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I'm able to trace my ancestors back through census and marriage records as early as a William Burton Crowe, born 1828 in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia did not become a part of Canada until 1867, so record keeping prior to that was extremely limited. No census, no birth records, no marriage records. Mostly just a poll tax as far as I can tell, which didnt contain anything useful. Virtually everything I have prior to the birth of William B. Crowe in 1828 comes from a single source: The Historical and Genealogical Record of the First Settlers of Colchester County, written by Thomas Miller in 1873.

From that book I was able to trace that William B. Crowe's father was William Crowe, born 1873. Who's father was Thomas Crowe, born 1773. Who's father was Joseph Crowe, born 1738 in Londonderry Ireland. Who's father was James Crowe, born 1715 in Londonderry Ireland. All of that comes from Thomas Miller's book. And that James Crowe and his children came over on the Hopewell in 1761.

I've had some confirmation through FindAGrave.com, but no new information. None of the graves list the name of the mother that I have seen. Some of the graves do contain the phrase "Rugadh i Contae Dhoire, Tuaisceart Éireann" which google translate tells me is "Born in County Derry, Northern Ireland".

Here is the link for Joseph Crowe's grave:
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=60527&h=3332496&ssrc=pt&tid=169831485&pid=332208041734&usePUB=true

Here is a link to the tree that Thomas Miller's book creates:
https://imgur.com/a/nPadUTv

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.