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About Dorothy Crew
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beheathland-7
Dorothy was the daughter of Robert and Mary Beheathland.[1]
"On September 11, 1626, Dorothy testified before the General Court against Joane Wright, an accused witch... By November 1628 the propriety of Dorothy Beheathland's behavior was questioned because she was suspected of having an inappropriate relationship with her stepfather, Thomas Flint of Elizabeth City."[2]
By July 1638 she was married to Randall Crew as his second wife.[3]
She filed an accounting of her husband's estate on 21 Feb 1654/55 in Warwick County, Virginia [4]
Beheathland is preserved as a man's name in Dorothy's descendants.
Family
http://www.crewfamily.com/descendants_of_ramulphus_crewe.htm#12
12. RANDALL5 CREW was born 1604 in England, and died 1653 in Jamestown VA.
He married (1) ELIZABETH widow SMALLEY.
He married (2) DOROTHY BEHEATHLAND21 Jul 1628 in Jamestowne. She was born Abt. 1608 in St Endelyon, Cornwall, England, and died in Virginia, Northhampton.(?)
Notes for RANDALL CREW:
Immigrated to Jamestown, VA. in the Charles at age 17 in 1621. Elected House of Burgesses from Warwick Co. 1647. Elected House of Burgesses from Upper Norfolk Co. VA from 1640-1644.
Was the first recorded CREW landing in the new world.
Children of RANDALL CREW and DOROTHY BEHEATHLAND are:
- i. JAMES6 CREW, b. Abt. 1630, Virginia, Northhampton; d. August 29, 1660, Virginia, Northhampton; m. SARAH CREW, 1650; b. 1632, Wiltshire, England.
- ii. BEHEATHLAND CREW, b. 1642.
From Robert Beheathland – Jamestowne First Family Founder and Sole Survivor By CH Jones. The following article appeared in the August, 2014 edition of the Willis-Gordon-Garnett and Allied Families Journal. < link >
We know that Robert Beheathland was deceased by 1628, when his widow Mary’s name appeared in court records in regard to land she inherited. In this record, she is shown remarried to a Lieutenant Tomas Flint of Elizabeth City. In subsequent court records, her daughter Dorothy’s name appears in tandem with her husband, Randall Crewe. From Randall and Dorothy, as the 17th century gave way to the 18th, a vigorous and successful family line filled Southside Virginia and the northern border counties of central and eastern North Carolina with innumerable descendants bearing the surnames Crew, Crewe, and Crews. Most of these early descendants became farmers. More than a few climbed swiftly into the gentry class, building wealth and social status by acquiring large tracks of land, buying and selling slaves, and growing tobacco for export into an insatiable European market.
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crew-84
Randall meets the criteria to be a Jamestowne Society Qualifying Ancestor (but is not listed as one). < link >
Randall Crew[1] was born c. 1605[2], probably in England. In 1621, he boarded the ship Charles[3] and sailed to Jamestown.
The Colony's 1624/25 muster, taken on 22 Jan 1625, records Randall as living at Shirley Hundred, as a 20-year-old servant, in the household of Rev. William Benett's widow, Katherine.[2][4]
- THE MUSTER OF KATHERINE BENETT Widow aged 24 years in the Abigail 1622
- WILLIAM BENETT her son aged 3 weeks
- SERVANTS:
- RANDALL CREW aged 20 years in the Charles 1621
- PROVISIONS: Corne, 50 bushells. ARMES AND MUNITION: Peeces serviceable, 2. SWINE AND POULTRIE: Swine, 1; Poultrie, 23.
By 11 Jan 1627, Randall had earned his freedom and married Elizabeth, widow of Captain Robert Smalley. On that date, he petitioned, on Elizabeth's behalf, to recover her late husband's four oxen, which had been seized by Deputy Governor Samuel Argall.[5] Elizabeth died before 5 Oct 1631, when a land patent reveals that Randall has remarried, to Dorothy Behethland. Here is an abstract of the patent, showing that they have settled in Upper Norfolk County:
- RANDALL CREW, 750 acres. Up. Co. of New Norf., 24 July 1638. E. upon a Cr. in Nansamund Riv., N. upon the river, W. along same & S. into the woods, the land being called by the name of Georg his field. 150 acs. due according to an order of court 5 Oct. 1631 in right of his wife Dorothy Behethland & 650 acres in right of trans. of 13 pers.[6]
Randall acquired two more tracts of land in Upper Norfolk County, later to become Nansemond County, making him a substantial land owner.
- 450 acres, 1 Nov 1640[7]
- 460 acres, 9 Sep 1648[8]
Randall Crew represented Upper Norfolk County as a Burgess in 1639/40, in 1642/43, and in Oct 1644. In 1645/46, Oct 1646, and 1647/48 he was Burgess for Warwick County.[9][10]
Randall Crew passed away after 1648, perhaps during his last term as a Burgess but certainly after his last land patent dated 9 Sep 1648.[6]
Origins
Robert Beheathland of Cornwall & Jamestown is the earliest documented colonial immigrant ancestor to the Virginia colony, with descendants living today. He was survived by two daughters; therefore, his surname is not well known. Scion of a wealthy mining family, Captain Beheathland brought sheet copper for the 1607 Virginia expedition for trade with the Indians. He is the only man on the original three ships to have documented descendants living today."[1]
The surname of his wife, Mary, is not known. Some claim she was Mary Nicholson but there is no documentation to support that. The widow, Mary Beheathland, married second, Lieut. Thomas Flint of Warwick County, Virginia. [10].
The three children of Mary and Robert Beheathland were:
- Dorothy born in England or Virginia in 1612 or 1613. In Nov 1628 she is listed in Virginia court records as the step-daughter of Lt Thomas Flint living in Elizabeth city.
- Mary was born in 1614 or 1615. About 1631 she married Captain Thomas Bernard of Warwick county. They had a daughter named Beheathland Bernard who married 1st to Francis Dade, alias Major John Smith and married 2nd to Major Andrew Gibson.
- John was born in 1616 or 1617. He wrote his will in 1636 saying he was on the way to Virginia and the administration of his estate was granted in Oct 1639 to his cousin Charles Beheathland, who stated "John and died abroad, unmarried.
Research Notes
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beheathland-1
"Robert Beheathland of Cornwall & Jamestown is the earliest documented colonial immigrant ancestor to the Virginia colony, with descendants living today. He was survived by two daughters; therefore, his surname is not well known. Scion of a wealthy mining family, Captain Beheathland brought sheet copper for the 1607 Virginia expedition for trade with the Indians. He is the only man on the original three ships to have documented descendants living today."[1]
"Until recently it was believed that one other original Jamestown colonist – William Spence(r) – also survived to marry and have descendants. There is a great deal of debate raging among historians, archeologists, and genealogists as to whether Spence’s descendants actually survived. Initially William Spence (no “r”), who arrived on the Susan Constant in 1607, was confused with William Spencer, who arrived aboard the Sarah in 1611. Spencer’s family has survived – that is not in question. However, he is not considered an “Original Planter”. It appears now that William Spence (no “r”, who arrived on the Susan Constant in 1607) and his wife were killed by natives during the Anglo-Powhatan war. Their 3 year-old daughter Sarah was left an orphan with no further indication of her survival past the single court record appointing a guardian for her in 1624. Given this new information it appears that only Beheathland’s descendants can, with any certainty, claim “first family” status." [2][13]
Controversy
"Thomas Flint may have been volatile and easily angered. In November 1628 he was detained at Robert Poole's house, stripped of his rank as lieutenant, and fined for contempt for becoming enraged and treating the governor disrespectfully... Moreover, West scolded Flint for openly having an affair with his... (stepdaughter), Dorothy Beheathland, despite his wife's objections." He also, "had a heated dispute with Peter Stafferton, which led to their being summoned to court."[11]
References
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Beheathland-7
- Gray, Violet Noland. Genealogical History of Robert Beheathland. Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1978.
- Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635, Martha W. McCartney, page 124.
- Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers: A Biographical Dictionary, 1607-1635, Martha W. McCartney, pages 124 & 232.
- Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5 Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004, I:766.
- https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crew-84 cites
- Dorman, I:766-767
- Jester, Annie Lash., Hiden, Martha Woodruff. 1883. Musters of the Inhabitants in Virginia 1624/1625, Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1625: FamilySearch International, Title No. 2058494., p. 14.
- List of Passengers on the Charles 1621 Research and compilation by Anne Stevens, packrat-pro.com.
- Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1607-1660, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, p. 53.
- McIlwaine, H.R., ed. Minutes of the Council and General court of Colonial Virginia, Richmond: The Library Board, 1924; repr. Richmond: Virginia State Library, 1979., p. 132.
- Nugent, Nell Marion. Cavaliers and Pioneers. Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol. I, Virginia State Library, Virginia Genealogical Society. Richmond, Press of the Dietz Print Co. 1934, page 94.
- Nugent, page 122.
- Nugent, page 177.
- McIlwaine, H.R. ed. Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia, 1619-1658/59 Richmond, Virginia, MCMXV. pp. xv - xx.
- Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, Ed. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915. p.219.
- Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607-1624/5 Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. See also:
- Descendants of Johannes Crew de Nantwiche (accessed 24 Aug 2021)
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Dorothy Crew's Timeline
| 1612 |
1612
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Jamestown, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America
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| 1625 |
1625
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Crewe, Cheshire East, England
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1655
Age 43
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Warwick County, Virginia
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