John Crawford of Jamestown

JOHN CRAWFORD

John Crawford, here treated, is not the same person as John Crawford of Kilbirnie who is the eldest son and heir of John Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and his wife Margaret Blair

"NOTE" Copied from: "Crawford Genealogy" compiled by Mrs. Lucinda Francis Stephens 1936

This John Crawford, a Cadet (younger son) of the ancient and illustrious Crawfords of Kilbirnie, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1600.

In 1643 emigrated to Virginia, accompanied by his only child, David Crawford, who was born in 1625. They landed at Jamestown, Va., and located a home in James City County. John Crawford was killed during “Bacon’s Rebellion” in 1676.

NOTE: John Crawford of Jamestown arrived in Virginia in about 1643 with his only known child Colonel David Crawford.

John Crawford

• Birth: 1600 - Kilbirnie, Ayershire, Scotland
• Death: 1676 - Jamestown, James City County, Virginia. Killed in Bacon's Rebellion.
• Parents: Malcolm Crawford, Margaret ????
• Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Notes

• •Immigration: 1643 DATE: 1 JUL 1643 Virginia
• •Note: He came to America with his son, his wife being dead by that date.
• Note: John Crawford was a cadet of the Kilbirnie Crawfords, and a descendant of Sir Ronald Crawford
• •Residence: 1669
• •Note: Raechel Williams was apprenticed to John Crawford for four years.
• •Residence: James City County, Virginia
• •Residence: New Kent County, Virginia

Children

1. David Crawford b: ABT 1625 in Ayershire, Scotland

Killed in Bacon's rebellion.

As the "youngest son of an Earl Crawford", John Crawford, who received "but a small patrimony" (from fifty to 100 pounds yearly), "removed to this country in pursuit of his fortune". His son, David, and he bought fertile lands at a low price, as the colony of Virginia wished for settlers. They were allotted some land, because they brought over with them twenty persons to colonize. (Passage cost at that time five pounds, ten shillings, or approximately $26.00) John Crawford was a landowner, planter, and defender of his countryman from the "savage brutalities of the Indians" - Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, when he was killed.

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Disambiguation

Three different John Crawford’s:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crawford-451

• John Crawford who emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1643 and is buried at Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He is believed to have married Winifred (Unknown) Crawford
• John Crawford born 1593 and died 1676 James City, Virginia in Bacons Rebellion
• John Crawford of Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland who did not emigrate to the United States and has well documented Crawford ancestry.

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Links

• Lewises, Meriwethers & Their Kin. By Sarah Travers Lewis Scott Anderson. Page 146
• The Gulf States Historical Magazine, Volume 2.  edited by Thomas McAdory Owen, Joel Campbell Du Bose. The Crawfords
• http://daviesofpebbleton.org/archives/crawford_part1.html
• https://captainjamesdavisgenealogy.wordpress.com/2013/02/02/crawfor...

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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about John Crawford

Name: John Crawford

Year: 1643

Place: Jamestown, Virginia

Source Publication Code: 9448

Primary Immigrant: Crawford, John

Annotation: In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virkus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work, co

Source Bibliography: VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986.

Page: 24

Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.

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A member of the Crawford clan

http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_crawford/

References

1. “History and genealogy of the family of John Calvin Davis : including allied branches of the families of Tolliver, Connelly” ,... < FamilySearch > …Eng,, who married Elizabeth, dau. of Simon Jessop of Colton in Strat­ fordshire. John Rodes was the son of Clifton Rodes,... page 38. < link >; (document attached)
2. North American Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com