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The late Thomas Allen Glenn stated that the immigrant Thomas Croasdale was that Thomas baptized at Waddington, 20 May 1644,son of Edward Croasdale, and that he later married in May 1664 Agnes Hathornthwaite, daughter of William Hathornthwaite of Lancashire. He also provided more data on the ancestry without reaching any definite conclusion, and though the marriage seems right, the identification of the father is most certainly wrong. Though proof is lacking it seems highly probable that the immigrant was the son of William Croasdale of Newah, who died 29 11 mo. 1666 and was buried 31 11th mo. 1666, with a wife Elizabeth who died 18 th mo. 1672, buried 20 4th mo. 1672, both in the graveyard of Settle Meeting which was at a place called Newton. In that graveyard was buried a Thomas Croasdale of Lower Newah who died according to Settle Meeting recoreds on 28 11 mo. 1676, date of burial not stated. It at least may be suggested that he was the younger brother of the aforsaid William. Welcome Claiments p. 145 Thomas Croasdale, probably the son of William and Elizabeth(__________ Croasdale of Newah,Yorkshire, rather than of Edward Croasdale, was born probably somewhat earlier than 1644, since he married in May 1664 Agnes Hathornthwaite, daughter of William Hathornthwaite of Lancashire. They came to America with 6 children in 1682 on the LAMB. They settled at Middletown, Bucks Co., Pa., but Thomas was buried there on 2 2nd mo. 1682 and Agnes on 20 8th mo.1684 and not as stated by Mrs. Blanche (Moore) Haines in 1684 and 1685, respectively. There is no mention of Thomas in the probate of Agnes Croasdale, late of Neshamineh, on who see state administration was granted to her sons William and John Croasdale on 1 9th mo. 1686. IBID THE CROASDALE FAMILY Thomas Croasdale (II) was the son of John whose father Thomas and mother Agnes ( among the multiple families with a certificatefrom SETTLE M. M., Yorkshire with six children, sailed from Liverpool on the LAMB, arrived in the Delware October 22,1682, six days before Penn, on the Welcome, landed at Upland (Chester), October 28th. Earlier, in England, had drawn up and signed an indenture at London granting Thomas Croasdale 1,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania ( 500 to be laid out in BucksCounty), for which acreage Thomas Croasdale agreed to pay aquit-rent of " one pepper-corn per year to the proprietor or his heirs and assigns.... " A Quaker Saga By Brey pg 362. Thomas Croasdale (the elder) soon after his arrival and was buried at Middletown (Neshamnie) Burial Ground " 2nd day of 9thmo 1682"; some authorities believe Thomas Croasdale died in1683, as settlement in that area of Bucks County eleven days after landing in Pa. would not have been likely. His wife Agnes died later and was also buried at Middletown the " 20th day of8th mo 1684" . Letters of administration were granted to sons William and John who, after a period of thirty years and many court requests, were finally able to clear title to certain acreage and settle the estates of their father and mother.From the deeds, papers, etc., evidently handed over to John Watson at the time of settlement in 1733, and records of court and commissioner proceedings found in Pennsylvania Archives and Colonial records (B), , there were 950 acres of land allocated to the heirs of Thomas Croasdale in Bucks County ( excluding the 302acres gained by resurvey), one city lot in Philadelphia sold to Daniel Powel in 1697, situated on Second Street on the Delaware River, and an eight-acres tract liberty land conveyed by deed to Nicholas Waln in 1698 (E). IBID Children of Thomas & Agnes(Hathornwaite) Croasdale all Born in England 1. WILLIAM CROASDALE a, b. 1664, m. 1st 1689/90 Middletown M. M.,Elizabeth HAYHURST, daughter of Cuthburt and Mary (Rudd) Hayhurst, who died 1691. William m. 2nd Sarah MILNOR; no issue. He died in 1715. William and Elizabeth Croasdale had two children. One, a daughter Agness, Survived and married RICHARD HILL; second, a son Thomas, " buried 16th 11 mo1691". 2. JOHN CROASDALE, b. 1666 d.1706, Pa.; m. 1697 Marah CHAPMAN, daughter of John and Jane Chapman. John and Marah Croasdale had three children: one, THOMAS Croasdale II, (disowned for marriage out, 3/12/1731/2 and had only one daughter); two daughters-- RUTH, d. unmarried and AGNES who married Joseph WARNER, son of John and Anne Campden Warner, from whom many of the Warners in Bucks County are descended. Among their children, Mary Warner b. 1725/6, married JAMES WILDMAN, son of Matthew and Mary (Hayhurst) Wildman. Another daughter Sarah Warner, married Benjamin Wiggins of Wrightstown.Their daughter was named "Agnes" for her Great- Great-grandmother Agnes Hathornwaite, which given name has descended every other generation since, according to records of A. S.Palmer, Newton, Pa. But the surname Croasdale died out inThomas II's Generation. Marah (Chapman) Croasdale, Widow of John, m. 2nd John Wildman, Son of Martin and Ann ( See ChapterXVII, PP 553, 554) 3. ELIZABETH CROASDALE, b. 166(?), d.young. 4. MARY CROASDALE, b. 166(?) d. 1716, bur. at old graveyard at logtown, now PENNS PARK; m. at Wrightstown, BucksCo., Pa. 1690, under the care of Neshamnie M. M., WILLIAM SMITH, who came to Pennsylvania on ship FRIENDS ADVENTURE,arriving " 28th 7th mo 1682.... to serve for four years and to have 50 acres of land, being the Governor's allowance. "William Smith's house (oldest part) still stands near Penns Park. Smith died in 1743, married twice, fathered fifteen children, eight by his first wife, Mary Croasdale: 1. Thomas Smith m. Elizabeth Sanders 2. Hannah Smith m. William Lee 3.. William Smith, Jr. b. 1697 d. 1780; married 1723 Rebecca WILSON, daughter of Stephan and Sarah (Baker) Wilson. William Jr. was a large landowner and a member of Pennsylvania Assembly 1753-65 as a representative from Bucks County. (see p. 415) and had 8 children. 4. Margaret Smith b. 1691 m. 1712 Enoch PEARSON, son of Edward. 5. Elizabeth Smith m, 1718 Thomas Watson, Jr of Buckingham. 6. Lydia Smith m. Joseph HESTON 7.. Mary Smith b. 1696 m. 8/30/1717 John ATKINSON. 8. Sarah Smith b. 1700 m. 1721 Wrightstown, Samuel BLAKER, son of JOHN and JUDITH Blaker and had one son and five daughters. 5. BRIDGET CROASDALE, b. 167(?) in England, m. JohnCowgill 6. ALICE CROASDALE, b. 1673 m. 1/22/1693 MiddletownM. M., Bucks Co. David POTTS IBID pg. 363-4 Will of WILLIAM CROASDALE of town of Bristol Bucks Dated: 1/30/ 1715 Proved Jan.10, 1715 " To grandson William Hill : Plantation except east end of meadow next to Mill Pond, which part to Agnes Hill during life then to her son William ... House and lot in Bristol to daughter Agnes Hill then to her child or children. Mention:Son-in-law Richard Hill Sister Mary Smith's eight children (wife of William Smith of Wrightstown) Sister Alice Potts ten children Sister Bridget Cowgill, Deceased, four children (wife of John Cowgill) Brother John Croasdale's two daughters brotherJohn Croasdale (dec'd) son and two daughters ( thomas, Ruth and Agnes) Brother-in-law David Potts( married to Alice Croasdale)Elizabeth Smith 6 shillings Brother-in-law John Cutler (married to Margery Hayhurst) Balance between me and Brother WilliamSmith Balance between me and Murrah Wildman to her daughter Ruth Croasdale. Money in hands of William Blakey to People called Quakers at Bristol Meeting.- Geo. Clough & John Hall totake care of same on behalf of the friends. " Daughter Agnes Hill Executix...." - Bucks Co. Will Book # 2 pg. 22 ( Thos.and Agnes son) IBID pg. 365. MIDDLETOWN MONTHLY MEETING, REMOVALS 1682- 1699 (Microflm of original copy at FHL,Swarthmore College) " From Settle Monthly meeting ye 7th of ye4th mo. 1682 " These are to certifie all whome it may concerne that it is manifested to us that a nessessity is laid upon severall friends (be) longing this monthly meeting, to remove into Pensilvania, and (par)ticulerly our deare frien Cuthbert Hayhurst (his wife and Fim(ily) ) who hath been and is a Labourer in ye truth for whose welfare (and) prosperity wee are unanimously concerned, and also for our friends Nicholas Waln, his wife and three children. Thom. Wiglesworth and Alice his wife, Thm. Walmesley, Elizabeth, His wife and (family?) THO.CROASDILL, AGNES HIS WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN; Tho. Stackhouse (and) his wife; Ellin Cougill, widdow and her children, WillmHayhurst who wee believe are faithfull friends in their measures and single in (theirs) intentions to remove into ye aforsaid province in America, there to (inhabit ?) if ye lord permitt, and wee do certifie our unity with their said intentions and desires their prosperity in ye lord and hopes what is done by them (will) tend o ye advancement of ye truth in which wee are unanimously concerned with them. Samuel Watson, George Blande, George Atkinson, John Hall, Thomas Rudd Christopher Johnson, James Tennant, Nicholas Frank(land), John Moore,Junior, John Driver, Anthony (Over)end (IBID pg 373) Among the first burial listed at "Neshamnie Buryal Ground" are Thomas Croasdale in 1682, Thomas Walmsley in 1684, Agness Croasdale, Widow of Thomas, in 1684. (IBID pg 335-6) At any rate, the 1699 road from " John Croasdale's to Kings Road" at Four-land-end must have joined a road first called " Newton toBuckingham (Bristol) road" also "Wrightstown to Neshamnie Meeting", as well as "Durham Road" nowdays known as simply "Newtown to Bristol Road". Off this one and the same road on the hill above Core Creek toward Newtown, a short"right-of-way-road" led east to the lane on the Croasdale property until early 1900 when it was closed. Here, a small dwelling and farm building once belong to John, son of First Thomas Croasdale, (Indenture, signed by William Penn and Thomas Croasdale, Extant) had passed on to his son thomas (II)who sold the property to John Watson in 1733. Except for a"New" large stone house, built ca. 1750, the small farmhouse and buildings probably stand now much as they did then, in avale-like setting of rolling fields surrounding by woods overlooking the swiftly flowing Core Creek, not far from its mouth that empties into the Neshaminy at Bridgetown where the first grist mill was built by the Heatons in 1709. (IBID pg.330-1). John and Ruth (Blakely) Watson in 1734 moved toMiddletown township on a 240- acres plantation bough of Thomas Croasdale in 1733 " at a Public vendue". This property was part of William Penn's original grant to the grandfather, ThomasCroasdale, drawn up in England " 21st of April 1682". (Thomas Croasdale, his wife Agnes and children were among Friends on the multiple certificate from Settle MM., Yorkshire). (IBID pg. 195) On one indenture drawn up in London by William Penn himself in 1682, to Thomas Croasdale from Yorkshire, who came on the LAMB, October 22, 1682, it is plainly written that his yearly "rent of one pepper corn onely" was to be collected by William Penn, his heirs or assigns, on the thousand acres of THOMAS CROASDALE in Bucks co., Pa. The original, signed and sealed by William Penn, is in the possession of a descendant of Thomas Croadale. Peppercorn is defines as " The dried berry of the black pepper" (IBID pg. 175) Probably the next ship to arrive in the Delware was a relatively small small one of 130 tons burden, the LAMB of Liverpool. Presumably it had been chartered by a group of Friends who belonged to the Monthly Meeting at Settle in western Yorkshire, which issued one certificate of removal dated 7 4m 1682, for about thiry people,members of seven families. A few others from Lancashire,further west, who shipped goods on the vessel, were probably included among its passengers. It appears to have arrived 22October 1682. The Settle certificate, as printed in Issac Comly, Sketches of the history of Byberry. . . " Memoirs HSP II(1827), 182, was for Cuthbert Hayhurst, Thomas Wrightsworth (Wigglesworth), Thomas Walmsley, Thomas Croasdale, ThomasStackhouse, Nicholas Waln, Ellen Cowgill and their families; only three of them shipped dutiable goods on the Lamb. John COWGILL, was the servant of Cuthbert Hayhurst, who came with him, married 19 8m 1693, Bridget Croasdale, daughter of Thomas,who presumably was on the same ship. PMHB< XXX, 483;Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, XIX, 586 SOURCE: PASSENGERSAND SHIPS ( PENN COLONY VOL. 1) PG 52 Thomas Croasdale, of New Hay, Yorkshire, F. P. of 1000 acres, was included in the Settle certificate, as were Agnes and six children, William, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Bridget and Alis (Alice) though the children, listed in Middletown Monthly Meeting Records, 123- 124, as "born in England" were not named. Croasdale, like Hayhurst, has been considered a passenger on the Welcome. He obtained a warrant for the city lot appurtenant to his purchase of countryland on 25 11m 1683/4, but died in less than a year, letters of administration being grant to his widow Agnes 10/10m/1684.Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, XIX, 255, 260; for administration see PGSP, I, 203 SOURCE: IBID PG 52-3 Some old letters say the Croasdales lived in a cave before dwellings were erected in Philadelphia.
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Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
1644 - 1682 (38 years)