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William Crenshaw 1755 – 1829 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1755

Birth Location: Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1829

Death Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Father: Nicholas Crenshaw

Mother: Mary Carr

Spouse(s): Sarah Baker, Henrietta Sanders

Children(s): Jane Crenshaw, Elizabeth Crenshaw, Nicholas Crenshaw, Mary Crenshaw, Ellen Crenshaw, Mildred Crenshaw, Temperance Crenshaw, William Crenshaw, Dolly Crenshaw

William Crenshaw was born in 1755 in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States, the child of Nicholas Crenshaw and Mary Brooks Carr. William Crenshaw married Sarah Baker, Henrietta Sanders, and had children including Jane Crenshaw, Elizabeth Crenshaw, Nicholas Crenshaw, Mary Carr Crenshaw, Ellen Crenshaw, Mildred Crenshaw, Temperance Mary Crenshaw, William Crenshaw, Dolly Crenshaw. William Crenshaw passed away in 1829 in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • William Crenshaw was born in 1755 in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States, the child of Nicholas Crenshaw and Mary Brooks Carr.
  • William Crenshaw married Sarah Baker, Henrietta Sanders, and had children including Jane Crenshaw, Elizabeth Crenshaw, Nicholas Crenshaw, Mary Carr Crenshaw, Ellen Crenshaw, Mildred Crenshaw, Temperance Mary Crenshaw, William Crenshaw, Dolly Crenshaw.
  • William Crenshaw passed away in 1829 in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Crenshaw's Ancestors

Self
William Crenshaw
1755 – 1829
Birth Place: Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Parents
Nicholas Crenshaw
– 1822
Mary (Brooks) Carr
1725 – 1760
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
William (A Crenshaw) Sr
1707 – 1760
Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
Susannah Carr
1707 – 1779
Elizabeth City, Gloucester, Virginia, United States
William (Austin) Carr
1707 – 1760
New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America
Sarah (Elizabeth) Winston
1710 – 1740
King William, King William, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
Joseph Crenshaw
1698 – 1730
Sarah Crenshaw
1685 –
Thomas Carr
1679 – 1738
Mary Dabney
1688 – 1748
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Crenshaw
1669 – 1709
Elizabeth Peyton
1670 – 1723
Thomas Pettus
1652 –
Thomas Carr
1646 – 1711
Mary Garland
1654 – 1745
Cornelius Daubney
1631 – 1694
Susannah Swann
1643 – 1724

William Crenshaw's Descendants

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William Crenshaw (26 Mar 1755 – 1829) m. Sarah Baker (1760 – ) m. Henrietta Sanders (5 Jun 1760 – 1783)
  1. 1. Jane Crenshaw (19 Jul 1777 – 10 Dec 1851) m. William Carter (11 May 1771 – 18 Nov 1817)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Crenshaw (1781 – 1851) m. Robert (Thompson) Brown (16 Jan 1777 – 13 Jun 1857) m. David Watts (1777 – 1813)
  3. 3. Nicholas Crenshaw (1784 – 1829) m. Eleanor (Green) Lane (1785 – 1850)
  4. 4. Mary (Carr) Crenshaw (4 Nov 1785 – 19 Jun 1866) m. Goodloe Carter (20 Sep 1784 – 7 May 1848)
  5. 5. Ellen Crenshaw (Abt 1787 – ) m. John Taylor (Aft 1785 – )
  6. 6. Mildred Crenshaw (Abt 1788 – ) m. Abraham Jones (Aft 1785 – ) m.
  7. 7. Temperance (Mary) Crenshaw (1789 – 1866) m. Nathaniel Thompson (5 Dec 1789 – 1854)
  8. 8. William Crenshaw (Abt 1790 – 24 Jul 1881) m. Mary (Walker) Twyman (9 Sep 1799 – 29 May 1885)
  9. 9. Dolly Crenshaw (Abt 1791 – ) m. David Thompson (Aft 1785 – )

William Crenshaw's Timeline

2 Records

1755
26 Mar 1755
Birth of William Crenshaw in Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States
Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States
1829
1829
Age 74
Death of William Crenshaw in Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1755
    Event Place: Louisa, Louisa, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1829
    Event Place: Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

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