General Notes

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Agnes (Nancy) Crawford (ca 1712 - aft. 1768) was probably born in I reland
about 1711. Some traditions say that she married John McCreery in Dubl in
and that shortly thereafter they came to America along with the family of
John's brother, James McCreery. Another tradition says that John McCreery
a nd Agnes Crawford eloped and were married on the ship that brought them
to Am erica in 1732. The latter tradition says that Agnes Crawford's noble
blooded parents never forgave her for run-ning off with a man of plebian
blood. It is said that one of her brothers who had no heir came to
Virginia and sent word to Agnes, asking her to come to see him, that he
wished to adopt one of her sons to be his heir. Agnes replied that Capt.
John McCreery was as good as an y Crawford and if he wanted to see them he
must come to their home. His answe r was to return to Ireland without
seeing any of them. We do not know when Ag nes Crawford McCreery died
except that she was still living in May 1768 when her husband, John,
wrote his will.