Henry (b. 1753), Mary, William (b. 1756), Ralph (b. 1758), and Sarah > Cobb. > > Richard Croshaw4 m. before 1771 Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Valentine. > > Capt. Richard Croshaw was brother of Major Joseph Croshaw and was b. > in 1621 and d. in > April, 1669; m. Elizabeth -----, and left Benjamin d.s.p. [as Benjamin > was a name given to a son by each brother it was probably the name of > their father], Rachel who m. John Walker, of St. Steven's Parish in King > and Queen County, Margaret d.s.p., and Elizabeth who m. Rie Jones of > York County. [The latter's will was proved May 24, 1697; he had Morris > Jones, Rebecca, and other children. In 1724, Elizabeth, admr. of > Richard Croshaw Walker, was wife to Christopher Beverely. Croshaw is > sometimes written Crosher in the records.] > > Page 272. > [Authorities for the above are: York County Records, Bruton Parish > Register, Sainsbury MSS., Ludwell MSS., and St. Peter's Parish Register. > The Abingdon Parish Register has interesting data about a family of > Graves, in which Thomas, John and Benjamin occur as family names. These > entries will be given in the next number.] .....(article continues_)" > > NOTE: > This is republished as to an inquiry as to the relationship of Croshaw & > Graves in early Virginia sometime ago. > > And for those of you attending the 2007 Jamestowne Celebration next > year..... > (from the above same treatise_) > > " LENOX LIBRARY. - The attention of Virginia students is called to the > good work done by this Library. Mr. Wilberforce Eames, the kind and > accomplished Librarian, writes: "We are trying to improve our > collection of the early laws, sessions acts, and legislative journals > before 1785, and would be glad to know of any opportunity to purchase > that may come to your notice. It may interest you to know that this > Library has a copy of the printed Charter, Transfer and Statutes of the > College of William and Mary in Latin and English, printed at > Williamsburg by William Hunter in 1758, with the autography of Rev. > Samuel Davies, President of the College of Wm. & Mary". Our Trustees > would not consent to exchange for the William and Mary Charter, but they > would be glad to purchase any desiderata for our collection. The Lenox > Library possesses, probably, the bst and largest collection of early > printed books on Virginia in America, printed before 1700. Our original > copy of Hariot's Virginia of 1588 is the only copy in this country, so > far as I know, and we have nearly all the early tracts and broadsides > issued before 1630. And we have the original Williamsburg edition of > the Washing- ton journal, 1754. It is only recently that we have begun > to buy the laws, most of these in inclosed list having been purchased > this year: Lenox Labrary has Virginia Laws: 1662, Laws of Virginia now > in force (Morison) 82 pp. Fo. 1704, Abridgement of Laws in force, 304 > pp. 8o. 1727, Acts of Assembly, 1662-1715, 291 pp. Fo. 1733, > Collection of Acts of Assembly, 622 pp. Fo. 1737, Exact Abridgement of > Public Acts (Mercer), 345 pp. 8o. 1756, Acts 1st Session, 28 pp. Fo. > 1756, Acts 2d Session, 4 pp. Fo. 1757, Acts 3d Session 48 pp. Fo. 1758, > Acts 2d Session, 2 pp. Fo. 1759, Acts 3d Session 36 pp. Fo. 1759, Acts > 4th Session, 8 pp. Fo. 1760, Acts 5th Session,6 pp. Fo. 1760, Acts 6th > Session, 6 pp. Fo. 1760, Acts 7th Session, 7 pp. Fo. 1761, Acts 7th > Session, 9-50 pp. Fo. 1761, Acts 1st Session, 14 pp. Fo. 1762, Acts 2d > Session, 2 pp. Fo. 1762, Acts 3d > > Page 277. > Session, 10 pp. Fo. 1762, Acts 4th Session, 52 pp. Fo. 1769, Acts of > Assembly now in force, 577 pp Fo. 1770, Acts 1st Session, 80 pp. Fo. > 1785, Collection of Public Acts General Assembly, 1768-'83, 235 pp. Fo. > 1772, Journal of the House of Burgesses, 164 pp. 1788, Debates and other > Proceedings of this Convention of Virginia, convened at Richmond, on > Monday, the 2d day of June, 1788, for the purpose of deliberating on the > Constitution recom- mended by the Grand Federal Convention. Petersburg; > Printed by Hunter and Prentis, 1788-'89. 3 vols. 8o." Mr. Eames writes > further: "Since my last letter I have procured the Virginia > Acts of Assembly for 1734, 1736, 1738, and 1740, all original editions. > Also the continuation of Mercer's Abridgement 1739, and the Reprint of > 1759. And the original editions of the Acts of 1771 and 1772." > > > > ==== GRAVES Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet may be found > at: http://www.cyndislist.com/ Lots of good links here!