Henry Cronkhite UE (1745 - 1823)

Born 29 Jul 1745 in Tarrytown, Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Penuel) Cronkhite — married Oct 1784 in Northampton, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 9 Apr 1823 at age 77 in New Brunswick

Biography

Henry Cronkhite UE served with King's Royal Regiment of New York during the American Revolution.

Baptised September 18, 1745 in Bachway, Duchess County, New York. From Duchess County New York, served in the King's American Regiment & received land within his regimental block in Canterbury, New Brunswick, in a grant dated 1787. Later settled in Carleton County. Will was read 23 May 1823

Henry Cronkhite is the son of Jacobus Crankheyt and Margaret (Busch) Crankheyt of Dutchess County, New York. His father was originally from Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York.

Henry was born in July 1745 in Bachway, which is now Poughquag, in Dutchess County, New York, and was baptized on September 29, 1745, in the Lutheran Reformed Church, in New York. The minister was Reverend F.E. Chronkite, of Bothell, Washington. His sponsors (witnesses) were Henry and Catherine Busch, his maternal grandparents.

On December 17, 1763, in Philipsburg, Westchester County, New York, Henry married Maria Jackson. They were the parents of one son, Jacob Crohnkhite, born 1765 and named for Henry's father, as is the custom of the Dutch. ^[1]

About October, 1784, Henry married Elizabeth Penuel, aka "Widow Grant." All of the children of Henry and Elizabeth were born in Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada: ^[2]

• Henry Cronkhite, born 1785, died 1847

• Abraham Cronkhite, Sr. born January 19, 1787, baptized August 4, 1789, died January 19, 1847, married Margaret Flint on September 7, 1807 in Southhampton, New Brunswick, Canada ^[3]

• Mary B. Cronkhite, born 1789, died 1864

• Simon Cronkhite, born July 1, 1792, died 1837

• Jabez Lockwood Cronkhite, born March 17, 1793, died October 8, 1866 in New Brunswick, Canada

• Reuben Cronkhite, born 1797, died before 1815

Henry was a Loyalist, and his name is found on the muster roll of the KAR, in Woodstock, August 5, 1785. The "King's American Regiment" was raised, in the Province of New York, in December, 1776, by Colonel Edmund Fanning, as the "Associated Refugees". ^[4]

Henry's namesake, and maternal grandfather, Henry Bush stipulated in his will that Henry should receive £20, if he ever returned to Dutchess County, New York, but he never did.

In February 1787, Henry Cronkhite filed Memorial in the name of the "Widow Grant". claimed they were married and she came to New Brunswick in October of 1783. >F1033 1787 Pan B.< Asked that the gentlemen trustees grant the children might hold requested lands. (B. Houtenbrink_1) ^[5]

From Dutchess County New York. served in the King's American Regiment & received land within his regimental block in Canterbury, in a grant dated 1787. The Will of Henry Cronkhite was read 23 May 1823.

Sources

1. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3WMC-G11 : accessed 2017-02-22), entry for Henry /Cronkhite/
2. ↑ information for the children from the Page Family Tree http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=raypage27&id=I4061
3. ↑ Parson Frederick Dibblee of the Society For the Propagation ofthe Gospel officiated
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_American_Regiment . **Muster Roles of December 25,1782 to 24th of June 17, 1783, (182 days), in the King's American Regiment Camp on Long Island, New York. Commanded by Col.Edmond Fanning.
5. ↑ https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LDL6-HFN&spouse=LVTP-HKD

• Muster Roll of the KAR, Lr. Woodstock, August 5, 1785.

• His maternal grandfather's will: "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899R-N6MT?cc=1920234&wc=Q75G-DPX : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > Wills 1751-1796 vol AA and A > image 268 of 465; county courthouses, New York.

PANB F1033-1787 On 5 February 1787: Memoralist Henry Cronkhite, late of the King's American Regiment, stated that he had married a widow, of that regiment and that, she had built a house as protection against the weather. However, the land was taken possession of by Captain McKay (late of the Queen's Rangers), without purchase or any restitution. Henry Cronkite requested that the Gentlemen Trustees give the widow and the 5 fatherless children lands in consideration of this loss.