Death of Thomas Crutchley...April 8, 1710

I lost this post when I was in the midst of writing it on April 8th...but I found it!

It's been awhile since I posted on this blog. I initially started it to relate some family history to my cousins and haven't really done much with it since then...but I recently started looking over some other items and decided to continue the history based upon anniversary dates.

So today's ancestor is Thomas Crutchley. He was born in 1651 probably in Annapolis, in Anne Arundel County, Maryland and died 302 years ago in the same location...so 1651-1810.

Thomas Crutchley is my 9x Great Grandfather on my Mother's Father's side.

• Barbara (1939-2005), daughter of Robert George Metcalf and Henrietta Josefina Ceseña (Verdugo daughter);
• Robert (1918-1999), the son of Charles Henry Metcalf(e) [he's the one that lost the 'e' due to some legal issues] and Alma Marie Luther;
• Charles (1892-1968); the son of Charles H. Metcalfe and Olive "Ollie" A. Garrison;
• Charles H. (1865-1926), the son of George W. and Mary A. (or Martha) Metcalfe;
• George (1810-aft 1880), the son of William J. and Jemina;
• William (1788-1869), the son of John Metcalfe (the 'e' magically appears] and Prudence Clark;
• John (1767-1835), the son of William Isaac Metcalf  and Esther (or Hester) Braselton;
• William Isaac (1745-1825), the son of John Metcalf and Mary Polly Norris;
• John (1710-1757), the son of John Metcalf and Lydia Crutchley;
• And Lydia (1682-1740), the daughter of Thomas Crutchley and Margaret Baldwin.

What do we know about Thomas Crutchley? He was an attorney in Annapolis. He married Margaret Baldwin, Daughter of John Baldwin & Elizabeth Lusby...the Baldwins were a Quaker family and John Baldwin was supposedly a descendent of John Baldwyn, The Hero of 1622.

John Baldwyn was the hero of 1622 during the Indian massacre in Virginia. He became a Quaker and can be traced back to Jamestown. He came on the ship Tyger, the same ship that brought the colony treasurer, Lord Sandys to Jamestown.  Sandys had Parliamentary approval to round up "50 London Orphans" to bring to Jamestown.  At that time, an orphan was any young person with no discernable father; (he might have a mother).  John Baldwyn's grandson said that his grandfather came on that ship as an orphan.  Later in 1622, the last big Indian attack occurred.  Master John Baldwin was credited with alarming the colony by firing his musket and was rewarded with a purse of gold.

The Baldwin Family traces their descent from Bawdewyn, who are named in the roll of Battle Abbey as one of the companions of William the Conqueror and afterwards were Castellans of Montgomery from whom that town acuired it's Welsh appellation of Tre-Baldwin of town of Baldwin.

Thomas & Margaret Crutchley's children were:

• Our ancestor: Lydia CRUTCHLEY; born before Jun 1684; married John METCALF before Nov 1709.
• Thomas CRUTCHLEY, born 27 Jan 1685 at St. James Parish, Anne Arundel Co., MD; married Dinah HARWOOD.
• Ruth CRUTCHLEY; born circa 1690; married Richard WARFIELD before Nov 1709.
• Beatrice CRUTCHLEY; born before 1709.
• Eliza CRUTCHLEY; born before Nov 1709