John Crawford

- Bef 1690

• Name	John Crawford
  Birth	Ayrshire, Scotland
  	Said to have been related to the Craufurds of Craufurdland
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1676	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	From Barbados with Colonel Lewis Morris and others
  Title Suffix	Sr, Gentleman  [1]
  Property	14 Nov 1678	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2]
  	Warrant for 120 acres in Middletown "in right of himself and his wife", purchased from Rchard Gibbons
  Property	1685	Greenwich, Kent, England   [3]
  	Sold lands he had inherited from his father in East Greenwich to Jeremiah Bennett
  Property	17 Jun 1685	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed of sale by Randoll Huitt to John Crawford, 240 acres at Naversinks
  Property	15 Jan 1685/86	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Petition to the Board of Proprietors, with William Layton and Nathaniel Comocke, relating to land "as old settlers at Neversinks"
  Residence	25 Mar 1687	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Land adjacent to property obtained by Robert Hamilton of Midletoune
  Death	Bef 21 Feb 1689/90	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Probate	21 Feb 1689/90	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Inventory made by William merel and William Jones. Estate of £107 3s 6d, including "negro boy" £50
  Person ID	I45375	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Captain William Crawford
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31858	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Crawford)
  Children	1. Gideon Crawford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John Crawford   d. Bef 25 Nov 1704, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - Ayrshire, Scotland Arrival - From Barbados with Colonel Lewis Morris and others - 1676 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Warrant for 120 acres in Middletown "in right of himself and his wife", purchased from Rchard Gibbons - 14 Nov 1678 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold lands he had inherited from his father in East Greenwich to Jeremiah Bennett - 1685 - Greenwich, Kent, England Property - Deed of sale by Randoll Huitt to John Crawford, 240 acres at Naversinks - 17 Jun 1685 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Petition to the Board of Proprietors, with William Layton and Nathaniel Comocke, relating to land "as old settlers at Neversinks" - 15 Jan 1685/86 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - Land adjacent to property obtained by Robert Hamilton of Midletoune - 25 Mar 1687 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 21 Feb 1689/90 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory made by William merel and William Jones. Estate of £107 3s 6d, including "negro boy" £50 - 21 Feb 1689/90 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3748] Nelson, William, The New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries, Vol. II, p165. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Liber 2, Part B: Folio 100 (PEASJ003). [S3748] Nelson, William, The New Jersey Coast in Three Centuries, Vol. II, p166. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D(EJ): Folio 134-135 (SSTSE023). [S3720] Miller, George J., The Minutes of the Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey from 1685 to 1705, pp109-110. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p100. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p117.