Hi
See below, depositions in regard to James CREWES of Virginia. This is
the information as taken by me from source posted posted below. I
believe if there had been any off spring of James CREWES, then "they"
would be the ones to take care of his estate. However as seen below,
James CREWES, "niece," only surviving daughter of his brother Edward was
the extecutrix of James estate. The other information posted earlier
today was from a post received from a CREWES researcher. The following
is taken from;
Page 18 of "Lord Mayor's Court of London"
JAMES CREWES of Virginia
26 September 1677. [Deposition] John Savile of St. Leonard,
Shoreditch, Middlesex, weaver aged 72, and Roger Hunt of St. Ethelburg
within Bishopsgate, London, citizen and merchant tailor of London, aged
61, depose at the request of MATHEW CREWE of London, citizen and
leatherseller, that they know the requestant's son and heir to have been
FRANCIS CREWES deceased, late of (named altered and now illegible),
Middlesex, silkman, citizen, and grocer of London; who was the brother of
Colonel James CREWES, deceased, late of Virginia.
27 September 1677. [Deposition] Arthur Miles of London, scrivener aged
53, and Giles Sussex of London, citizen and gardener of London, age 52,
depose at the request of SARAH WHITTINGHAM, alias CREWES, only surviving
daughter of Edward CREWES, deceased, formerly of London, merchant, and
administrator to Colonel James CREWES, late of Virginia, merchant, that
they have known the requestant from her infancy. Her father Edward
CREWES was the elder brother of Francis CREWES and Colonel James CREWES.
The certificate, now produced, of the ages of Edward, Francis, and James
CREWES is taken from the register of St. Pancras, Soper Lane, London.
SOURCE: Lord Mayor's Court of London Depositions Relating to Americans
1641-1736, compiled by Peter Wilson Coldham. Copyright 1980 by the
National Genealogical Society 1921 Sunderland Place, N.W. Washington, D.
C. 20036, Printed in the United States of America
Extracted by Birdie (Totty) McNutt and posted to CARTER-L
Hope this helps
Birdie (Totty) McNutt ( ( : )
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 18:33:50 -0600 William Stephen Dyer
<wsdyer(a)centuryinter.net> writes:
I was just wondering how it was proven there was no issue? Sons were
not
always named in wills due to primogeniture. And daughters--well,
women
in
those times often didn't count--and were not named in wills and
especially
not in land transactions. Just wondering.