The Crews Family of Virginia and Trenton, New Jersey

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Surnames/tags: crews new_jersey black_heritage

Contents 1 Overview 2 Sam & Minerva 3 Other Crews in Trenton 4 Sources

Overview

A large group of Crews descendants moved from Virginia (mostly the Pittsylvania county, Virginia area) to the Pennington-Trenton area of New Jersey.

They included:

1. George W Crews with his wife Lulu and daughter Rena;
2. Virginia Crews
3. Minerva Crews (b. April 1860) & daughters Lily (b. May 1883), Ella (b. Nov 1899/1900) and Ethel (b. March 1886)
4. George H Crews & wife Margaret Starr
5. Douglas Crews & wife Grace Starr (Margaret's sister).

It is unknown how they are all related, and this page serves as a spot for sources to be compiled and for the family to be untangled.

Notes: All dates and spellings following this section are per the source being referenced.

Sam & Minerva

Saml Crews, b. 1852 in Pittsylvania & son of Wm Crews and Eve Harvey, married Manerva Galloway, b. 1855 in Pittsylvania and daughter of Booker Calloway. Their marriage registration was 25 November 1876 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. ^[1]

Saml and Minervia Crews had a female child 1 August 1877 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. ^[2]

Samuel Cres (b. 1852) and Minerva Crews (b. 1854) were living in Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia in the 1880 census. They had two children. ^[3]

Their children in the 1880 census were:

1. Raleigh (b. 1878, male)
2. America (b. 1880, female)

Manerva Crews and Sam Crews had a daughter "Eave", 10 May 1885 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. ^[4]

Minerva Crews and Sam Crews had a son, "Wyatt", 2 June 1888 in Pittsylvania, Virginia. Sam was a farmer. ^[5]

Menervia Crews and Sam Crews had a son, Wade Crews, 2 June 1895 in Pittsylvania. ^[6]

Minerva (b. Jan 1860) is in the 1900 census living in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia. She was a widow and was living with 6 children. The census claims that was the only 6 children that she had. ^[7]

The children in the 1900 census were:

1. Lilly E (b. May 1884)
2. Ethel (b. Mar 1886)
3. Matt (b. Jun 1888)
4. Clarence (b. Jun 1895)
5. Rena (b. Oct 1897)
6. Ella (b. Nov 1899)

Minerva (b. April 1860 in Virginia) next shows up in 1905 in Trenton, New Jersey. There, she is living in the household of Eugene Wooden (b. June 1879 in Virginia). Also in the household are Lily Wooden (b. May 1883 in Virginia), Rebecca Wooden (b. Sep 1902 in Pennsylvania), Ethel Crews (b. Mar 1886 in Virginia), and Ella Crews (b. November 1899 in Virginia). They are living at 91 Summer Avenue. ^[8]

Minnie Crews lived at 91 Summer Ave. in Trenton, New Jersey in 1907. She was the widow of Samuel Crews. ^[9].

Minerva does not appear in the 1910 city directory. ^[10]

Other Crews in Trenton

William Crews is not yet connected. 15 Bellevue av. in the 1904, 1906, 1907 city directory. ^{[11] [12][13]} 73 Summer ave in 1910, 1911 ^{[14] [15]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C4BQ-VZPZ : 21 January 2022), Manerva Galloway in entry for Saml Crews, 25 Nov 1876; citing Marriage Registration, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
2. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5NZ-3M7 : 6 August 2020), Minervia Crews in entry for Crews, 1877.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5B-L8G : 15 January 2022), Minerva Crews in household of Samuel Crews, Callands District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5NZ-3MZ : 6 August 2020), Manerva Crews in entry for Eave Crews, 1884.
5. ↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZGH-VV3G : 28 October 2021), Minerva Crews in entry for Wyatt Crews, 1888.
6. ↑ "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZGH-61HW : 28 October 2021), Menervia Crews in entry for Wade Crews, 1895.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMN6-6HD : 23 January 2022), Minerva Crews, 1900.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., State Census, 1905 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Ancestry Record 61557 #1751748
9. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #722209654
10. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #732026816
11. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #721233363
12. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #705484812
13. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #722209656
14. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #732026816
15. ↑ U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Ancestry Record 2469 #711045032