Judith Gibbs (abt. 1653 - abt. 1690)

Born about 1653 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, British American Colonies

Descendants

Died about 1690 at about age 37 in New Castle, New Castle, Delaware, British American Colonies

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Judith _____ was married twice. First to Dr. James Crawford, soldier of the English crown and resident of Colonial Delaware ... then to Maryland Quaker, Edward Gibbs.^[1]

Marriage

m.1 James Crawford (d.1683). Issue: 3^[1]

• John^[1]

• James^[1]

• Mary m. Thomas I Ogle^[2]

m.2 1686 Edward Gibbs.^[1][3]

Residence

• from 1686: btw Newcastle, DE and St. Georges Creek

Sources

Hibbard, F.H. (1967). The English Origin of John Ogle, First of the Name in Delaware. FamilySearch.org. eBook.

Standing, H.C. (1982). Quakers in Delaware in the time of William Penn, (pp.136 - 137). PDF.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Standing, 1982, p.137
2. ↑ Hibbard, 1967, p.11
3. ↑ Newark Monthly Meeting (Standing, 1982, p.137)

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In 1664 James Crawford, a physician, came with Sir Robert Carr from New York to New Castle, Deleware, where, in 1667, he obtained a warrant for a tract of land in the town of New Castle or vicinity. He was also a sergeant in the English army which captured New Castle from the Dutch, and received the tracts of land "in consideration of good service performed by James Crawford, a soldier." In 1675 he obtained from Governor Edmund Andros a warrant for a tract of four hundred acres on St. George’s Creek. He also obtained another warrant in 1682 for four hundred acres of land on Duck Creek. He died in 1683, leaving a widow,— Judith,— two sons,— John and James,— and a daughter,— Mary,— to survive him. His widow shortly afterwards married Edward Gibbs, the ancestor of the Gibbs living at the present time in St. George’s Hundred. They reside on the plantation on St. George’s, which they purchased from the other heirs. John, the son, sold his estate to his step-father, went to England and became an Episcopal minister. James came into possession of the property on Duck Creek, where he lived and died. Mary married Thomas Ogle and resided in White Clay Creek Hundred. James, the grandson of the original James, purchased land in Appoquinimink Hundred, on the "levels," some of which is still in the possession of the family.

Thomas Wollaston, evidently the first representative of the Wollaston family in northern Delaware, was a soldier in the small military force led by Sir Robert Carr which wrested Delaware from the control of the Dutch government and transferred control to the government of Great Britain in 1664. As a reward for their services, Robert Carr granted tracts of land to several of the soldiers, including Thomas Wollaston, John Ogle, and James Crawford. It is my understanding that these three men became close friends. The only available source I have at hand concerning this bit of history is "The English on the Delaware, 1610-1682", by C.A. Weslager (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c1967). It appears that Thomas Wollaston, d. 1686, became a Quaker. There seems to be some indication that James Crawford was also a member of Friends. His widow, Judith Crawford, married Edward Gibbs of New Castle Friends Meeting under the care of Newark Monthly Meeting in 1686.----- It is not known to me whether these young soldiers had already been involved in the Quaker movement in England before they came to Delaware. It is known that George Fox held a meaningful Friends meeting in New Castle when George Fox and his party were passing through that section of the country in 1682. The first grant that John Ogle received was in February 1666, from Governor Nicolls, who had empowered the officers of Delaware to dispose of 'implanted' land there for the best advantage of the inhabitants. The parcel known as Muscle Cripple was granted to Sgt Thomas Wollaston, John Ogle, John Hendricks and Herman Johnson. It consisted of a part of 300 acres and was bounded by a creek at the head of Bread and Cheese Island and also by the plantations of Hans Bones and James Crawford. Sgt Wollaston had been a comrad in arms, as had James Crawford of the adjoining plantation. James Crawford, having gained some knowledge of medicine in the army, was known as 'Doctor' on the early assessment rolls. His daughter Mary was later to marry into the Ogle family. Crawford was one of the heroes of the Nicolls expedition, his grant specifically stating that it was given 'in consideration of the good service performed by James Crawford, a soldier'. The story of John Ogle is closely bound up whith that of his friends Thomas Wollaston and James Crawford, who took a liking to young Ogle and formed a friendship which continued throughout their lives. Sir Robert Carr, in his instructions, dated September 3, 1664, was commanded: "That for six months next ensuing, the same magistrates shall continue in their office, provided they take the oath of allegiance to his majesty." Col. Richard Nichols, April 10, 1666, in a letter to the Secretary of State, England, asked, in consideration of the services of Sir Robert Carr, Capt. John Carr and Ensign Arthur Stock, that the "Houses and lands of the principal Dutch officers" be conferred upon them as follows: "Gov. Hinijossa’s Island to Sir Robert Carr; High Sheriff Garret Von Sweeringen’s Houses and Lands, to Capt. John Carr; and the land of Dutch Ensign Peter Alrichs to Ensign Arthur Stock," which was granted. Under English rule the courts were organized according to the instructions given for the settlement of the government on the Delaware River, dated April 21, 1668, which designated as magistrates Hans Block, Israel Helme, Peter Rambo, Peter Cocke and Peter Alrichs, who, with the schout,(8*) or high sheriff, were empowered to hear and determine all cases. On October 5, 1670, Capt. John Carr, the commandant of the fort at New Castle, the names of both Fort Altena and New Amstel having been changed by the English, made a proposal to the Council regarding fortifications, markets, etc., in response to which it was "Resolved, That the market-place where the bell hangs was the most convenient site on which to erect a block-house." In June, 1671, the government, the town and country around New Castle received the attention of the Council at Fort James, N.Y., and several propositions were submitted by Capt. Carr. The Council was asked to protect the trade on the river; to regulate the distillation of liquor and supervise the "Victuallers or Tappers of Strong Drink;" to empower the authorities to appoint a "Corne Meter, who may not only ye corne duly measure, but prevent sending it thereof abroad foul, by ordering it to be well cleaned; and, also, that ye officer have an inspection, to View the Beef and Pork, that it be well packed and merchantable." These propositions were granted. On June 14, 1671, it was ordered that "No vessel shall be permitted to go up ye river above New Castle to Traffic," which prohibition was continued nearly two years, being removed January 27, 1673. Distillers were to give their names to the officers of New Castle, and to pay one guilder per can for all strong liquor, to be applied to the building of a new block-house. A highway was to be cleared between New Castle and Augustus Herman’s plantation, Bohemia Manor, "provided Maryland would do her part." The only road from New Castle, prior to this time, of which any mention has been made, was the one leading up to Tinicum. The first determined movement under English rule toward establishing highways, building bridges and creating ferries began at a special court, held by Governor Andross, at New Castle, May 13–14, 1675. The minutes of that session show that "Capt. Carr’s meadow at the north end of the Towne being represented to the Court to be a general nuisance to the place and the country as it now is, there being neither bridge nor fitting way to passe by or through it, and that the Towne is in great straight for want of it, as they might improve it, it is ordered that the said meadow ground shall be apprized by indifferent persons and the Town to have the refusal; but whoever shall enjoy it shall be obliged to maintain sufficient bridges and ways through the limits thereof with a cartway; the apprizers to be two persons appointed by the magistrates of the place and two more by the Court of Upland and the apprizement to be returned in to the next court held in this Towne." At the name court it was ordered "That these orders about highways and bridges be put in execution by the Magistrates within the space of three months after ye date hereof, or else the Sheriff shall have power to have it done and the Country to pay double the charge." A ferry was also needed and it was ordered that "a Ferry Boate be maintayned at the Falls on ye west side. A horse and man to pay 29 guilders, a man without a horse 10 stivers." The town dike of New Castle was authorized to be built by the magistrates of the town June 4, 1675. But prior to this the small "Mistress Block’s Dike" had been dug, but does not seem to have been kept in good repair. The order for the construction of the poure, or town dike, along the marshy lands was as follows: "WHEREAS, Govr Edm’d Andross, Lieutenant-General of all the Duke’s of York dominions in America, has ordered that the marsh land on the north side of New Castle, on the Delaware River, belonging to Capt. John Carr, should be appraised by four impartial men to be appointed by the Magistrates, therefore they have unanimously chosen Sr Peter Alrichs, Sr Johannes De Haes, Sr Peter Cocke and Sr Lars Andriessen, who after inspection judged the marsh land to be of no value. Thereupon the aforesaid Magistrates have assembled to-day and considered that the Governor’s order regarding the construction of a highway could not be carried out unless an outside dike, with sluices, was first made along the water and they commanded, therefore, herewith that all and every male inhabitant of the district of New Castle shall go to work next Monday and assist in making said dike and continue with his work until the aforesaid outside Dyke has been completed; and the men who do more than their share of the work shall be paid for their overwork by those who do not work themselves and hire no laborers; the inhabitants of New Castle shall do an much work pro rata, counting every head, as the country people work or pay for. "It is further ordered that Martin Gerretsen, Pieter De Wit and Hendrick Sybratsen shall by turns be officers and have charge of this work and construct the aforesaid dike ten feet wide at the bottom, five feet high and three feet wide on top, providing it with well made and strong floodgates, and the country people shall thereafter not be obliged to do any work on this outside dike or floodgates without being paid for it; while, on the other side, the inhabitants of New Castle shall be held to make necessary repairs on this dike and the floodgates from time to time under condition that they shall also derive the profits from the aforesaid marsh land and have it as their own. "The Magistrates have also considered it highly necessary for everybody that the outer dike, running along Mr. Hans Block’s Marsh should be repaired and strengthened; they order, therefore, that this dike, like the other, should for this time be repaired and strengthened by all and every male inhabitant of the district of New Castle, but that hereafter the said dike and flood gates shall be repaired from time to time and taken care of by the aforesaid Hans Block or his heirs. "The working people shall be divided into three parties by the aforesaid three officers, and each party shall be under command of its officer, and work for two days at the dike, and whoever shall refuse to come to work in his turn, or to send a laborer in his place shall be held to pay to the said officer for each day which he loses the sum of ten guilders in wampum. "The aforesaid work must be done and completed within the time of six weeks under penalty of threefold payment, in default whereof they are to remain under bail bonds for its payment. "This done and published in New Castle the 4th June, 1675. "E.D. CANTWELL. "H. BLOCK. "JOHN MOLL, "DIRICK ALBERTSEN." Against this order the country people protested to Gov. Andross accepting the construction of the town dike,— "But not any way willing to repair the dike which belongs to the flye of Hans Block without the privilege thereof, it being the said Hans his owne, and, therefore, belonging to him to make good the dike the whole Company of ye inhabitants or ye most part making the parties named, John Ogle and Dominie Fabricius their speakers, that they were willing to repair the Kings Highway through the flye as also to make and secure the Dike for a foot passage over the river side with sufficient sluices to draine the water out of the flye, but not to be slaves to Hans Block’s particular interest, for which cause not only one but all in whose behalf these whose names are underwritten complayne. The flye being by yor Honr apprizers accounted of no value, yett according to yor Honors orders in New Castle, we humbly accept yor honors pleasure therein, and are willing to maintain both ways, so yt we may have the privilege of ye Commonage. (Signed) "CAPT. EVERTT HENDRICKSEN EAK, "For the whole company of Crane Hooke. "LEFTENANT THO. JACOBSEN. "JACOB JOHNSON, Ensign. "Both for the whole company of Cristina Creek." The inhabitants of New Castle also remonstrated and declared their unwillingness to improve private property. The order caused much bad feeling in the community and acts of violence were attempted. The condition of affairs is set forth by Willam Tom, clerk of the court, in a letter to Governor Andross, June 8, 1675. After speaking of the necessity for the dikes and the causes which led to the order, he says "That all the inhabitants as above should meet in the Towne, the fourth of June, there to hear read or determination wch was accordingly done in the Church, but after the reading and being opposed (wee returning from the Church) by some of this Towne and a number of the inhabitants wthout in such a mutinous and tumultuous manner, being led on by Fabricus, the priester, Jacob Vande Vere, John Ogle, Bernard Egge, Thomas Jacobson, Juryan Bratesman, Matthew Smyth, Evert Hendricksen and several others, some having swords, some pistols others clubbs wth them wth such despiteful language, saying they wont make neither the one nor the other, that they could not longer be forborne in so much that Capt. Cantwell, High Sheriff, by our consent, calling for the Constable, layd hold of the priester and Ogle, and sent them on board of the Sloope, wth intention for New Yorke, to yor Honor, but the tumult thereupon arising, upon their going on board, cursing and some crying "fatt them on fatt them on"(9*) being most drunk and wee not knowing wt height it might come, they being in such a humor, still crying and all wee were inforced to send for them from on board and discharge them, wch said mutinous way of proceedings, we hope yor honor will not allow it and impossible for us to get justice according to the best of or knowledge, when all of or accouns shall be disputed by a plebeian faction wch will not only force us to leave the bench, but will expose the country to great charges when upon every occasion their frenzical braynes pleases." He further stated that Mr. De Haes would wait upon his honor in a few days and would transmit his answer and order in the matter, and suggested the propriety of sending two files of soldiers to the river to "keep the people in awe and us in security." The magistrates gave to the Governor the following reasons for their orders about the dykes: "First, To obey the Honble General’s order concerning roads to be made from one village to the other. No wagon or cart roads could be made unless the aforesaid dikes and flood-gates had been constructed to keep out the water. "Second. There are only a few here, who have a knowledge of such work, especially among the people of New Castle, and they have been compelled to pay their workmen from 30 to 40 guilders a day for such work, so that the people who wanted to labor have earned much and nobody would have lost more than five or six hours work on the public dike and three or four hours on Hans Block’s dike. "Third. All inhabitants, country people and strangers, would have been compelled to go five or six English miles through the woods to reach Sweenewyck, which is not more than one English mile from here. Now that Mr. Hans Block’s dike has been made, although he could make his hay without repairing his dike, as it can be made on other marshes without dikes, he has nevertheless made sixteen parts of his dike at his own expense, besides one-fourth of the dike which had already been made, and has also paid the expenses of making a flood-gate and everything needed thereto; so that the mutineers had not the least reason or cause to make reflections about it or to vent their foul language. "Fourth. In case of a war with the savages or other enemies, especially during winter, when the river is closed, it would be very dangerous for us and for our nearest neighbors to go 5 or 6 English miles through the woods in order to assist each other, we need each other in diverse emergencies every day. We request the Honble General to consider the foregoing reply while we rely on your Honor’s sound judgment to decide whether we have given the least lawful reason to the community to resist our order and to mutiny. "H. BLOCK, "G. MOLL, "DIRCK ALBERTSEN." The Council at New York June 23, 1675, ordered "That some person be sent thither about it. The Governor will think of some fitting person. That with ye person to be sent to Delaware two fyles of soldiers or some other force will be sent likewise." On the following day the Council ordered that warrants be sent to Delaware for "Jacobus Fabricius and John Ogle as Ringleaders to make their appearance here to answer ye misdemeanor objected agst. them, touching ye late disturbance." The warrants were dated June 26th and forwarded; and on September 26, 1675, it was ordered "That ye said Magister Fabricus, in regard of his being guilty of what is layd to his charge and his former irregular life and conversation be suspended from exercising his functions as a Minister or preaching any more within this government, either in publique or private." The magistrates of New Castle, not in the least intimidated by the rebellion against their order, directed the people to obey it and, in case of refusal, the high sheriff was to execute the work at the double amount of their expenses. It was delayed, however, for some time, and the order of the magistrates was confirmed by the Governor and the Council, September 15, 1675. The dikes were built soon after and in November of the same year Walter Wharton was appointed to survey the same. He made report December 5, 1676, "of the length of the Town Dike and Mistress Block’s Dike, it being the new worke" as follows: "Martin Garretson’s pat, three hundred and six feet; Hendrick Johnson’s pat, three hundred and eighteen feet; Peter De Witt’s part, five hundred and nineteen feet." "The whole length of Town Dike, allowing twelve feet for the sluice, is eleven hundred and forty-three feet; Mistress Block’s Dike eight hundred and fifty-two feet." Ten years later the dikes were repaired at the expense of those having a proprietary interest in the commonage, as the former meadow of Captain Carr was then called, and the commonage was subsequently divided by lot, with the understanding that the dikes were to be kept in repair by those holding an interest in it. In 1676 all vessels going up and down the river were required to load and discharge their cargoes at New Castle. In the fall of 1681, James Pierson, brickmaker and bricklayer, was given a double lot for a brick-yard. On November 9, 1682, the establishment of a weekly public market (10*) was ordered by the court. The old market-place at the fort was adopted as the site and each Saturday from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. as the hours. In 1726 leave was granted to Wessel Alrichs by Governor William Keith to establish a ferry from New Castle to Salem, in New Jersey, which increased the trade of the town to a considerable extent. In 1729 another market (11*) was established, with Philip Van Leuvenigh as clerk, and Wednesday and Saturday were appointed market days. Every baker was required to mark, letter name or brand every loaf of bread he baked, each one to be of certain weight, or liable to seizure. The clerk was authorized to erect stalls, or booths, and to rent the same to those wishing them. On April 5, 1748, the justices of the court at New Castle directed a letter to Richard Peters, one of the Council of the proprietors, stating that French and Spanish privateers were cruising about in Delaware Bay, and as New Castle was exposed to their attacks, and the records were in danger, they asked that John Mackey, prothonotary recorder, etc., be permitted and instructed to remove all the papers and books of the county to some safe and commodious house in Christiana Bridge. To this Richard Peters replied, April 14th, that if, in their judgment, it was best, to let it be done. NEW CASTLE INCORPORATED.— The authorities at Fort James gave New Castle its original independent local government on May 17, 1672, in the following order: "That for ye better government of ye Towne of New Castle, for the future, the said Towne shall be erected into a Corporacon by the name of a Balywick. That is to say, it shall be governed by a Bayley and six assistants, to be at first nominated by the Governor, and at ye expiration of a year foure of the six to go out and four others to be chosen in their places, the Bayley to continue for a year, and then two to be named to succeed, out of whom the Governor will elect one. Hee is to preside in all of ye corts of the Towne, and have a double vote. A Constable is likewise to be chosen by ye Bench. The Towne Court shall have power to try all causes of debt or damage, to the value of ten pounds, without appeal. That ye English Lawes, according to the desire of the inhabitants, bee established, both in ye Towne and all Plantations upon Delaware River." Captain John Carr was chosen bailiff and high-sheriff; William Tom was one of the assistants. Nothing of importance occurred until the Dutch again came into possession, from the middle of 1673 to the middle of 1674; then those who were in office when the Dutch were in power resumed authority until the recapture the following year, when the late English officials were restored. A very interesting aspect of Craig's publications is that they give us the names of a large number of the soldiers who carried out the expedition against the Whorekill colony in 1664! Many of them settled in the region, most commonly at New Castle, site of the fort and military center of the region. Captain John Carr, of New Castle, was "the chief political and military officer on the Delaware. … John Carr and his brothers Andrew Carr and Patrick Carr had been part of Robert Carr's invading force in 1664." Names of other 1671 inhabitants whom Craig specifies as part of Carr's force in 1664 are: Robert Scott, John Marshall, John Cousins, Jan Boyer, Thomas Snelling, Jacob Jansen, Thomas Wollaston, Edmund Cantwell, John Arskin, Dr. James Crawford, William Tom, William Sinclair, John Henry, and Charles Floyd. James V. Crawford, M.D., the president of the Peopleís National Bank, was born in Baltimore in 1824, in which city he was educated, and where he lived until 1846, when he became a resident of Delaware. He traces his ancestry back to James Crawford, a Scotch, or Scotch�Irish gentleman of some means and good position, who came with Sir Robert Carr, as a volunteer on the military expedition sent by the British government, in 1664, to drive out the Dutch, who had taken possession of the Delaware colony This expedition was organized in the vicinity of Windsor, England, and was composed, as military expeditions generally were at that time, of younger sons of good families, eager for any stirring adventure in western wilds. As Windsor at that time was the country residence of the Stuart Kings, who were Scotch, many of their countrymen would naturally resort to that place as applicants for place or favors. This accounts for some of the Scotch names in the regiment. Though there was difference in military rank among them, there appears to have been little or none in their social position. After the successful result of this expedition, James Crawford concluded to cast his lot with the hardy pioneers of the English colony, and remained at or near the New Castle settlement. Several tracts of land and a house at New Castle were bestowed upon him, as the records say, in 1667, for meritorious military service. He afterwards, in 1675 and in 1682, obtained by two separate deeds eight hundred acres of land from the English Governor Nichols, and from Edmund Andross, Deputy Governor of the New York province, before the Delaware settlement was sold to William Penn. These tracts were improved and left to his heirs at his death in 1683. His widow, Judith Crawford, married Edward Gibbs, by whom she had two children, Edward and Benjamin. John Crawford, a son of the pioneer James Crawford, became an Episcopal clergyman, and went to England. George, a great-grandson, went South about 1747, and Eleanora, a sister of George, married a Porter, the ancestor of the former Commodore Porter of the United States navy. Most of the descendants of James Crawford have resided as landed proprietors in what is now the county of New Castle. Among the living male descendants are Theodore F. Crawford, of Wilmington, and the Rev. John Crawford, formerly of Wilmington. The particular care given to education and the advancement of family interests, which distinguishes the Scotch-Irish people, has been characteristic of the Crawfords. Hence they have been found more attentive to the interests and duties of private life than solicitous of public honors. Many of them lie buried in the cemetery attached to Drawyerís Church, near Odessa, and their names are prominent in the annals of that old church. The grandfather of Dr. Crawford, whose name was also James, lost the bulk of a good hereditary estate by becoming surety for friends, and left his property in a tangled and critical condition, which was afterwards recovered by his grandson. His son Jacob, the father of Dr. Crawford, was of a delicate constitution, and died at the early age of thirty-eight. He had gone to Baltimore to engage in mercantile affairs, and there married a Miss Duchemin, of that city, a member of the Catholic Church, and who also died at an early age. On the maternal side Dr. Crawford is connected with two notable historical events. One was the slave insurrection of St. Domingo, in 1793, on account of which his maternal grandfather, Francis A. Duchemin, was obliged to flee from that island. This he was barely successful in accomplishing, by the aid of two faithful slaves, who refused to leave him, and went with him to Baltimore. Francis A. Duchemin had emigrated from France to St. Domingo. He was a man of unusual ability, and had built up an extensive shipping business and a large fortune, the former of which was, of course, destroyed by the insurrection. Of his fortune, though his losses were heavy, he was fortunate enough to save a handsome competence from remittances from consignees in foreign ports, for valuable cargoes previously shipped. The expulsion of the French settlers from Acadia, or Nova Scotia, is the second event above alluded to, which was carried out by the British forces with great cruelty, and who scattered those once happy people to so many different quarters of the world. The story is told by Longfellow with great effect, in the poem of "Evangeline." The exile from St. Domingo, Mr. Duchemin, married in Baltimore the daughter of one of those Acadian exiles, and from this union the mother of Dr. Crawford was one of the offspring. Mr. Duchemin was one of the volunteer defenders of Baltimore during the last war with Great Britain, when his adopted city was in danger. Dr. Crawford was educated at St. Maryís College, in Baltimore, and having chosen the profession of medicine, graduated from the University of Maryland in 1845. Before proceeding to practice medicine in the city, he felt bound to devote himself to a diligent effort to recover the estate in Delaware that had belonged to his grandfather Crawford, above alluded to. After several years of wearisome delays, disappointments, risks and much expense, his efforts were successful. He was also fortunate in selling, just before the Civil War (at an advance), a tract of land which he had bought in Virginia. Thus placed in advantageous circumstances, and finding the practice of medicine in the country too laborious for his health, which was of hereditary delicacy, he concluded to devote himself to agricultural pursuits and the improvement of his land. This occupation was not entirely congenial to him, yet circumstances seemed to bind him to its continuance for many years, and he has been successful in its prosecution. But his main predilection is for science and literature, which he has always cultivated with unfailing pleasure. In 1864 he was chosen director in the Citizensí National Bank of Middletown, and was afterwards elected president of the bank, serving three years in the latter capacity until he resigned this position in 1874. In religion Dr. Crawford belongs to the Catholic Church. In politics, though raised a Whig, he has for many years acted with the Democratic party. During the late war he followed the lead of Mr. Douglas, and was a strenuous supporter of the War for the Union. He was also in accord with the administration of Andrew Johnson in the efforts made by him to re-establish friendly relations between North and South. Dr. Crawford attended the National Union Convention of 1866, as one of the delegates from Delaware. In 1880 he accepted the Democratic nomination for the State Legislature, but the entire county ticket was defeated. In 1882 he again received the nomination of his party for the same position, and was elected. His course in the Legislature gave satisfaction to his constituents, and as "Chairman of the Judiciary Committee" of the House of Representatives he obtained the approval of both parties. Upon the establishment of the Peopleís National Bank of Middletown, he was chosen president of the bank at the first election, which was held in January, 1884, and he still at this date, December 29, 1887, holds the same position. He finds pleasure in the fact that though the new bank has encountered opposition, yet it has enjoyed continued prosperity, and its stock now sells at a premium. Dr. Crawford is unmarried, but has the company of two sisters who share the comforts of his household. In person Dr. Crawford is spare and not above medium height. His features and manner indicate that he has the courage of his convictions, and that he would persevere resolutely in whatever course he believed to be right. BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT(Chancery Papers)Dates: 1825/03/24 C487: Anne Susan Faucompre, Philipine Antonine Sophia Gouges, Maria Pauline Gouges, and Francis Richard Hypolite Gouges vs. Margaret Mongent Duchemin, Mary Margaret Duchemin, Emily Anna Duchemin, Jacob Crawford, and Frances Susan Crawford. Trust estate under will of Arnaud Gouges - lot on New Church St. Accession No.: 40,200-568-1/4 MSA No.: C 295-570 Location: 2/15/11/57 State Agency Series Listingat the Maryland State ArchivesCHANCERY COURT(Chancery Papers)1841- 1842MSA SSF 512Date: 1841/04/0310536: George M. Robertson, Mary Margaret Robertson, James Victor Crawford, Francis Duchemin Crawford, Margaret Crawford, and Mary Virginia Crawford vs. Michael S. Baer. BA. Estate of Margaret Duchemin.Accession No.: 17,898-10536 MSA S512-13-10395 Location: 1/39/2/Date: 1842/07/0910491: George M. Robertson vs. James Victor Crawford, Francis Duchemin Crawford, Margaret Augusta Crawford, and Mary Virginia Crawford. BA. Estate of Margaret M. Duchemin - lot in BC. Recorded (Chancery Record) 162, p. 373.Accession No.: 17,898-10491-1/2 MSA S512-13-10351 Location: 1/39/2