Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Birthabt 1625, Ayrshire, Kilburney, Scotland445
Deathbet 3 Oct 1709 and 15 Aug 1710, Assasquin Plantation, New Kent County, Virginia
BurialUnknown, Virginia446
OccupationPlantation Owner
Public Office FactHouse Of Burgesses 1690-92
Web LinkDavid Crawford: http://objgenealogy.com/indiI2637.html
Web LinkKay Hayden’s Crawford Page: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~katy/crawford/index.html
Web LinkGustave Anjou: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Anjou
Web LinkJamestowne Society: https://www.jamestowne.org/cotton---crawford.html
FatherJohn Crawford , M (1600-1676)
Spouses
Marriage1654, James City County, Virginia445
Biography notes for David Crawford Esq.
David Crawford/Crafford
Just about everything published about David Crawford is suspect. Part of this problem was due to the fraudulent activity of one Gustave Anjou, who created multiple fake lineages for pay. The link to Kay Hayden’s Crawford site is highly recommended. In The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Heath Meriwether published the lineage of David back to the Barons of Runymeade as believed in 1964. This is not accurate.
He supposedly came to Virginia with his father, John.
Just about everything published about David Crawford is suspect. Part of this problem was due to the fraudulent activity of one Gustave Anjou, who created multiple fake lineages for pay. The link to Kay Hayden’s Crawford site is highly recommended. In The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Heath Meriwether published the lineage of David back to the Barons of Runymeade as believed in 1964. This is not accurate.
He supposedly came to Virginia with his father, John.
Notes for David Crawford Esq.
Death
Many genealogies state he was killed by Pamunkey Indians on 13 Dec 1689 on his plantations, "Assassquin", in New Kent. However, vestry records of St. Paul's Parish clearly show he was active in the church there, last appearing as a vestryman on 3 Oct 1709. He did not appear at meetings in January 1709/10, March 1709/10 and 15 August 1710. At that last meeting, Mr. William England was sworn in as vestryman for the parish instead of Mr. David Crawford, lately deceased.
Many genealogies state he was killed by Pamunkey Indians on 13 Dec 1689 on his plantations, "Assassquin", in New Kent. However, vestry records of St. Paul's Parish clearly show he was active in the church there, last appearing as a vestryman on 3 Oct 1709. He did not appear at meetings in January 1709/10, March 1709/10 and 15 August 1710. At that last meeting, Mr. William England was sworn in as vestryman for the parish instead of Mr. David Crawford, lately deceased.