William Crabtree II (1704 - 1756)

Born 15 Mar 1704 in Malita, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Pike) Crabtree — married 17 Feb 1725 in Kingsville, Baltimore, Maryland

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1756 at age 52 in Kingsville, Baltimore, Maryland Colony

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Biography

William Crabtree II was a Maryland colonist.

"Marriages in St. John's Parish" Register

" Wm. Crabtree and Mary Pyke were married the 17th day of February Ann

o 1725 " ^[1]

St. John's Parish Register

"Wm. Crabtree son of Wm. and Mary Crabtree was born the 22nd of December 1726 ." ^[2]

St. John's Parish Register

"Eliz'th Crabtree daughter of Wm. and Mary Crabtree was born the 5th of November 1728 ." ^[3]

Several possible origins: -William Crabtree was born in 1703/4 in Malita, Yorkshire, England, England; or Leeds, Yorkshire, England. -William Crabtree II, son of William, was baptized 1 Mar 1703 at Silkstone with Stainborough, All Saints, Yorkshire, England. William settled in Baltimore, Maryland.

5 sons and 3 daughters are named in his Will (1) William III (2) John and (3) James (4) Thomas (5) Samuel

In his will he mentions his loving wive Jane Crabtree my dwelling Plantation with one hundrd and fifty acres of lands of the southern most land during er natura life or her widowhood that shall first happen and then to go to my son William Crabtree his heirs and assignes forever. I likewise give and bequeath unto my living with Jane Crabtree one Irish servant lad called Alexander Anderson during her widowhood, then to go to my son William Crabtree one servant man that samuel webb ows me to him and his heirs and assigns. 3rd I give and bequeath to my son John Crabtree One Hundred and Fifty Acres of land adjoining to where he now lives being the North East part to him his heirs and assigns forever. I also give and bequeath to my son John Crabtree one negro boy called ...^[4]

William Crabtree died in Baltimore, Washington County, Maryland in 1754. ^[5]

William Crabtree, III, b. 22 Dec 1726 who married in Baltimore County, Maryland on 27 May 1746 to ::Hannah Whitaker And it was William Crabtree III who in 1768 received a land grant for 378 acres in ::Bedford Co., Va. ^[6] It is this grandson of William Crabtree who migrated to Virginia with his family.

Research Notes
items to be reconciled? sourced?

Marriage:  : Date: 17 FEB 1725: Place: St. John Parish, Baltimore Co., MD

Marriage:  : Date: 03 MAY 1703

Comment Upon the 2 sons and a brother-in-law who imigrate to Virginia

Note: In the book, 'Leaving a Trail', Chapter I- Crabtree, it is stated that

'William, III., his brother John and their brother-in-law James POTEET,

with their entire families, went to Bedford County VA about 1756-57 and

that both William and John left Bedford County and settled at Saltville

in Washington County VA from: Clint Edwards^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ St. John's Parish Register page 36 image 347
2. ↑ familysearch.org St. John's Parish Register page35 image 346
3. ↑ familysearch.org St. John's Parish Register page35 image 346
4. ↑ to be completed. Photograph of original handwritten Will of William Crabtree III was made available by contribution by Ancestry member '1_danabates who originally shared the image(s) on 12 Apr 2015.
5. ↑ Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812; Source Citation West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: WDP137/1/1/3 Source Information Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.. Online access 23 May 2019
6. ↑ See Chapter III; William II of Bedford and Saltville and His Family of Twelve. Family ::records Collection Book made available in digital form (image of book page) thru www.Ancestry.com. ::Accessed 23 May 2019. Special Thanks to Ancestry member: 'AprilPrice-45' who originally shared this on ::14 Jul 2015.
7. ↑ Source: #S53

Author: Barbara Susan Jones Title: GEDCOM File : arimathwaite2.ged Note: 807 Chestnut St CONT Everson, WA 98247 Data: Date: 18 Mar 2004

Thank you to Gary Teel for creating WikiTree profile Crabtree-533 through the import of Teel.ged on Apr 17, 2013.

Clint Edward's research http://ctreeacres.com/Genealogy/Crabtree/CrabtreeFamily.pdf

• Norma Jean Crabtree, Leaving a Trail (Dublin, IN: Print Press, 1987)

• Arah Miller Fritz and Margaret Milan McProud, The Crabtrees of Suthwest Virginia (Pecos, TX: Hawks Printing, 1965)

• Baltimore Co., MD Deed Book G, p 35 and p 63,p64

• Georgia Provincial Congress, The Congress meets at Savannah, List of the Members elected, Archibald Bullock chosen President, and George Walton Secretary etc

• Robert W. Barnes, Baltimore County Families1659-1759 (Baltimore: Gen Pub Co., 1989

• F. Edward Wright, Inhabitants of Baltimore County [MD] 1692-1763 (Silver Spring, MD:Family Line Pub, c1987)

• Henry C. Peden, Jr M.A. ,St. John's and St. George's Parish Registers, Baltimore and Hartford County, Maryland 1696-1851(Silver Springs, MD: Family Line Pub, 1987

• FamilySearch
• family file

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