Joseph
Crawford
Born about in Of Pickering
Son of David Crawford
and Marie (St Clair) Crawford
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 24
in Town of Niagara, Upper Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jan 2012
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Biography
Joseph was granted land in Pickering, Ontario at the same time and in the same area, as David, Henry, Jacob and Caleb.
On Mar. 29, 1810, Joseph Crawford, a yeoman of Pickering Twp., made a land petition. He was the son of David Crawford UE. The petition was approved for 200 acres. [1]
During the War of 1812, Joseph Crawford served as a private in the 3rd York Militia.
In 1812, he served as a private in Captain Duncan Cameron’s 1st Flank Company.
Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10379, pages 100-104
From Nov. 25 to Dec. 18, 1812, he served in Capt. Cameron’s Co.
Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10384, pages 427-429
He died on Dec. 18, 1812. [2] He died in Niagara of wounds from the Battle of Queenston Heights. [3]
His name did not appear in the pension lists for widows and orphans.
Sources
- ↑ Collections Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1, Microfilm c- 1651, pages 156-160
- ↑ Collections Canada, War of 1812: Upper Canada Returns, Nominal Rolls and Paylists, Microfilm t-10379, pages 216-223
- ↑ A War of 1812 Book of Remembrance, York, Upper Canada, 1812-1815, City of Toronto Museum Services, Toronto, 2012
- WikiTree profile Crawford-2986 created through the import of crawford.GED on Jan 2, 2012 by Ball-2533 Rae Ball.
Parents
- Father: David Crawford-2675 c1750-c1810
- Mother: Marie St Clair- 1750-1946
- Henry Crawford-2674 1783-1870
- Jacob Crawford-2941 1784-1861
- Caleb Crawford-2939 c1786-
- Joseph Crawford-2986 c1788-
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~3.12%
Tony Crawford
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Larry Cervoni :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Crystal Crawford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member crystalina121
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