Gournay "Gourney /Crowe/" Crow

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The history of the Crow's family in a America is an interesting one. In 1666 a John and Ann Crowe were transported into Dorchester Co.,Maryland (transported meaning they were indentured and required to repay the cost of their passage).

Records indicate that Gournay Crow came to this Continent during 1671. Paying his own passage (thence was not indentured) and made several land purchases in Dorchester Co., Maryland. He settled on theBlackwater River on an estate he called the Crowe's Nest or as it was sometimes called "Crowe Lodge."

In 1673 a Francis Crow was transported into Dorchester, and in 1675 a Ralph Crow arrived.

The relationships between these various Crow's is not know, but that they were somehow related to Gournay. Gournay added to his estate on at least three occasions;

(1) Grant #557" Addition to Crowe Lodge to Gournay Crowe for 44 acres and surveyed on 4-12-16 82"

(2) Grant #635 -"East Bilbeny/ Billeny to Gournay Crowe for 56 acre s surveyed 9-10-1683"

(3) in 1687 a patent was issued to Gournay Crowe in Dorchester Co., for 116 acres ,called "The Addition".

Made and recorded 20 June 1682, Folio 58: John Pritchett to John Hungerford land called "Ringwood" containing 50A by grant to John Pritchett Witnesses: Tho. Pattison, Gournay Crowe

The Books in Roanoke Library concerning Gournay Crow, said Gournay and the other Crow's were from England and some by the way of Ireland, but no mention of any city or ship was given. Other than wherethey landed in Dorchester Co.,Maryland. There was no other mention of Gournay except the various of land transactions he made. The name was not to date and appears to have been carried down through the family lines and therefore leaves some mystery regarding the man and why his name did not survive.

There is nothing to suggest that John Crow ( b.1666) was the start of the Dorchester Crow family. John Crow was mention at this time who married Mary Unick\ Urick May 24 , 1702. This marriage is sometimes Attributed to John Crow of Gourney(b 1683) but could be a mistake (Notes of a William Crow but could be middle or real first name). There were at least two children Isaac, Born 1810 and James on May 12,1714. (However other DOB puts it at November 11, 1713. I am unsure if this is the same James or if perhaps a brother) This particular John later is found in possession of "Crow's Addition" Which was earlier owned by Gournay Crow. John may have been the son of Gournay 's but there is no proof of that.

Source from William Mattingly 11-24-2001: gave to me Shirl ey Crow Straley by Bill Elliott of Houston, Texas at belliott@pdq.net

3-4-2002 The Crow-Crowe Families of England, Ireland and America: The Crow name is very old in England. Sir Isacc Crowe headed the East India Co. during the 1500's, Sir Iric Crowe, also English, was knighted by the King of England and was given a large tract of land and castle in Ireland. The Crowe's of Ireland mixed with the native Irish. In 1685 there was a divesting started by the Duke of Monmouth who wanted to be the King of England. Among his top military people some of the Sir Iric Family. Unfortunately for them the Duke lost, was executed and his army taken Prisoner, many were executed,but the younger ones were spared.They were stripped of their possession and sent off to the Colonies and forced to farm or work in the military. We do not know the origins of Gournay and John where either Irish-English or the English group. They did however farm in Balitmore Co., (now Hartford Co.) Maryland. The later generations moved into Virginia, North and South Carolina,Tennessee, Alabama , Georgia and points west and northwest.

At the bottom Gournay is listed. Not sure if this is the father of John, but many genealogist have him listed as the father of John

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Crow/ Crowe Immigration and Passenger Lists

These were taken from multiple and various sources and there may be some duplication. Note:a "-" between name and port indicates no age given.

Name Year Age Place

Adam Crowe 1635 19 Virginia

Andrew Crow 1688 - Virginia

Ann Crow 1666 - Maryland

Ann Crowe

Year: 1666

Place: Maryland

Source Publication Code: 8510

Primary Immigrant: Crowe, Ann

Annotation: Index from manuscript by Arthur Trader, Chief Clerk in the Maryland Land Commission, 1917. And see nos. 4507-4511, Land Notes.

Source Bibliography: SKORDAS, GUST, editor. The Early Settlers of Maryland: an Index to Names of Immigrants, Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968. 525p. Repr. 1986.

Page: 117

Ann Crow 1663-1679 - Virginia

Ann Crow 1676 - Virginia

Benjamin Crowe 1685 - America

Benjamin Crowe

Year: 1685

Place: America

Source Publication Code: 1217.5

Primary Immigrant: Crowe, Benjamin

Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Bonded Passengers to America. 9 vols. in 3. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983. Vol. 5. Western Circuit, 1664-1775: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, with a List of the Rebels of 1685. 95p.

Page: 91

Benjamin Crowe

Year: 1685

Place: America

Source Publication Code: 1220.11

Primary Immigrant: Crowe, Benjamin

Annotation: Date and port of arrival, or date of sentencing or reprieve for transport and port of arrival. Name of ship, crime convicted of, and other information may also be provided. The remainder of the book will be indexed as source number 1220.12 in PILI 1999 Part 2.

Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988. pp. 1-461.

Page: 200

Daniel Crowe

Year: 1767

Place: America

Source Publication Code: 1220.11

Primary Immigrant: Crowe, Daniel

Annotation: Date and port of arrival, or date of sentencing or reprieve for transport and port of arrival. Name of ship, crime convicted of, and other information may also be provided. The remainder of the book will be indexed as source number 1220.12 in PILI 1999 Part 2.

Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988. pp. 1-461.

Page: 200

Daniel Crowe

Year: 1768

Place: America

Source Publication Code: 1222

Primary Immigrant: Crowe, Daniel

Annotation: The county of Middlesex encloses the city of London, so these were largely London departures, transportation bonds, etc. The final eight pages list transport ships to American colonies, 1716-1775, bearing Middlesex convicts only. There is an excellent introduction to transportation of convicts in Middlesex Sessions Records, 4 volumes; Goal Delivery Reports, 1620-1672; Books and Sessions Rolls. Also see nos. 1217.2-1217.3, Coldham.

Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON, compiler and editor English Convicts in Colonial America. Volume 1: Middlesex 1617-1775. New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1974. 309p.

Page: 68

Dorothy Crow 1660 Maryland

Edward Crow 1682 Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Crow 1690 Virginia

Elizabeth Crowe

Year: 1773

Place: Pennsylvania

Source Publication Code: 7207

Primary Immigrant: Crowe, Elizabeth

Annotation: Original volume, from which this was taken, is among the holdings of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Much information on persons indentured. Printed in part in nos. 7222-7223.

Source Bibliography: "RECORD OF INDENTURES OF INDIVIDUALS BOUND OUT as Apprentices, Servants, Etc. and of German and Other Redemptioners in the Office of the Mayor of the City of Philadelphia, October3, 1771, to October 5, 1773." In The Pennsylvania-German Society Proceedings and Addresses, vol. 16 (1905), Lancaster, PA: 1907. 325p. Reprinted with added index by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1973. 364p.

Page: 254

Francis Crow 1673 - Maryland

Gournay Crow 1671 - Maryland

Henry Crow 1636 - Virginia

James Crow 1657 - Virginia

James Crow 1687 - Virginia

Jno Crow 1662 - Virginia

John Crow 1666 - Maryland

Julyan Crow 1668 - Virginia

Mary Crow 1657 - Virginia

Mary Crow 1662 - Virginia

Mary Crow 1663 - Virginia

Oliver Crow 1665-1666 - Virginia

Peter Crow 1671 - Virginia

Ralph Crow 1675 - Maryland

Rebecca Crow 1664 - Virginia

Richard Crow 1664 - America

Richd Crow 1690 - Virginia

Sarah Crow 1669 - Virginia

Tho Crow 1663 - Virginia

Tho Crow 1673 - Virginia

Thomas Crow 1679 - America

Thomas Crow 1684 - America

Walter Crow 1663-1679 - Virginia

Walter Crow 1665 - Virginia

Wm. Crow 1662 - Virginia

Wm. Crow 1663 - Virginia

Jacques de Crow 1700 - Virginia

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Provincial Court Proceedings, 1676. 139

Bradley plaintiff and Henry Parker deft On the part of the plaintiff Liber N N

allowed foure hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco.

Thomas Low of Dorchester County in a case between Thomas

Taylor planter plaintiff & Thomas Taylor Gent deft On the part of

the plaintiff allowed three hundred and sixty pounds of tobacco.

John Hungerford of Dorchester County in a case depending

betweene Thomas Taylor planter plaintiff and Thomas Taylor Gent

deft On the part of the Plaintiff allowed foure hundred and eighty

pounds of tobacco.

Edward Savage of Dorchester County in a case between Thomas

Taylor planter plaintiff and Thomas Taylor Gent deft On the part

of the plaintiff allowed three hundred pounds of tobacco.

Gurney Crow of Dorchester County in a case between Thomas

Taylor planter plaintiff and Thomas Taylor Gent deft On the part

of the pIt allowed foure hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco.

George Bolton of Dorchester County in a case betweene Thomas

Wall plaintiff and Wm Worgan deft On the part of the plaintiff al-

lowed foure hundred and fifty pounds of tob.

Raymond Stapelfort of Dorchester County in a case betweene

Stephen Sealous and Thomas Purnell plaintiffs and Robert Blinck-

home deft On the part of the plaintiffs allowed foure hundred forty

eight pounds of tobacco.

Armigell Greenwood of Dorchester County in a case betweene

Thomas Taylor planter plt and Thomas Taylor Gent deft On the part

of the plaintiff allowed five hundred and ten pounds of tobacco.

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1056. Gournay Crow-[2240] 1 20 was born in England Or Ireland/England.1 20

Noted events in his life were:

[bullet] Nationality: Nationality.1 20 Either English Or Irish

Gournay married Unknown -[2274] 1 20 [MRIN:246].

Gournay next married (name unknown).

Children from this marriage were:

528 i. John Crow -[671]

Here is some information from 2 new books that I have. I am transcribing this so let me know if you want or need something else!

"The Early Settlers of Maryland" - an Index to Names of Immigrants Compiled from Records of Land Patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland, by Gust Skordas [published by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2002, 6th printing; originally copyrighted in 1968]:

p. 117

Crow, Francis Liber 17 Folio 352

remarks: Transported 1673

Crow, Gournay Liber 16 Folio 164

remarks: Of Dorchester Co. Immigrated 1671

Crow, John Liber 10 Folio 298

remarks: Transported 1666

Crow, Ralph Liber 15 Folio 356

remarks: Transported 1675

Crowe, Ann Liber 10 Folio 296

remarks: Transported 1666.

The introduction to this book explains that people who were "transported" did not pay for their own transportation here but it was paid by someone else.

The next book is "Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783" by Peter Wilson Coldham, Consolidated Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2002.

Crow, Edward AA Shady Grove Addition

54 acres 18 Oct 1749

Fdk Abel's Level Addition

30 acres 22 Feb 1763

Fdk Beginning

29 acres 27 Nov. 1752

Crow, Edward Sr. Fdk Shady Grove

102 acres 17 Dec 1773

Crow, Francis Bal Crow's Addition

9 acres 11 May 1772

Crow, James of Prince George's Co.

PG Locust Level 119 acres 14 May 1748

Fdk Locust Level 363 acres 10 Aug 1753

PG Samuel's Forest Addition 20 acres

7 Aug. 1755

Crowe, Gourny

Dor Addition 116 acres 17 Aug 1686

Dor Crow's Lodge 50 acres 16 May 1681

Dor Crow's Lodge Addition 44 acres

12 Apr 1682

Dor Crowe's Nest 100 acres [18 Nov 1677]

Dor East Billeny 56 acres 18 Apr 1682

Crow, William, gent

Knt Crow's Addition 107 acres 22 May 1729

Knt Crow's Chance 100 acres 20 Jul 1722

AA = Anne Arundel County

Fdk = Frederick County

Knt = Kent County

Dor = Dorchester County

After the county is listed, the "name of tract" is listed, then acreage, date, and references. I did not list the references here but please contact me if you want the information!

Hope this information is of some use to someone out there. I know that the aqua line is descended from Gournay Crow.......don't know who these other people might be. (and I don't know how I am relatedto Gournay Crow but there it is, anyway).

Deb Crow -- thecrowknows@yahoo.com

Crose, Crow, William

GG:572 Film No.:

Transported 1667

Transcript. 10:541

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Crow, Ann

FF:336-7 Film No.: SR 8204

Transported by 1666 by John King

Transcript. 10:296 [SR 7352]

MSA SC 4341-4857

Crow, Francis

17:532 Film No.:

Transported by 1673

MSA SC 4341-

Crow, Gournay (Gouring)

WT:172,352 Film No.:

Of Dorchester County, transported himself 1671

Transcript. 16:164,332

MSA SC 4341-

Crow, John

FF:338-9 Film No.: SR 8204

Transported by 1666 by Robert Hignett

Transcript. 10:298 [SR 7352]

MSA SC 4341-4859

Crow, Ralph

LL:476 Film No.:

Transported 1675

Transcript. 15:356

MSA SC 4341-

Crowe, John

DD:156 Film No.:

In Maryland by 1665, when he was granted a warrant for 500 acres

Transcript. 8:129

MSA SC 4341

Crowe (Orowe), Gournay

LL:356 Film No.:

In Maryland by 1674

Transcript. 15:274

MSA SC 4341-