John McCroskey

1715 - 1811  (~ 96 years)

• Name	John McCroskey
  Birth	ABT. 1715	Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1811	Rockbridge Co., VA
  Person ID	I1394	forneyclark
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	JOHN McCROSKEY,   b. 1680, Antrim, Ireland, or Ayr, Scotland d. 6 May 1757, Augusta Co., VA; burial: Timber Ridge Cem., Rockbridge Co.,VA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	ELIZABETH GAY,   b. 1685, Antrim, Ireland d. Augusta, VA
  Marriage	Ireland
  Family ID	F0452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SARA HAYES,   b. ABT. 1735
  Children	1. John McCroskey,   b. Rockbridge Co., VA d. 7 Jun 1832, Giles Co., VA   2. Alexander McCroskey   d. 1797   3. James G. McCroskey,   b. 1 Jan 1760, Rockbridge Co., VA; later lived in Giles Co., VA   4. Andrew McCroskey   5. George McCroskey   6. Robert McCroskey   7. Joseph McCroskey,   b. 1760, Augusta Co., VA d. 1839, Rockbridge Co., VA (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F0451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  ****** Source: SEE DON NORMAN'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://www.rootsweb.com/~hcpd/norman/MCCROSKEY.htm DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MCCROSKEY: Don Norman: John McCroskey, a son of John and Elizabeth (Gay) McCroskey, was born in County Antrim, Ireland September 26. 1715 and died in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1811. His will, dated June 18, 1808, is recorded on pages 354 and 355 of Will Book 3 in Rockbridge County, VA. His will follows: "In the name of God amen, I John McCroskey of the County of Rockbridge and the State of Virginia do make and appoint this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form following Viz I do will that after my deceased all my just debts shall be paid and that my worldly Estate whatever either real or personal which may remain shall be for the entire use and benefit and at the disposal of my son Joseph McCroskey during his natural life and at his decease it shall be equally divided amongst his children, excepting the sum of one dollar to each of my other children which I allow to be made paid unto them within one year after my decease if they choose to call for it -- and I do Will and appoint my son Joseph McCroskey sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament, revoking and disannulling all former wills by me heretofore made and establishing and confirming this as my last Will and Testament -- In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal this tenth day of June in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and eight-- John McCroskey (his mark) (seal) Signed Sealed and acknowledged as the last Will and Testament in the presence of us John Adams Andw Findley James Adams At Rockbridge county Court July 1st 1811 A writing purporting to be the last Will and Testament of John McCroskey deceased by produced in Court by Joseph McCroskey the executor therein named and proved by the oath of John Adams, Andrew Findley and James Adams Witnesses thereto and ordered to be Recorded -- And on the motion of said Executor who made oath according to Law probate there of is granted him in due form on his giving Bone and Security and he together with Andrew Findley and Johan Adams his securities entered into and acknowledged Bond in the penalty of $5000 Conditioned according to Law. ****** Source: McCroskey, Kyle. McCroskey Family Tree, Descendants of John McCroskey (1680-1757). 2000. Most of the information that concerns the McCroskey family including names, dates, places, census reports, documents, photos, and stories, came from Kyle McCroskey's book. Contributors to her book included Caroline Carr, Donna Clark, Patty Day, Earl McCroskey, George Woodrow McCroskey, Harold McCroskey, Kyle McCroskey, Mike McCroskey, Madaline Earl McEuen, Rosanna Payne, Ruth Peterson, Jo Speck, and Marge Wheeler. Special thanks went to Mark McCroskey and to Judith Hildreth. ****** Source: http://www.wesleyjohnston.com/users/ireland/index.htm [1] Ó Gráda, Cormac; "The Great Irish Famine", Cambridge University Press, 1989. [2] Dudley-Edwards, R; Williams, TD; "The Great Famine, Studies in Irish History 1845-52", Lilliput Press, 1956, (Reprinted 1997) "...{potato} famines in 1741, 1745, 1755, 1766, 1783, 1800, 1816, 1822 and 1830, although only that of 1741 was comparable to the {1845} Great Famine." Source: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/suttonelms/pot11.html From the administrator of the site (Nigel Deacon): "I have written this {the summary that follows} after reading a chapter in "The Potato", by Larry Zuckerman - a fascinating history of the potato running to 300 pages and published by Macmillan, London:" "The famine of 1728-29 (which killed thousands) came about because the oat crop failed, and potatoes couldn't make up the difference. A more severe famine occurred in 1740-1, when an unusually cold winter froze stored potatoes (they were kept in pits, outside) and the oat crop also failed. Entire villages were wiped out by starvation and disease. About ten percent of the population died (around 200,000-400,000). Nothing like this happened again until the Great Famine in the mid-1800s." ******