Yelverton Crowell (abt. 1616 - abt. 1683)

Born about 1616 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Crowell — married 1640 in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 24 Oct 1683 at about age 67 in Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts

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Biography

Yelverton Crowell immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Yelverton Crowell was one of the sons of the founder of this family on Cape Cod.

Yelverton Crowell was born to John Crowell and Elishua UNKNOWN about 1616 in England.^[1]

Anderson is clear that Yelverton had both a father and a brother named John. The confusion seems to be with their death dates. Many believe John (who died in Yarmouth Massachusetts Bay Colony on 7 Jan 1673) was Yelverton's brother.

Yelverton Crowe said to have been a resident of Charlestown in 1637.^[2]

Yelverton Crowell settled in the town of Yarmouth in 1640. He owned land in West Yarmouth where the name Crowell is still found on land records.

Marriage

He married Elizabeth, who's maiden name has not been proven, about 1642 in Yarmouth.^[1]

Children:

1. Thomas Crowell, born 9 May 1649, Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony, died 22 April 1723, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Bay
2. John Crowell, born 1642, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Ma.
3. Edward Crowell, born 1644. died Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1688; married 16 January 1673, Mary Lathrop
4. Samuel Crowell, born 1646.
5. Elizabeth Crowell, born 9 May 1649.
6. Yelverton Crowell.
7. Elishua Crowell.
8. Mary Crowell.

Note: For disputed child, Susannah (Crowell) Berry (1655-1747) see Research Notes.

Death

Yelverton died "suddenly" 24 October 1683^[3] in West Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

His will is dated 23 Dec 1681 and was proved 8 Mar 1683/4:^[4][5]

To all people to whome these presente shall come I Elverton Crowell alias Crow of Yarmouthe in ye Colony of Plymouth in New England the twenty third day of December 1681. [I do] constitute, ordaine & appoint my youngest son living sole exeutor to this my last will & testament and I ye sd Ylverton Crowell doe give to him my sd son Thomas Crowell alias Crow all my lands, houses, meadows, marshes, cattle, horses, mares, swine & household stuffs with whatever estate belongs or anyways appertaines to me the said Yelverton Crowell in Yarmouth or elsewhere to him & said Thomas Crowell his heirs and assigners for ever, my will is alo that my sd son Thomas Crowell shall discharge ye rights of my burial and pay all my full debts & maintain my loving wife his mother so long as she livst both in healthe & sickness finding and allowing her what ever is or may be needful for comfortable subsistance according to his ability and also my will is that my said son Thomas Crowell doe pay to my three sons, John, Edward and Samuel five shillings a year in silver money and to my grandchild Elizabeth Gifford two cowes, two swine of about halfe a year old & one feather bed & bolsterr further my will is that in case Thomas my said executon should by providence of God dye before my wife his mother & leave no will, then my will is that my estate be improved for her maintenance so long as she livst, otherwise I leave my loving wife to maintenance of my said son Thomas as above said. (signed) Yelverton Crowell alias Crow: John Thacher whoe made oathe here unto at Court House of Plymouth the 8th of March 1683/84; Rebeckah Thacher on ye oath of Mr. John Thatcher.

Research Notes

• A previous version of this profile associated a daughter Susannah (Crowell) Berry (1655-1747) of Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, with Yelverton Crowell. At about the same time, an Elizabeth Hammond was linked as Yelverton's wife and the mother of this Susannah. Reliable sources and analysis were not shown to support these associations; Susannah was severed as a daughter and Elizabeth was severed as a wife.
• Since the SS Caledonia was a passenger ship in the late 1800's and early 1900's, it is safe to say that the did NOT come to New England 1634 on the "Caledonia".^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C–F. (2001). 245-248 (John Crow), at 247, 248; digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors or Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ Wyman, Thomas Bellows,Edes, Henry Herbert, The genealogies and estates of Charlestown : in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818,. p 252
3. ↑ "The Crowell Family of Yarmouth: Descendants of Yelverton" in Library of Cape Cod History and Genealogy, multiple vols. (Yarmouth, Mass.: C. W. Swift, [var. dates]-), 71 (1913):1-13 at 1; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL film 1,004,003, DGS 4,248,414, image 637 of 1006.
4. ↑ Citing "The Yarmouth Register," Levi Crowell, John Crowe and his descendants, a genealogy (New York, T. Y. Crowell & co., 1903), 18-19 (will and will transcript); digital images, Hathi Trust.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-V3KR : 15 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 567 of 616; State Archives, Boston.

• Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume I, page 480
• Simeon L. Deyo (editor), Barnstable Co
• "Trying to sort out those Crow, Crowe, Crowell Families' accessed at Glover Family Web Site