Crow, Benoni

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Date of birth is calculated from age 12 in Jan 1683, declared in the inv of estate of his father, Christopher Crow, late of Windsor, 13 Dec 1680. Christopher had left the Connecticut colony leaving children and debts. See abstract from Hartford District Probate in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:296 (FHL #974.5 P2m). At the time of Benoni's birth, the family was residing in Windsor. See Henry R. Stiles, HISTORY AND GENEALOGIES OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, 2 vols. (Hartford, 1891-92; repr Somersworth, NH, 1976), 2:169 (FHL #974.62/W1 H2s).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Benoni Crow of Simsbury, 6 Dec 1699, inv 23 Nov 1699, acct 4 Sep 1702, order for distribution 2 Mar 1702/3, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:547-48.

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1262827-R).
SEAL P: FGRA

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Christopher Crow may have come from the vicinity of East Bilney, Norfolk. See John G. Hunt,"Origin of the Crowell and Crowe Families of New England...," TAG, 35(1958):173 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR: "Early Hartford Vital Records," COLLECTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 14(Hartford, 1912):610 (FHL #897073).
DEATH: No death rec found. By 11 Dec 1680 Christopher Crow and his wife had left the Connecticut colony leaving the children and debts. The estate of Christopher Crow at Windsor was inventoried, 13 Dec 1680, adm granted 20 Apr 1681, and again 6 Mar 1684, by which time it appears Christopher was dead. See abstract from Hartford District Probate in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:296 (FHL #974.5 P2m).

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BES: IGI

Christopher married Burr, Mary on 15 Jan 1656/1657 in Hartford,Hartford,CT. Mary (daughter of Burr, Benjamin and Ann) was born about 1638 in Hartford,Hartford,CT; died after 6 Mar 1684. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Mary is identifieded in the will of her father, Benjamin Burr of Hartford, 2 Jun 1677, proved 20 Apr 1681, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, DIGEST OF THE EARLY THE CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906):284-285 (FHL #974.7 P2m). Date and place of birth are approximations based on family history and chronology. Benjamin Burr was an original settler of Hartford in 1636.
MAR #1: "Early Hartford Vital Records," COLLECTIONS OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 14 (Hartford, 1912):610 (FHL #897073).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. The estate recs of Christopher Crow of Windsor suggest Mary (Burr) Crow, Christopher's widow, married Josiah Clark. Initial adm was granted to Mary's brother Samuel Burr, 20 Apr 1681. On 6 Mar 1684, Josiah Clark was appointed to administer Christopher Crow's estate. At that time he was already in possession of 73 pounds of the Crow estate, which he apparently acquired by marriage to Crow's widow. Josiah's younger brother, John Clark, married Christopher Crow's dau Mary about 1685. See estate recs of Christopher Crow of Windsor abstracted from Hartford District Probate in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:296-97.
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary was living on 6 Mar 1684, when she received a legacy from the distribution of Christopher Crow's estate, above. It is stated in these documents that Mary had left the colony. She may have gone to New Jersey, where it is said her husband Josiah Clark settled.

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BAPT/ENDW: IGI
SEAL P: Temple Ordinance Card

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. A wife Ann is mentioned in Benjamin's will, below.
DEATH: No death rec found in Hartford vital recs. Death date is included in inv of estate. See the will of Benjamin Burr of Hartford, 2 Jun 1677, proved 20 Apr 1681, inv 15 Apr 1681, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:284-85 (FHL #974.6 P2m).

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1262754-R).

Benjamin married Ann. Ann was born about 1614 in England; died on 31 Aug 1683 in Hartford,Hartford,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. A wife Ann is mentioned in will of Benjamin Burr of Hartford, 2 Jun 1677, proved 20 Apr 1681, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:284-85 (FHL #974.6P2m).
DEATH: Death date is included in inv of estate. See inv of estate of Ann Burr [of Hartford], 6 Dec 1683; order for division of estate, 18 Dec 1683, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:284.

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BAPT/ENDW: IGI