John Crow
1606 - 1685 (~ 79 years)-
Name John Crow Birth Abt. 1606 England 
Gender Male Death Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Burial 1685 Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Person ID I312684224008 Oswald Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Family 1 Mrs. John Crow, b. Abt. 1606, England d. Bef. 1640, British Colonial America (Age 33 years) Marriage Abt. 1627 Essex, England Children 1. Esther Crow, b. Abt. 1628, England d. 23 Aug 1700, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 72 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]2. ... John Crow, b. 1633, England d. 1667, Morowali, Morowali, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia (Age 34 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]3. Christopher Crow, b. Abt. 1636, England d. Aft. 11 Dec 1680, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 44 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]4. Nathaniel Crow, b. 1638, England d. 02 Jul 1695, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 57 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]Family ID F2090 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
Family 2 Elizabeth Goodwin, b. Colchester, Essex, England d. 26 Jun 1717, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Marriage Abt. 1641 Children 1. Elizabeth Crow, b. Abt. 1644, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 10 May 1727, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 83 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]2. Mary Crow, b. Abt. 1645, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 12 Oct 1720, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 75 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]3. Samuel Crow, Sr., b. 1648, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 18 May 1676, Turners Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 28 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]4. Hannah Crow, b. 13 Jul 1649, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]5. Ruth Crow, b. Abt. 1650 d. Aft. 1675, , Gloucester Co, Virginia, USA (Age 26 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]6. Mehitable Crow, b. Abt. 1652, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 08 Dec 1730, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 78 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]7. Daniel Crow, b. 22 Dec 1656, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 12 Aug 1693, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 36 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]8. Sarah Crow, b. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 26 Jun 1719, Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]Family ID F2085 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jun 2025
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Notes - John Crow
John Crow was born around 1606 in England12. He married an unknown woman in England around 1627, and they had a daughter, Esther, and three sons, John, Nathaniel, and Samuel12. John Crow migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640) 12. His first wife died on an unknown date. John Crow married Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of Elder William Goodwin, in Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, around 1640. They had six daughters and a son, all born in Hartford, Connecticut12. John Crow died on January 16, 1686, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America, at the age of 80, and was buried in Gold Street Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, United States12.
1 wikitree.com
2 goodwingenealogy.fandom.com
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This John Crow arrived by 1639, origins unknown.
CORRECTION TO THIS NOTE:
See other John Crow addressed in the "Great Migration" L7FX-2YW. This note conflates two men of the same name, as well as his son. These first two lines are the other John Crow L7FX-2YW of Yarmouth, Plymouth Colony.
!John came to America on the ship "Lyon"
!John came to America on the ship "Lyon" in 1634/5.
He died at sea. (This line refers to John's son.)
(The rest of this note is correctly about this John Crow.)
!He was an early settler of Hartford and one of the first settlers of Hadley, MA. He was a freeman in 1666. He returned as early as 1676 to Hartford. He went to Hadley in 1659. He was a surveyor of highways in 1656. His name is on the founder's monument. Crow Hill in the river swamp still retains his name. !From: "East Hartford, It's History and Traditions" by J O Goodwin: With his father-in-law he purchased 776 acres of land on this side of the river in 1639, a tract bounded west by the boggy meadow and continueth east unto the east end of Hartford bounds -- three miles. !Crow Family References: 1. Families of Early Hartford by Barbour. p 203. 2. History of Hadley by Judd. p 32. 3. History of East Hartford by Goodwin. pp 41 and 49. 4. Map of East Hartford. 5. Families of Ancient Fairfield. p 169. !There is a plat of East Hartford in the book, "East Hartford, its History and Traditions" by Joseph O Goodwin. showing his land in 1640. !John Crow and William Pitkin were the committee that laid out the 4 rod highway ordered near the meadow hill, through all the lots from Windsor to Wethersfield (now Glastonbury) in 1640. His house was one of those garrisoned for safety from the Indians in 1675. He sold his 1/3 interest in a corn and grist mill in 1686 and went with William Goodwin to Hadley to live.
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Clara Pierce Olson Overbo, Ancestors and Descendants of Clark Proctor Nichols and Sarah (Sally) Stoughton in England and America 1620-2001 (Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen Publishing Company, 2002). pp 158-59
Clara Pierce Olson Overbo, Ancestors and Descendants of Clark Proctor Nichols and Sarah (Sally) Stoughton in England and America 1620-2001 (Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen Publishing Company, 2002). pp 158-59
THE CROW FAMILY
Line of Descent to the Stoughton Family:
John Crow - Elizabeth Goodwin
Sarah Crow - Lieutenant Daniel White
Esther White - Lieutenant John Ellsworth
Martha Ellsworth - NATHANIEL STOUGHTON
1. JOHN CROW, bom perhaps at Braintree, co. Essex, England;
died at Hartford, Connecticut 18 January 1686; married
ELIZABETH GOODWIN, daughter of William Goodwin. (See
Goodwin Family.)
John Crow probably came to New England with the group from
Braintree under the leadership of William Goodwin in 1632 on The Lyon.
This was the group that later was called "Hooker's Company." John, together with his father-in-law, William Goodwin, came to own a very
large amount of land at Hartford. In fact, John Crow was considered the
largest landowner. He had come to Hartford with the group from Newtown in 1636.
John, his wife, and family removed to Hadley in 1659 with the
group of dissenters from the First Church of Hartford, which was at that
time under the leadership of the Reverend Samuel Stone. Differences in
opinion as to baptism and qualifications for church membership were the
reasons for the exodus to Hadley. Some time later, the Hartford church
again split and the dissenters established a church in South Hartford.
Crow returned to Hartford in 1677/78, probably becoming a
member of the South Hartford Church. He lived at Hartford until his
death 16 January 1686.
Elizabeth, his wife, died at Farmington but the date is not known.
Children of John and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Crow:
i. Esther Crow, bom about 1628; married, Giles Hamlen.
ii. John Crow, a merchant in Fairfield, Connecticut; died at sea.
iii. Samuel Crow, killed at Turner's Falls 11 May 1676 in an Indian skirmish; married 1671, Hannah Lewis.
iv. Nathaniel Crow, resided in Hartford; died 2 July 1695.
+ v. SARAH CROW (Lineal Ancestor. See # 2 below.)
vi. Anna Crow, bom 13 July 1649; married 7 March 1668, Thomas Dickinson.
vii. Elizabeth Crow, bom about 1650; married about 1679, William Warren of Hartford and Hadley. They removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut.
The Stoughton Family XII 159
viii. Mehitable Crow, bom about 1652; married 24 September 1668, Samuel Partridge of Hadley.
ix. Mary Crow, married 1666, Noah Colonique of Hartford,
x. Ruth Crow, married 21 December 1671, William Gaylord of Windsor,
xi. Daniel Crow, bom about 1656; resided at Hartford.
2. SARAH CROW, bom at Hartford, Connecticut 1 March 1646/47;
died 26 June 1719; married at Hatfield, Massachusetts 1 November 1661, DANIEL WHITE. (.See White Family for children.)
References:
Barbour, Families of Early Hartford.
Boltwood, Genealogies of Hadley.
Collingwood, Deiyck, Thomas Hooker, Father of American Democracy
Goodwin, Descendants of William Oziah Goodwin.
Olney, Passengers on the Lyon.
Starr, Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy Morgan Goodwin.
Walker, Leon, History of the First Church in Hartford.
DEATH:
Pg 106, The Goodwin Family
MARR
DEATH:
Pg 106, The Goodwin Family
MARRIAGE:
Messing Church, Eng
GENERAL_INFORMATION:
Pg 289, Ellsworth, Richardson. Came to America in 1634 in Lyon. He was the largest Landholder in Hartford. He and wife admitted to South Church March 31, 1678.
LDS IGI & Ancestral File
!John Crow, born in 1606, was one of the
!John Crow, born in 1606, was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., as early as 1639, from whence he removed to Hadley. He married Elizabeth Goodwin the only daughter and heiress of Elder William Goodwin, one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn., He was made a freeman in 1666. He returned from Hadley after remaining there some time and made his permanent home in Hartford, Conn. By the vote of the town of Hartford he became possessed of the original right of "Bartholomew Green." His own wealth was great, and this , together with the property brought by his wife, made him one of the largest landholders in Hartford.
The Goodwins of Hartford, Connecticut by
The Goodwins of Hartford, Connecticut by J.J. Goodwin. F Mass. H2 page____. Ship Lyon P 235 or 236. History of Hartford Conn. Hl vol.1 page 240 check also F Mass. 9 pt.2 red 25391 History of Hadley.
!MARRIAGE-DEATH:GENEALOGIES OF HADLEY FA
!MARRIAGE-DEATH:GENEALOGIES OF HADLEY FAMILIES; Embracing the early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby. Compiled by Lucius M. Boltwood, Baltimore Publishing Co., Inc. 1979 FHL film 1421841, item #10; pp 32,34;NOTE: Came to New England in 1635, was an earky settler of Hartford, and one of the first settlers of Hadley, freeman 1666. He returned as early as 1676 to Hartford where he died
!Original proprietor of Hartford. ! Fami
!Original proprietor of Hartford. ! Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut; p. 203.
Two men named John Crow
DO NOT CONFUSE HIM WITH THE JOHN CROW OF YARMOUTH, PLYMOUTH COLONY who arrived in 1634, and is the John Crow written about in "The Great Migration." See L7FX-2YW BIRTH & PARENTS OF THIS JOHN CROW & NAME OF FIRST WIFE ARE UNKNOWN OR CANNOT BE VERIFIED (See Discussion item). VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS INCLUDED IN STORIES (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD. NOTE: There are no sources for the birth dates of his children. They are only estimates. It is unknown which children were born in England to his first wife--it has been written that his "four or five oldest children" were born to his first wife, and that he married Elizabeth between 1640 and 1644. He arrived by 1639. This John Crow is only mentioned in "The Great Migration." He is not the subject. Under William Andrews, mention is made of John Crow in the Hartford inventory for William Andrews, ""one acre and one rood of "Indian Ground lying in the South Meadow which he had of John Crow" (annotated "March 7th 1647," presumably indicating the date of purchase..." He is also named under William Goodwin as the husband of William's daughter, Elizabeth. John Crow was born about 1606. He probably married first in England; the name of his first wife has not been discovered. She was the mother of his four or five oldest children, who were also probably born in England. He afterwards married Elizabeth, the only known child of Elder William Goodwin, of Hartford, Connecticut. He [Goodwin] came to America in 1634; and was one of those who went through the Wilderness with Rev. Thomas Hooker, 1638; and settled Hartford. His name is on the monument in the Hartford cemetery, erected in memory of the first settlers there. John was a wealthy man, associated in business with his father-in-law, Elder Goodwin, Hartford; and was one of the founders and settlers of Hadley, Mass., 1659. He returned to Hartford, 1678, and died Jan. 18, 1686. His sons were dissipated and squandered their property. His daughters married some of the ablest men in the Colony. At least two children were from a first unknown wife: Hester and John. John married Elizabeth between 1640 and 1644. All the children's birth dates are estimates, usually determined by marriage dates. Christopher Crow isn't listed in histories as a child of John Crow; he died before John and is most likely his son. Relatively little vital information is available for this family.
John Crow was one of the first settlers
John Crow was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Conn . He settled there about 1637. In 1659 he and others, inclu ding his father-in-law William Goodwin, settled the town o f Hadley, Mass. When William Goodwin died in 1673, John Cro w and his wife inherited his sizeable estate.
!1. Information source: The Goodwins of
!1. Information source: The Goodwins of Hartford, Conn by J. J. Goodwin. 2. Child # 2 md John md Giles HAMLIN. 3. Child # 3 md Nathaniel md Deborah. 4. Child # 4 Mary md Noah COLEMAN, 27 Dec 1666. 5. Child # 5 Samuel md Hannah LEWIS, 17 May 1671. 6. Child # 6 Sarah md Daniel WHITE, 1 Nov 1661 7. Child # 7 Hannah md Thomas DICKINSON, 7 Mar 1667. 8. Child # 8 Elizabeth md William WARREN. 9. Child # 9 Ruth md William GAYLORD, 21 Dec 1671. 10. Child # 10 Methetable md Samuel Partridge, 24 Sep 1668.
He came to New England in 1635, was an e
He came to New England in 1635, was an early settler of Hartford, Conn.,and one of the first settlers of Hadley, freeman 1666. He returned asearly as 1676 to Hartford, where he died. Married Elizabeth, only childof William Goodwin.
Willard Marshall Bollenbach, Jr., The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson, 1899-1986, Memoirs and Bollenbach Genealogy (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2003). p. 105-6
Willard Marshall Bollenbach, Jr., The New England Ancestry of Alice Everett Johnson, 1899-1986, Memoirs and Bollenbach Genealogy (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 2003). p. 105-6
JOHN CROW OF HARTFORD FAMILY (#1742)
JOHN1 CROW, born England 1606, died Hartford CT 16 January 1686; married (1) England say 1626
( ), born England say 1608, died Hartford before 1643; married (2) probably there about 1645
ELIZABETH2 GOODWIN, born Bocking, co. Essex, England 1618, died Hartford after 1686, daughter of
WILLIAM1 and Elizabeth 1 (White) GOODWIN (see Goodwin Chapter) (Torrey 195).
John 1 came over in 1634. was an original proprietor of Hartford in 1637/8, and removed to Hadley MA in 1659,
where he was one of the first settlers of that town, and where he was admitted a freeman in 1666. His home was
a garrison in King Philip's War. Shortly after 1675 he returned to Hartford, where he was a large landowner,
surveyor of highways, and where he and his wife were admitted to the South Church 31 March 1678. He married
the only child of William Goodwin, the famous ruling elder, also a founder of Hartford. John1 sided with his fatherin-
law in a well-known religious controversy, and with him went to plant Hadley MA.
Chldren, surname CROW:
By first wife ( ):
i. JOHN, born England say 1627, died Fairfield CT 1667 leaving neither wife nor children.
ii. ESTHER, born England about 1628. died 1700; married Hartford CT 1655 Giles 1 Hamlin, bom England
1622, died Middletown CT 1 September 1689. He was a sea captain (Torrey 339).
By second wife Elizabeth Goodwin:
iii. MARY, born Hartford CT say 1645, died Hadley MA 1720; married there 27 December 1666 Noah2
Coleman, born probably Wethersfield CT say 1644, died Hadley 1676, son of Thomas' and his first wife ( )
Coleman; married (2) Hadley 16 September 1680 Peter Montague, born Wethersfield 8 July 1651, died Hadley
27 March 1725, son of Richard 1 and Abigail2 (Downing) Montague, married (1) there September 1679 Mary2
Partridge, born Hartford about 1647 died 1680, daughter of William1 and Mary 1 (Smith) Partridge, and widow
of John Smith (Torrey 171, 684 and 514).
iv. SARAH2
, born Hartford CT 1 March 1647.
v. MEHITABEL, born Hartford CT say 1648; married Hadley MA 24 September 1668 as his first wife
Samuel2 Partridge, born Hartford 15 October 1645, son of William 1 and Mary 1 (Smith) Partridge (Torrey
563).
vi. ANNA, born Hartford CT 13 July 1649; married Hadley MA 7 March 1667 Thomas2 Dickinson, born
there say 1647, died there 1716, son of Nathaniel 1 and Ann ( ) Dickinson (Torrey 221).
vii. ELIZABETH, born Hartford CT 1650; married Hadley MA about 1666 (birth 1667) William1 Warren,
bom England say 1638 (Torrey 782).
viii. SAMUEL, bom Hartford CT say 1651, died Hadley MA May 1676 (killed in the Falls Fight of King
Philip's War); married there 17 May 1671 Hannah3 Lewis, bom Farmington CT 6 May 1645, daughter of
William2 (William1
) and Mary2 (Hopkins) Lewis, married (2) Hadley 5 November 1676 Daniel 2 Marsh, bom
Hartford about 1653, died Hadley 1725, son of John 1 and Ann2 (Webster) Marsh (Torrey 195 and 489).
ix. RUTH, born Hartford CT say 1652; married (1) Windsor CT 21 December 1671 William 3
GAYLORD, born there 25 February 1651, died Hadley MA 1680, son of William2 (WILLIAM 1
) and Ann
(Porter) GAYLORD; married (2) there 1681 as his first wife John 1 Haley, born England say 1640, died
Hadley 1688 (Torrey 297 and 333).
x. DANIEL, born probably Hadley MA say 1660, died probably there 1693; married ( ), and left no issue
(Torrey 195).
xi. NATHANIEL, born Hadley MA say 1664, died Hartford CT 1695; married Hadley about 1684 (birth
1685) Deborah3 Leffingwell, born probably Norwich CT say 1666, died Hadley 1697, probably daughter of
Thomas2 (Thomas 1
) and Mary2 (Bushnell) Leffingwell, married (2) Hadley about 1696 Andrew3 Warner, son of
Andrew2 (Andrew1
) and Rebecca2 (Fletcher) Warner (Torrey 195 and 780).
SARAH2 CROW (John1
), born Hartford CT 1 March 1647, died Hadley MA 27 July 1713; married Hatfield
MA 1 November 1661 (she then fourteen years and eight months old) DANIEL2 WHITE, born Hartford say
1638, died Hadley 27 July 1713, son ofJOHN1 and Mary1 (Levit) WHITE (see White Chapter) (Torrey 804).
("Harrington-Heath Heritage", R. H. Heath, 1984; Colket 85; Savage 1:479; "Early Families of Hartford", L. B.
Barbour, 1982; "Goodwin Families of Hartford", J. J. Goodwin, 1891)
! BIOGRAPHY: Came to New England 1634.
! BIOGRAPHY: Came to New England 1634. Early member of 1 Ch of Hartford and Name on Founders Monument. Went with his father-in-law to Hadley in 1659; and became a Freeman in Massachusetts in 1666. Returned to Hartford about 1675, and settled in East Hartford, East of River. Then, with wife, received into 2nd Church 31 March 1678, from Hadley. ! REFERENCES: Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, pg. 203.
SOURCE: "The History Of Hadley, Massachu
SOURCE: "The History Of Hadley, Massachusetts", Republished, 1976 by New Hampshire Publishing Company, Somersworth. With "Family Genealogies", by Lucius M. Boltwood, 1905. Pg. 32.
- John Crow