Unity Croshaw was a colonist of British Colonial Virginia, the first surviving European colony in North America. Born in the colony, she was the daughter of Major
Joseph Croshaw, and a granddaughter of
Raleigh Croshaw, who came to the
Colony of Virginia in 1608 with the
Second Supply The Jamestown supply missions were a series of fleets (or sometimes individual ships) from 1607 to around 1611 that were dispatched from England by the London Company (also known as the Virginia Company of London) with the specific goal of initially ...
to
Jamestown. She married Colonel
John West.
Biography
Unity Croshaw is believed to have been born about 1636 to Joseph Croshaw and his 1st wife. Unity was a middle child and had as many as four sisters and brothers.
Unity married Colonel John West sometime before November 1664. As a result of the marriage, and the early death of Unity's half-brother, the intended heir, Croshaw's plantation at "Poplar Neck" passed to John West.
Unity Croshaw and John West had the following children:
*
John West III John West III (1666–1734) was a justice and sheriff of King and Queen County and a House of Burgesses representative for King William County, all in the Colony of Virginia. He was the eldest son of Colonel John West, and grandson of John West ...
, married Judith Armistead, daughter of
Anthony Armistead.
*Thomas West 1669–1714, married Agnes 1670-1720
*
Nathaniel West, married Martha Woodward, widow of
Gideon Macon.
*Anne West, married Henry Fox.
Unity died after 30 October 1693, when she relinquished dower in "Poplar Neck."
[Dorman, Vol. 1, p.773.]
References
Sources
*"Records of York County, Croshaw, vol. 1664-1672, p. 257"
*"Notes and Queries", ''The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr., 1894)''
*"Tax Rolls, March 1660. 3 March 1659."
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People from colonial Virginia
Unity Croshaw