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  • Name: William Col CROWNE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1617 b
  • Death: Abt Dec 1682 in Boston, Massachusetts d


  • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William CROWNE
  2. Agnes CROWNE
  3. John CROWNE Birth: 1641 Death: 1712
  4. Henry CROWNE Birth: Abt 1647 Death: Before 24 Jun 1698 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  3. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  4. Taylor, Nathaniel L, The Mackworths of Shropshire: Royal Ancestry and Colonial Descendants. The Genealogist vol 35 no 1 pp100-26 and vol 35 no 2 pp157-91. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p[0-9]*].
  5. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1617 (age 50 in 1667) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p687]
abt 1617 [Ref: Roberts RD600 p163, Weis AR7 #198]
Sources for death Information
date:
1683 [Ref: Roberts RD600 p163]
between 24 Dec 1682 and 24 Feb 1682/3 [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p178]
will 24 Dec 1682 pro 28 Feb 1682/3 [Ref: Weis AR7 #198],
place:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #198]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes MACKWORTH
date:
[Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p178]
before 1638 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p687]
before 1640 [Ref: Weis AR7 #198]
second marriage of Agnes [Ref: Faris PA2 p234, Roberts RD600 p163, Taylor MACKWORTH p170],
place:
[Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p178],
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p687, Taylor MACKWORTH p170, Taylor MACKWORTH p182, Weis AR7 #198]
Research Notes:
Esq, of St Martins in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, and Shropshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p687]
Gent, of Boston, Massachusetts [Ref: Faris PA2 p234]
Gent [Ref: Weis AR7 #198]

adventurer, land speculator [Ref: Roberts RD600 p163]

14 Sep 1638: appointed Rouge-Dragon [Ref: Weis AR7 #198]

28 Sep 1638: Rouge Dragon Pursuivant, a herald in the College of Arms [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

1650: Lt. Col. [Ref: Weis AR7 #198]

1656: received a patent from Cromwell as co-proprietors of Nova Scotia and Acadia [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

1657: immigrated to Nova Scotia; subsequently moved to Boston [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p688]

1657: to Boston, Massachusetts; sought to live as a non-resident proprietor of his lands in eastern Maine [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

1660: made freeman of Boson [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

1661-2: represented New England interests when he was back in England [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

23 Apr 1661: at coronation of Charles II [Ref: Weis AR7 #198]

23 Apr 1661: attended the coronation of Charles II in his heraldic capacity as Rouge Dragon Pursuivant [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

1662: grated 500 acres of land at Mendon, Massachusetts [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p688]

1667: lost Acadia when it was ceeded back to the French in the Treaty of Breda [Ref: Taylor MACKWORTH p179]

will dated 24 Dec 1682, pro in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 26 Feb 1682/3 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p688]



Pedigree of William Col CROWNE
William Col CROWNE



Descendants of William Col CROWNE
1. William Col CROWNE m. Agnes MACKWORTH
m. Agnes MACKWORTH father: Richard MACKWORTH mother: Dorothy CRANAGE