John Crowell (1695 - 1778)

Born 21 Oct 1695 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Experience (Higgins) Crowell — married 3 Mar 1719 (to 1777) in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 82 in British Prison Ship, Providence Harbor, Rhode Island

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Biography

John Crowell was born on October 21, 1695, in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, the son of John Crowell and his wife Sarah, whose maiden name and parents are as yet unknown.^[1][2][3][4] That his mother was Sarah O'Killia is proven to be false by the estate settlement of that Sarah as a single woman in 1715.

On March 3, 1719, John married Experience Higgins, the daughter of Jonathan and Lydia (Sparrow) Higgins of Eastham.^[4][5][6]

John Crowell died on an English prison ship at Newport Rhode Island in 1778 during the Revolution, at the age of 83 years. His son Abner died in a similar manner.^{[citation needed]}

Their children included:^[7]

1. John, born January 13, 1721^[7], who married Lydia Baker October 8, 1741^[4]
2. Ruth, born October 18, 1722^[7], who married Amos O'Kellia in 1747, and then married James Covil^[4]
3. Jashar (Joshua), born October 28, 1724^[7], who married Deliverance O'Kellia April 30, 1752^[4]
4. Abner, born August 10, 1726^[7], who married Sarah O'Kellia, and then married widow Ruth Nickerson on April 3, 1777, and who died Feb 8, 1778^[4]
5. Shubael, born November 9, 1728^{[7] [4]}
6. Thomas, born November 7, 1731^[7], who married Mercy Stuart on June 25, 1753^[4]
7. Jedidah, born February 16, 1733^[7], who married Azuba Baker in 1754, and who drowned in the Bass River^[4]
8. Genne (Jane), born July 3, 1736^[7][8], who married Sylvanus Baker in 1756^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch 4 December 2014, John Crowell, 24 Oct 1695; citing YARMOUTH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS; FHL microfilm 945,511.
2. ↑ “Barnstable, MA: Probate Records, 1685-1789. Volume III, page 314 found in Volume 3, page 202-203 of the Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
3. ↑ Yarmouth Mass Vital Records, page 50 found in Volume 11 (1909), page 113 of the Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} John Crowe and His Descendants (New York: Thomas Crowell, 1903) See person #14, page 26
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch : 4 December 2014, John Crowell and Experience Higgins, 25 Feb 1719; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 905,406.
6. ↑ Richard Higgins, a Resident and Pioneer Settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts, and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and His Descendants Higgins, Katharine Chapin, (Worcester, Mass.: privately printed, 1918) see person #12 (Jonathan), and child v. Experience on page 69
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8} Yarmouth Mass Vital Records; Book 3, page 101 found in Yarmouth V1, pages 57-58 of the Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch 4 December 2014, John Crowel in entry for Genne Crowel, 03 Jul 1736; citing YARMOUTH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 945,511.