Joseph Louis Crockett Jr. (abt. 1702 - bef. 1767)

Born about 6 May 1702 in Londonderry, County Donegal, Ireland [uncertain]

Husband of Jeanne (DeVigne) Crockett — married 1729 in Virginia

Descendants

Died before 17 Mar 1767 before about age 64 in Montgomery Village, Roanoke County, Virginia [uncertain]

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Joseph Crockett Jr. was a Virginia colonist.

Biography

Joseph Louis Crockett Jr was born about 1700 in County Donegal, Ireland,^[1] the first child of Joseph Louis Crockett and Sarah Gilbert Stewart. He "moved to America in 1715, settling in Chester (now Lancaster) County, Pennsylvania", and about 1738, "he moved to Baltimore County, Maryland, where on September 29, 1738, [he] bought ... 366 acres of 'Arabia Petra' on the north side of Deer Creek in Baltimore (now Harford) County, Maryland, for £91.10", together with Samuel Crockett.^[2]

In 1728, Joseph Luis Crockett Jr married Jeanne de Vigné (1703–1792). Together they had nine children.^[3]

1. Col Hugh Crockett (1730–1816)
2. Col Walter Crockett (1732–1811)
3. Elizabeth (Crockett) Robertson (1734–1818)
4. Mary (Crockett) Kent (1739–1826)^[4]
5. Maj Samuel Crockett Sr (1740–1773)^[5]
6. Nancy Agnes (Crockett) Davis (1742–1795)
7. Col Joseph Louis Crockett III (1742–1829)
8. Robert Crockett (1745–1767)
9. Martha Ellen (Crockett) (Montgomery) (1749–1803)

"On September 19, 1748, [the brothers] sold their 366 acres" and Joseph "then moved to the Roanoke settlements in Augusta (now Montgomery) County, Virginia," where, in 1750, "he became guardian of Samuel Crockett's children". Two years later, "Crockett received grants of 148 acres adjoining James Calhoun, 128 acres on a branch of Reed Creek, and 85 acres on Cedar Run of Reed Creek; at the same time, with Esther Crockett, he received grants of 450 acres at the head of the South Fork of Indian (now Roanoke) River, and 1,150 acres in the Cove".^[6]

On 16 Nov 1752, Joseph was qualified a Captain (Company of Foot) by the Augusta County Court.^[7] He died sometime between 12 Jan and 17 Mar 1767^[8] in Augusta County, Virginia,^[9] and is buried with his wife and other members of his family at White Cemetery, Shawsville, Montgomery County, Virginia. His will was recorded on 12 Jan 1767 by the Augusta County Court, and probated on 17 Mar of the same year.

12th January, [1767]. Joseph Crockett's will, farmer—Executors, sons Walter and Joseph; wife, Jean, one-third of land he lives on on South Fork of Roanoke joining Mr. Matteson's line; son, Hugh; son, Walter; son, Joseph; son, Samuel, survey on Cedar Run above Willey's plantation; son, Robert, tract on head of Peak Creek, and a tract on head of Camp Run above Saml. Mountgomery's; to Walter and Joseph and Robert, tract on head of South Fork of Holston River; to daughter, Martha; daughter, Elizabeth; daughter, Agness; daughter, Mary. Teste: Phil Love, James Bryan, Joseph Colven. Proved, 17th March, 1767, by Love and Bryan. Walter Crockett qualifies (Joseph refuses), with Wm. Christian. David Looney, Thos. Barnes.^[10]

Research Notes

1. ↑ Joseph's headstone, pictured at Find a Grave, gives only a year of birth, 1697. FamilySearch, CSMI and Monty Hist Notes, all repeat the date 6 May 1702 found in Montgomery (1903, p. 276). Trimble (1992, p. 1) says "about 1705".
2. ↑ Trimble (1992, p. 1), from whom these citations were taken, presumes that Joseph and Samuel were "probably brothers", attributing to them the same origin in County Donegal, Ireland, and settlement in America in Chester (now Lancaster) County, Pennsylvania, but leaving their parents unidentified. Other secondary sources (WikiTree and FamilySearch among them) have attributed to each of them different parents, who were themselves unrelated and from distant parts of Ireland. In either case, their families have been closely entwined in America.
3. ↑ Listed here are only the nine children mentioned in his will: five sons and four daughters. These same nine are also the only children listed by Trimble (1992, p. 1), FamilySearch and Monty Hist Notes, though with slightly differing dates. Other children should not be linked to this profile unless convincing documentation is provided.
4. ↑ St. George Parish Register, p. 311. Previous versions of this page have claimed that Mary and Samuel were twins, but that belief is contradicted by their documented dates of birth a year apart.
5. ↑ St. George Parish Register, p. 323.
6. ↑ Trimble, 1992, p. 1.
7. ↑ Chalkley, 1912, Vol. 1, p. 55. (Order Book 3, 16 Nov. 1752, 366).
8. ↑ Joseph's headstone contains only the year of death, 1767. Those who claim 17 Mar 1767 as date of death are referring instead to the date of probate.
9. ↑ His Find a Grave memorial claims he died in "Montgomery Village" (which lies in the vicinity of Roanoke), at that time part of Augusta County, but from 1770, part of Botetourt County, and then as of 1838, Roanoke County. However, if he were to have died at home "on the South Fork of the Roanoke", he would have died closer to Shawsville, now in Montgomery County.
10. ↑ Chalkley, 1912, Vol. 3, p. 97-98. (Will Book 3, 12 Jan [1767], 506).

Sources

• Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia. Extracted from the original court records of Augusta County, 1745-1800. Bosslyn, VA: The Commonwealth Printing Co., 1912. Vol. 1, p. 55; Vol. 3, p. 97-98.
• CSMI Genealogical Database, Personal Information page for Joseph Louis Crockett Jr (1702-1767).
• FamilySearch Person: LRNJ-9TR: Joseph Louis Crockett Jr (1702-1767).
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13870674 for Joseph Louis Crockett Jr. (1697-1767), with photographs of headstone.
• French, Janie Preston Collup and Zella Armstrong. Notable Southern Families. Vol. 5: The Crockett Family and Connecting Lines. Spartanburg, SC: The Reprint Company, 2012 [1928]. p. 4-5, 13.
• Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995. FamilySearch database with images.
  • St. George's Parish, Harford County, Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1681-1799, p. 311 (image 1094). Birth of Mary Crockett, daughter of Joseph Crockett and Jane, 2 Mar 1739.
  • St. George's Parish, Harford County, Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1681-1799, p. 323 (image 1100). Birth of Samuel Crockett, daughter of Joseph Crockett and Jane, 9 Mar 1740.
• Montgomery, David B. A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their descendants. Owensville, IN: J. P. Cox, Publisher, 1903. p. 276.
• Monty Hist Notes, Personal Information page for Joseph Louis Crockett (1702-1767).
• Trimble, David B. Crockett and Graham of Southwest Virginia. San Antonio, TX, 1992. p. 1.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Yates Publishing. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.