Unity Croshaw

Unity Croshaw was the daughter of Major Joseph Croshaw, and a granddaughter of Raleigh Croshaw, who came to Virginia in 1608 with the Second Supply.[1] She married Colonel John West.

Biography

Unity Croshaw married Colonel John West by 1664.[2] As a result of the marriage, and the early death of the intended heir, Croshaw's plantation at "Poplar Neck" passed to John West.[3]

Unity Croshaw and John West had the following children:[4]

Unity died after 30 October 1693, when she relinquished dower in "Poplar Neck".[5]

References

  1. Second Supply -- Jamestown Rediscovery
  2. Deed dated 4 Nov 1664, Joseph Croshaw to John West, mentioning Croshaw's daughter as "wife of the said West". Cited in Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., Vol. 1, p.773.
  3. In 1687 "Poplar Neck" was sold by West "and Unity his wife" to Edmund Jenings, who renamed it "Ripon Hall". "Notes and Queries", William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4
  4. Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, 4th ed., v.3, p.490
  5. Dorman, Vol. 1, p.773.

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