Frances Crump

Frances Mountney married William Crump of Lancaster Co., Va.

When Hannah (Boyle) Mountney, Frances Mountney's mother, died in 1659, William Crump, Frances' husband, became executor of her estate and was given guardianship of William and Elizabeth (Hill) Pinley 's orphans. Elizabeth (Hill) Pinley was the deceased half-sister of Frances (Mountney) Crump. William Crump was abusive to the orphans, Thomas and Dorothy Pinley, especially Dorothy. This abuse was officially recorded as even "in the face of this court". Raising these two orphaned children along with her own family probably placed a strain on the Crump family, especially William.

William and Frances (Mountney) Crump moved from Lancaster County, Virginia to Talbot County, Maryland in Feb. 1665 with their three children and the two Pinley orphans. Three more children were born in Talbot County. The 1665 Talbot County court records and the 1695 last Will and Testament of William confirm this. On 20 Mar 1671, William also attested for headright purposes that he imported his wife Frances, sons William and John, daughter Elizabeth, and Thomas and Dorothy Pinley to Talbot Co., MD in Feb. 1665.

The move from Lancaster Co., VA to Talbot Co., MD was probably prompted by William's penchant for breaking the law and getting caught.

William died testate before 11 Sep 1695 and Frances, his widow. was the executrix. No copy of the will survives. She died shortly after 02 Apr 1715 when she gave a deposition. (Kent Co., MD, Bonds and Inventories GL #1, pp2c-3)

The children of William and Frances ( Mountney) Crump were:

1. William Crump, Died unmarried
2. John Crump, Died unmarried
3. Elizabeth Crump
4. Hannah Crump d. 1756
5. Robert Crump (see below)
6. Mary Crump m. 11 Sep 1695 John Merriday (Meredith)

NOTE: "It was previously thought that William Crump of New Kent County was a younger son of Sgt. Thomas Crump (1600-1652) and that he married a daughter of Hannah (Boyle) Hill Spilman Mountney. Subsequent research has established that the William Crump, of Lancaster County, VA, who married Mrs. Mountney's daughter, Frances (Mountney) Crump, was not the same person and that William Crump of New Kent County, who deposed 24 June 1659 he was aged 27 (York Co. Wills, Deeds, Orders &c3, 1657-62, p. 62), had a wife, Anne, who on 24 May 1660 gave a power of attorney to acknowledge the deed whereby her husband had on 08 Nov 1657 assigned to Charles Woodington his right to 500 acres of a patent for 1000 acres in James City County near the Rickohock path, Kiscohonsicke Swamp and Weckenoskeekicke Swamp issued, 26 Jan 1656/7, to him and Mr. Humphrey Vaulx (York Co. Wills, Deeds, Orders &c3, 1657-62, p. 81r), with year of his assignment written "ffifty one"; Patent Book 4, p. 52 [77], was NOT (my emphasis) son of Sgt Thomas Crump. On 12 June 1648 a patent issued to Lewis Burwell named William Crump (of New Kent County) among the headrights (Patent Book 2, p. 181). On 06 May 1659, Elizabeth (Burwell) Vaulx, wife of Robert Vaulx, referred to William Crump (of new Kent County) as her attorney and kinsman. These records with the association with the related Burwell- Vaulx-Woodington families, suggest that William Crump of New Kent County was himself an immigrant to Virginia rather than native born. Descendants of William Crump (of New Kent County) are traced to Elizabeth Hawes Ryland, "A Tentative History of the Crump Family of New Kent County, Va." (typewritten; Richmond, 1949); Malcolm Hart Harris, "Old New Kent County" (West Point, 1977), I, pp. 167-70; William Curry Harllee, "Kinfolks II (New Orleans, 1934), pp. 1188-1209; Marius Randolph Barham and Nellie McLane Barham, "A Crump on Every Stump", (n.p., 1986)" (Source: "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" by John Frederick Dorman, Vol. I, 4th Ed., 2004, pp784/5, Footnote #9).

Sources:

• "Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5" by John Frederick Dorman, Vol. I, 4th Ed., 2004, pp360-361.
• Karen Penley of PenleyPearls.com. NOTE: Permission obtained for use of research done by Karen Penley.

Bio by Gresham Farrar.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 13 2020, 11:21:00 UTC