Capt. Robert Crockett, of the Great Calf Pasture

This is the profile for Robert Crockett, of the Great Calf Pasture. Parents unknown. his widow, Margaret Davis, married 2nd to John Ramsey. Born before 1707 in Ireland: (Birth date / place seen as July 18, 1678 Kenmare, County Kerry, Munster, Ireland without supporting evidence.) He died between 16 Nov 1746 (will written) and 19 Feb 1746 (will proved) in Augusta, Virginia.

Family

Margaret Davis and Robert Crockett had 8 children born in America; their oldest son John was born on the way from Ireland.

1. John/16 Jul 1730 m. Margaret McClanahan
2. Archibald/1732 m. Mary Ann King
3. Jean/1733 m William Thompson
4. Jane /1737
5. Samuel/c 1739 m Mary
6. Robert /12 Aug 1743 m Jennet McCullah
7. James / July 12, 1741 m 1) Jane (McPheeter 2) Martha Gay
8. Alexander/17 Jul 1745 m Margaret Campbell
9. Andrew/16 Sep 1747 m. Mary McCain; 2) Mrs Christina Baker

Robert made his Last Will and Testament, 16 Nov 1746. It was proved 19 Feb 1747, Augusta County, Virginia. CHILDREN: named in will. John: (born 1730 on ship on way to America) Archibald: Jean/Jane: Samuel: Robert: James: Alexander: Andrew:(born after Robert died, the unborn child mentioned in the will.)

Origins

He was not the son of Robert Crockett and Rachel Elizabeth Watkins, nor was he married to Rachel Elizabeth Crockett (Watkins)

He was not the son of Antoine de Crocketagne and Louise de Saix, nor descended from them in any way, as they were fictional people. See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Crocketagne-3

All records found in Virginia thus far do not give "Watkins" as part of Robert's name, nor is the initial "W" or the suffix "Jr," used.

Robert is sometimes referred to as Robert Crockett "of the Great Calf Pasture" because he ultimately settled on the Great River of the Calf Pasture in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia. Before he crossed from Augusta County, Virginia westward over North Mountain to take up land on the Calf pasture, Robert Crockett owned 322 acres in the northwest section of the Beverly Tract roughly seven miles southwest of Staunton, Virginia. The Crockett land could be described as lying on both sides of Middle River (formerly Cathey's Creek), at the eastern foot of Little North Mountain, extending east almost to Back Creek. Trimble' s Mill on his north is easily found on a good modern map.

Before 18 Nov 1751, his widow, Margaret Crockett, was married to John Ramsey. (from date on a record in estate of Robert Crockett.)

The Crockett Families DNA Project at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Crockett/ has revealed that many of the Crockett families French and Armstrong connected in their book, "Notable Southern Families - The Crockett Family" actually are not related and research in Ireland and France over the last twenty years by several Crockett researchers has shown that the claims of the "MAURY LETTER" are very inaccurate and can not be substantiated, the people named in the Maury letter cannot be found in actual records. And at this point in time, there is inadequate documentation to prove who of the American Crocketts, IF ANY, descend from an Antoine de Crocketagne. (W. Lawrence)

Article: Robert Crockett of the Great Calfpasture, Augusta County, Virginia, by Robert H. Montgomery. Published in The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Apr., 1955), pp. 186-207; Published by: Virginia Historical Society. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4246118

Notes

Not all are accurate

Birth: in Bantry Bay, Kenmore Parish, Kerry, Ireland Death: FEB 1746/47 in Calfpasture, Augusta County, Virginia Fact 1: Residence: Home Called Beverly Manor/ On Cathy's Creek Fact 2: Residence: Area Known As Irish Tract Wythe County, Virginia Note:

Name Suffix: Jr.Name Prefix: ColonelHe was called Captain Robert Crockett

The following notes from Donald Maring, e-mail dmaring@hotmail.com, dated Saturday, July 31, 1999Robert Crockett made an importation oath 22 May 1740 stating that he had come over by way of Philadelphia and paid expenses for bringing his family to Virginia. The head-right land grant was based on bringing oneself and family to what was then Orange County, Virginia. Possibly he resided for some or all of the intervening ten years in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, and is the Robert who is associated in court records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania of the 1730's a long with Joseph and Samuel Crockett.Robert made his Last Will and Testament, 16 Nov 1746. It was proved 19 Feb 1746, Augusta County, Virginia.Robert is sometimes referred to as Robert Crockett "of the Great Calf pasture" because he ultimately settled on the Great River of the Calf pasture in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia. Aug Virginiata Co., Virginia was formed from Orange County, Virginia. Before he crossed from Augusta County, Virginia westward over North Mountain to take up land on the Calf pasture, Robert Crockett owned 322 acres in the northwest section of the Beverly Tract roughly seven miles southwest of Staunton, Virginia. The Crockett land could be described as lying on both sides of Middle River (formerly Catheys Creek), at the eastern foot of Little North Mountain, extending east almost to Back Creek. Trimble' s Mill on his north is easily found on a good modern map. Howard McKnight Wilson, The Tinkling Spring; Headwater of Freedom: A study of the Church and The People 1732-1952 (Fishersville, Virginia, 1954) has the map and abstracts of the often-mentioned importation lists and some early Presbyterian records.Robert Crockett of the Great Calfpasture, Augusta County, Virginia by Robert H. Montgomery of Cambridge, Massachusetts, makes a case that this Robert has been wrongly placed by French & Armstrong (Notable Southern Families V: the Crockett's, 1928) as Robert Watkins Crockett Jr. and was probably independent of other Augusta County, Virginia, Crockett's.An older and not generally accepted speculation by Worth S. Ray is that Robert was the son of Robert who was the son of Richard Crockett of Tangier Island, Virginia and Somerset County, Maryland. This is contradicted by the importation oath, by the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania records, as well as by the fact that Robert's oldest son was born in July 1730 aboard a ship near the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Montgomery believed that Robert "must be taken as an Irish immigrant of unknown ancestry. Nor do I find any evidence of the two other Augusta County, pioneers." (Samuel and Joseph). His arguments are persuasive, but he did not have access to some Lancaster County, Pennsylvania court records which suggests that Robert is related to the other Crockett's who settled much further south in Virginia (modern Wythe County).BIOGRAPHY: Notable Southern Families, by Zella Armstrong, " Included is a valuable old paper called "Then Maury Papers,? which seems to be a collection made more than 100 years ago by some descendants showing the earliest origins of the family in France. Briefly the line we are concerned with is given as follows: (then outlines descendants Antoine Desasurre perrronette de Crocketagne, son of Gabriel Desasurre de Crocketagne who married Louise Desaix in 1669. Among their descendants is) Robert Watkins Crockett born July 18, 1678, Kenmore Parish, Bantry Bay, Ireland who married his third cousin Rachel Watkins in the year 1702 and had three sons and two daughters, one of whom is Robert Crockett, son of Robert Watkins Crockett, died 1747 in Virginia married Margaret (Davis)?. The will of Robert Crockett, given as son of Robert Watkins Crockett is recorded in Augusta County, Virginia as follows: (an abstract) Will Book No. 1, pag(ref: Jennifer Jenna)

    The following notes from Donald Maring, e-mail dmaring@hotmail.com, dated Saturday, July 31, 1999Robert Crockett made an importation oath 22 May 1740 stating that he had come over by way of Philadelphia and paid expenses for bringing his family to Virginia. The head-right land grant was based on bringing oneself and family to what was then Orange County, Virginia. Possibly he resided for some or all of the intervening ten years in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, and is the Robert who is associated in court records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania of the 1730's a long with Joseph and Samuel Crockett.Robert made his Last Will and Testament, 16 Nov 1746. It was proved 19 Feb 1746, Augusta County, Virginia.Robert is sometimes referred to as Robert Crockett "of the Great Calf pasture" because he ultimately settled on the Great River of the Calf pasture in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia. Aug Virginiata Co., Virginia was formed from Orange County, Virginia. Before he crossed from Augusta County, Virginia westward over North Mountain to take up land on the Calf pasture, Robert Crockett owned 322 acres in the northwest section of the Beverly Tract roughly seven miles southwest of Staunton, Virginia. The Crockett land could be described as lying on both sides of Middle River (formerly Catheys Creek), at the eastern foot of Little North Mountain, extending east almost to Back Creek. Trimble' s Mill on his north is easily found on a good modern map. Howard McKnight Wilson, The Tinkling Spring; Headwater of Freedom: A study of the Church and The People 1732-1952 (Fishersville, Virginia, 1954) has the map and abstracts of the often-mentioned importation lists and some early Presbyterian records.Robert Crockett of the Great Calfpasture, Augusta County, Virginia by Robert H. Montgomery of Cambridge, Massachusetts, makes a case that this Robert has been wrongly placed by French & Armstrong (Notable Southern Families V: the Crockett's, 1928) as Robert Watkins Crockett Jr. and was probably independent of other Augusta County, Virginia, Crockett's.An older and not generally accepted speculation by Worth S. Ray is that Robert was the son of Robert who was the son of Richard Crockett of Tangier Island, Virginia and Somerset County, Maryland. This is contradicted by the importation oath, by the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania records, as well as by the fact that Robert's oldest son was born in July 1730 aboard a ship near the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Montgomery believed that Robert "must be taken as an Irish immigrant of unknown ancestry. Nor do I find any evidence of the two other Augusta County, pioneers." (Samuel and Joseph). His arguments are persuasive, but he did not have access to some Lancaster County, Pennsylvania court records which suggests that Robert is related to the other Crockett's who settled much further south in Virginia (modern Wythe County).BIOGRAPHY: Notable Southern Families, by Zella Armstrong, " Included is a valuable old paper called "Then Maury Papers,? which seems to be a collection made more than 100 years ago by some descendants showing the earliest origins of the family in France. Briefly the line we are concerned with is given as follows: (then outlines descendants Antoine Desasurre perrronette de Crocketagne, son of Gabriel Desasurre de Crocketagne who married Louise Desaix in 1669. Among their descendants is) Robert Watkins Crockett born July 18, 1678, Kenmore Parish, Bantry Bay, Ireland who married his third cousin Rachel Watkins in the year 1702 and had three sons and two daughters, one of whom is Robert Crockett, son of Robert Watkins Crockett, died 1747 in Virginia married Margaret (Davis)?. The will of Robert Crockett, given as son of Robert Watkins Crockett is recorded in Augusta County, Virginia as follows: (an abstract) Will Book No. 1, pag(ref: Jennifer Jenna)

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/FamHis...

Joined Captain John Wilson's Com. of Augusta, VA, Militia, 1742. Qualified as Lt. 24 Nov 1743, Orange County, VA. Served in French and Indian War. Will, dated 16 Nov 1746, named wife, Margaret, and Robert Davis as executors. Left land in Great Cowpasture tract to sons Robert and Archibald. Tract on Jackson's River to Samuel. Homestead to Robert and James. Widow married John Ramsey 29 Nov 1751. Left Augusta, VA, 19 Aug 1758 to Mecklenberg Co, NC. Accused of wasting Robert's estate.

1. Change Date: 21 Nov 2005 at 19:19:17

Father: Robert Watkins Crockett SR b: 18 Jul 1678 in Bantry Bay,Kenmore Parish, Cork, Ireland Mother: Rachel Elizabeth Watkins b: 18 Jul 1678 in Bantry Bay,Kenmore Parish, Cork, Ireland

Marriage 1 Margaret Alexander Davis b: 1708 in Bantry Bay, Kenmore Parish, Kerry, Ireland

   * Married: 1729 in , Orange, VA

Children

• 1John Crockett b: 16 Jul 1730 in PA
• 2. Jean Crockett b: 1733 in , Orange, VA
• 3. Archibald Crockett b: 1735 in on ship near port of Philadelphia, PA
• 4. Jane Crockett b: 1737
• 5.Samuel Crockett b: 1739 in , Orange, VA
• 6 Robert Watkins Crockett II b: 1739 in , Wythe, VA
• 7. James Crockett b: 12 Jul 1741 in VA
• 8. Alexander Crockett b: 1 Jun 1745 in , Wythe, VA
• 9. Andrew Crockett c: 16 Sep 1747 in , Augusta, VA

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Birth: unknown Death: 1747 Augusta County Virginia, USA

Robert Crockett made an importation oath 22 May 1740 stating that he had come over by way of Philadelphia and paid expenses for bringing his family to Virginia. And that one son was born on the ship before reaching Philadelphia in the summer of 1730.

The head-right land grant was based on bringing oneself and family to what was then Orange County, Virginia. Possibly he resided for some or all of the intervening ten years in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, and is the Robert who is associated in court records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania of the 1730's along with Joseph and Samuel Crockett.

Robert made his Last Will and Testament, 16 Nov 1746. It was proved 19 Feb 1747, Augusta County, Virginia. CHILDREN: named in will. John: (born 1730 on ship on way to America) Archibald: Jean/Jane: Samuel: Robert: James: Alexander: Andrew:(born after Robert died, the unborn child mentioned in the will.)

Robert is sometimes referred to as Robert Crockett "of the Great Calf Pasture" because he ultimately settled on the Great River of the Calf Pasture in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia. Before he crossed from Augusta County, Virginia westward over North Mountain to take up land on the Calf pasture, Robert Crockett owned 322 acres in the northwest section of the Beverly Tract roughly seven miles southwest of Staunton, Virginia. The Crockett land could be described as lying on both sides of Middle River (formerly Cathey's Creek), at the eastern foot of Little North Mountain, extending east almost to Back Creek. Trimble' s Mill on his north is easily found on a good modern map.

Before 18 Nov 1751, his widow, Margaret Crockett, was married to John Ramsey. (from date on a record in estate of Robert Crockett.)

May 1755, John Ramsey appointed guardians of Samuel, James, Alexander, and Andrew Crockett.

About 1760, The Ramseys, John Crockett and Archibald Crockett Left Virginia, for first, Anson Co. NC, and ultimately Lancaster Co. SC

Howard McKnight Wilson, "The Tinkling Spring; Headwater of Freedom: A study of the Church and The People," 1732-1952 (Fishersville, Virginia, 1954) has the map and abstracts of the often mentioned importation lists and some early Presbyterian records.

All records found in Virginia thus far do not give "Watkins" as part of Robert's name, nor is the initial "W" or the suffix "Jr," used.

The Crockett Families DNA Project at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Crockett/ has revealed that many of the Crockett families French and Armstrong connected in their book, "Notable Southern Families - The Crockett Family" actually are not related and research in Ireland and France over the last twenty years by several Crockett researchers has shown that the claims of the "MAURY LETTER" are very inaccurate and can not be substantiated, the people named in the Maury letter cannot be found in actual records. And at this point in time, there is inadequate documentation to prove who of the American Crocketts, IF ANY, descend from an Antoine de Crocketagne. (W. Lawrence)

Family links:

Spouse:

 Margaret Alexander Davis Crockett (1713 - 1770)

Children:

 John Crockett (1730 - 1800)*

 Robert Crockett (1739 - 1801)*

 Alexander Crockett (1745 - 1781)*

 Andrew Crockett (1747 - 1835)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

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Robert Crockett made an importation oath 22 May 1740 stating that he had come over by way of Philadelphia and paid expenses for bringing his family to Virginia. And that one son was born on the ship before reaching Philadelphia in the summer of 1730.

The head-right land grant was based on bringing oneself and family to what was then Orange County, Virginia. Possibly he resided for some or all of the intervening ten years in southern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Chestnut Level, and is the Robert who is associated in court records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania of the 1730's along with Joseph and Samuel Crockett.

Robert made his Last Will and Testament, 16 Nov 1746. It was proved 19 Feb 1747, Augusta County, Virginia. CHILDREN: named in will. John: (born 1730 on ship on way to America) Archibald: Jean/Jane: Samuel: Robert: James: Alexander: Andrew:(born after Robert died, the unborn child mentioned in the will.)

"CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 ABSTRACTS OF WILLS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT. page 6, WILL BOOK NO. 1.Page 24. 16th November, 1746. Robert Crockett's will-- Wife, Margaret; sons, John. Asbal (Arsble), land on cow pasture joining James Measl; daughter, Jean; sons, Samuel, Robert (infant), James (infant), Alexander. Executors, wife and Robert Davis. Teste: Thos, Gillham, James McCorkle, Robert Bratton. Proved by all witnesses, 19th February, 1746, and both executors qualified, with sureties James McCorkle and Robert Bratton.

Robert is sometimes referred to as Robert Crockett "of the Great Calf Pasture" because he ultimately settled on the Great River of the Calf Pasture in what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia. Before he crossed from Augusta County, Virginia westward over North Mountain to take up land on the Calf Pasture, Robert Crockett owned 322 acres in the northwest section of the Beverly Tract roughly seven miles southwest of Staunton, Virginia. The Crockett land could be described as lying on both sides of Middle River (formerly Cathey's Creek), at the eastern foot of Little North Mountain, extending east almost to Back Creek. Trimble' s Mill on his north is easily found on a good modern map.

Before 18 Nov 1751, his widow, Margaret Crockett, was married to John Ramsey. (from date on a record in estate of Robert Crockett.)

May 1755, John Ramsey appointed guardians of Samuel, James, Alexander, and Andrew Crockett.

About 1760, The Ramseys, John Crockett and Archibald Crockett Left Virginia, for first, Anson Co. NC, and ultimately Lancaster Co. SC

Howard McKnight Wilson, "The Tinkling Spring; Headwater of Freedom: A study of the Church and The People," 1732-1952 (Fishersville, Virginia, 1954) has the map and abstracts of the often mentioned importation lists and some early Presbyterian records.

All records found in Virginia thus far do not give "Watkins" as part of Robert's name, nor is the initial "W" or the suffix "Jr," used.

The Crockett Families DNA Project at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Crockett/ has revealed that many of the Crockett families French and Armstrong connected in their book, "Notable Southern Families - The Crockett Family" actually are not related and research in Ireland and France over the last twenty years by several Crockett researchers has shown that the claims of the "MAURY LETTER" are very inaccurate and can not be substantiated, the people named in the Maury letter cannot be found in actual records. And at this point in time, there is inadequate documentation to prove who of the American Crocketts, IF ANY, descend from an Antoine de Crocketagne. (W. Lawrence)

Family links:

Spouse:

 Margaret Alexander Davis Crockett (1713 - 1770)

Children:

 John Crockett (1730 - 1800)*

 Robert Crockett (1739 - 1801)*

 Alexander Crockett (1745 - 1781)*

 Andrew Crockett (1747 - 1835)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Unknown

Maintained by: Warren & Betty Crockett ... Originally Created by: Sue McDuffe:) Record added: Nov 11, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 61441041