Jemima Crenshaw

Brief Life History of Jemima

When Jemima Crenshaw was born about 1768, in Louisa, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Captain William Anderson Crenshaw Jr., was 45 and her mother, Susanna Carr, was 35. She married William John Fretwell III on 18 December 1789, in Louisa, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.

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Family Time Line

William John Fretwell III
1764–1813
Jemima Crenshaw
1768–
Marriage: 18 December 1789
Susanna Fretwell
1791–
Judith Fretwell
1792–1870
Nancy Fretwell
1793–
Hudson Fretwell
1795–1834
William Crenshaw Fretwell IV
1810–1888

Sources (5)

  • Jemima Crenshaw and William Fretwell, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Jemima Crenshaw, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
  • Legatees of William Crenshaw, deceased, sell land to Thomas Nuckolls - Louisa, Virginia deed book J, pages 107-108

World Events (1)

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): variant of Cranshaw . This form is rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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