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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 169: "Crow, Christopher, first at Htfd.; (see, also, John Crow, prob. a relative, who was also at Htfd. - 'Htfd. Co. Mem. Hist.,' i. 235; Goodwin's 'East Htfd.'): after a few yrs. rem. to W.; m. Mary (dau. of Benj.) Burr of H., 15 Jan., 1656; was made a freeman, 1656; was at W. 1668, when he was allowed by the town to have Edward Bartlett 'sojourn with him until he had taken off the crop he had sown'; had a farm at Greenfield, in W.; left W. and was res. (1683) at Htfd.; his wife, also, left abt 1680, leaving behind her 3 young ch. in a suffering state; the Ct. ord., 11 Dec., 1680, that Samuel and Thos. Burr should take invent. of est., pay debts and take charge of the ch., which hade been done by 1684. - 'Hinman.'
2. Elizabeth Goodwin and John Crow are mentioned in the following excerpt of William Goodwin's biography: "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633," Volumes I-III:
"William Goodwin
Origin: Braintree, Essex
Migration: 1632 on Lyon [Hotten 150] First Residence: Cambridge Removes: Hartford 1636, Hadley by 1659, Farmington by 1670... Estate: ...In the Hartford land inventory of February 1639 "Mr. William Goodwing elder there in Christ Church" held twenty-two parcels, seven of which had been granted to him: three acres with dwelling house, outhouses, yards and gardens; one acre, one rood and ten perches in the Little Meadow; thirty acres, three roods and twelve perches of meadow and swamp in the North Meadow; four acres and thirty-four perches on the east side of the Great River; fourteen acres in the Old Oxpasture; eight acres in the Cowpasture; and twenty-eight acres, three roods and twenty-eight perches on the west side of the Little River. Among the remaining parcels, acquired by purchase, was "one parcel belonging to Mr. Goodwin & to John Crow jointly lying on the east side of the Great River," which they had bought from several persons, totalling seven hundred sixty-six acres [HaBOP 23-28]. On 26 March 1645 "Mr. William Goodwin of Hartford upon Connecticut River, ruling elder in the Church of Christ there, and John Crow of the same town, planter," sold to "Thomas Newell of Tunkses Sepos [Farmington] and John Standly of Hartford ... all our buildings and dividend or dividends of land made or to be made at Tunkses Seposs" [Farmington LR 1:54]... Marriage: (1) Shalford, Essex, 7 November 1616 Elizabeth White, daughter of Robert White of Messing, Essex [NEHGR 55:24]; she died before January 1669/70. (2) After 7 December 1654 and by January 1669/70 Susan (Garbrand) Hooker, widow of Rev. Thomas Hooker; she died at Farmington 17 May 1676 [Farm VR Barbour 58, citing FarmLR 2:141]. Child: With first wife
i Elizabeth, b. say 1620; m. by about 1640 John Crow of Hartford (probably as his second wife, since his eldest daughter Esther was born about 1628 and so was too old to be daughter of Elizabeth Goodwin) [Goodwin Gen 105-07]. In 1674 "Ozias Goodwin aged 78 years and W[illia]m Goodwin aged about 45 years" testified that "Mr. W[illia]m Goodwin deceased and Mr. John Crow his son-in-law ... were copartners in their buyings and sellings" [Goodwin Gen 107-08, citing Connecticut Archives, Private Controversies, Volume One].
Associations: William Goodwin's first wife, Elizabeth White, was sister of Mary White, wife of Joseph Loomis of Braintree, and of Anna White, wife of John Porter of Windsor [NEHGR 55:22-31]..."
3. The book, "Ancestors & Descendants of Clark Proctor Nichols and Sarah (Sally) Stoughton in England and America, 1620-2001, by Clara Pierce Olson Overbo (2002), pp. 158-59:
"JOHN CROW, born perhaps at Braintree, co. Essex, England; died at Hartford, Connecticut 18 January 1686; married ELIZABETH GOODWIN, daughter of William Goodwin. (See Goodwin Family)
John Crow probably came to New England with the group from Braintree under the leadership of William Goodwin in 1632 on The Lyon. This was the group that later was called "Hooker's Company." John, together with his father-in-law, William Goodwin, came to own a very large amount of land at Hartford. In fact, John Crow was considered the largest landowner. He had come to Hartford with the group from Newtown in 1636.
John, his wife, and family removed to Hadley in 1659 with the group of dissenters from the First Church of Hartford, which was at that time under the leadership of the Reverend Samuel Stone. Differences in opinion as to baptism and qualifications for church membership were the reasons for the exodus to Hadley. Sometime later, the Hartford church again split and the dissenters established a church in South Hartford.
Crow returned to Hartford in 1677/78, probably becoming a member of the South Hartford Church. He lived at Hartford until his death 16 January 1686.
Elizabeth, his wife, died at Farmington but the date is not known.
Children of John and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Crow:
i. Esther Crow, born about 1628, married, Giles Hamlen.
ii. John Crow, a merchant in Fairfield, Connecticut; died at sea.
iii. Samuel Crow, killed at Turner's Falls 11 May 1676 in an Indian skirmish', married 1671, Hannah Lewis.
iv. Nathaniel Crow, resided in Hartford; died 2 July 1695.
v. SARAH CROW (Lineal Ancestor. See g 2 below)
vi. Anna Crow, born 13 July 1649, married 7 March 1668, Thomas Dickinson.
vii. Elizabeth Crow, born about 1650, married about 1679, William Warren of Hartford and Hadley. They removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut.
viii. Mehitable Crow, born about 1652; married 24 September Samuel Partridge of Hadley.
ix. Mary Crow, married 1666, Noah Colonique of Hartford.
x. Ruth Crow, married 21 December 1671, William Gaylord of Windsor.
xi. Daniel Crow, born about 1656 resided at Hartford.
SARAH CROW, born at Hartford, Connecticut 1 March 1646/47; died 26 June 1710; married at Hatfield, Massachusetts 1 November 1661, DANIEL WHITE. (See White Family for children.)
References:
Barbour, Families of Early Hartford.
Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley.
Collingwood, Deryck, Thomas Hooker, Father of American Democracy
Goodwin, Descendants of William Oziah Goodwin.
Olney, Passengers on the Lyon.
Starr, Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy Morgan Goodwin.
Walker, Leon, History of the First Church in Hartford."
MARRIAGE:
1. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700,' by Clarence Almon Torrey, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, copy in the Windsor, CT., Historical Society Library, p. 195:
Crow, John (1606-1685/6) and 1/wf ___(-ca 1644?); in Eng, b. 1628? (doubtful); Hartford, CT.
Crow, John (1606-1686) and 2/wf Elizabeth (Goodwin) (-1686+); ca 1645?, b 1628?; Hartford/Hadley.
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