Christopher Crow b. Abt. 1636 England d. Aft. 11 Dec 1680 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America: Oswald Family History

1636 - 1680 (44 years)

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Name	Christopher Crow
Birth	Abt. 1636	England
Gender	Male
Death	Aft. 11 Dec 1680	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Burial	Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Person ID	I312684224033	Oswald Genealogy
Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

Father	John Crow, b. Abt. 1606, England bur. 1685, Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age ~ 79 years)
Relationship	unknown
Mother	Mrs. John Crow, b. Abt. 1606, England d. Bef. 1640, British Colonial America (Age 33 years)
Relationship	unknown
Marriage	Abt. 1627	Essex, England
Family ID	F2090	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Burr, b. Abt. 1638, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Marriage Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Children

	1. Mary Crow, b. Oct 1665, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 07 Feb 1761, Bolton, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 95 years) [Mother: unknown]
	2. Martha Crow, b. 15 Aug 1667, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 25 Dec 1706, Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 39 years) [Father: unknown] [Mother: unknown]
	3. Margaret Crow, b. Apr 1673, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America [Mother: unknown]
	4. Thomas Crow, b. May 1679, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. Aft. 1712, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 33 years) [Mother: unknown]
	5. Samuel Crow, b. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. Aft. Sep 1702, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America [Mother: unknown]
	6. Hannah Crow, b. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. Sep 1684, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [Mother: unknown]
	7. Benoni Crow, b. Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. Abt. 1702, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America [Mother: unknown]

Family ID F2070 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 15 Jun 2025

Notes

First settled in Hartford, then Windsor
First settled in Hartford, then Windsor; was in Windsor in 1668. Made freeman 1656. Returned to Hartford by 1683. His three youngest children were left behind in Windsor "in a suffering state." The court ordered Samuel and Thomas Burr to settle the estate and care for the children.

Parent's Unknown
While working on the biography for John and Elizabeth (Goodwin) Crow, it has become clear that Christopher Crow is not their son, because:
Elizabeth is too young to have been his mother, b. about 1620 according to Anderson
when Christopher Crow and his wife left the colony, and left their children behind, the court records arranging for taking care of the children, the wife's family is named, but not one person in John Crow's family, although John and his wife, the purported grandparents, were living in Hartford at that time.
not one of John Crow's biographers lists Christopher Crow as John's son although all of them name Christopher; the same exact eleven children of John and Elizabeth are named in nearly every single early genealogy, including Savage, Barnes p 203, Judd, Warner.

Conn. W 9 vol.2 Conn. H 4 a. Barber'
Conn. W 9 vol.2 Conn. H 4 a. Barber's Early Families of Hartford. Vital Rec. of Windsor Conn. (APH vol.13) Ancient Winsor Gen. Page 189 (Conn. W 7 vol.2) Page 14 Mass. Pub. E vol.1 H4f Conn. H4L.

!MARRIAGE: Early Hartford Vital Records,
!MARRIAGE: Early Hartford Vital Records, ......p.610,"Cristover Crow of Hartford was maryed to mary Burr daughter of Benj: Burr of Hartford the 15th of Janvary 1656" !BOOK: THE HAWLEY RECORD, by Elias S. HAWLEY, Buffalo, NY, Press of E.H. Hutchinson & Co., 71 and 73 West Eagle St. 1890. pg.195 CROW, Christopher (-1680) & Mary BURR, m/2 Josiah CLARK; 15 Jan 1656, prob 1656/7; Hartford !PROBATE RECORD: WILL; A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Compiled by Charles William Manwaring, Vol. I. Hartford District, 1635 - 1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. PECK & Co. Printers 1904; Vol.1, p.296, [Vol.VI, page 70] CROW, Christopher, at his farme at Greenfield in Windsor Bounds. Invt. L~109-16-06. Taken 13 December, 1680, by Nicholas OLMSTED, John BAKER. Children: Samuel, age 21-Jan.,1683; Mary, 18, Oct.,1683; Hanna, 15-Feb.,1683; Martha,14-May,1684; Benoni, 12, Jan.,1683; Margaret,11-April,1684; Thomas, 5-May,1684. Court Record, Page 33-11 December, 1680: CROW had left out of the Colony, and later his wife went, leaving the children and debts. This Court appoint Samuel BURR and Thomas BURR to take an Invt. of the Estate and to dispose of the Children that they may be comfortably provided for. Page. 40-20 April, 1681: Invt. Exhibited. Samuel BURR appointed Adms. Page 87-6 March, 1684: Adms. of Estate to Josiah CLARKE, who appeared to have in hand in Land and other things L~73, With something in the hands of Samuel BURR, to Distribute: To the Relict, L~10; to The Eldest son L~16; to each of the other Children L~8 as they come of age.