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Subject: Re: [CRAWFORD] RE: John Crawford 1600-1676
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:04:44 EST


It appears, from the Times Dispatch article within the below referenced book,
that John's father's given name was Earl. In those days, I think it would be
highly unlikely
that anyone would name a child "Earl" considering it was a title held by so
many.

~Virginia

History and Genealogies
Author: W. H. Miller

Call Number: CS71.M65 1907

This book is an account of the Miller families including those who immigrated
to Virginia.

Bibliographic Information: Miller, W. H. History and Genealogies. Privately
Published, Kentucky 1907.

"The Crawford Family of Virginia."
From the Times despatch, Genological column:
"Arthur in his dictionary of names speaks of the name of Crawford as assumed
by the proprietor of the land and barony of Crawford in Lenarkshire,
Scotland. The extreme ancestor of the ancient family of Crawford, in
Scotland, was Reginald, youngest son of Ataw, the fourth earl of Richmond. He
accompanied David, the first to the North and received extensive grants of
land in Strath Clueys at Clydesdale, where his immediate descendants adopted
the name of Crawford. The name itself was first spelled "Craufurd," being
Gaeltic, signifying "the pass of blood" from "Cru," bloody, and "furd" a
pass, or way, as commemorative, probably of some great conflict with the
aboriginees.
John Crawford of Scotland, born about 1600, died about 1676, emigrated to
Virginia about 1643. He was a lineal discendant from Quintin Craufurd, of
Kilburney, on the West Sea of Scotland.
David Crawford, the only son of John, was born 1625, and came to America with
his father, settling in St. Peter's (afterwards St. Paul's) parish in New
Kent. John Crawford the emigrant, was the youngest son of Earl Crawford of
Scotland, about the middle of the seventeenth century. He settled first in
James City County, afterwards moving to New Kent, and later being in Hanover
Couny, when that was formed. The wife of David Crawford (1) is not known.

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