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Ireland / 1761 Hopewell Crowe family prior to voyage to Nova Scotia
« on: Saturday 11 July 20 21:06 BST (UK) »
I'm a descendant of James Crowe (1715-1801), who came over on the Hopewell from Derry, Ireland to Nova Scotia in 1761. I'm trying to figure out any ancestors prior to him, or even general lineage prior to him which my best guess is Ulster Scot. Actually, I think pinning down if I'm Irish, Scottish, or English matters a lot more to me than naming specific ancestors but if I could do both I would.
I used census records to trace my family back to Colchester County, Nova Scotia. Then I used the 1873 book by Thomas Miller that detailed most of the genealogy of the families that came over on the Hopewell, including the Crowe family, back to James Crowe. I've seen a few posts on this forum asking about the same topic https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=782853.0 and https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=464097.0 . I've checked out Alexander McNutt who organized the colonists from Ireland to North America. I've tried using FindAGrave.com, rootsireland.ie, TheGreatParchmentBook, and google. I've even had a friend of my father who is Irish and lives in Ireland check into it, to no avail.
I've seen references to James being married to "Rebecca Sarah Evans" (born 1725), and James being the son of a "Christopher Crowe" (1682-1749) on a bunch of genealogy sites, but no actual source material for either of that. As near as I can tell, the people uploading this are all copying off each other. If there is a source, I'd love to see it.
So I guess I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on where to look past this. Or if anyone who is a descendant has found anything, since the number of descendants of James Crowe probably number in the thousands at this point.
I used census records to trace my family back to Colchester County, Nova Scotia. Then I used the 1873 book by Thomas Miller that detailed most of the genealogy of the families that came over on the Hopewell, including the Crowe family, back to James Crowe. I've seen a few posts on this forum asking about the same topic https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=782853.0 and https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=464097.0 . I've checked out Alexander McNutt who organized the colonists from Ireland to North America. I've tried using FindAGrave.com, rootsireland.ie, TheGreatParchmentBook, and google. I've even had a friend of my father who is Irish and lives in Ireland check into it, to no avail.
I've seen references to James being married to "Rebecca Sarah Evans" (born 1725), and James being the son of a "Christopher Crowe" (1682-1749) on a bunch of genealogy sites, but no actual source material for either of that. As near as I can tell, the people uploading this are all copying off each other. If there is a source, I'd love to see it.
So I guess I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on where to look past this. Or if anyone who is a descendant has found anything, since the number of descendants of James Crowe probably number in the thousands at this point.