Hi Gordon I am related to Alex Crooks m. Georgina Cassells [b. 1895 Tannaghmore Nth?, Co. Armagh]. Have information on their children. David >Today's Topics: > > 1. Crooks family (gordon crooks) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:14:10 -0400 >From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> >Subject: [NIR-ANTRIM] Crooks family >To: <nir-antrim@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <000a01c6ee2a$374f5160$c17ff2d0@gordoneyz72m3j> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I have been told there are approx. 22 Crooks families today in >Antrim or at least those with telephones. Does anyone know of >members of a Crooks family immigrating to the USA in the early >1700's. In 1669 there were 5 known Crooks families and I am trying >to determine which are mine and believe it might be a James Crooks & >family living at Ahoghill, Glagorm Estate which was a Alexander >Colville property. As a matter of interest I am surprised that how >few Crooks are left there. My first American born generation >consisted of 19 children, their parents all Ireland born (3 of >them). To make matters even worse, just 2 cousins of this batch had >22 children all of which were born between 1760-1810. Perhaps it was >a good idea that they did migrate as the Isle would have sunk long >ago under the weight of these progenies. > > Gordon Crooks, the 8th generation > >-
Hi David: I see you are in Australia, over the years I have been in contact with other Crooks there, but as far as I know there is no connection unless we go all the way back to Robert Croc, a Norman who came over from France in about 1138 a.d. I am back to John Crooks Sr. about 1709 and maybe to James Crooks 1669 at Ahoghill, Antrim, N.I. My John Sr. came to the USA in about 1738-41 and settled in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania in what then was the wilderness among the Indians. They were Presbyterian Convenanters and all were Ulsterscots. Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cassells" <sunnyhill@waterfront.net.au> To: <nir-antrim@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 1:42 PM Subject: Re: [NIR-ANTRIM] Crooks Family > Hi Gordon > I am related to Alex Crooks m. Georgina Cassells [b. 1895 Tannaghmore > Nth?, Co. Armagh]. Have information on their children. > David > > >>Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Crooks family (gordon crooks) >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>Message: 1 >>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:14:10 -0400 >>From: "gordon crooks" <glcrooks@bcpl.net> >>Subject: [NIR-ANTRIM] Crooks family >>To: <nir-antrim@rootsweb.com> >>Message-ID: <000a01c6ee2a$374f5160$c17ff2d0@gordoneyz72m3j> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>I have been told there are approx. 22 Crooks families today in >>Antrim or at least those with telephones. Does anyone know of >>members of a Crooks family immigrating to the USA in the early >>1700's. In 1669 there were 5 known Crooks families and I am trying >>to determine which are mine and believe it might be a James Crooks & >>family living at Ahoghill, Glagorm Estate which was a Alexander >>Colville property. As a matter of interest I am surprised that how >>few Crooks are left there. My first American born generation >>consisted of 19 children, their parents all Ireland born (3 of >>them). To make matters even worse, just 2 cousins of this batch had >>22 children all of which were born between 1760-1810. Perhaps it was >>a good idea that they did migrate as the Isle would have sunk long >>ago under the weight of these progenies. >> >> Gordon Crooks, the 8th generation >> >>- > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NIR-ANTRIM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >