• General Notes

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  REFN: 7141
  On 20 April, 1732, Adam Crump witnessed the will of William Martin of
  Charles County, MD (Baldwin, Maryland Calender
  of Wills, Vol. 6, pp 220). The will of William dated March 13, 1733 has
  bequeths to two cousins, John a nd Francis Crump,
  children of Bethalome Crump (Baldwin, MD. Wills, Vol. 7, pp 13, Cecil
  Co.). This is the first known mention of Adam
  Crump.
  In 1734, Ada m married Anna Barbara McCarty Fitzhugh, the dau. of Daniel
  McCarty, Speaker of the House of Burgesses,
  and Elizabeth Pope McCarty of Westmorland County, V A. Anna McCarty had
  first married Major John Fitzhugh, son of Col.
  William a nd Sarah Tucker Fitzhugh of Westmorland County, VA, in or before
  1719. Anna a nd John had four daughters and
  three sons born between 1715/1719 and 1733.
  In a deposition taken in 1736 in Fairfax County, VA. the dancing master
  would b e Adam Crump. He claimed on land on the
  great Henting Creek but claimed land 8 or 9 miles from Alexandria at the
  head of Piney Run.
  In 1735, Adam Crump of St. Pauls's Parish, Stafford County, purchased one
  thousand acres on Dogue R un in Truro Parish in
  Prince William County, Virginia, from John Warner, a sur veyor. It was the
  same land which was granted unto the said John
  Varner, sur veyor, by deed on March 9, 1730 from the Proprietors of the
  Northern Neck of Virginia (DB "B" pp 483, June
  26, 1735, Stafford Co. VA.). This land became pa rt of Fairfax County when
  it was formed in 1742. Today the land is just
  nort h of Fort Belvoir, near Franconia.
  By 1737, Adam had purchased land in Charles County, Maryland, across the
  Potomac from Stafford County from a Richard
  Br ett or Brent. He and his sons had moved to Truro Parish, Prince William
  Count y, VA. Adam had permission to cut timer
  from an adjacent property known as "Wo rld's End" in order to build a
  house.
  In 1743 the Proprietors of Northern Ne ck granted Adam 385 additional
  acres of "wasteland" or uncultivated land lyin g in
  Fairfax County, adjacent to the land already owned by him (Fairfax
  Coun ty, VA. DB "F" pp 97, March 13, 1743).
  The executors of Adam Crump were on the Rent Rolls for Fairfax County for
  1800 acres in 1761 and 1764; and for 1000
  acres in 1772 and 1774

Details of Adam's family with Hannah Bushrod