Joseph Croshaw
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Major Joseph Croshaw was a substantial planter living near Williamsburg
in the US
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
.
. He became a substantial planter and lived just a few miles from present-day Williamsburg, Virginia
. On December 10, 1651, he patented land which became the plantation known as Poplar Neck:
Poplar Neck subsequently came to Col. John West
through West's marriage to Joseph Croshaw's daughter Unity.
1. Unknown
2. Widow Finch
3. Mrs. Anne Hodges (d.1663), widow of Augustine Hodges
4. Mrs. Margaret Tucker (d.1664), widow of Daniel Tucker
5. Mrs. Mary Bromfield (d. bef. 28 May 1673), widow of Thomas Bromfeild
Croshaw died by April 10, 1677, when his will was recorded in York County, Virginia. The inventory of his estate included two pewter candlesticks, forty-two pewter dishes, four porringer
s, thirty-six spoons, one bedpan, and one still. It also listed a silver sack-cup; twenty-four silver spoons; and a silver tankard of the largest size, valued at four pounds sterling (equal in purchasing power to about 330 pounds or $530 in modern currency).
The inventory of 1668 also listed the Croshaw estate as having 1000 bricks manufactured either by their own servants or by transient laborers.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
in the US
United States
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Colony and Dominion of Virginia
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
The Colony of Virginia was the English colony in North America that existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution...
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Early Life
Crowshaw was born in probably 1610-1612, the son of Captain Raleigh CroshawRaleigh Croshaw
Captain Raleigh Croshaw was an Ancient planter and a representative in the House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County in the US Colony and Dominion of Virginia. He was the only son of Joseph Croshaw .-Virginia settler:...
. He became a substantial planter and lived just a few miles from present-day Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, USA. As of the 2010 Census, the city had an estimated population of 14,068. It is bordered by James City County and York County, and is an independent city...
. On December 10, 1651, he patented land which became the plantation known as Poplar Neck:
Poplar Neck subsequently came to Col. John West
John West (colonel)
Lieutenant-Colonel John West, Jr. of West Point, Virginia was commander of the New Kent Militia in the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and a representative of the same county in the House of Burgesses.-Biography:...
through West's marriage to Joseph Croshaw's daughter Unity.
Family
Croshaw married five times and had six children:1. Unknown
- Mary Croshaw (1632-1687), married 1. Henry White; 2. Thomas Taylor.
- Rachel Croshaw (1635-1670), married 1. Ralph Graves; and 2. Richard Barnes.
- Unity CroshawUnity CroshawUnity Croshaw was the daughter of Major Joseph Croshaw, one of the main figures of early Jamestown, Virginia. She was the grandchild of Raleigh Croshaw, one of the founders of Jamestown. She was the daughter-in-law of Colonial Virginia Governor John West of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia...
(1636-1669), married Colonel John West. - Benjamin Croshaw (1640-1645), died young.
- Joseph Croshaw (1642-1650), died young.
2. Widow Finch
3. Mrs. Anne Hodges (d.1663), widow of Augustine Hodges
4. Mrs. Margaret Tucker (d.1664), widow of Daniel Tucker
5. Mrs. Mary Bromfield (d. bef. 28 May 1673), widow of Thomas Bromfeild
- Joseph Croshaw (1667-1682)
Croshaw died by April 10, 1677, when his will was recorded in York County, Virginia. The inventory of his estate included two pewter candlesticks, forty-two pewter dishes, four porringer
Porringer
A porringer is a small dish from which Europeans and colonial Americans ate their gruel or porridge, or other soft foods.Porringers were shallow bowls, between 4" to 6" in diameter, and 1½" to 3" deep; the form originates in the medieval period in Europe and they were made in wood, ceramic, pewter...
s, thirty-six spoons, one bedpan, and one still. It also listed a silver sack-cup; twenty-four silver spoons; and a silver tankard of the largest size, valued at four pounds sterling (equal in purchasing power to about 330 pounds or $530 in modern currency).
The inventory of 1668 also listed the Croshaw estate as having 1000 bricks manufactured either by their own servants or by transient laborers.
Sources
- "Crowshaw", by Martha Woodroof Hiden; William and Mary Qtrly (2), XXI, pp265 70.
- "General Historie", by John Smith, 1624, Vol III, pp 78 81, Vol IV, pp. 151 154.
- "The Complete Works of Captain John Smith", edited by Philip L. Barbour; Vol II, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1986.