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Historical records matching Zachariah Crispe
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About Zachariah Crispe
Biography
https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_450.html#P35547
Children of Benjamin Crispe (2450) & Bridget:
Zachary Crispe. Born ca 1644.16
There is no direct evidence that Zachary is Benjamin’s son, but the indirect evidence is sufficient. He served in the defense of Groton in 1676. He fathered a child, Mary Crispe, daughter of Mary Stanwood, and was bound to pay for her support. He was later charged with the murder of Edwar Leuis, but was acquitted by a jury.44
He did not marry Mary Stanwood, daughter of Philip Stanwood (ca 1630-7 Aug 1672) & Jane Whitmarsh (ca 1623-18 Aug 1706). Born ca 1654 in Gloucester, MA. Mary died in Gloucester, MA on 3 Mar 1674.
Their children include:
Mary Crispe (Illegitimate)
Indicted for murder but acquitted.
- Homicide: Dorothy Jones, Maurice Bret, Zekariah Crispe m. Edward Levis
- Weapon: Hit over the head with a quart pot & died 24 hours later.
- Relation: Household Boarder by Boarder
- Court Term: 9/1675
Increase Mather, “Diary,” in Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, ser. 2, 13 (1899-1900), 340-374, 398-411.
CAS DRO in MA (400-1): 9/14/1675: the ferry boat coming from Charlestown sank in the midst of the river. 14 passengers & 3 horses on board. John Shadock of Watertown was drowned. “He had been wonderfully preserved in the fight w ye Indians when Capt Beers was killed. It is said that just before this evil befel him, he had been in ye Tavern inveighing against the Magistrates & that he was in drink when drowned. In the same boat Crisp was a passanger, who was lately tryed on [ ] suspicion in respect of the Murder committed in the winter. not evidence enough to take away his life. He was bid not to go into the boat because of the danger, but he derided saying He yt was born to be hanged, will never be drowned, & he was not drowned, though in such guilt. It is to be feared yt at last hanging may be his Portion.”
References
- https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_193.html#P18056
- Davis, W. Goodwin. (1958). The ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857: wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press. “Crispe.” Page 55 - 58 Hathitrust
- https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/22/benjamin-crispe/ (has some errors)
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Zachariah Crispe's Timeline
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1644
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Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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1674
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Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
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Page, Iowa, United States
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