Very Rev
William
Crowe
Born in Dowhill, County Limerick, Ireland
Son of Richard Crowe
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Emilia Eyre (Evans) Crowe
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Emma (Crowe) Evans, Mary (Crowe) Taylor, George Evans Crowe, William Crowe, Richard Robert Crowe, Eyre Evans Crowe, Rose Evans (Crowe) Taylor and Elizabeth Evans (Crowe) Kenny
Died
at about age 74
in Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland
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Biography
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William was the son of Richard Crowe.
- Birth: 1693, Dowhill, Limerick, Ireland[1]
He was educated by Mr Cashin of Limerick and entered Trinity College Dublin on 6 June 1710, aged (around)17. B.A. 1714, M.A. 1718. [2]
He was Prebendary of Kilquane (Clonfert) from 1721 to 1741. In 1741 he resigned and became Sacrist. A sacrist [sacristan] is an officer charged with care of the sacristy, the church, and their contents. He was collated on 11 May 1741 as Sacrist of Clonfert. (ff.) In 1745 he resigned, and was appointed on 23 April (ff.) as Archdeacon of Clonfert. Within six months he resigned, and was made Dean.
He was presented as Dean of Clonfert on 9 August 1745 [Lib. Mun.], and was instituted on 16th August. (ff.) He resigned in 1766.
- Spouse: Emilia Evans, daughter of Rt Hon. George Evans, of Caherass, Limerick, Ireland and Mary Eyre of Galway, Ireland[3]
- Occupation: Dean of Clonfert (1745-1766)[4]
He died in 1767. [5]
Death Notice in the Freemans Journal of November 1767.
- Rev William Crowe of Aughrim, age 76, Dean of Clonfert
Probate [6]
- William Crowe, Dean of Clonfert
- Will dated 10 November 1766, proved 4 Dec 1767
- Wife - Emilia
- 1st son - George Evans Crowe, married to Susanna and their children Emilia, Elizabeth and Richard
- 2nd son - Rev William Crowe
- Richard Robert Crowe
- Grandson - William Kenny
- Daughter - Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Kenny
- Grandson - Anselm Taylor
- Granddaughter - Mary Emilia Taylor
- Grandson - William Taylor
- Son - Eyre Evans Crowe
Sources
- ↑ "Right Reverend William Crowe Dean of Clonfert", ponderroses.com [1]
- ↑ FindmyPast - Alumni Dublinenses - 1924 Edition Note: Published in 1924, this is the first edition Alumni Dublinenses, a register of provosts, professors, graduates and students of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university.
- ↑ "John Evans-Freke, Baron Carbery", Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2, 1831, on Google Books [2], accessed 2018-06-28
- ↑ "Crowe, Eyre Evans (1799-1868)", Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 13 [3] accessed 2018-06-28
- ↑ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/dw/IRE_DIOC_007246587_00278.pdf
- ↑ FindmyPast - Betham's Genealogical Abstracts Prerogative Wills. (Phillips Mss) C. 1760-1777
- <Crowe Family History with Associated Families, Volume 1, 2nd printing. A compilation of family history, by Arthur C. Green, 2010. />
- Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
- Vol 4 - The Province of Connaught, Pg 179, 181184, 187
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