John Crawford

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Husband John Crawford ^{1 2}

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         Father: Robert Crawford (      -      ) 3 4
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Children

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1 M Maj. James Crawford ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: 1730 - Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2 5
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           Died: Abt 1812-1817
         Buried:  - Pine Creek Cemetery, near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co, PA

         Spouse: Rosanna Allison (      -      ) 1 2 5

         Spouse: Agnes McDonald (      -      ) 1 2 5

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2 M John Crawford ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: 1736 - Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 8 Apr 1789 - Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Crawford (      -1824) 1 5

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3 M Richard Crawford ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: Abt 1740 - Hanover Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
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           Died: 1813 - Anthony Twp, Columbia (later Montour) Co, PA 1 5
         Buried:  - Warrior Run Graveyard

         Spouse: Elizabeth [Unk] (1744/1745-1810) 1 2 5
           Marr: 1765 1 2 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Crawford

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He was a native of the North of Ireland, of Scotch parentage, who emigrated to America about 1728, settling in Hanover township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. With him came several other members of the family, brothers, no doubt: James, who located in Paxtang township; Robert and Hugh, who settled in the same neighborhood. John Crawford married and had at least three sons: James, John and Richard. [GPHAV, 46]

Another source states that he was born in Kilburnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.

He was born in Ayrshire, where for centuries his forebears, who were hereditary barons, bore a conspicuous part in all the events of Scottish history, the castellated seat of the great house of Crawford having been Ardlock, of Crawford Lands, which stands on the right bank of the River Clyde, where it is supposed many bloody conflicts took place between the Romans and Britons. This, no doubt, accounts for the name Crawford, which is supposed by antiquarians to signify "the road or passage-a crossing of blood-a bloody pass."
The Crawfords derived their lineage from the Earls of Richmond, the extreme ancestor being Allen, the fourth Earl of Richmond. This Sir Reginald De Crawford was named "The Good," and was high sheriff of Ayre, which office was long held by his family. Having inherited Ardlock, or Crawford Land, in Ayreshire, he became distinguished as Reginald De Crawford, and in time Reginald Crawford-thus from his land came the surname. Margaret Crawford, a great-granddaughter of Sir Reginald De Crawford, "The Good," who married Malcolm Wallace, became the mother of Sir William Wallace.
Kilburnie Castle and Kirk were ancient possessions of the Crawfords, and in the Kilburney Kirk yard lie buried the ancestors of Colonel John Crawford, who came direct from Ayrshire, Scotland, to Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 97.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 46.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 96.

4 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 2, 7.

5 Margaret White Loomis, The Presbyterian Families of White, Crawford, Hanna and Sharp (Winnetka, IL: Self-published, 1940), Pg 9.