Margaretha (Huber) Crookshank (abt. 1737 - abt. 1803)

Born about 1737 in Pennsylvania

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Descendants

Died about 1803 at about age 66 in Rockingham County, Virginia

Biography

Margaret, daughter of William and Anna Margaretha (Ruedi) Huber, ^[1]was probably born soon after the family arrived in America, married twice and died in Rockingham County, Virginia, between 1803 and 1810. She grew up in near present-day Woodstock, Virginia, married Rudolph Hockman about 1758 and lived the new town of Strasburg, where Rudolph purchased several lots. Rudolph died in 1768 and Margaret acted as administrator of his estate.^[2] Margaret married John Crookshank in April, 1775^[3] and lived in one of the "Seven Bends" on the North Fork of the Shenandoah River east of Woodstock for about 15 years, and may have moved into Woodstock for a while in the early 1790s. They sold most of their land on the "Seven Bends" to Jacob Coffman in April, 1791 and the remainder to Benjamin Shue in October 1793.^[4] In July, 1795 John and Margaret Crookshank, "of Woodstock," sold two lots in Woodstock to John Snapp.^[5]

John and Margaret moved south into Rockingham County, Virginia, and in 1797 purchased several lots and outlots in Keezletown, east of Harrisonburg. John Crookshank appears in personal property and land tax records of Rockingham County through 1815. Margaret was still living when she signed a deed of sale for an outlot in Keezletown in June 1803. ^[6] John Crookshank appears in the 1810 census of Rockingham County, as over age 45 and living alone. John Bowyer, husband of Margaret's daughter, Barbara, qualified as administrator of the estate of John Crookshank, "deceased, in Rockingham Circuit Court, September 19, 1815.^[7]

Sources

• Shenandoah County and Rockingham County, Virginia public records.
• Hoover Chapter in Daniel W. Bly, From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Baltimore (2002), Volume III, p.144.
• Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.

Footnotes

1. ↑ William Hoover named her as his daughter in his will. Shenandoah County, Virginia Will Book "A," p. 229.
2. ↑ Frederick County, Virginia Order Book, "14, p. 239.
3. ↑ Vogt and Kethley, Virginia Historic Marriage Register, Shenandoah County Marriage Bonds 1772-1850, Athens, GA (1983), p. 96.
4. ↑ Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Books "H," p. 129 and 'I," p. 293.
5. ↑ Shenandoah County, Virginia Deed Book "I," p. 606.
6. ↑ Rockingham County, Virginia Deed Book "000," p.118.
7. ↑ Rockingham County, Virginia, Minute Book 1814-1816, p. 146.