The War in Iraq
The late Dan and Josie Greenfield Crabb [p754] of Milo, la., have three great-grandson in Iraq. Our 25-year-old grandson Jondelle Romero [p771] is in the Army with the First Armored Division in Bagdad serving in President George W. Bush's War. He hopes to be back in Germany with his wife next spring.
A Christmas card from cousins Fred & Ann Drish [p761] of Milo, la., revealed that they have 20-year-old twin sons stationed in Iraq. Ann sent a copy of the 12-16-2003, Des Moines Register which had a front page story about the twins.
Soldier from Milo Missed Big Catch by Marc Hansen
In a way, Matt Drish is the cop who's home with sick kids when his partner catches public enemy No. 1.
He's the catcher out with tendonitis when the pitcher hurls a perfect game. He's anybody at any job who was somewhere else the day it really paid to be at work.
On Thursday (Dec. 18), he heads back to Iraq. If he's in a playful mood when he arrives in Tikrit, he'll ask his buddies in the 4th Infantry Division if anything interesting happened while he was on leave.
"Did I miss anything?"
"Not really. Same old same old. Still hot and dusty. Still can't let your guard down for a second. Let's see. We found Saddam (Saddam captured Saturday the 13th). Yanked the Butcher of Bagdad out of a hole in the ground the size of a broom closet. You should have seen him. Scraggly beard. Hair down to here. Looked like he'd gone driving with Nick Nolte or joined the Grateful Dead. At first we thought we'd found Jerry Garcia. You should have been here."
On most days, Drish would have been there. On this day, however, he was back in Milo, la., visiting family and friends.
"I would have been right on the spot," Drish said Monday. "I would have been with the colonel, probably waiting around for him."
A 2001 graduate of Southeast Warren High School in Liberty Center, Drish is the driver for Col. James Hickey, the 1st Brigade commander who led the mission that led to the capture.
"I'm in charge of watching for lEDs on the road," he said, using the shorthand for improvised explosive devices. "I look for suspicious vehicles. I got a buddy who rides behind me. I really like it. I've seen a lot of stuff with the colonel. That guy won't sit still for a minute."
Hickey and his soldiers have been on the move, conducting regular raids in the Tikrit area, since last summer. Hickey told the world Monday that Special Forces was about to toss a grenade into the hiding place when Saddam surrendered.
"I was really happy they found Saddam," Drish M33 said, "but I wish I'd been there."
There's something to be said for being an eyewitness to history. Drish seems to be taking it in stride. You learn to do that when you've been in a desert war zone for eight months.
Drish has passed out from dehydration. He has heard the bullets rattling off his tank. He knows the dangers and believes the next few weeks could prove to be the most dangerous of all.
"We heard the Saddam loyalists are getting paid $1,000 for every American soldier they shoot. Now that the true, hardcore loyalists have run out of hope, I think this is when they let out that last burst of anger."
Drish will be stationed in Iraq at least until February. His twin brother, Sam, is there too (Sam didn't want to come home on leave because he'd find returning to Iraq too difficult after being home.). He runs supplies about 40 miles to the north in Balad.
On his way back to Iowa, Matt stopped in Balad to see Sam. Drove around 90 minutes before he finally found Sam in his quarters fast asleep.
It's a military family. Fred Drish, the father, earned a Purple Heart in Vietnam. Ann Drish's father, Donald Garbison, was wounded in Korea.
Sister Audra is still in high school, and sister Rebecca lives at home in Milo, but oldest brother Jason is a mechanic for the 132nd Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard.
Ann will never get used to it, though. The thought of one child fighting a war is hard enough. Having twins in a war zone is an extra helping of stress.
Matt feels his mother's stress. "I wish there were only one of us over there," he said, "but everybody understands why we're doing this."
The nation is celebrating the capture of the fugitive dictator, but Ann Drish won't be sleeping any more soundly. She'll still be checking her e-mail three and four times a day, hoping to get word that her boys are all right.
"I've had trouble sleeping since 9/11," she said. "Every time I hear about somebody getting hurt or killed, my heart sinks to my feet."
Even with Saddam out of the picture, Ann and Fred Drish will be thinking constantly about Matt and Sam. Ann will cry this week when Matt kisses her goodbye and leaves for the airport. She always does.
The Good-Old Days
The following paragraphs were found in the spring 2003 The Treesearcher published by the Kansas Genealogical Society.
The next time you are washing your hands and complain about the water temperature, cleaning the house, or cooking supper, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500's in England.
Most people got married in June because they took their annual bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June 20. However, they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet of flowers when getting married. Now, you know why Rhoda and I were married on June the 8th.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with warm water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women, finally the children, and last of all, the babies. Babies were always prone to increase the water level. By then, the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." During the 1940's, our family of four in Central Iowa bathed in a galvanized wash tub, but with a different schedule of bathers.
Houses in England had thatched roofs, thick straw piled high, with no wood underneath. It was a place for dogs and cats to climb on to get warm on a sunny day. When it rained, the straw became slippery, and sometimes, the animals would slip and fall off the roof. Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop mice, bugs, and dirt from falling down from the straw roof and messing up the clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
Only the wealthy had something other than dirt floors. Hence the saying "dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they kept adding more fresh thresh until when you opened the door the thresh would start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entranceway to hold the straw. Hence the saying "thresh hold."
In those days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added more things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes the stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme, "Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old." Sometimes they could obtain pork which made them feel quite special.
When visitors visited, they would show off by hanging up their bacon. It was a sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with the guests, and then all would sit around and "chew the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead from the plates to leach into the food causing lead poisoning and sometimes death. This happened most often with tomatoes so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers received the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guest got the top or the "upper crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes knock the drinker out for a day or two. Anyone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare the body for burial. The deceased was laid out on the kitchen table, and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if the deceased would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a "wake." Burial was usually quick in an age without embalming fluids.
England is old and small, and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and take the bones to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave.
When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 were found to have scratch marks on the inside suggesting that they had buried live people. So they tied a string around the wrist of the supposed deceased, led it through a hole in the coffin, and up through the ground where they tied the string to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the bell; thus, someone might be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead ringer."
As you can see, our English language developed along with our ancestors' customs through the generations. We continue to add to words and phrases through our current experiences in life.
Good Deeds
One of the greatest genealogical treasures is land deeds. From the very earliest days in the thirteen colonies, every transfer of property was written on paper and recorded at the courthouse or town hall. From Maine to Georgia, millions of deeds have been preserved from the 1600's to the present. It is surprising how much family data can be found in deeds. Today, we rely upon professional title searchers and lawyers when buying or selling property, but for 100's of years it was a do-it-yourself operation with the help of a justice of the peace or lawyer.
Information included in the deed was the land boundary information, names of previous owners or original grantors, descriptions of the dwellings, fences, and crops, and the date the document was written. A neighbor or friend witnessed the signatures of the sellers. To protect his new right to the property, the grantee (buyer) took his copy of the deed to the county courthouse or local town hall where it was handwritten in large deed ledgers for a permanent record with the date the deed was recorded. Courthouses and town halls are full of old ledger books dating from the original founding date of the county or the town.
A deed might also include a mortgage, gift transfer, power of attorney, a marriage, property settlement, bill of sale, or the sale of slaves. When more than one person sold property, only one person was listed with "et al" following his name which meant "and others." If the man's name were followed with "et ux," it meant "and wife."
Given names became important when peasants were finally permitted to own and sell property in Europe. The system of patronymic names which listed men as "Henry, son of John" became inadequate for deed writing; thus, the need for a more accurate identity forced parents to give their children first name, sometimes a middle name, and a surname. There were too many "John Joneses" in the town, but "John Alexander Jones" could be more easily identified for legal purposes such as the writing of deeds.
The Family Data
Usually, only men could transfer property which preserved the name of the male line, but occasionally, a widow or single woman would write a deed. In many states with dowry rights, the wife's given name was included in the deed since she was entitled to a 1/3 dower of the value of the property sold. At the time the deed was written, the wife was questioned away from her husband to be sure she wanted to sell her 1/3 dower share, and this fact was recorded on the deed. If the wife were not permitted to sign away her legal right, she could later claim 1/3 of the property even though it had been sold to someone else. North Carolina did not have dowry rights in colonial days which has frustrated my search for information about my gr.gr.gr.grandmother Sarah McPherson whose maiden name is still unknown to me.
Sometimes deeds listed names of children who were given or sold land as well as other relatives. One deed may sometimes identify two or three generations.
In a lifetime, a person might buy and sell dozens of parcels of land. As the person moved from place to place, deeds recorded his life through land transactions. A genealogist can trace his ancestors' movements from county to county and state to state through deeds. Checking the transfer of property from one generation to the next can help fill your family tree with names, dates, and places.
Source of Deeds
Although deeds were recorded in town halls in New England, for most of the country, the researcher must travel to the county courthouse. Most Recorder of Deeds offices have grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer) indexes to assist in finding your family's deeds. The advantage of studying the grantor deeds is that the wife's given name is sometimes listed in dowry states, including her signature or mark if illiterate. The deed indexes give the ledger number and page where a copy of the actual deed was recorded. After studying the deed, make an abstract of the information or ask the office staff to make a photocopy of the deed.
If you can't travel to the courthouse in a distant state, the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, has microfilmed the deed books in almost every courthouse and town hall in the United States. Microfilm copies are sometimes available in local county libraries, state archives, or may be ordered for a small sum at a local Mormon church library. When the microfilm arrives at your local Mormon church library, study it on the film reader, make abstracts of the information, or make microfilm prints of the deed.
The deeds of one county require many rolls of microfilm. The first step at the local Mormon church library is to check the card catalog from Salt Lake City to see how many films there are for the county (Note-the Family History Library card catalog in Salt Lake City may be on the internet). Then order the grantor and grantee index microfilm that fits your surname, in this case "C" for "Crabb" and the years you are interested in. The grantor and grantee indexes will identify the correct ledger books to then order the right films to see the original deeds.
After reading hundreds of deeds from North Carolina and Maryland to Iowa and Kansas, I am still amazed at the wealth of family information and history of ancestral lives recorded on deeds.
Other Courthouse Records
While you are at the courthouse, check for marriages, divorces, wills and probate, adoptions, civil and criminal proceedings, mortgages, tax lists, naturalizations, commitment papers, military discharges, and more. Ask which courthouse office has the record you are looking for. Many of these records have also been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and are available for rental at your local Mormon church library.
See pages 166-170, 302-310, and 496-501 of the Crabb book for examples of Crabb deeds. Please send the editor any new family information you research.
From the Editor's Desk
2003 was a dry year in Albuquerque with only six inches of rain all year. It was so dry that the tumbleweeds didn't even grow. Now, that is dry!
Rhoda and I visited Rhoda's mother Olive Rudd in Mesa, Az., in February and brought back a mini van full of oranges, lemons, and grapefruit from her five backyard citrus trees. We had fresh orange juice for weeks. In May, we attended my 45th class reunion at Ottawa University, Ottawa, Ks. After 45 years, we needed name tags to recall all of the young faces of the 1950's. This June will be the 50th reunion of my Newton, la., high school class. I'm not sure I want to associate with all those old people. While in the Midwest, we spent a couple of weeks with my mother, Pauline Crabb Prall in Newton, la.
Son Kirk, daughter-in-law Tanya, and grandsons Scan and Zane from Boise, Idaho, visited in June, and we returned the visit in July. Scan graduates from high school this June. While in Idaho, I backpacked into the high mountain lakes with Kirk and 11-year-old grandson Zane for a long weekend. On our drive to Boise through Salt Lake City, we stopped and spent two weeks in the Family History Library.
In early October, we drove through Northern New Mexico over a long weekend to see all the golden aspen trees. On my birthday, October 4, we took the all-day Cumbres and Toltec steam train from Chama, NM., over the mountains to Antonito, Co. The aspen trees were at their peak of color.
Also in October, we finally finished taping, texturizing, and painting the interior of our double garage. What a job! After living in this house over 30 years, it was about time. It took us three days just to carry all of the junk out of the garage so we could start to work. Now, we have to sort a large mound of boxes of notes, tests, and files we accumulated from 30 years of teaching. In addition, there are the boxes of Crabb files and correspondence.
We are now catless after almost 40 years of being servants to one cat or another. We had to have our 14-year-old cat put to sleep. We buried her in the back yard next to our 20-year-old cat. Rhoda says if I don't behave, she is going to have me put to sleep and planted in the garden next to the cats.
We spent Thanksgiving with my brother Dan in Santa Fe, and he drove down to enjoy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with us.
Rhoda and I wish you the best in 2004!
Contemporary Crabb News
Please send the news of Crabb and allied family births, marriages, anniversaries, graduations, deaths, reunions, awards, and other current news to editor Richard D. Prall, 14104 Piedras Rd. NE., Albuquerque, NM. 87123, phone- 505-299-8386. Remember to read your local newspapers for Crabb stories and news. Back issues of the newsletter are $3 per issue. Subscribers may submit free queries to the newsletter.
The page numbers in this newsletter, for example [p770] next to the Crabb descendant's name, refer to the page in the 1997 book The Crabb Family where one may learn more about the individual Crabb.
The two-volume Crabb book may be purchased from the editor for $65 postpaid.
New Descendants
Dennis Owen Stewart was born 1-14-2003, at Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, to Kieth Owen Stewart &
wife Pamela Joan Stuart [p529]. Kieth & Pamela were married at Rocky Mountain House on 5-8-1999. Alice Hurt
[p533] of Sacramento, Ca., sent this announcement and the next.
Noah Timothy Lockwood was born 10-16-2003, at Bakersfield, Ca., to Bryce Lockwood & wife Sarah
Anne Westbrook [p534]. Bryce & Sarah were married in Bakersfield on 7-5-2002.
Marriages
Karla Jean Schlater [p760] & Gary Lee Gatewood, both of Des Moines, were married on 9-27-2003, at the Yellow Bank Park, Pleasant Hill, la. The wedding was officiated by Rev. Fern Ward [p758], aunt of the bride. The maid of honor was Sharon K. Cecil, sister of the bride, and the best man was Doug Cecil, brother-in-law of the bride. Guests included mother of the bride, Louise Garbison Schlater of Piedmont, Mo., [p760]; two brothers of the bride, James Schlater & wife Veronica of Patterson, Mo., Dennis Schlater & wife Jan of Arnold, Mo.; & mother & step-father of the groom, Nancy Husby & Earl Grooms of Ca. Rev. Fern Ward of Indianola, la., sent the announcement.
In Memory of
Vera Mae Crabb Yackamovich, 79, died 8-31-2003, in Crescent City, Ca. Vera was born 1-6-1924, to Joe & Esther Crabb of New York Mills, Mn. She moved to Lebanon, Or., in 1943 and to Crescent City in 1951. Vera married Alex Yackamovich in 1955. She was manager of the Del Norte County Fair's Arts & Crafts building for over 30 years. Vera worked as a meat cutter at Piggly Wiggly's and other markets, was a retail clerk at Kacy's, and was a hostess at the Grotto. Survivors include husband, Alex; daughters, Jill & husband Ray Herrmann & Joan & husband Don Gibson; stepson, Nick & wife Patsy Yackamovich; sisters, Ruby & husband Warren Barnts, Maxine & husband Alvin Brasel of Sebeka, Mn., Dot & husband Ralph Schwartz of New York Mills, Mn.; and brother, Jim Crabb & wife Betty of Hewitt, Mn. Vera was preceded in death by her parents and brother Joraine Crabb. Virginia Weston [p675] of Detroit Lakes, Mn., found the obituary in the Wadena Pioneer Journal.
Please write if you know more about this family.
Queries
Kerri L. Blankenship, Box 608, Cornville, Az. 86325, phone- 928-634-0874, E-mail-ktsdotter@yahoo.com is searching for more information about the following Crabb families:
I. John Wesley Crabb (father?)
b. c!845Ky., d. Tx.?
m. Centha Rosetta "Lettie" Doggett b. 2-1863 Tx., d. c!924 Jefferson Co., Ok., dau. of Thomas J.
Doggett & Francis Elizabeth Watson. Centha was also married to Dick McCleary.
children
1. William W. Crabb b. 1-1887 Tx.
2. Thomas Daniel Crabb b. 10-1890 Tx., m. Annie M. __.
3. Luther Hurshel Crabb b. 12-5-1895 Weatherford, Parker Co., Tx.
4. Edgar E. Crabb b. 5-1897 Tx.
II. Luther Hurshel Crabb (John Wesley Crabb)
b. 12-5-1895 Weatherford, Parker Co., Tx.
d. 4-13-1950 Phoenix, Az., bur. Comanche, Ok.
m. 12-7-1917 Waurika, Jefferson Co., Ok., Lula May Forsythe
If a reader has the address, phone number, or E-mail of Eddie Ann Crabb of Pasadena, Tx., please contact Kerri. Eddie submitted a similar Crabb family for page 1323 of the Crabb book, but the editor can't seem to locate Eddie's address.
The Value of a Coat of Arms
Edward Rutherfurd wrote the following on page 531 of his 1997 historical novel London:
For just as London merchants could turn into country gentlemen, and the gentry's M37 younger sons could turn to trade, so in the dignities it awarded, feudal society's appearances often masked a more practical reality. Even the coveted order of knighthood was not sacrosanct. A century before, Edward I had insisted that rich merchants become knights, so that they would then owe the feudal tax which paid for his army of mercenaries. And in the matter of heraldry, the system was more flexible still.
It was, after all, an artificial invention. Until the joust had become popular in the time of Richard the Lionheart, many nobles had never heard of a coat of arms. But, it had soon become the fashion. It was colourful, dignified, heroic, even romantic. And as in every sphere of medieval life, steps had been taken to give the new fashion a proper order. Under the heralds, the College of Arms became like a huge, royal guild, with conditions of membership, regulations, and its own mystery- the rules and art of heraldic design. No wonder then that the dignity of arms was eagerly sought. A man with a coat of arms, no matter who he was, secretly felt himself one of the King Arthur's knights. His ancestors, however prosaic, became unsung heroes. He and his family, inscribed in the heraldic rolls, joined the immortals.
It was natural that the heralds should recognize the proud men who, even now, still referred to themselves as the barons of London. A mayor or alderman of London was entitled to a coat of arms.. .. Ralph Crabb [pi60] was a justice of the peace in Prince George's Co., Md., before his death in 1734. Page 173 of the Crabb book explains Ralph's use of a Crabb coat of arms seal when he signed an inventory in 1726. A photograph of the actual wax seal found in the Maryland Hall of Records in Annapolis, Md., was printed in the front of the Crabb book. Rutherfurd wrote on page 797:
The Huguenots of London formed a thriving community; the pastor of the French congregation was as busy as he could wish. They had also fitted in well. Some like the rich Des Bouveries family, already risen to social prominence. Their French names- Olivier, LeFanu, Martineau, Bosanquet-had either acquired an English sound or they had been converted, as Penny (character in the novel) had, to an English equivalent: Thierry into Terry, Mahieu into Mayhew, Crespin into Crippen, Descamps into Scamp. Their liking for such culinary delicacies as snails might seem strange, but other dishes they brought with them, such as oxtail soup, were soon popular with the English. Their skills in making furniture, perfumes, fans, and newly fashionable wigs were welcome; and though, like all newcomers, they were regarded with some suspicion, English Puritans respected their Calvinist religion. The first French churches- at the Savoy and at Threadneedle Street- might use a Calvinist form of service as long as they remained loyal and discreet. Any new churches must use a form of the Anglican service, in the French language; though if a few differences crept in to salve their Puritan consciences, they were unlikely to be troubled. Strangely enough, because they were devout and, unlike so many English Puritans, anxious not to offend, the Anglican bishops of London were usually rather protective towards them. A number of Huguenots married into the Crabb family. One of the most famous was the Monnette family [pp 198-218, 269-272]. The late Ora Eugene Monnette [p211] wrote a book in 1911 on the Monnette and allied families which included the Crabbs, The Monnett Family Genealogy, A Huguenot Lineage. Although the book has a few errors concerning the Crabb family, it is a good starting point. In 1935, Monnette wrote, with the help of a staff, the seven-volume book, First Settlers ofPiscataway and Woodbridge, New Jersey which has more information on the Huguenots.
Will of William Crabb of Easton Royal Parish, Wiltshire, England
Genealogist Jenny Carter of the Nimrod Index of Wiltshire sent a copy of the original will written May 20, 1709, probated June 17, 1741, of William Crabb of Easton Royal Parish, Wiltshire, England. This Archdeacon Court will was in the Wiltshire Records Office. The hand-written will was extremely difficult to read; thus, there are many missing words in the following transcript. William may be a descendant of the Easton Royal Parish Crabbs listed in the first four pages of the 1997 Crabb book.
In the name of God Amen: I William Crabb of Easton in the county of Wilts, Yeoman, do made and ordain this my present last will and testament in manner and form following,
First I will that my debts and funeral expenses shall be paid and discharged.
Item-1 give and bequeath unto my brother Benjamin and to my two sisters Sarah wife of Thomas Wilson and Mary Crabb one shilling apiece and to my sister Martha deceased her five children I give one shilling apiece.
All the rest and residue of my personal estate goods and chattels whatsoever I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife making her my full and sole executrix in this my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal the twentieth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and nine-1709.
Sealed (and discharged?) published and declared in the presence of Giles Hearn, Edward Hearn, the mark of Mary "P" Piper. The mark of William "C" Crabb 17 June 1741, at Malby the executrix Anne Crabb above named was duly sworn before me Rich. Cobbe Sr.
William Crabb, Easton, 17 June 1741, Easton. The will of Wm. Crabb deceased June 17, 1741 This will was proved at Marlboro June 17,1741 before __ Richard Cobbe clerk lawful surrogate of the __ worshipful __ __ __ in __ __ of the dioceses of Sarum and by __ and now of that effect of the said testator was granted to Anne Crabb (now Ann Alien widow) the executrix within named being first sworn for truth of the said will so & __ __ __ __ when lawfully required. __ __ __ __ __
Crabbs in Wiltshire County, England, Before 1750
The summer 2003 issue of the newsletter printed the names of the handful of Crabbs in the Gloucestershire County 1992IGI (International Genealogical Index of the Mormons), but there were so many Crabbs listed in the Wiltshire County edition of the IGI that the following Crabb names were limited to those before 1750. I don't know whether the 1992 is the most recent edition of the IGI or not. I suspect that many Wiltshire parishes were never added to the IGI. I have included those from Easton Royal Parish noted in dark type (See additional information on Easton Royal Parish Crabbs on pages 1-4 of the Crabb book). Perhaps this Wiltshire listing will give us other parishes to consider for research. If you want to study the Crabb names after 1750 or those in other counties of England, most local Mormon church libraries have copies of the IGI on film or it is probably available on the internet at www.familysearch.org. An asterisk (*) denotes the three Crabb brothers (Thomas, Ralph, & Edward) who may have been the ones who settled in colonial Maryland. Remember, the older brother Thomas named a plantation "Wiltshire Plains."
(cont. from the fall newsletter)
Elizabeth Crabb m. 6-2-1750 Hilperton, Edward White Elizabetha Crabb m. 1-15-1718 Milton Lilbourne, Thomas Pierce Elizebeth Crabb m. 1-1-1719 Easton Royal, Thomas Peas Francecis Crabb bp. 12-17-1705 Easton Royal, dau. of William & Ann Crabb Frances Crabb bp. 6-7-1677 St. Mary, Marlborough, dau. of James Crabb Francis Crabb bp. 5-25-1603 Mere, dau. of George Crabb Francis Crabb bp. 1-9-1678 St. Mary, Marlborugh, dau. of James Crabb George Crab m. 4-17-1634 Mere, Margaret Sims George Crab bp. 2-21-1641 Easton Royal, son of Thomas & Elizabeth Crab George Crab bp. 2-13-1665 Easton Royal, son of George & Jane Crabb Georgius Crabb m. 8-7-1706 Milton Lilbourne, Maria Grooms Giles Crab m. 10-2-1743 North Bradley, Betty Blatcher Grace Crabb bp. 9-15-1728 Trowbridge, dau. of Joseph & Grace Crabb Grace Crabb m. 9-27-1750 Trowbridge, William Road Gulielms Crabb m. 2-15-1696 Milton Lilbourne, Anna Clark Hannah Crabb bp. 6-29-1696 Westwood, dau. of Thomas & Jane Crabb Hannah Crabb bp. 1-30-1700 Easton Royal, dau. of William & Ann Crabb Helen Crabb bp. c!589 Mere, m. 10-8-1610 (1611) Mere, John Sheppard Henry Crabb b. 12-7-1668 Trowbridge, son of Henry & Mary Crabb Henry Crab bp. 11-24-1697 Trowbridge, son of Henry & Lyddea Crab Henry Crab m. 1-26-1720 North Bradley, Mary Cook Henry Crabb m. 11-5-1740 Salisbury, Sarah Keate Hester Crabb b. 11-9-1667 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, dau. of Thomas & Sarah Crabb Hester Crabb b. 11 -24-1668 Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb Honour Crabb bp. 6-12-1684 Easton Royal, dau. of George & Jane Crabb Hugh Crabbe m. 10-14-1616 Salisbury, Elioner Russell Idith Crabb bp. 12-3-1680 St. Mary, Marlborough, dau. of James Crabb Isaac Crabb b. 2-25-1664 Marlborough, son of Thomas Crabb Isabel Crabb bp. 4-29-1685 North Bradley, dau. of __ Crabb Isabel Crab b. 1731 North Bradley, dau. of Jacob Crab Jacob Crabb bp. 12-1-1695 North Bradley, son of Eliza Crabb James Crab bp. 7-7-1634 Easton Royal, son of Water & Joane Crab James Crab bp. 9-12-1669 St. Mary, Marlborough, son of James Crab James Crabb bp. 10-23-1673 North Bradley, son of John Crabb James Crabb bp. 1675 North Bradley, son of Simon Crabb James Crabb b. 1707 North Bradley, son of Simon Crabb James Crabb bp. 3-23-1748 Trowbridge, son of Benjamin & Elizabeth Crabb Jane Crabb b. c 1603, no parish listed, relative Julia H. Ivins M39 Jane Crabb m. 10-1-1615 Easton Royal, Edward Clark Jane Crabb m. 6-5-1623 Mere, Hannyball Dowding Jane Crab bp. 4-3-1634 Easton Royal, dau. of Thomas & Elizabeth Crab Jane Crabb bp. 1-31-1668 North Bradley, dau. of Richard Crabb Jane Crabbe bp. 5-2-1670 Easton Royal, dau. of George & Jane Crab Jane Crabb bp. 12-18-1670 St. Mary, Marlborough, dau. of James Crabb Jane Crabb bp. 11 -26-1672 North Bradley, dau. of William Crabb Jane Crabb b. c!680 of Preshute, spouse Amour Cook Jane Crabb bp. 4-29-1685 North Bradley, dau. of William Crabb Jane Crabb bp. 1-17-1688 North Bradley, dau. of John Crabb Jane Crabb m. 11-20-1693 St. Peter, Marlborough, Richard Povey, relative Henry Tovey (Povey) Jane Crabb bp. 8-12-1697 North Bradley, dau. of James Crabb Jane Crabb m. 9-9-1707 Preshute, Amour Cook Joan Crabbe m. 12-21-1686 Pewsey (or Salisbury), Thomas Smith Joanne Crabb m. 1-26-1589 Trowbridge, Anthony Sheppard John Crabb b. 4-1-1661 Marlborough, son of Thomas Crabb John Crabb bp. 5-14-1666 Easton Royal, son of George & Joan Crabb John Crabb m. 6-1-1669 Salisbury, Alee Gaisford John Crabb bp. 7-31-1670 North Bradley, son of John Crabb John Crabe bp. 10-19-1673 Trowbridge, son of Henry & Marie Crabe John Crabb bp. 11-4-1684 Easton Royal, son of Thomas & Jane Crabb John Crabb bp. 9-11 -1687 Bratton, son of John & Elizabeth Crabb John Crabb bp. 12-2-1698 Easton Royal, son of William & Ann Crabb John Crabb bp. 5-5-1706 North Bradely, son of William Crabb John Crabb bp. 12-27-1706 Trowbridge, son of William & Martha Crabb John Crabb m. 3-28-1708 Mildenhall, Susanna Ross John Crabb b. 5-29-1713 North Bradley, son of Simon & Ruth Crabb John Crabb bp. 8-22-1718 Trowbridge, son of Jospeh & Grace Crabb John Crab bp. 12-28-1719 North Bradley, son of Benjamin & Jane Grab John Crabb m. 11-30-1730 North Bradley, Elizabeth Dyer John Crabb b. c!733 of Fuggleston, spouse Mary Haggard John Crabb m. 5-3-1739 North Bradley, Ann Pinock Joseph Crabb bp. 4-19-1669 Easton Royal, son of Thomas & Jane Crabb Joseph Crabb bp. 2-24-1747 Trowbridge, son of John & Ann Crabb Judith Crabb m. 6-29-1710 Trowbidge, William Manfeild Lauranc Crabb b. 4-10-1659 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, son of Thomas Crabb Lewwranc Crabbe b. 3-29-1659 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, son of Thomas Crabbe Lydea Crab bp. 11 -3-1699 Trowbridge, dau. of Henry & Lydea Crab Lydia Crabb m. 7-20 (25)-1744 Trowbridge, James Taylor, relative William J. Taylor Margery Crab b. c!573 of Easton Royal, m. 1-2-1594 Easton Royal, Thomas Orchard Margery Crabbe bp. 8-12-1604 Easton Royal, dau. of Thomas & Margaret Crabbe Martha Crabb b. 3-1669 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb Martha Crab bp. 8-25-1672 (12-21-1682) St. Mary, Marlborough, dau. of James Crabb Martha Crab m. 11-10-1690 Marlborough, Amos A very Martha Crabb m. 6-4-1713 Bromham, Joseph Sarjant Martha Crabb bp. 4-2-1736 Trowbridge, dau. of Robert & Elizabeth Crabb Mary Crabb bp. 3-31-1663 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, dau. of William & Mary Crabb Mary Crabb b. 1667 North Bradley, dau. of Henry Crabb Mary Crab bp. 11-5-1671 Trowbridge, dau. of Henry & Mary Crab Mary Crabb bp. 1677 North Bradley, dau. of William Crabb Mary Krab bp. 1-4-1677 Easton Royal, dau. of Thomas Krab Mary Crabb b. 10-6-1681 Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb & Mary Pierce Mary Crabb m. 12-12-1686 St. Mary, Marlborough, John Smith, relative Thomas Ball Mary Crabb bp. 2-17-1698 North Bradley, dau. of William Crabb Mary Crabb m. 2-20-1698 Mere, William Cowley, relative Matthias Foss Cow ley Mary Crabb bp. 2-11 -1703 Trowbridge, dau. of Henry & Lyddia Crabb Mary Crabb bp. 9-29-1706 Easton Royal, dau. of George & Mary Crabb Mary Crabb bp. 4-20-1722 Trowbridge, dau. of Joseph & Grace Crabb Mary Crab m. 5-1-1727 North Bradley, William Harding Mary Crabb m. 11-3-1730 Trowbridge, William Smith Mary Crabb m. 9-3-1737 Bromham, John Willis Mary Crab bp. 9-2-1744 Preshute, dau. of Ann Crab Mary Crabb m. 11-11-1744 Trowbridge, Samuel Guley Mathewe Crabb m. 10-19-1593 Easton Royal, Richard Dymer Milliar Crabb bp. 1676 North Bradley, dau. of Thomas Crabb Rachel Crabb b. 12-24-1662 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb Rachel Crabb b. 12-23-1663 Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb Rachel Crab bp. 1684 St. Mary, Marlborough, dau. of James Crab *Ralph Crabe bp. 5-1-1687 Easton Royal, son of George & Jane Crabe Rebecca Crabb bp. 1670 North Bradley, dau. of William Crabb Rebecca Crabb bp. 4-29-1685 North Bradley, dau. of William Crabb Richard Crabb bp. 11 -24-1671 North Bradley, son of Richard Crabb Richard Crabb m. 8-31-1719 Sutton Veny, Elizabeth Gaddies Robert Crabb m. 1-15-1735 Trowbridge, Elizabeth Pell Samuel Crabb m. 5-24-1678 Salisbury, Bathsheba Merreweather Samuel Crab bp. 8-28-1704 Trowbridge, son of William & Martha Crab Sarah Crabb b. 4-7-1652 Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb Sarah Crabb bp. 6-27-1665 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, dau. of William & Sarah Crabb Sarah Crab bp. 2-22-1670 St. Peter & St. Paul, Marlborough, dau. of William & Mary Crab Sarah Crab bp. 3-15-1673 Easton Royal, dau. of Thomas Crab Sarah Crabb m. 4-21-1673, no parish listed, Robert Pocock Sarah Crabb b. 10-24-1679 Marlborough, dau. of Thomas Crabb & Mary Peirce Sarah Crabb bp. 7-28-1694 Westwood, dau. of Thomas & Jane Crabb Sarah Crab bp. 3-17-1721 Preshute, dau. of William Crab Sarah Crabb b. 1730 of Westbury, m. 7-29-1731 Westbury, Jacob Dole, dau. of Joseph & Grace Crabb Simon Crabbe m. 10-1-1616 Salisbury, Ellen Saunders Simon Crabb bp. 1671 North Bradley, son of Simon & Christian Crabb Simon Crabb m. 4-21-1674 North Bradley, Alice Swath Simon Crabb bp. 11-28-1682 North Bradley, son of John Crabb Simon Crabb m. 4-26-1739 North Bradley, Elizabeth Kurd Solomon Crabb bp. 7-9-1674 St. Mary, Marlborough, son of James Crabb Susanna Crabb m. 8-30-1619 Salisbury, Thomas Roberts Thomas Crabb m. 11-5-1588 Trowbridge, Joane Smith Thomas Crab bp. 10-29-1591 Easton Royal, son of Thomas & Margaret Crab Thomas Crab bp. 6-24-1601 Easton Royal, son of Thomas & Margaret Crab Thomas Crabb m. 10-8-1610 Easton Royal, Edith Parries
(Crabbs in Wiltshire County, England, Before 1750 to be concluded in the next issue.)
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