William Crispin and Rachel Wharton

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Husband William Crispin ¹

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           Born: 1742 - Burlington, Burlington Co, NJ 1
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           Died: 24 Apr 1797 1
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         Father: Silas Crispin (1702-1749) 2
         Mother: Mary Wetherill (1704-1789) 2

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       Marriage: 10 Dec 1762 3

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Wife Rachel Wharton ³

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         Father: John Wharton (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Mary Dobbins (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Mary Crispin ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Hester "Hetty" Crispin ³

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           Born: 1764 3
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           Died: 26 Dec 1849 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Rachel Crispin ³

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           Died: Bef Jul 1822
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M William Crispin ³

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           Born: 1773 3
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           Died: 27 Aug 1808 - Philadelphia, PA 3
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5 M Thomas Crispin ³

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           Born: 1778 3
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           Died: 23 Sep 1781 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Sarah Crispin ³

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         Spouse: William Levis (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 12 Sep 1801 3

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General Notes: Husband - William Crispin

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He was born in Burlington, New Jersey, but removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as did both of his brothers.
He was one of those authorized to sign paper currency of the Province of Pennsylvania, issued under an act of the General Assembly, passed October 15, 1773, and he was appointed by Congress, December 11, 1775, one of thirty-six signers of $3,600,000, continental currency of The United Colonies, or Bills of Credit, which that body ordered emitted, in six installments during 1775-76.
During the Revolution William Crispin was Commissary General of the Pennsylvania Militia and also of the Pennsylvania Navy. A letter from him to Gen. John Lacey, headed, "Newtown, Bucks Co. Oct. 17, 1781" and signed "Wm. Crispin, C. G. S. P. M." has been published in "Pennsylvania Archives," vol. ix, p. 437. On November 23, 1780, he was appointed Collector of Excise for the city and county of Philadelphia.
In 1792 he wrote an account of the Crispin Family, which he dated September 20, of that year, stating that he then lived at No. 16 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. In this history he states that he was fifty years old in the 7th month last, which as remarked above does not agree with the record in Race Street Monthly Meeting register which called him sixty years old at his death in 1797, but perhaps the Meeting entry meant only to give his approximate age; his own account should be the more authentic. His sketch of the family, however, which speaks of Crispins at the Norman Conquest of England as well as those in the early settlement of Pennsylvania is literally bristling with errors; even as near relatives as his uncles and aunts are much mixed in his account, and while he says his father was the son of Silas Crispin's second wife he speaks of the first wife as his grandmother, and called her by the second wife's name, Mary. In fact, the account is only wholly correct in the last paragraph, which relates to himself, his wife and children, and is as follows: "I now live in Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, No. 16, and have had, by Rachel, my wife, five sons and five daughters, five of whom now live with me, to wit, Mary, my eldest, Sarah, Hester and Rachel, and my only son William. I am now aged 50, in the 7th Month last, and have seen great changes in this life, and one solemn change will fix me unalterably-but I have a well grounded hope it will be for the better.WILLIAM CRISPIN."

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 392.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 362.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 393.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1186.