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The evidence shows two men John and Edward Crowell were not brothers of Oliver Cromwell. The evidence also shows that Oliver Cromwell had no brothers that survived to adulthood. It is also clear that Yelverton and John Crowe/Crowell were in America using the name Crowe/Crowell for over 40 years before the ship name changing ceremony. They certainly were not brothers to Oliver Cromwell since Oliver was born 1599 and died Sept. 3, 1658.
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held the surname Williams – he was born Morgan Williams. In
1497 he married a Katherine Cromwell, whose brother Thomas
Cromwell became chief minister to Henry VIII and was raised
to the peerage as Earl of Essex. In honour of their mother’s
famous and powerful brother, their own maternal uncle,
Morgan’s sons, who were of course born with the surname
Williams, began calling themselves Williams-alias-Cromwell
or just Cromwell. So if we wish to find Oliver Cromwell’s
direct male ancestry in the late medieval period, we should
look for a family called Williams, not Cromwell. Going down
from Oliver, and looking at his direct descendants, the
surname Cromwell did not last very long. The children of his
daughters immediately lost the Cromwell surname and bore
their fathers’ surnames. Via his son Henry, the direct male
line did continue for a time, but it survived only four
generations, for Oliver’s great-great-grandson Oliver
(1742-1821) left no son, and so the surname Cromwell was
lost amongst Oliver’s descendants. Source: Tracing Links to Cromwell |
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Summary: I think from all the evidence there were two men John and Edward Crowell in Halifax, NC. From the evidence they were not the brothers of Oliver Cromwell and probably not related to the Cromwell family from the official Oliver Cromwell sites. The time line shows the Crowell family were in America for 40 years using the Crowell name before the ship name changing ceremony. Now we just need to find more information on John Crowe/Crowell and Elishua. The hard part of searching for English records begins. Good luck, Margie Daniels 10/29/07 |
Analysis: There were two brothers who came to Halifax county NC. Documents are needed to prove they are the same two John and Edward Crowell's that are the son of :
Edward CROWELL and SARAH VAIL/VEALE :
1. EDWARD CROWELL II, b. March 08, 1715, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co.,
NJ; d. May 01, 1792, Halifax Co., NC. m. MARTHA RABUN in NC
2. ELIZABETH CROWELL, b. July 08, 1708, Woodbridge, NJ; m. Mr.
ADDLETON.
3. JOHN CROWELL, b. October 25, 1709, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ;
d. April 01, 1760, Halifax Co., NC. Married ELIZABETH LEWIS in NC
4. SAMUEL CROWELL, b. 1711, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ; d. 1785,
Wantage Twp. Sussex Co., NJ.
5. MARY CROWELL, b. August 03, 1713, Woodbridge, NJ; d. May 17,
1811. m. Mr. ALSTON
6. SARAH CROWELL, b. 1717; m. Mr. MORRIS.
7. JOSEPH CROWELL, b. 1724, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ; d. 1751,
Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ; m. UNMARRIED.
Source: Becky Mosely http://www.bradfordgenealogy.org/
In the year of 1674, says the Annlist of Philadelphia, two
brothers of Oliver Cromwell left England for America and settled in
New Jersey. They fled from England, from the political storms
that impended over the name and house of the Protractor.
While on the voyage, fearing that persecution would follow from the
adherents of Charles II, then on the English throne, they resolved
to change the name. This was done, with solemn ceremony, and
by writing their name each on a paper, and each cutting from the
paper the M and casting it in the sea.
Analysis: First we have to look closely at the dates noted.
This Edward and John are suppose to be the sons of Edward Crowell son of Mary Lathrop and Edward Crowell.
We do know Edward husband of Mary Lathrop was born in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Ma.
. Edward Crowell- b. 1644 (West) Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA
- d. 31 July 1688 Woodbridge, Middlesex, NJ
- m. Mary Lathrop (1654-1708) 16 Jan. 1674 Barnstable, Barnstable, MA
Edward Crowell, husband of Mary Lathrop was the son of:
Yelverton Crowell
- b. 1620/26 Probley/ Carlton Rode, Norfolk, England
- d. 24 Oct. 1683 Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA
- to New England 1634 on "Caledonia"
- m. Elizabeth (Hammond?) ABT 1640/41 prob. Sandwich, Barnstable, MA
The Barnstable/Yarmouth records document the presence of these families and ships logs show when they came to America.
Yelverton Crowell was the son of John Crow (Crowell) and Elishua.
Yelverton it is said received in his father's will.
So clearly all the men listed here were in this country many years prior to 1674, Yelverton came to New England in 1634 on "Caledonia"
Oliver Cromwell had no brothers who survived infancy, but he had seven sisters, at least five of whom are known to have survived into adulthood, married and had children.
Source: Tracing Links to Cromwell
I think we can safely say these two men John and Edward Crowell were not and their father Yelverton nor their grandfather John Crowe a brother to Oliver Cromwell. Court documentation clearly shows these men using the Crowell name years before 1674 when the name change is suppose to take place.
It should also be remembered that Oliver Cromwell's true surname was Williams. Why wouldn't the family members who were worried about persecution use their true surname?
There are many people alive today who are directly descended from Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell had nine children, six of whom survived well into adulthood and married. Although Mary’s marriage proved childless, in due course the other five had children of their own. The lines descending from Oliver’s son Richard and his daughter Elizabeth continued for just one generation, for none of their children appear to have had children of their own; thus those two lines quickly became extinct. However, Oliver’s remaining three children, his son Henry and his daughters Bridget (from the first of her two marriages) and Frances, established lines which have been traced down to the late nineteenth century and which are known or very likely to continue to this day. Thus if you really are a direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell, you should be able to tie into one of the known and documented lines coming down from Henry, Bridget or Frances.
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