David Crockett, the Elder

• Parents unknown.
• Y-DNA haplogroup test results are I-M223
• Grandfather of the famous Davy Crockett through son John Crockett
• Not related to Capt. Joseph Louis Crockett, whose Y-DNA test results are R-M269

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A027938

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Please see updated family notes at discussion: https://www.geni.com/discussions/176634?msg=1193154

• Davy Crockett's grandfather was David Crockett in all the records that have been found for him. There is no evidence of a first name John. Also his parents have never been proven. Everyone tries to connect all the Crocketts in one family but there are several Crocketts, that have been proven not to be his brother.
• His known sons were William, John, Robert, Joseph, Alexander, and James. There may have been son David, and a daughter Jean but they are not proven. DNA has linked sons of John, Robert, Joseph, and Alexander. James had no children.
• No documents support children of William, but the two strongest candidates are John Andrew Crockett who died in McMinn County, Tennessee. Also David Crockett who married Margaret Elder and died in Jefferson County, Tennessee is a strong candidate as of a son of William. He also was in Jefferson County, before going to Gibson.
• I (Private User) am a descendent of John Andrew Crockett and my DNA test showed I was from the family of Davy Crockett. so this links John Andrew to the family.
• Please do not use French and Armstrong as a reference as it is full of mistakes and show no sources. Davy Crockett's uncles, Robert, Joseph, and also had sons names David Crockett. ...

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There is a patriot David Crockett, who, with William Crockett, was part of the original signatories of the Wautauga Association petition to annex Washington District to the Provincial Congress at Halifax, North Carolina. North Carolina failed to return an answer, yet John Carter, John Sevier, Charles Robertson, and John Hall appeared as delegates at Halifax and were accorded Seats. All the men signing the petition were frontier soldiers, and nearly all fought at King's Mountain." The original list, in the state archives at Raleigh, bears this indorsement: "Received August 22, 1776" (From 'King's Mountain Men,')

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~snipper/wau/waupetition.ht...

David Crockett was killed in 1777 at his home near today's Rogersville, Tennessee, by Indians led by Dragging Canoe, who was principal chief of the Chickamauga, or Lower Cherokee, from 1777 until his death in 1792.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragging_Canoe

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Updated page at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8630430/david-crockett

David Crockett was Davy Crockett's grandfather.

• Birth: 1729 Cumberland County Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: Aug., 1777 Rogersville Hawkins County Tennessee, USA

On the marker place at this spot by the State of Tennessee in 1927; "Here lie David Crockett, and his wife (Elizabeth Hedge), the grandparents of Davy Crockett who were massacred near this spot by Indians in 1777".

This cemetery is also known as "Rogers Cemetery", located on Rogan Road at Crockett Park in Rogersville. GPS N36 24.238 W83 00.525

Davy Crockett was named after his paternal grandfather, David, who was killed in 1777, at his home, near today's Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, by Indians led by "Dragging Canoe".

Dragging Canoe, as he was known to whites (c. 1738 – 1 Mar 1792), was an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of Cherokee. Dragging Canoe led attacks on white settlements all over the American Southeast, especially against the colonial settlements on the Holston, Watauga, and Nolichucky Rivers in East Tennessee, and the Cumberland River settlements in Middle Tennessee (after 1780), sometimes raiding into Kentucky and Virginia as well. His brothers Little Owl, The Badger, and Turtle-at-Home are known to have taken part in his wars as well. (wikipedia.org)

Parents:

• William D Crockett (1709 - 1770) [DISPROVED]
• Elizabeth Boulay Crockett (1710 - ____) [DISPROVED]

Children:

• William Crockett (1748 - 1836)*
• John Crockett (1759 - 1834)*

Spouse:

• Elizabeth Hedge Crockett (1730 - 1777)

Burial: Crockett Cemetery Rogersville Hawkins County Tennessee, USA

WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHO DAVID'S PARENTS ARE AFTER ALL.

DNA

Participation by descendants of David and Elizabeth in the Crockett Families DNA Project at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Crockett/ has determined David's Crockett family line is not related to the Joseph Louis Crockett family or to any of the five other distinctive, unrelated Crockett family lines that have been identified by these tests.

This Project has revealed that many of the Crockett families French and Armstrong connected in their book, "Notable Southern Families - The Crockett Family" actually are not related.

And at this point in time, there is inadequate documentation to prove which of the Crockett DNA project members, IF ANY, descend from Antoine de Crocketagne.

(W. Lawrence)

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The elder Davy Crockett, Davy's grandfather, left the settled lands of North Carolina and crossed the mountains into present-day East Tennessee, in search of fresh territory to settle. While his older sons were away with the Revolutionary army at King's Mountain in 1777, the grandfather and his wife, were two of a dozen or so settlers living near present-day Rogersville who were massacred by Creek and Cherokee Indians.

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John David (David) Crockett was born in Ireland or on the boat on voyage to America. He came with his family from Ireland like lots of other Ulster Scots did.

Philadelphia was probably the the port of entry, since the Pennsylvania colony, which was established by Quakers, appeared to welcome them. The puritanical New England colonies were less tolerant of the newcomers and had no use for either Scots or Irish.

The primary pattern of their western migration took them out of Pennsylvania along the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, continuing south and west into what would become Tennessee, or, as the Crocketts did, into North Carolina and then to Tennessee.

Crocketts may have scouted the area or made the move to Virginia as early as 1743. The signature "David Crockatt" appears as a witness to a lease dated January 1743 in Frederick County, VA, between Morgan Bryan - grandfather of Rebecca Boone, wife of Daniel Boone - and Roger Turner. Bryan had come to the area in about 1730 and brought settlers from Pennsylvania with him.

By 1748, David the elder had established a home in the Shenandoah Valley, just over the border in the northernmost part of Frederick County, VA, "4 miles from Watkins Ferry lying on both sides of the Wagon Road".

Michael Wallis: David Crockett, the Lion of the West, 2011.

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References

1. Y-DNA Test results: Haplogroup I-M 223. Group 2 at The Crockett Families DNA Project - Y-DNA Results Overview. See https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Crockett?iframe=ydna-results-o...
2. or see I-M223 Crockett line yDNA I-Y32632 (that's the Davy Crockett line).
3. Burial record: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8630430/david-crockett