Anne Wright (Miller) Crow (1720 - 1811)

Born 31 Mar 1720 in Christchurch Parish, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Walter Benjamin Crow — married 1740 in North Sassasfras, Cecil, Maryland,

Descendants

Died 4 May 1811 at age 91 in Mercer, Mercer County, Kentucky, United States

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Due to a miscommunication, this Anne Miller (Miller-3111) and another were inadvertently merged by mistake. All references to the 2nd Anne Miller have been deleted in this biography and sources. This Anne Miller has been put back to it's original state prior to 22 Aug 2018 mishap.

I have since decided that these two Anne Miller's very well could have been the same person after finding a Crow family living in Essex Co., VA (county known Miller's lived in the 1700's). Also all indications are that my known Miller's had connections to Cecil County, Maryland where her husband resided for some period of time.

Jim Miller

Biography

Anne Miller* was born on March 31, 1720; in Christchurch, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia. She was the daughter of [John Miller] and Sarah Hadley. Anne Miller married Walter Crow in 1740 in North Sassafras, Cecil, Province of Maryland. Anne passed away on May 4, 1811, in Mercer County, Kentucky, USA.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

• Note: For an extensive biography and history of Anne Miller and Walter Crow is detailed in the attached PDF.

Birth & Christening

Name Anne Miller

Sex Female

Christening Date 24 Apr 1720

Christening Place Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, British Colonial America

Christening Place (Original) Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, United States

Birth Date 31 Mar 1720

Father's Name John Miller

Father's Sex Male

Mother's Name Sarah

Mother's Sex Female^[7]

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about Anna Miller

Name: Anna Miller

Birth Date: 1720

Volume: 117

Page Number: 395

Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 9 Sep 1907, 9445^[8]

Walter Crow was born 25 Aug 1717, in Sassafras, Cecil, Province of Maryland, the son of John Crow and Martha Newman. About 1747, he was married to Ann Miller. She was the daughter of John Miller and Sarah Hadley. Ann was born 26 Apr 1720, in Christchurch, Middlesex County, Colony of Virginia. She died 4 May 1811, Mercer, Mercer County, Kentucky, United States.

Ann Miller

Ann Miller, wife of Walter Crow, has been a source of much debate. It's generally accepted by some Crow researchers that Walter Crow and Anne Miller were married in 1740 in Middlesex County, although no records exist of this marriage (that we know of). Ann is listed as Walter's wife in his 1789 will. There's even a theory that Ann came from England with a family bible. John Finley Crow's memoirs name Mary Stuart as his grandmother, not Ann Miller. After considering all available research, we submit that there were two Ann Millers born to John Miller of Middlesex County, of two different wives^[9]... There is also some evidence of Ann (wife of Walter) having the name "Wright" as well^[10]

Marriage Notes for Walter Crow and Anne Miller: "Walter and Ann Crow lived in New Castle County, Delaware. Not much is known about how or when they got there but we do know that the family moved to Virginia either in late 1763 or early 1764. New Castle County is directly across the state line from Sassafras Parish, Maryland, where Walter was born. It's generally accepted that six children were born in New Castle County, although we haven't found any supporting documentation for these births.

1. Mary, born circa 1742. 2. James, born circa 1744 3. John, born circa 1751 4. William, born 8 Nov. 1755 5. Benjamin, born circa 1757. 6. Jacob, born 3 April 1759."^{[11] [12]}

Anne Miller-Crow is buried at:

Old Union Cemetery

Danville

Boyle County

Kentucky, USA^[13]

Ann was born in 1720. She is the daughter of John Miller and Sara Hadley.

Anne was born in 1720.

DECIDED TO TIE THE ANNE MILLER OF THIS PROFILE TO WALTER BENJAMIN CROW (WikiTree: Crow-221):

Over the past year or two, I have discovered ties of my Miller's to Essex County, Virginia where there were Crow family members in the 1700's. Indications are that the town of Millers Tavern, Virginia (in Essex Co. near King & Queen Co. line) was named after a tavern one or more of my Miller's owned there in the 1700's/early 1800's. Several of my known Miller family members are documented as owning taverns. At least two of my direct male line Miller's are documented in King & Queen Co. during a portion of their lives. Few records survive from K&Q Co. Also I am seeing connections of my Virginia Miller's to the Samuel Miller, Esq. family of Cecil County, Maryland, where Walter Benjamin Crow-221 lived. Also a great...great uncle of mine (Dabney Miller circa 1750 to circa 1810) witnessed a contract in 1784 for a James Rumsey's to obtain Virginia patents on Rumsey's steam boat invention. James Rumsey was born in Cecil Co., Maryland. My early Virginia Miller's had other ties to Maryland also.

Not sure if this is just a coincidence: Edward Miller (b- circa 1644) was a son of James Miller, Sr. James died in 1656 in York Co., VA, and was the possible brother of my 7th great grandfather). Edward Miller patented 250 acres of land in 1666 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia by paying for the importation of an Elizabeth NEWMAN and an Anne BROOKES as well as 3 other persons. Walter Benjamin Crow's mother was Martha NEWMAN; and Martha's mother was Mary BROOKS. Martha NEWMAN's father was from Northern Ireland. There was a group of my Miller's that immigrated to Northern Ireland in the late 1600's from Scotland. They then immigrated to America from Northern Ireland in the early 1700's. I have DNA ties to Northern Ireland (as well as Scotland) on my father's side. My known Miller's in early Virginia had several connections to person's from Ireland.

Related to the above: Edward Miller's (b- c. 1644) son, Nicholas Miller witnessed the 1692 will of a Thomas Taboror in Isle of Wight Co., VA. The administer of the will was a John NEWMAN. Possibly the same John NEWMAN took the 1695 estate inventory of Nicholas Smith in Isle of Wight Co., VA. Nicholas Smith/Smyth was the father of Edward Miller's (b-c. 1644) wife, Sara Smith/Smyth.

Related to the above: A Thomas NEWMAN (age 15) arrived in Virginia on the ship Plaine Joan in 1635. This was the same ship that a James Miller (age 18) arrive. This James Miller may have been the James Miller, father of Edward Miller (b-c. 1644).

I also discovered that Sara Hadley married a different John Miller than I had originally thought (very difficult to determine what John Miller Virginia documents refer to (so many John Miller's). So Anne Miller (daughter of John Miller & Sara Hadley MAY have been the Anne Miller that married Walter Benjamin Crow-221 of Cecil County, Maryland. I am reconnecting Anne Miller as the spouse of Walter Benjamin Crow-221. However I am not 100 percent sure that this was the case. Jim Miller

Research Notes

You will notice there are two Anne Miller's listed as daughters of John Miller and Sara Hadley. I doubt that the daughter listed as Ann (Miller) Crow was John Miller and Sara Hadley's daughter since this just seems to be a guess in the fact that an Ann Miller was born in Middlesex Co., VA (Christ Church) that would be about the correct age. This type of error frequently occurs since the Christ Church Parish records are some of the few parish 1600's/1700's records that have survived to modern times. So people who are looking for ancestors often assume any persons with similar names and close birth years in the Christ Church Parish records in Middlesex Co., VA are the ancestors they are looking for. In fact they often are not, given their ancestor's birth record was lost with time as most have with the exception of the fairly extensive surviving records from Christ Church in Middlesex County, Virginia. This is somewhat confirmed by the verbiage below from Ann (Miller) Crow's (who died in Kentucky) profile on FindAGrave. Below part of verbiage from: Find A Grave: Memorial #81013747 (attached to Anne Wright (Crow) Miller) About my 6th Great-Grandmother: "Who was Ann Miller, wife of Walter Crow? by Sarah Barker No one really knows. Nor do we know for a fact that her name was really Miller. The designation of Walter Crow's wife as Ann "Miller" has been attributed, somewhat circuitously, to John W. Wayland Ph.D, author of "A History of Rockingham County, Virginia," and similar books on Rockingham. How this came about is unclear, but the name Ann Miller seems to have stuck. Assuming that Ann was truly Ann Miller, who was she? Where did she come from? One theory has been put forth that she was the daughter of John Miller and Sarah Hadley of Middlesex County, Virginia. This theory results from the single fact that a birth record for an Ann Miller exists in the Christ Church Parish register in the appropriate time frame. There is no marriage entry for this Ann Miller, nor any record in existence to indicate that Walter Crow ever met or married this particular Ann Miller. The existence of this birth record is simply a convenience seized upon to prove what is essentially unprovable. The name Miller was very common during Colonial times, and surviving church records few and far between - if, in fact, church records were kept.

It is possible the Ann Miller who was the daughter of John Miller and Sara Hadley never married and never left Middlesex Co., VA based on the fact an Ann Miller was listed on the 1783 Middlesex Co., VA Census. This Ann Miller would have been 63 years old in 1783. However there is no way to know if this was the Ann Miller born in 1720 in Middlesex Co., VA. http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/middlesex/census/1783/1783taxlow.txt Link above notes an "Miller, Ann, "Senr" ("Senr" may mean her husband has died or it could mean "Sister" as an nun?) on the 1783 Lower Precinct Taxlist for Middlesex County, Virginia with 4 white and 1 black in the household. Other Miller's listed on same 1783 Lower Precinct Taxlist above are: Andrew Miller - 7 white; 9 black (I am not sure who this Andrew Miller was at this point - MAYBE a descendant of Alexander Miller, son of Patrick Miller b-1620 given Alexander had a son named Andrew) Christopher Miller - 4 white; zero black (Likely the Christopher Miller born to John Miller and Sara Hadley on 1/27/1726 at age 57.) Biography Ann was born in 1720. She is the daughter of John Miller and Sara Hadley. There is some confusion around this Ann Miller (some people list her as dying in Kentucky; however there appears to be no sources indicating this is the case; so the Ann that died in Kentucky is likely NOT the Ann Miller that was born in Middlesex County, Virginia in 1720).

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81013747/anne-crow
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4M9-KMW
3. ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/142676/person/-2113586112/facts
4. ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/5027273/person/-1508654491/facts
5. ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
6. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Brian-K-Forbes/GENE3-0006.html
7. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR7-S1V : 28 January 2020), Anne Miller, 1720.
8. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.
9. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~newman/virginia.htm
10. ↑ See Photo: http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Miller-3111-1
11. ↑ Crow family Web site freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crow2000 5/20/02
12. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/235178/person/6947728398/storyx/352cf42c-b9fa-45ab-b083-6fa18f93f619?src=search
13. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=81013747&CRid=2335333&

↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Crow&GSiman=1&GScid=2335333&GRid=81013747& ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/142676/person/-2113586112/facts ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/5027273/person/-1508654491/facts ↑ Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Births. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001. ↑ http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Brian-K-Forbes/GENE3-0006.html ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~newman/virginia.htm ↑ See Photo: http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Miller-3111-1 ↑ Crow family Web site freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~crow2000 5/20/02 ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/235178/person/6947728398/storyx/352cf42c-b9fa-45ab-b083-6fa18f93f619?src=search ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=81013747&CRid=2335333&

See also:

Source: S-1761195704 Repository: #R-1789194159 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=46418950&pid=664 Repository: R-1789194159 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

• http://www.harrold.org/familytree/webtree2/sources.htm

• Christ Church parish records; Middlesex County, Virginia.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Black for creating WikiTree profile Wright-8857 through the import of David_s Family Tree_Ancestry_26Jun2013.ged on Jul 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.

• Re-establishing Anne Miller 1720 (old Miller-47097)

• Christ Church Parish Register - Middlesex Co., Virginia

Ancestry.com; Greene Family Tree: Navigation Person OptionsGREENE FAMILY TREEGREENE FAMILY TREEFIND PERSON IN TREE sunngreenTOOLS Mary Anne Elizabeth Miller 1720–1811 BIRTH 31 MAR 1720 • Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, USA DEATH 04 MAY 1811 • Mercer, Mercer, Kentucky, USA LIFESTORY FACTS GALLERY Navigation Research Tabs Skip to SourcesSHOW Facts Name and gender Birth 31 Mar 1720 • Christchurch, Middlesex, Virginia, USA 2 Sources 1720 (AGE) Birth of Son Jacob Crow(1740–1821) 1740 • Virginia 1740 19 Birth of Son John Crow(1740–1821) 1740 • Virginia, United States 1740 19 Birth of Daughter Mary Crow(1742–1778) 1742 • New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States 1742 21 Birth of Daughter Nancy Crow(1742–1818) 1742 • Augusta, Virginia, United States 1742 21 Death of Father John Miller II(1695–1742) 1742 • Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia, United States 1742 22 Birth of Son James Crow(1744–1819) 1744 • St Georges, New Castle, Delaware, United States 1744 23 Birth of Son William Crow(1755–1821) 08 Nov 1755 • St Georges, New Castle, Delaware, United States 1755 35 Birth of Son Benjamin Crow(1757–1832) 1757 • New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States 1757 36 Birth of Son Jacob Blue Springs Crow(1759–1825) 03 Apr 1759 • New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, United States 1759 39 Birth of Daughter Polly Crow(1761–1820) 1761 • Augusta, Virginia, United States 1761 40 Birth of Daughter Mary Crow(1761–) 1761 • Rockingham, Virginia, United States 1761 40 Birth of Daughter Nancy Crow(1764–1800) 25 Mar 1764 • Augusta, Virginia, United States 1764 43 Birth of Daughter Rachel Crow(1767–1851) 19 Feb 1767 • Augusta, Virginia, United States 1767 46 Death of Daughter Mary Crow(1742–1778) 21 Jul 1778 • Rockingham, Virginia, United States 1778 58 Death of Husband Walter Crow(1714–1789) 28 Sep 1789 • Will, Mercer, Kentucky, United States 1789 69 Death of Child Walter CROW(1717–1789) 28 Sep 1789 • Mercer, Kentucky, United States 1789 69 Death of Daughter Nancy Crow(1764–1800) 10 Feb 1800 • Virginia, United States 1800 79 Death 04 May 1811 • Mercer, Mercer, Kentucky, USA 1811 91 Residence United States 4 Sources Skip to Family Sources Ancestry Sources Family Data Collection - Births U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 View Source U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 View Source U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 View Source U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 View Source U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Other Sources Ancestry Family Trees Ancestry Family Trees • Christ Church parish records; Middlesex County, Virginia.