Thursday, March 28, 2013

Samuel Crockett, Jr and Jane Steele are another set of my fifth-great grandparents.  Samuel is also one of my recently-verifed-by-DAR patriots.  The Virginia Publick Claims published by Abercrombie & Slatten indicates that Samuel "furnished supplies" to support the war effort, which counts as patriotic service.
Samuel Crockett was born 11 February 1740 in Baltimore County, Maryland.  He was the son of Samuel Crockett and Esther Thompson.  In 1757, he married Jane Steele.  Jane was born in 1737 in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and died in 1775 in Sullivan County, Tennessee.  Her husband outlived her by 20 years, dying in 1795.  I think he married a second time after Jane died.

I am descended from Samuel & Jane through their daughter, Margaret Crockett, who married John Ingles.  Margaret & John were from Wythe County, Virginia.  John's father, William Ingles, is another of my patriots.  I have talked about him before--he is more well known as the husband of Mary Draper Ingles. 

The maps below highlight Prince Edward County, Virginia, and Sullivan County, Tennessee.  Keeping in mind that northern Tennessee falls under Virginia's western counties, they didn't migrate as far as it sounds.  And if the next generation was in Wythe County, that's not that far away either.




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