Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Crow (abt. 1726 - aft. 1797)

Born about 1726 in County Donegal, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Long — married 7 Mar 1754 in Augusta, Virginia

Wife of William Crow — married 6 Apr 1761 in Augusta, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1797 after about age 71 in Kentucky

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Biography

Margaret Lynn Lewis was born about 1726 in County Donegal, Ireland. She was the daughter of of John Lewis and Margaret Lynn.^[1][2] She was probably around four when she embarked for America with her mother and siblings.

Sometime around 1755, Margaret married William Long.^[3] They had one son - William Jr.

Her husband William died around May 1760 (his will was executed on April 16, 1760, and probated on May 20, 1760). He named Thomas Lewis and Charles Lewis, his brothers-in-law, as executors.

Sometime in 1761, Margaret married William Crow, a merchant in Staunton, Virginia. (William took out a marriage license in Augusta County, Virginia, in April 1761).^[4] They had five children - Thomas, John, Andrew Lewis, Margaret (Peggy), and Nancy.^[5][2]

In the will of her father, John Lewis, which was executed on November 18, 1761, she is identified as his "daughter, Margaret Crow", and left a bequest of 30 pounds.^[6] On November 19, 1768, William Crow, Margaret Crow, and Thomas Crow sold land on Craig's Creek which three years earlier had earlier been patented to William and Thomas.^[7]

William Crow (possibly) died in Virginia about 1795, and Margaret allegedly moved to Kentucky, where she died about 1797 at the age of 87 years. There is a Find a Grave for Margaret that lists her death 1797 in Adair County, Kentucky, Virginia, but there is no source provided for this information, nor is there a burial location. ^[8]

Notes

Her uncle Dr. William Lynn arrived in Virginia sometime before 1727, when he and two other Lewis men - Robert and William (no known relation to her father John Lewis) - petitioned the Governor for 50,000 acres of land on the Cow Pasture and James Rivers, "lying among the Great North Mountains."^[9],^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Peyton, J. Lewis. (1882). History of Augusta County, Virginia. Samuel M. Yost & Son, Staunton, Virginia. 1882 Pages: 22, 32, 172 & 333
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Frazier, Irvin; Cowell, Mark W. Jr.; and Fisher, Lewis F. (1985). The Family of John Lewis, Pioneer. Fisher Publications, Inc., San Antonio, TX (1985). Page 237.
3. ↑ Margaret is mentioned in the will of her uncle William Lynn as 'Margaret Long', which was executed on October 21, 1757, and probated on March 7, 1758.
4. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman (1912). Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: 1745 to 1800. Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company. Vol. 2. Page 276. Link
5. ↑ Crow, Jewell Lofland. (1961). History of William Crow of Virginia and his descendants in America, and related families: their settlements, migrations, marriages, military achievements. Dallas, TX (1961).Link
6. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman (1912). Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: 1745 to 1800. Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company. Vol. 3. Page 76. Link
7. ↑ Chalkley, Lyman (1912). Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: 1745 to 1800. Rosslyn, Virginia: The Commonwealth Printing Company. Vol. 3. Page 479. Link
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #7119648
9. ↑ Virginia Historical Society : "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography", vol. 13, p. 114, Richmond, VA (Jun. 1906)
10. ↑ "Calendar of Virginia State Papers", Vol. I, p. 214, Richmond, VA (1875)