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From: "Michael Crocker" <>
Subject: [CROCKER-L] Re: [CROCKER-L] NEW  Drury Crocker and Va. Crockers
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 01:57:00 -0400


CarrolJean and anyone interested in Isle of Wight Crockers,

I do not claim to be an authority on the Isle of Wight Virginia clan and I
know even less about the Drury-who-went-to-Ala. line. And I don't have the
advantage of having grown up on our ancestral lands in IOW. But I do spend
a lot of time analyzing the little bits and pieces of data that we have. I
would not want to try to sort all this out in a telephone conversation as
you did, though, because there are just too many people with the same names,
and you have to be careful that each of you are clear on which individual
each of you are referring to. So I am not trying to be critical, just
trying to get things straight as much as possible. I present my analysis
below; if anyone finds any flaws, please let me know.

First, there were two (at least) Drury (spelling varies) Crockers, both
possibly descended from the Isle of Wight clan. The older one died in 1779
in Halifax/Edgecombe Co. NC, his father was Arthur whose will was probated
in 1772 in Halifax Co. NC. I don't have enough data yet to tell which
Arthur this was.

Second, the Anthony who was son of William & Katherine was most likely not
the Anthony who was the father of Drury-who-went-to-Ala. I used to think
they were the same, primarily because (if I remember correctly) that was how
John Bennett Boddie had shown it in his book Historical Southern Families.
But, William & Katherine's Anthony appears to be the one who died in 1754 in
Granville Co., NC. Norm (Thomas N. Crocker, Creston IA) found his will in
Brunswick Co. VA. I can't explain the GranvilleNC/BrunswickVA connection,
but maybe Norm can. Since discussing this with Norm, I have found other,
older genealogies that show the same lineage, so it seems the evidence is
pretty strong. Right now, though, I cannot determine where
Anthony-father-of-Drury-who-went-to-Ala ties in.

Among those that remained in Isle of Wight, perhaps the descendants of
Edward are those that are best documented (John Francis Crocker, "Our
Crocker Ancestors," written 1907, published 1914). John recalled talking,
when he was young, to the old folks who personally knew some of the
eighteenth century (1700s) Isle of Wight Crockers.

Maybe someday I will know my complete line back to Isle of Wight; maybe not.
But, unless my search leads me elsewhere, I'll keep scratchin' around at
those Isle of Wight roots.

Michael Crocker

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/233

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