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]

  • John West III, 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 West (24 December 1658 - 12 May 1708, Elsing Green, King William County); married in 1676 George Thomas Martin (b. 1656).

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.

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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