James Crow, with his six sons and one daughter, emigrated from Londonderry, in the North of Ireland, to Nova Scotia in the ship "Hopewell." We cannot ascertain whether his wife came to this country or not. He, with four of his sons and one daughter, settled first at Windsor. His daughter's name was Margaret. She was married there to Daniel Frizzell, and had two daughters. One of these daughters was married to Mr. Snide, who removed and settled on the West side of Shubenacadie River, nearly opposite Fort Ellis, where they died.
Joseph, the eldest son of this James Crow, was born in Ireland in the year 1738. He was married to Esther Barnhill, about the year 1759. Margaret, their eldest daughter, was born in Ireland in the year 1760. She was married to Joseph Mahon, of Londonderry. They had three sons and four daughters. Esther, the second daughter of Joseph and Esther Crow, was born in Chiganois in the year 1762. She was married to John, son of James Fulton, Esq., and Margaret Campbell, of Bass River. They had six sons and six daughters. James, the eldest son of Joseph Crow, Senr., and Esther Barnhill, was born in Chiganois in the year 1764. He was married to Letitia, daughter of Jasper McKinlay and Letitia Green, in the year 1785. They had four sons and six daughters. He settled on the same place that was afterwards inherited by his four sons, and had his house near the place which his son Jasper now resides. He built mills at the same place that his son James now has mills. They reared their family and died at this place. Mr. Crow died in the month of October, 1823, aged 59 years, and his wife, Letitia, died in the month of January, 1844, aged 78 years.
Esther, their eldest daughter, was born in the year 1786. She was married to David, the third son of Nicholas Crow, of Bass River. They settled on the Folly Mountain and had three sons and three daughters.
Letitia, the second daughter of James and Letitia Crow, was born May 29th, 1790. She was married to Thomas, youngest son of Thomas Crow and Sarah Barnhill, of Beaver Brook, Clifton, October 11th, 1814. They had five sons and two daughters. They appear among the descendants of Thomas Crow, Senr.
Joseph, the eldest son of James and Letitia Crow, was born January 1st, 1792. He was married to Jane, daughter of John Staples and Catherine Blair, December 28th, 1828. He inherited a part of his father's farm, and half of the Mills. He built the house that is still standing on the north side of the Mill Pond, where they reared their family and spent the remainder of their lives. He died January 3rd, 1868, aged 76 years, and his wife died April 29th, 1853. They had six sons and six daughters.
Sarah, the third daughter of James and Letitia Crow, was born in 1794. She was married to Ezra Stevens, of Onslow Mountain, March 8th, 1825. They had two sons and four daughters.
Jasper their second son was born December 25th, 1796. He was married to Jane, the third daughter of John and Elizabeth Deyarmond, February 15th, 1825. He inherited the homestead part of his father's property. They had two sons and four daughters. Mr. Jasper Crow has filled the office of Elder in the Presbyterian Congregation of Onslow, and Superintendent of Sabbath schools since about the year 1835.
Margaret, the fourth daughter of James and Letitia Crow, was born April 5th, 1799. She was married to John Carter, of Lower Onslow, March 12th, 1824. They had four sons and four daughters. She died April fifth, 1852. Her husband died in December, 1870.
James, the third son of James and Letitia Crow, was born February, 1802. He was married to Mary, daughter of Thomas and Esther Wilson of Shubenacadie, March 9th, 1839. They have two sons and one daughter. He inherited a part of his father's property, and is now owner of the Mills.
Rebecca, the fifth and youngest daughter of James and Letitia Crow, was born August, 1803. She was married to James Crow, Esq. They had one son and four daughters.
Samuel, the fourth and youngest son of James and Letitia Crow, was born June 20th, 1805. He was married to Sarah, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Mary Crow, November 30th, 1829. They had three sons and one daughter. He inherited a part of his father's property, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died July 19th, 1871, aged 66 years.
Sarah, the third daughter of Joseph Crow, Senr., and Esther Barnhill, was born in the year 1766. She was married to John Barnhill, of Chiganois, about the year 1786. They had four sons and two daughters. These appear among the Barnhill families. She died June 30th, 1825, aged 59 years, and her husband died October 23rd, 1847, aged 85 years.
Rebecca, the fourth and youngest daughter of Joseph and Esther Crow, was born in the year 1769. She was married to Alexander Miller of Truro, December 6th, 1792. She died October 19th, 1793, aged 24 years.
Joseph, the second son of Joseph Crow, Senr., and Esther Barnhill, was born in the year 1771. He was married to Mary, daughter of David Vance and Jane Hill, in the year 1794. He inherited his father's property in Chiganois Village, where they reared their family. He died December 28th, 1855, aged 84 years, and his wife died January 3rd, 1832, aged 60 years.
David Vance Crow, their eldest son, was born July 9th, 1795. He was married to Esther, second daughter of Alexander and Alice Barnhill, of Truro, January 1817. They settled at Debert River, where he reclaimed his farm from the forest. He was appointed Justice of the Peace when a young man, and he filled the office of Custodes Rotulorum, for the County of Colchester for a number of years before he died. They had four sons and three daughters. He died June 14th, 1868, aged 73 years, and his widow died October 22nd, 1872, aged 74 years.
Joseph, the second son of Joseph and Mary Crow, was born in 1799. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Charles Hill, of Economy, February, 1831. They had two sons and one daughter. He carried on business as a Merchant at the Folly for a number of years, and his first wife died there October 15th 1841, aged 32 years. He then removed to Truro, built the store that George Gunn now occupies, where he carried on business until the time of his death. His second wife was Maria Dimock, widow of the late Arnold Shaw of Newport. He purchased the house in which his son Leander J. Crow now resides, where he spent the remainder of his days. He died October 17th, 1860, aged 61 years.
Charles, the third son of Joseph and Mary Crow, was born March 8th, 1801. He inherits a part of his father's farm, where he is living a bachelor.
James Crow, Esq., their fourth son, was born June, 1803. He was married to Rebecca, the youngest daughter of James and Letitia Crow, March, 1828. They had one son and four daughters.
Sarah, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Mary Crow, was born August 15th, 1805. She was married to Samuel Crow, January 8th, 1828. They had three sons and one daughter.
Rebecca, their second daughter, was born in 1808. She was married to George Cook, of Truro, February 17th, 1828. They had one son and four daughters.
Jane, the third daughter of Joseph and Mary Crow, was born August, 1810. She was married to George Yuill, of Clifton, July 9th, 1839. They had one son and one daughter.
Mary Ann, their fourth daughter, was born December 27th, 1812. She was married to Francis Layton, Esq., of Truro, February 23rd, 1837. They had two sons and three daughters. Mr. Layton died November 21st, 1871.
Thomas, the fifth and youngest son of Joseph and Mary Crow, was born January 1st, 1817. He was married to Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Barnhill, January 14th, 1844. They have four sons and three daughters. He inherits a part of his father's farm in Chiganois Village.
Thomas, the third and youngest son of Joseph Crow, Senr., and Esther Barnhill, was born in Chiganois in the year 1773. He was married to Esther, daughter of James Fulton, Esq., and Margaret Campbell, of Bass River, in the year 1796. He was the first who settled at Debert River. His house stood on the west side of the road, opposite James McCulloch's store. He reclaimed his farm from the forest, and continued to live there until several of his sons became men, and he divided his farm between several of them, and removed to Bass River, where he settled for the remainder of his life. He died there in the month of November, 1854, aged 81 years, and his wife died October, 1867, aged 88 years. They had eight sons and six daughters.
Rebecca, their oldest daughter, was born 1797. She was married to John the eldest son of Captain Thomes Fletcher and Elizabeth Barnhill, February 27th, 1820. They had three sons and four daughters.
James, the eldest son of Thomas and Esther Crow, was born March 31st, 1799. He was married to Jane, daughter of William Fletcher and Agnes Davison, his wife of Portaupique, February, 1823. They had four sons and four daughters. Mrs. Crow died May 15th, 1849.
Joseph, their second son, was born January, 1801. He was married to Rossann, daughter of the Rev. John Brown, November 2nd, 1823. They had three sons and three daughters. They inherited the homestead part of his father's farm at Debert River. He died March, 1870, and his wife died May 15th, 1856.
John, their third son, was born February 9th, 1802. He was married to Rebecca, daughter of Thomas and Magdalen Baird, March, 1827. They had one son and two daughters. Mrs. Crow died February 16th, 1845. He was married again to Susan, daughter of David Blackemore and Janet Hoar, of North River, March 3rd, 1846. They had three sons and four daughters.
William, the fourth son of Thomas and Esther Crowe, was born September, 1803. He was married to Isabell Fulton, of Bass River, 1825. They had four sons and four daughters.
Margaret, the second daughter of Thomas and Esther Crow, was born September, 1804. She was married to Thomas Fulton, of Bass River, in 1829. They had four sons and two daughters.
Dr. Robert F. Crow, their fourth son, was born 1805. He was married to Rebecca, fourth daughter of Mark P. and Margaret Martin, 1830. They had one daughter, (who is now the wife of Thomas McCulloch, of Halifax.) He died October, 1844, and his wife died July 6th, 1843, aged 33 years.
Sarah, their third daughter, was married to Archibald Davison. They had five sons and four daughters. He was chopping in the woods, and a tree fell on his leg, and smashed it so badly that it had to be taken off. This took place about the year 1840. He is still living.
Esther, the fourth daughter of Esther and Thomas Crow, was married to William Davison. They had five sons and four daughters, George, their sixth son was married to Jane Fulton. They had three sons and three daughters. Thomas, their seventh son , was married to Lucy Davison. They had one son. David, their eighth and youngest son , was married to Sarah McCully. They had three sons and four daughters. Hannah Jane, their fifth daughter, was married to George Creelman. She died and left no family. Rachel Ann, their sixth and youngest daughter, was born July 12, 1826. She was married to John F. Crow, of Economy, January 15th, 1845. They had three sons and four daughters. They moved to Halifax, and she died there May 1st, 1863.
James, the second son of James Crow, Senr., was born in Ireland about the year 1740. He came with his father and the rest of the family, to Nova Scotia in the year 1761. He would be about 21 years old at the time. He did not remain in Nova Scotia long; he went to Philadelphia and settled there. He carried on business and became wealthy. He married and died there without children.
Aaron, the third son of James Crow, Senr., was born in Ireland in the year 1743, and came with his father and family to Nova Scotia when he was 18 years old. He went with his father to Windsor, and was married there to Abigail Murray, from Sutherlandshire, Scotland, April 15th, 1776. He removed to Onslow some time after the Township was granted. He purchased the farm on which his grandson, Daniel Hyslip now resides, where he settled, spent the remainder of his life, and died October 20th, 1818, aged 75 years, and his wife died September, 1825, aged 66 years. Sarah, their oldest daughter, was born April 26th, 1777. She was married to William Murray. They had eight sons and one daughter. James, their eldest son, was born March 6th, 1779. He was drowned at Chester when he was about twenty-one years old. Daniel, their second son, was born March 3rd, 1781. He inherited his father's farm, where he lived and died a bachelor, June 9th, 1871, aged 89 years. Margaret their second daughter, was born December 28th, 1782. She was married to Rufus McNutt, of North River, July 26th 1802. They had ten sons and three daughters. She died in the month of April, 1869, aged 85 years.
Abigail, the third daughter of Aaron and Abigail Crow, was born February 20th, 1785. She was married to Samuel Gray, of Pictou Co. They had two sons and four daughters. She died Nov., 1868.
George, the third son of Aaron and Abigail Crow, was born July 26th, 1787. He was married to Sarah, the eldest daughter of John and Jane Staples, of Chiganois, January 16th, 1816. Mr. Crow followed the sea when he was a young man. He removed to Tatamagouche Mountain, where he settled, cleared a farm, and spent the remainder of his life. They had four sons and four daughters. He died January 15th, 1857.
Elizabeth, their fourth daughter, was born November 15th, 1797. She was married to Richard Hyslip (who had recently come out from Scotland), November, 1818. They had six sons and four daughters.
Aaron, their fourth son, was born April 16th, 1790. He was married to Rachel, daughter of John and Jane Staples, February 3rd, 1819. They had eight sons and four daughters. They removed to Tatamagouche Mountain, where they reared their family. He died there December 23rd, 1852, and his wife died April 2nd, 1872.
John, their fifth son, was born June 4th, 1792. He died about the year 1826, a bachelor. Rebecca, their fifth daughter, was born February 21st, 1800. She died in the year 1866, aged 66 years. David, their sixth and youngest son, was born January 16th, 1796. Christie, their sixth and youngest daughter, was born October 7th, 1802. She was married to Ebenezer Cock, January 25th, 1825. They had one son and four daughters. They appear among the Cock families. She died August 8th, 1858, aged 56 years.
John, the fifth son of James Crow Senr., was born in Ireland in the year 1748, and came to Nova Scotia with the rest of the family in the ;year 1761, when he was 13 years old. He went to Windsor with his father, and remained there until after the township of Onslow was granted, when he and his brother Aaron removed to Onslow, and he purchased the farm on which his two grandsons, John and Charles Crow, now reside. He had his house near the place on which John Crow's house now stands. Here they reared their family and spent the remainder of their lives. He died October 6th, 1825, aged 77 years, and his wife died May 11th, 1838, aged 86 years. He was married to Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of David Marshall and Sidney Holmes, his wife. (This Elizabeth Marshall was born in England in the year 1752.) They were married April 4th, 1776. George Feash, their eldest son, was born April 22nd, 1777. He followed the sea when young, and went by the name of Capt. George Feash. He was married to Mary Johnson, of New York, a few years before he died. He and his brother John carried on business together, and did something in shipbuilding on the Creek in front the house that John Crow now lives in. He died October 9th, 1820, aged 43 years, and his widow died in New York, October, 1868, and left no family. Sarah, the eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth Crow, was born April 28th, 1778. She was married to Samuel Davison, of Portaupique, January 22nd, 1801. They had one son and eight daughters. She died July 5th, 1871, aged 92 years, and her husband died February 1869.
James, the second son of John and Elizabeth Crow was born December 4th 1781. He was a sea captain, and followed the sea until his health began to fail. He died a bachelor, December 5th, 1819, aged 38 years.
John Crow, their third son was born August 7th, 1784. He was married to Agnes, daughter of William McNutt and Isabella Dickson, April 7th, 1818. They had five sons and two daughters. He followed the sea some time when young. He represented the Township of Onslow in the House of Assembly, from the year 1826, until the year 1851, being elected four different times. He and his wife are both living at date, February 13th, 1872, he being in the 88th year of his age.
Thomas Marshall Crow, their fourth son, was born November 1st, 1790. He was married to Letitia, the eldest daughter of William Smith and Esther Hunter, December 24th, 1816. They had eight sons and one daughter. He filled the office of Collector of Excise for the County of Colchester for a considerable number of years. Also of County Treasurer until he became too old and hard of hearing; and his son John F. now fills the two offices.
Rachel, the second and youngest daughter of John and Elizabeth Crow, was born June 22nd, 1787. She was married to Thomas Lowden, of Pictou. They had five sons and one daughter. She died May 30th, 1861, aged 74 years.
David Holmes, the fifth and youngest son of John and Elizabeth Crow, was born September 24th, 1793. He was married to Mary second daughter of William Smith and Esther Hunter, January, 1819. They had seven sons and two daughters. He inherited his father's farm, and built the house that his son Charles now resides in, where they reared their family, and spent the remainder of their days. He died August 10th, 1843, aged 49 years, and his wife died May 24th, 1861, aged 64 years.
Thomas the fourth son of James Crow, Senr., was born in Ireland in the year 1746. He came with the rest of the family to Nova Scotia, in the year 1761; when he was about 16 years old, and went with his father to Windsor, and remained until about the year 1786, when he removed to Beaver Brook, Clifton, and purchased what is now the farms of his grandsons, Thomas S. Crow and Isaac Yuill. He purchased this farm from James Rutherford, the progenitor of all the Rutherfords of Stewiacke. His house stood in Mr. Yuill's field, on the south side of the road that leads to the mouth of Shubenacadie River. At this place he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. He died there February 25th, 1801, aged 55 years, and his wife died March 16th, 1813, aged 67 years, and their bodies were interred in the old cemetery of Truro. He was married to Sarah, the fifth and youngest daughter of Robert Barnhill of Chiganois, about the year 1773.
James, their eldest son was born in the year 1774. He was married to Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Mary Wilson of Masstown, December 2nd, 1813. He inherited a part of his father's farm at Beaver Brook, and built his house on it, being the same on which his son, Thomas S. Crowe, now resides. Here he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives.
Mary, their eldest daughter, was born August 21st, 1814. She was married to Thomas Yuill, of Clinton, July 11th, 1854.
Thomas Stinson, the only son of James Crow and Sarah Wilson, was born January 24th, 1816. he was married to Sarah, daughter of James Smith and Margaret Crow of Folly Mountain, March 14th, 1843. They had seven sons and four daughters. He inherits his father's farm at Beaver Brook. Sarah, the second daughter of James and Sarah Crow, was born January 11th, 1818. She was married to James Dickson Baird, of Onslow Mountain, November 18th, 1843. They have three sons. Sarah, wife of the aforesaid James Crow, departed this life July 30th, 1818. He was married again to Agnes, daughter of Thomas and Jane Brown, of Clifton, February 25th, 1823. Jane, their only daughter, was born November 10th, 1823. She died March 1st 1824, and Mr. Crow's second wife died August 15th, 1824. He died July 11th, 1852, aged 77 years.
Joseph, the second son of Thomas Crow, Senr and Sarah Barnhill, was born in September, 1776. He was married to Agnes Williams, November 27th, 1806. He settled on the road between Beaver Brook and Black Rock, where they reared their numerous family. He died November 10th, 1852, aged 76 years, and his wife died April, 1831, aged 45 years.
Rebecca, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Agnes Crow, was born October 7th, 1807. She was married to John Park, October 13th, 1825. They had three sons and six daughters.
Sarah, their second daughter, was born October, 1809. She was married to John Oderkirk, January 14th, 1836. They had four sons and three daughters. Mrs. Oderkirk died September 13th, 1851. Letitia, their third daughter, was born September 16th, 1811. She removed to the United States , and was married there to Moses H. Sawyer. They have one daughter. Samuel, the eldest son of Joseph and Agnes Crow, was born October, 1813. He was married to Eleanor Miller of Dartmouth, September, 1839. They had four sons and three daughters. Mary, their fourth daughter, was born August 10th, 1815. She was married to Thomas Newhall, November, 1850. They have one daughter. Thomas, the second son of Joseph and Agnes Crow, was born December 3rd, 1817. He was married to Thankful Gray, of Pictou, (being a grand-daughter of Aaron Crow, of Onslow,) April 20th, 1847. They had four sons and three daughters. He inherits his father's farm. William, their third son, was born March 2nd, 1820. He was married to Jane Dill, of Londonderry, December 20th, 1842. They had three sons and four daughters. James, the fourth son of Joseph and Agnes Crow, was born April 16th, 1822. He married Patience Dill, of Londonderry, September, 1853. He died at Londonderry, June 26th, 1854, aged 32 years. Susan, their fifth daughter, was born October 20th, 1824. She removed to the United States, and was Married there to William Loving, 1856. Ann, their sixth daughter, was born December 6th, 1826. She removed to the United States and was married there to Ebenezer Rolling, 1856. They have five sons. Joseph, their youngest son, was born January 3rd, 1830. He removed to the United States and is married there. They have two sons.
Rebecca, the eldest daughter of Thomas Crow Senr., and Sarah Barnhill, was born in the year 1778. She lived with her brother after the death of her parents, and died unmarried, December 9th, 1853, aged 75 years. Sarah, their second daughter, was born in the year 1780. She was married to John, son of the Rev. David Smith, of Londonderry, in the year 1801. They had seven sons and two daughters. She died October, 1847, and her husband died November 1st, 1831. Thomas, the third and youngest son of Thomas and Sarah Crow, was born March 16th, 1785. He was married to Letitia, second daughter of James and Letitia Crow of Onslow, October 11th, 1814. He settled about a mile up Beaver Brook than his father, where he cleared his farm, built his house, and spent the remainder of his life. His widow and some of his family now reside there. He died there January, 1855, aged 70 years.
James, the eldest son of Thomas and Letitia Crow, was born August 27th, 1815. He was married to Harriet, the youngest daughter of James and Hannah Archibald, February 12th, 1850. They had five sons and two daughters. He settled near the Bay shore, at Clifton, where he carries on a large business at shipbuilding, and is a Justice of the Peace. Joseph, their second son, was born February 26th, 1817. He was married to Margaret Hughes, of Shubenacadie, October 29th, 1844. They had two sons and three daughters. Martha, their eldest daughter, was born December 22nd, 1813. Robert Stinson, the third son of Thomas and Letitia Crow, was born December 22nd, 1820. He was married to Kate, fourth daughter of James and Hannah Archibald, January 17th, 1858. He built the house in which the Rev. James Byers now resides. They lived in it a short time, and carried on shipbuilding. He died suddenly, May 7th, 1864, aged 44 years, and his wife died May 20th, 1864, aged 37 years. They left no family. Sarah Jane, their second daughter, was born November 15th, 1822. Jasper, their fourth son, was born October 25th, 1824. He is deprived of his reason, and has been in the Lunatic Asylum the most of the time these twelve years past. John Smith, the fifth son of Thomas and Letitia Crow, was born July 8th, 1827. He was married to Harriet, daughter of John Sanderson, February 15th, 1855. Mrs. Crow died March 5th, 1860, aged 26 years, and left no family. He was married again to Jane Cox, of Lower Salma, November 29th, 1863. They had two sons and one daughter. He follows shipbuilding. Rebecca, the third and youngest daughter, of Thomas Watson and Letitia Crow, was born April 1st, 1829. She was married to William Murray, Oct. 4th, 1864.
Margaret, the third daughter of Thomas Crow Senr., and Sarah Barnhill, was born in Truro, May 18th, 1787. She was married to James, son of David Smith and Rebecca Cook, his wife, of the Folly Mountain, February 18th, 1818. (This David Smith was son of the Rev. David Smith.) They had five sons and one daughter. She died March 4th, 1861, aged 74 years.
Esther, the fourth daughter of Thomas and Sarah Crow, was born June 19th, 1789. She died young. Letitia, one of their twin daughters, was born in April 1792. She was married to John Barnhill, of Chiganois. They had one son, who appears among the Barnhills. She died April 8th, 1837, aged 45 years. Her husband died October 23rd, 1847, aged 85 years. Mary, the other twin daughter of Thomas Crow, was married to a Mr. Barry. They had one son and one daughter. Mr. Barry died. She was married again to Robert McNeal, of Masstown, 1821. They had four sons and two daughters. She died February 14th, 1867, and Mr. McNeal died January 6th, 1872.
Nicholas, the sixth and youngest son of James Crow, Senr., was born in Ireland, about the year 1750. He came to Nova Scotia in the year 1761, when he was 11 years old, and went, with his father and three other brothers, Aaron, Thomas, and John to Windsor. Shortly after, he and his father settled at Portaupique, where he continued the rest of his life. He was married to Miss Harrison. James Crow, the eldest son, was married to Mary, third daughter of James Fulton, Esq., in 1801. They had five sons and five daughters. They settled in Economy. He died May 1st, 1850; his widow died January, 1857. Thomas crow, their second son, was married to Eleanor Reid in 1803. They had four sons and three daughters. They settled in Portaupique, where he died in 1840. David Crow their third son, was married to Esther Crow, of Onslow. They had three sons and three daughters. Jane Crow was married to David Totton. They had six sons and three daughters. They settled on the Folly Mountain. In January, 1870, Mr. Totten was drowned in a small brook while watering his cattle. Sarah, another daughter, was married to William McCully, of Masstown, in 1808. They had one son and eight daughters. Mr. McCully was supposed to be lost in the Bay in March, 1826. His widow died in December, 1859.
