Crump One Name Study

Crump One Name Study

A one-name study is a project researching a specific surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendancy (descendants of one person or couple). Findings from a one-name study are useful to genealogists.

Crump Name Meaning: English (mainly West Midlands): nickname for a cripple or hunchback from Middle English crumpe croumpe crampe ‘curved bent crooked’ (Old English crump Old French crampe). Compare < Croom>. Americanized form of German < Krump >, the variant Krumpp or German and Dutch < Kramp >. Other derivatives of this family name are speculated to include, but are not limited to: Crompe, Crumpton, Crumpe, Cromp, & Krump.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

The name was first given to a branch of descendants of < Lord Gislebertus Venator >, the "de Crompton" family. Gilbert, being a scion of Blois and cousin-German to the conqueror, was given dominion over the area as a palatine baron for his valiant support in the conquest of 1066. The first person in the family to use this surname was Sir Piers de Crompton, who was born in 1161 and knighted in 1183 at the age of 22.

DNA Project: https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/crump-family-tree-dna-project/...

There are AT LEAST 7 different Y-DNA lines of Crump that have been identified currently and many Crump men who carry the surname that are yet to be attached to a line. The current 7 lines are:

• 1. Adam Crump (Ireland to America); Adam Crump
• 2. Conrad Crump (Germany to America); Conrad Crump
• 3. New Kent Co VA Crump (England to America); William Crump, of New Kent County
• 4. Robert Crump Line (Lancaster Co VA/Jamestown, VA/England to America);
• 5. Shropshire Crump Line (England);
• 6. NPE Crump Line which is Y-DNA Stoup/Straub;
• 7. J-M172 Crump Line (not sure yet of their origins yet or whether this will be an NPE).
• There is a possible emerging 8th distinct Y-DNA line that migrated from England to Australia, but not enough men have tested to really say for certain yet.
• There was a major Crump family in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries that we would like to identify and match with current Crump families.

Disambiguation: We have learned that the two William Crumps in Virginia in Colonial times were NOT related. Many in our group go back to these two men, one found to be of New Kent County, Virginia. The lineages of these 2 distinct lines have been lumped together to be all of the same family, but Y-DNA has proved that to be in error. Much paper trail research is needed to untangle the lineage errors in these two lines. (William Crump, of New Kent County vs William Crump, of Lancaster County)

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-name_study Some people who research a specific surname may restrict their research geographically and chronologically, perhaps to one country and time period, while others may collect all occurrences world-wide for all time. A one-name study is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Studies may have a number of family trees which have no link with each other.
• The Guild of One-Name Studies is the world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one person or couple). Its website is at http://one-name.org/
• https://www.geni.com/surnames/Crump
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crump_(surname)#:~:text=Crump%20is%20....
• https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=crump
• https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/crump-family-tree-dna-project/...
• https://www.rogersperspectives.com/rogers-crump-family-history (medieval Crumps)
• A Crump on Every Stump: The Crump Family of New Kent County, Virginia : Descendants of Thomas Crump, the Progenitor of the Family in the Virginia Colony in the Seventeenth Century and Their Family Connections, Volumes 1-2. Marius Randolph Barham. M.R. and N.M. Barham, (1986) - New Kent County (Va.). < GoogleBooks > Thomas Crump (also spelled Crompe or Crumpe) immigrated from England to Virginia in 1624. He married Elizabeth Buck ca. 1624. They lived in James City, Virginia. Descendants and relatives lived chiefly in Virginia.
• “A speculative ancestral history for Anthony Crump” < link >
• “ Slaves of Richard Crump Sr, Northampton County, Virginia” < link >