William
Cruse
Sr
aka Crews, Crewse, Cruze, Creuese
Born
1785 in
Buckingham, Virginia, United States
Descendants
Died
after 1870
after age 85
in
Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified 12 Mar 2023
| Created 26 Nov 2020
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Biography
William Crews (Cruse) was born
Marriage
William married twice:
19 Apr 1813 to Lucy Childress in Knox County, Tennessee. Lucy died in childbirth with their son Robert.
26 Apr 1825 he married his first cousin, Elizabeth Hood (b ca 1802) and daughter of Aaron Hood.
Children
Known children with Lucy include;
James Matison Cruze (1814-1883)
Polly Crews (1815-)
Elizabeth (Crews) Hood (1818-1897)
Robert Crews (1822-)
Known children with Elizabeth include 7 children - all born in Knox County, Tennessee.
Lee Cruze (1826-1910)
William (Cruze) Cruse Jr. (1828-1921)
Annie Malvina Crews (1830-)
Lucinda (Cruze) Houser (1832-1907)
Sarah Jane (Crews) Johnson (1836-1914)
Nancy (Cruze) Houser (1838-1917)
Susannah Nancy (Crews) Lee (1841-1924)
Death
William died between 1770 and 1780.
Sources
"Our Cruze Ancestors" by Elmer Andrew Houser with Nannie Ellis Houser, August 1994, pp 13. Library of Congress Catalog Card number: 94-78930
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of
his Y-chromosome or
his mother's 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 William:
~1.56%
Doug Showalter :
23andMe , GEDmatch M213822 [compare ] , yourDNAportal DOU48f6efcf
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AncestryDNA , GEDmatch M213822 [compare ] , yourDNAportal DOU48f6efcf, Ancestry member dougshow
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M213822 [compare ] , yourDNAportal DOU48f6efcf, FTDNA kit #N14856
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MyHeritage DNA , GEDmatch M213822 [compare ] , yourDNAportal DOU48f6efcf
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Living DNA , GEDmatch M213822 [compare ] , yourDNAportal DOU48f6efcf
~1.56%
Beth (Brown) Golden :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A627169 [compare ] , Ancestry member gramssearch
~1.56%
Scott Cruze :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch EA6826074 [compare ]
~1.56%
Cherie (Cruze) Merritt :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member merrittc54964818
~1.56%
Mike Berry :
MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
Courtney (Cruze) Ashby :
23andMe , GEDmatch M159729 [compare ]
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AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A506263 [compare ] , Ancestry member Kortanie23
~0.78%
Chase Gass :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A406100 [compare ]
~0.78%
Brittany Cruze :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch XE2255979 [compare ]
~0.78%
Michael Cruze :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch HF4122667 [compare ]
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