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S., Profts^.r 1.1 I'ro«ilu-tii- Dt'iiti-^lry and History, riiiversity of Illinois;; to iTly snine Chair at XorUiwcstcrn Tnivtrsily: Delegate to Internalional Dental Congress. I'aris; Author of "History of Denti.stry," ailtl "Story of the Great Seal of the fnited States." P.irt One Crispe Family in the Old World. P.irt Two Crispe Family in the New World. COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED. FULLY ANNOTATED. cniCACO, U.MN'Ols. I ()0 1 . ITIiLISHHl) 1!V THK .AUTHOK. ^^fv Two Couies Heceivei* MAY 26 1905 k , CouyriKnt Entry \ii\jaS <3- AXc Moi Hntered acconliiis to an Act of Congie-.s m the year I'ldl BV Dr. n. J. CIGRANn, the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. INSCRIPTION. In tlir foiul liopL- uf rcndeririR a mark of respect to the entire Crispe family, the (ledicatdrial note is made in honor of Ai.ici-: N. Crisi'k, my wife, Whose uencroiis iru niirat;emcnt and .ucleiil inliTist has had a henit;ii inlhunee on tlie a(iiii-\ euiints of its .oillior. Dr. li. |. Cii;rand. " For a goiid Iroc lirinu'clh not lorth cnrnipt fniil, nritlicr dutli a ci>rrii|it trcL- liiins ["fth goiid fruit; <-\vr\- tnc is kiKuvn hv his (iwn fruit, for of tlioriis nion do not ij.ilhrr tis^s, ni>r of .i lir.miliK- Imsli rr.itlier they K'''M"'^- ' ■'^"'- l-itl'i't'', l.^-ll- " He who has no interest in the careers of liis nneestors. is a selfish l- of money in its compilation and the time and energy devoted to its completion, in manuscript form, can only be known or appreciated by those who have ever attempted an under- taking of this kind. The great task of searching government records, consulting voluminous writings at tile various libraries, conducting an extensive corres- pondence, and adjusting and arranging the accounts, makes it a labor covering years of time; and since a major portion of the work is the result of correspondence across the sea, it necessitated great expense in having the attornies copy from the records. The work will contain upwards of 400 pages, and be embellished with about 100 engravings, the majority of which have never found their wa>- into print It gives me .sorrow to mention that Mrs. limma Crispe-Polhemns, of New York city, died in 1S99, since \rf.Coh )iQ7;isp3ar CRISl'K AMI \VI;NNK ARMS. l;l KCIIINC, II )N t lll'K( II. iCont.iininy Cris|K Mmuiiiunls.) THl' CUISPE FAMILY. 17 it was her earnest ambition to aid me in getting this historj- of the Crispe family into hook form, and were she hving to-day tliere wonld he httle delay in getting it before the famil>-, as we both assnmed like obligation in Ijring- iiig forth the History of the Crispe Family — I was to gather the material and write the book, and she wonld pay for getting the information and publish the book. Her ])rematiire death has compelled me to make all out- lay my personal debt, since the heirs of the estate of lunma Crispe- Pohlmeus have made no provision for re- imbursing me. Thus far I have paid out about $580.00 in bringing the work into manuscript form. This, I pre- sume, will fall to Uie to donate, besides the labors in- volved of writing and arranging the work — iniless some of the family meet it by subscription. To put the manuscript into book form, to engrave about 100 illustrations, and bind 100 copies will cost as per lowest estimate as follows: 60 engravings SI 20 00 40 engravings — hah tones S5 on Ci>ni|)iisition on 400 pages 340 00 ■ Binding 100 copies 48 00 Ci)[)yright and ])rcss work 76 00 Total S660 00 Let me know what you will contribute to the pub- lishing of the "History of the Crispe Family." If the Crispi' people see that this sum i $669.00 ) is subscribed. i8 THE HISTORY OF I will donate the expense of compiliiig the book — the sum of iJ^So.oo. If I receive ready response, the book will be ready by Christmas, igoi. Trusting voii will manifest ymir ln\o nf f.iniily by aid- ing in publishing this historical wDrk, and hii|iiug you may contribute a reasonable amotmt, 1 am jileased lo l]e \"erv sincerely, rrofes^orcf Dental Prostliesis. rtiiversity of IlliT.ois. N. Ii. — Your subscri]ilion must be in my hands liy ( >c- tober 1, igoi. The prompt response of the members of the Crispe family is a gratifying evidence of the great interest they have in preserving the records and acts of their fore- fathers. It affords me great pleasure to mention that the liberal donations received from some of the family impells me to call attention to this feature in their re- spective biographies. This preface would certainly be incomplete if I failed to acknowledge the valuable and extensive service rendered by F. C. Crispe, of London, since to him I am largely indebted for the possession of innumerable docu- ments and photographs. B. J. C. Octol)er I , lyoi . THIv CRISPIv FAMILY. 19 INTKOnrCTIOX. IIISTOKV OK TlIK CKISI'K FAMIIA'. TluTo arc ilcods wliicli shcnild not |i:iss away, And nanus tliat niiisi not uitlicr. 'I'lu' spirit of a single man Makes that of ninllitndes take ono dirt-ition, As roll ttif uali-rs to tlu- lirtMlliinj; wind- /I'jvw/. \o man's arts die nttuiK ; and tli(mL;li Ins body may dissohe into dust and air, his <;ood or b.id deeds will still be lirinyini; fortfi fruit after their kind, and intluencin;; generations of men for all lime to come, It is in this momentous f.ut tli,it tlie ;;reat |ieril and responsibility of hum.m existence lies, /.'((//-v. Till- above (iiiotatioiis from eminent writers need no explanation, as they are facts which speak for them- selves. Now, if what these men say be true and correct, let ns march into the forest and examine and determine with cool deliberation of what wood the Crispe tree is composed. Let us observe as we ascetid from the trunk to the farthest extended limb, what the composition of the blood is that flows in its veins. Let us, furthermore, decide whether the tree is sturdy and durable, or weak and subvertable. By the appearance and condition of the limbs we can easily judge what rough gales it has encounteied. When we know the nature of the tree — that is, is it a plittn, thorn, beech, hickory or oak — we can instatitiv tell what frtiit it vields. Moreover, if we TH]'; HISTORY OF have a knowledge of the ground upon wliich a tree grows, we can form an idea as to tlie kind (jf tree. We know tliat swampy and marsliy land is the home of the pine, cedar and larch; and we know, also, that clay and rock land is the home of the sturdy oak, beech, hickory and maple. No scientific fact has been more thoroughly demon- strated, or is better understood by the laity, than that the mental and physical characteristics of the jiarents are transmitted to the children. Not that children are always the exact reproductions of their parents — they may be better, they may be worse — but the strong influ- ence of heredity is ever a potent factor in determining the moral, mental and physical status of the offspring. "Who shall estimate the effects of those latent forces enfolded in the spirit of a new-born child; forces that may date back centuries and find their origin in the life, thought and deed of remote ancestors; forces, the germs of which enveloped in the awful mysteries of life? All- cherrishing Nature, provident and unforgetting, gathers up all these fragments that nothing be lost, hut that all may reappear in new combinations. Each new life is thus the heir of all the ages." The eminent historian and scholar, John Clark Red- path, says: " The law of heredity has long been suspected, and in late years has been, to a considerable extent, regarded as the demonstrated and universal order of nature. It THlv CRISrK FAMILY is the law by wliich the offspring iiilierits the qiiaHties and characteristics of its ancestors. It makes the oak the same kind of a tree as the parent from which the seed acorn fell. It makes a tree which sprang from the seed of a large peach, yield downy fruit as large and Inscioiis as the juicy ancestor. It says that every thing shall produce after its kind; that small radishes shall come from the seed of small radishes, and a richly per- fumed geranium from the slip cut from one of that kind. It says that, other things being equal, the descendant of a fast horse shall be fast, and the posterity of a plug shall be plugs. But a man has many more qualities and possibilities than a vegetable or a brute. He has an in- finitely wider range through which his characteristics may run, Tlie color of his Iiair, his size, his strength, are but the smallest part of his inheritance. He inherits, also, the size and texture of his brain, the shape of his skull, and the skill of his hands. It is among his an- cestry that tnust be sought the reason and source of his powers. It is there that is largely determined the ques- tion of his capacity for ideas, and it is from his ancestry that a man should form his ideal of his capacity. It is there that are largely settled the matters of his tastes and temper, of his ambitions and his powers. The ques- tion of whether he shall be a mechanic, a tradesman or a lawyer is already settled before he gets a chance at the problem. ' ' The old myth about the gods holding a council at THl' HISTORY OF the birth of every mortal and determining his destiny has some trutli in it. In one respect it is wrong. The council of the gods is held years before liis birth; it has bv^en in session all the time. If a man has musical skill, he gets it from his ancestry. It is the same with an in- ventor, or an artist, or a scholar, or a preacher. Tliis looks like the law of fate. It is not. It is the fate of law. Hut this is not all of the law of inheritance. Men have an inherited moral nature, as well as an intellectual one. Drunkenness, sensuality, la/iness, extravagance and pauperism are handed d(_iwn from father to son. Appetites are inherited, and so are haliits. On the other hand, courage, energy, self-denial, the pciwer of work, are also transmitted and inherite to rely upon him. In late years this law of inheritance has lieen much studied by scientists. The general law is about as has been stated; but it has innumeraljle offsets and qnallifi- cations which are not understood. Sometimes a child is a compound of the qualities of both parents. More fre- quently the son resembles the mother, and the daughter the father. Sometimes the child resembles neither par- ent, but seems to inherit ever\thing from an uncle or an aunt. Often the resemblance to the grand-parent is the most marked. That these complications are governed THl'; CRISI'J'. FAMILY. 23 by fixed, tlioiigh at present iniknowii, laws cannot be doubted, but for tlie purposes of biography the fjuestion is unessential. Scientists say that nine-tenths of a man's genius is hereditary and one-tenth accidental. The inherited portion may ai^pear large, but it is to be remembered that only possibilities are inherited, and that not one man in a million reaches the limit of his possibilities. It is undoubtedly the desire of everybody to know .something about his " ancestral blood:" for if he ha.s a knowledge of this, he most assuredly has a fair under- standing of liin.self. To strengthen this statement we need only add the old adage, "know thyself." But how can we know ourselves when we know not who our forefathers were? Hence, it is among his ancestry that we can largely determine the question of his capacity of ideas, his taste, temper, ambition and power. The old adage "blood will tell," is one whicli the science of to day has proven to be correct. But other conditions and circumstances will tell. Education and environment will tell. A body weak by inheritance may be strengthened and made vigorous by proper exercise, nourishment and careful observations of hygenic laws; but the inherited weakness will ever render it more sus- ceptible to disease. A mind torpid by inheritance may by education and cultivation be brouglit to the highest possible level of which mind is capable, but the influence of heredity will still be manifest. The law of heredity 24 TH]'; HISTORY OF is most strikingly exemplified in the musical families of Bach and Strauss, of Germany, and the love of law in the Adams family in America. For generations the former have been the great musicians of the Teutonic race, and the latter have been prominent at the bar in the United States for four generations. The old Saxon saying, "What the gods have be- stowed upon you the winds can't blow away," is gospel, and to know what this heritage is, you must acquaint yourself with those of your family who have " gone before." THE CRISPE FAMILY OF EUROPE. France and England. l;l^l■|.,^ A.s MiKM.W I KINcIl soLDlERS. I Willi. Jill tin- Ciiiic|iu-ror, lofrfi.) Till'. CRISPr; FAMILY. 29 ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY. The Crispe family takes its origin in the northern portion 1 >f I'rance, where as early as 1027 we find they were land owners, and by occnpation horseshoe-smiths. In the .\rcha:'recise or authentic way of spelling the name, consequently hrotlurs of the same blood were often car- ryin,g papers with the famih- name spelled to suit the pleasure of the writer of the documents. In the second place, the people of those olden times were unable, in many instances, to spell their name, hence necessitating tlu' official to write it as nearly correct as the voiced name would dictate. And in the third cause, the peo- ple often wrote the name to suit the locality in which they lived, hence the variety of forms for the same name. The name C-r-i-s-p-e was spelled with a "v" during the centuries of 12, i^and 14, after which it was changed to "i." When the name was written with an "h," as in Chrispe — the people were likely inhabiting an Anglo- Saxon settlement, or a Teuton was the official who wrote it. And it is worthy of observation that a large number of the Crispe peopk' were wedded to Saxon blood. The Cierman stock which enters into the Anglo-French 32 THI' HISTORY OF Crispes would induce us to believe that the family was a trinity of French, German and English. The ppgcs of this book will show that the Crispe ancestors were mostly married to these three nationalities. There are some few of the family of Crispe who wrote their names C-r-i-s-p, omitting the final "e." But these are of the same family and have Angloni/ed the name. The Her- ald's College, London, an institution founded for the ex- press pnrjiose of keeping records of the F^nglish families, writes me that the names of Crispe, Cryspe, Kryspe, Crisp, Chrisp, Crysp, Chryspe, Krispe, all come from the same family, and the original spelling is C-r-i s-p-e. The Crispe family of France also wrote the name with a double "p" — Crisppe. The name in France is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable, while in the English tongue it is ])ronounced as though containing the letters of K-r-i-s-p. THIv CRISPK I'AMILV SOLDII'KS IN THI'. KRKNCH ARMY. I'or bravt-ry shown in battle several of the Crispe family were kni,i;hte(l, and the jjoveriinient jjranted them a famil\- mark, or coat-of-arms. In order that we may more thorous^hly understand the significance of these considerations of honor, it will be wise to refresh our memory on such ]ioints of heraldry as relates to the Cris[)e liearint^s. These peculiar de\-ices and symliols have in all ijiivernments of the medieval times been jj^ranted to such of the inhabitants who shall merit them either for bravery or intellectual accomplishments, l)ut jirimarily they were alTorded to the soldiery. These marks of distinction served to identif\' the person at sii^ht, and were especially valuable during times of war. The soldiers, or knights, of those warring days wore an apparatus, or suit, made of metal, and known as an armor, which completely covered the head, face, limbs and body, and tlius hid from view the individual and also protected him from the arrow-points of the enemy. Leather, brass, iron, silver and e\-en .gold were used in the fabrication of this instrument of protection. From the fact of the warrior being thus concealed, it became necessary to devise some plan whereby the knights cotild be recognized at sight by means of some external bearing or mark. From this circumstance sprang the idea of placing a family ensign about the person, generally cm- 34 THI' HISTORY OF broidered upon the coat or garment, which tisually cov- ered the armor; and so the ensign came to he called the coat-of-arms. These coats or frocks of choth were worn over the armor to protect the knight from the piercing rays of the sun in the summer, and the cold in winter was thus kept out. This ensign was also engraven on the shield he used, and if he was a mounted knight, the i>lanket on his charger also had the family ensign. The coat-of-arms thus became a mark of honor, de- noting by ilifFerent figures and colors variously arranged the descent, alliance and service of the bearer. These family distinctions were elaborated b\ the Germans in the loth century, but to the French is due the credit of perfecting it and reducing it to a svstem of technical nomenclature. luigland soon adopted the system with but few alterations. The colorings, cr tinctures, are ex- pressed by plain surfaces, dots or lines, as follows: White, or argent, represented b>' a plain surface, and is intended to s\inboIi/e purity, iiniocence, beauty and clear conscience. Yellow, or or, is expressed by numerous black dots, and indicates wealth, abundance, power and sovereignty. Red, or Gtu.KS, is designated by perpendicular lines, and betokens strength, boldness and hardiness. Blue, or A7.rRH, indicated by horizontal lines, sig- nified virtue and Godly disposition. Green, or VKRT, is denoted by diagonal lines, and meant love and gladness. Till'. CRISPI''. FAMILY. ,vs Black, or sAinj-:, is distinguished by perpendicular and horizontal lines criss-crossing;, indicating constaiicy and divine doctrines. l'iir]>le. or itki'I'kk, is characterized by diagonal lines, from upper left to lower right, and represented jurisdiction and rights. Orange, or tknn'EV, is specified by perpendicular lines from upper right to lower left division, and charac- terized self-esteem and self-glory. I'^mine, or itk, is indicated by a peculiar black mark similar toa cross, and signifies slowness and surety. Tiie Chief, figure a; Pale, figure b; Fess, figure c; Shevron, figure d; l-i:ind Dexter, figure, e; Band Sinister, figure f; Barry, figure g: Cross, figure h: Saltier, figure i — these, as the engraving show, were additional marks, and the subordinaries were known as Fngrailed, Invect- ed, Wavy, Nebule, Dancitte, Patent, Embattled, Dove- tailed and Ragule. With these few marks the entire knighthood was symbolized and distinguished. In conjunction with these symbols there were hel- mets of four varieties: the coronets of four kinds; the crowns, the wreaths, the crest and motto. The Crispe family at an early date had these marks of distinction con- ferred on them by the French government, for we find that the Crispe people possessed in their family records in France a family escutcheon: and the family contributed to the French army several brave and notable soldiers, who became a part of the knights of the Norman-French. 36 THIv HISTORY OF In the great wars witli England and other neighbor- ing nations they were engaged in the cavahy of the French arni\'; and when the Norman- Frencli, tnider William the Conqurer, made war on ]{ngland he selected as his 1)1 id\gnard the best archers and tlie bravest knights from the countries of Normandy, Orleans, Lnxenburg, Maine and Flanders, and with this " Flower of France," as he called them, he crossed the FInglish Channel, and in one of the fiercest battles e\-er waged on l^ritish soil he conijiiored the liritons and Saxons and established the reign of France. The day before the battle, William sent an officer to the F^nglish and asked that the differ- ence between the great nations l)e settled by single com- bat, and thus spare the blood of thousands. P>ut the English refused such a decision, and welcomed battle. Both armies that night pitched tluir tents within easy sight of each other, expecting the dawn of day with im- patience. The I-mglish passed the night in song and feasting; the French in devotion and pra\er. This bat- tle, known as the "Carnage of Hastings," marks the enil of Saxon reign in England, which hatl continued for upwards of six hundred years. In this great and memorable strife, the Crispe family fought in the French lines, and though a few of the Crispe people were engaged at the battle, they, like most of the brave and daring soldiers of William the Con- quorer, returned with the King to France, receiving the praise and tokens of the jubilant Norman-French. It is iii:i.;ali)ic iinc ri'Ki:s. lll'.KAI.DU- riNCrURES AND KAi.DK i;()ki)p:rs. THIv CRISPI-: FAMILY. 41 a part of the tradition of the Crispe family that a certain Sir Knight Crispe merited the highest commendation of William the Conqueror; and in letters in my possession, written by relatives, reference is made of the g-allant fight made by the Crispes at the battle of Hastings. Some have supposed that this war of 1066 marks the era when the Crispes emigrated to Kngland, but this evidently is erroneous, since their visit to England was purely that of soldiers, and after they saw their leader crowned at Westminster by the Archliishop of York, as William the Cnmiueror, King nf Hritain, the soldiers all accompanied the enthroned monarch back to the Conti- nent, while a few of his high officials remained in Eng- land to execute tlie will of the conqueror. It is most reasonable to suppose that the Crispe soldiers returned to I'rance, where they possessed great land tracts, and where their families resided. Fully three hundred years elapsed before the Crispe family emigrated from France to FIngland. and during this long period they were loyal subjects to the changing governments of Northern France, and they embraced, like other citizens of that country, the Roman Catholic faith — tiie established church of France. But they were not destined to remain French subjects, nor were they devined to adhere to the teachings of this ancient form of worship. The early portion of the 15th century will always be remembered as having brought about greater changes 43 TlUi HISTORY OF in religion, politics and hahitation than any other period of the world's histor\'. During this epoch thf,- rulers of Kurope were enthroned and dethroned, and the religions dispositions of nations so changed that historians will never cease picturing to rising generations, the tragic scenes at the world's theater of religious intoleration. At this time of the human career, thousands of families which for generations had inhabited certain portions of country were by sad fate driven from house and home, and not infrecpiently forced to leave the cotintr>'. The wiitiugsdf the Knglishman, John Wvckliffe, and of the Bohemian, John Huss, had so inflamed the minds of the reading people that whole communities denied the power ami di\-init>'of the Popes, and this prt)voked such a storm of indignation that, as a coirsequence, an inqui- sition became the mother of a reformation. The great and inspiring war-cry of these times was " Religious Freedom." It is unnecessary to recite to the readers of this book the awful carnage and torture of those da>s, since a recitation of these direful events would contribute little to the value of this task, yet we are impelled to call attention to a brief resume' of the character of the early Protestants, as the Crispe family was among the early religionists who fought against the established church of France, and sufTered expulsion from the land of the fluer-de-lys, and they were Huguenot refugees who sought shelter under the toler.ant laws of old England. The.se Huguenots and Lollards, as the enrlv Pro- THK CRISPE FAMILY. 43 tcstants were called, were .sober, earnest and faithfnl men, and were for the nio.st part farmers and mechanics; and thrdtii^'h their efforts France was about to become the industrial center of the civili/ed world. The re- formers Were excellent farmers and mechanics: every- where the land ijave e\-idence of their skillful culture. The IIu>;uenots were noted for their integrity, as well as their indirstry. The Huguenots' word was as good as his bond, and to Ije " honest as a Huguenot " became proverbial. This (|nality of integrity so characterized these people that the foreign trade fell almost entirely into the hands of these honest toilers. The Flnglish and Dutch Were always prepared to deal with the Huguenots, and this tendenc\- provoked the ire of those of the French who sought to maintain the established church, and tlie F"rench Catholics looked with stern disfavor on the tolerance shown to these French Protestants, and the feeling finally gave way to laws of expulsion and persecution. The Huguenotswere noted for being kind, generous and peaceable, and they preferred to leave France " for conscience sake " rather than take up arms and render needless bloodshed. But they were not al- lowed to depart in peace, as laws had been immediately enacted which carried within the statue the severest punishment in the event of emigration. Notwithstand- ing their great usefulness to the integrity and prosperity of France, the King had been lead to regard them with open hostilities. 44 TH]' HISTORY OF It was generally understood that the Huguenots had no claim to the law; they were treated as "traitors," and their lands were taken from them and all property confiscated. The plunder was so extensive that for years King Phillip realized upwards of twenty millions of coin and land annually. Any citizen of France might mal- treat these reformers and suffer no harm in return. Their children might be stolen and enslaved, and the laws of these terrible times made no response. The fiercest and most brutal of the royal soldiers were turned against helpless communities of the reformed. The re- fusal to abjure the Protestant faith was invariably fol- lowed by death or imprisonment. The Huguenots were forbidden to bury their dead or to comfort their dying. The dead were usually carried to the open pasture to lie subject to the elements and beasts of prey. The persecution was so severe that the reformers fled from France by the thousands, notwithstanding the cruel laws against emigration. Many were shot down on their way to the sea, or captured in their attempt to cross the border; and those who were captured were con- fined in prison or given to slavery; others were sent to tlie galleys; the purest and gentlest of the men were sent to prisons and chained to the sides of the vilest criminals. To each captive Huguenot was held out the pardon writ, if he abandoned the avowed faith. Among the exiles were some of the noblest names of France. The greater number of the refugees were literary men TIUv CKTSPI-: FAMILY and those of good education. There were many fair- minded people in France who labored earnestly to lend the Huguenots a protecting hand; these peojile, though tlK\- did not believe with them, cheerfnllx' lent them aid and expressed svmpathv fur their cause: and e\en these sympathisers did not escape the cruelties of the prison life. 0]-)pression followed ridicule, ancl banishment grew out of persecution. Hut all this harsh and unjust treat- lui-iu onh- strengthened these determined disciples of Christ to continue in tlu-ir liappy belief. Nothing could have had a more encouraging effect on tlu'ir minds than abuse and persecution; these two agencies were necessary to make a rock-fotuided faith. These reformers learned from the scriptures that conscience was a far more .sacred thing than an instituticin; that man's duty was first to his God, and next to his government; that piety meant something more than mere obser\-ance of forms and cere- monies; that love of justice and individual virtue was a nobler sentiment than loyalty — when loyalty meant tol- eration of iniquity and scandal. The untold suffering which was heaped upon these sincere worshipers can be better imagined than described, and all students of history are familiar with their heroic sacrifices. These fugitives fled leaving all they possessed to the intollerant; and at night, in open boats, the refugees braved the furv of the F'nglish Chaiuiel. 46 THIv HISTORY OF Among those who endured the hardships and priva- tions of those days were the family of Crispe. It is needless to quote the anthorlty of the foregoing, since any history of tliose times will portray the same in- cidents, with possibly this difference: that the severity and torture is considerably elimiated and abridged in my account. Till' CRISri': FAMILY. THK CRISPIC FAMILY IN KNGLAND. The Crispe family came from the Province of Flaiid- ria, ami landed in Rye, Sussex county, lingland: but the accoiuiuodations at this small seaport were inadequate, and the Crispe family, with others, was compelled to make their abode in the moors of Sussex. They re- mained in this hidiiifj; place for upwards of three months and then went inland. From Rye many proceeded to London, to j<_iin their countrymen who had settled there; others went forward to Canterbury and towns where con- gregations of Huguenots were organizing. Full particulars of these " Refugees of France" can be gotten at the Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol- ume XIII; also in Samuel Smiles' " The Huguenots." What earthly possessions the Crispe family had after leaving their lands, cattle and estates in France is not definitely known, but tradition and stray records indicate that they brought with them considerable coin and a few valuables. The family settled in Kent for the most part, though some few emigrated to the Shires and into Nor- wich. The family in the Kentish district soon became a prominent family, identified witli the Protestant move- ment of England; but the incident which contributed most to the prominence and success was the marriage of a Crispe to the daughter of the famous house of Quex. The importance of these people and the character of this 48 THE HISTORY OF kinship is best described in the following^ article, which can be found in " Chambers' Journal of Popular Litera- ture, Science and Art," volume \'I, page 173, Saturday, March 16, i.S.Sg: " THE STORY OF OUKX. " In the Isle of Thanet and the near vicinage of that favorite seaside resort of Londoners, Margate, is a resi- dence bearing the somewhat unenphonions name of Quex. This house is a modern building, and though not occupy- ing precisely the same site, is tb-e successor of an older mansion which was not wanting in historical associations, besides being noteworthy as the scene of the remarkable occurrence about to be narrated. From a view taken in 1 78 1, the old house of Quex — or Quekes as it was some- times spelled — appears to have been an extensive brick building in the ornate F"li/abeth style, with decorative gables, but ha\ing large bay windows of stone. Yet even at that time it had fallen into an almost ruinous con- dition. .Some of the dilapidated rooms had already been pulled down; others followed from time to time; and early in the present century the whole of what remained was, with the exception of some unimportant fragments, demolished. A cellar and portions of a garden wall are alone left of it, though panelling and some other relics were removed to the new house. "Such was its fate. Yet, in addition to that story with which we have chiefly to do, an interest attached to the old house at Quex as having been an occasional place / 4 \3 ^1 V" y ADDI IKiN.Al. Ill-KAI.DK OR 1 1| N.\K1 KS. CASri.l- lUiMI THF. CRISri': FAMILY of sojourn of King William III. If, when that sov^ereign was about to pa>- one of his numerous visits to his native countr>-, he was detained by contrary winds, it was here that he was accustomed to take up his abode. The King's bedchamber was long pointed out. His guards encamjK-d in the enclostires round the hou,se. " This place was in ancient times the seat of a fam- ily who derived their name from it; but in the i sth cen- tury (about 14S5) an heir-female of the Quekes brought the manor to a family previously seated at Stanlake, in Oxfordshire — the Crispes. That house became thence- forward important in Kent; and a certain Henr\' Crispe, who died in 1575, actpiired so much local influence as to be commonly styled ' King of the Isle of Thanet.' " In Commonwealth times another Henry Crispe, a grand-nephew of the King of Thanet, was Master of Quex. This gentleman had acquired tlie nickname of ' Bonjour Crispe ' from the circiunstance that during a residence in France he had learned no more of the French language than that one word. But if not distinguished as a linguist, his birth and position catised him to be re- spected among his neighbours. He had served his year as High Sheriff of Kent, and unlike many of his class, he had not been so indiscreet as to impoverish himself by any unnecessary display of loyalty for King Charles. He seems, indeed, so far as there is material on which to form a judgment, to have been one of those prudent politicians who endeavored to stand well with both 54 THE HISTORY OF parties. At the time in question he was considerably ad- vanced in years and in infirm liealth, and was leading a life of easy and affluent retirement in his paternal mansion. " But his dignified repose was not destined to con- tinue. A warning was conveyed to Mr. Crispe that he was in danger — that he had enemies whose machinations threatened his safety. The exact nature of the impend- ing peril does not appear to have been hinted, and in- deed the whole warning seems to have been of the most vague and tmsatisfactory description. ISIost men, per- haps, would have treated such an anonymous alarm with contempt; but it filled the W(irthy owner of Ouex with uneasiness. He took measures for his own defence. He armed his servants; lie caused holes to be made in the walls of his house in such places as he considered desira- ble for the more effectual use of firearms; and is said to have offered bountiful entertaiimient to all those of his neighbours who by lodging for a night in Ouex might aid in his protection. " Hut the scare blew by. It seemed as if it had been a mere idle and groundless alarm. Indeed, the times were not now such as to favour anv scheme of law- less violence. Oliver had seated himself firmly in the place of supreme power, and maintained order through- out the land with a hand of iron. Mr. Crispe allowed his precaution to be relaxed, and life in Ouex resumed its ordinary calm. THI'. CRISr]<; FAMILY "How or by whom the mysterious warninsj had been conveyed to Mr. Crispe is uncertain. But it was no idle rumour; nor was the danger l)y any means past. His enemies were siniph- waiting for a convenient season in which to pnt their plans in pr;ictice: for a plot had ac- tually been arran.ged in which this unfortunate gentleman had been marked out as a victim, atid that plot was under the direction of a leader of no ordinary qualities or char- acter, "Among the daring spirits developed by the great civil war there was no loyalist more enthusiastically de- voted to the Crown, more fertile in expedient, or of more dashing bravery than Captain Golding of Ramsgatc. Had lie been a rider instead of a sailor, he would have been a cavalier after Prince Rupert's own heart. One of his exploits during the Commonwealth had been carrying ofT a rich merchantman, the ' Blackamoor Queen:' and after converting both ship and cargo into money, handing over the proceeds to the exiled Prince Charles, to whom at that time, perhaps, a proof of loyalty in no other form could have been so welcome. " Captain Golding it was who was the originator and moving spiirit of the plot, and as a Thanet man, the house of Ouex and all its surroundings were perfectly familiar to him. He proceeded to carry out his plans in due time. One night in the month of August, 1657: Golding with a number of resolute men, partly English and partly foreigners, landed unobserved at Gore-end, .S6 THI' HISTORY OF near Birchinofton-on-S'^a, and marched to Onex. So well did he order matters that he was able to reach it and force an entrance without giving any alarm to the neighbour- hood. None of those who had feasted on Mr. Crispe's good cheer were there to defend him; not a shot was fired through the loophole.s he had made; and his servants, taken by surprise, were too completely overawed and overpowered to offer the least resistance. The unlucky gentleman woke from his slumbers tiuly to find his bed surrounded by armed men. He was ordered to rise, and the horses having been put to his own coach, he was placed within and escorted by his captors to the beach. When he became aware that he was io be carried be- yond the seas, he made earnest entreaty to be allowed to take one of his own servants with him; but this was re- fused, though the state of his health rendered such an indulgence very desirable. He was thrust into an open boat and carried oiT to Captain Holding's ship, in wdiich he wa.s at once conveyed as a prisoner to the Low Coun- tries. " The abduction of Mr. Crispe of Qnex is interest- ing from the fact that it is a solitary case. In modern times it has no parallel in England. W'e have no otlier instance of an English gentleman of position being forci- bly carried off from his home in an English county, al- though in some other coiuitrics such affairs have by no means been e.xceptional. "The unfortunate Mr. Crispe was conveyed to Os- TIIK CklSI'I'; FAMILY. tend, and thence to Brnges, both of which places weie then subject to Spain, a power afjainst which tlie h'nghsh Commonwealth was at that time at war. No redress was therefore to be lioped for through the intervention of the Spanish Government, and indeed, as will be seen in the Sequel, it was in his own Government that the prisoner found his worst obstacle to the recovery of liberty. However, from his prison-house in Bruges Mr. Crispe was allowed to communicate with his friends, and in es- esjiccial to inform them that a sum of three thousand poiuuls would be required for his ransom. " Mr. Crispe had an only .son. Sir Nicholas Crispe; but for some reason — proliably owing to the declining health of Sir Nicholas — a nephew who resided not far from Quex, a Mr. Thomas Crispe, appears to have been the relative upon whose good offices the captive chiefly relied. This nephew at once set out for the Low Coun- tries. Arrived at Bruges, he found no difficulty in ob- taining access to his uncle, to whom indeed, apart from the deprivation of liberty, no ill treatment appears to have been offered; and after due consultation, it was de- termined to agree to the terms proposed. Thomas Crispe accordingly returned to England to arrange with his cousin. Sir Nicholas, the means of raising the sum re- quired — a far more serious matter in those days than it would be now — and to take whatever steps might be desirable to facilitate the payment of it. But the un- happy Squire was far from the end of his trou- 58 THF. HISTORY OF blcs: an unlooked-for difficulty was about to arise. " \'aric)us as ma\' Ix- the advantages of standint,' well with both parties, it has one disadvantage — the trimmer can expect to be trusted b>- neither side; and so foimd prudent Mr. Crispe. Whilst the Royalists regarded him as no better than a rebel and a fit subject for spoliation, Cromwell, on the other hand, suspected him of collusion with the King's friends; that he had, in brief, been a consenting party to his own abduction, and that the whole affair had l:)een arranged to afford a colourable pre- text for supplying the exiled Charles with luiglish nmiiey. All power was now in the Protector's hands, and he caused an Order in Council to be issued in which any ransom whatever was forbidden to be paid for Mr. Crispe. " Between Ro>-alists and Cronuvellians the poor gen- tleman was indeed in an evil case. A prisoner he had to remain; and whilst bribes and indirect influence of vari- ous kinds were being employed in all promising quarters to obtain a revocation of the vexatious Order, matters were still further complicated by the death of the heir, Sir Nicholas Crispe. The whole burden of his uncle's affairs now fell upon Thomas, who appears to ha\-e shown most praiseworthy zeal in their management. Six times in the autum and winter of 1657-58 did he cross and re- cross the narrow .seas to confer with and console his af- flicted relative. " At last the desired license from government was obtained; liut the cost of obtaining it, with other neces- THE CRISPI' FAMILY. 59 sarv expenses, liad so much impoverished the Crispes that it was no longer possible to raise the ransom without selling- some part of the estate. To procure from his uncle the nccessarv legal authorit\' for doing this in- volvetl another j(iuine>' to Bruges on the part of Thomas Crispe. liventually, hy the sale of certain lands and the mortgage of the estate of Stonar in the isle of Thanet, the money was procured and paid over. Whether any part of it found its way into the coffers of Prince Charles is a matter of conjecture merely. It was only after a captivit\- of eight months that Mr. Crispe was allowed to return to his home a free man. "It is recorded that after all his trouljles he again lived in peace at Quex for several years. He died at that place on the 25th of July, 1663, leaving, it is satisfactory to learn, his estate to that mphew who had so well done a kinsman's part by him. "It is satisfactory also to learn that Captain Golding closed his ailvtuterous but .somewhat dubuous career with honour. Whilst Cromwell lived, he took good care to keep beyond his reach, and remained in high favour with Prince Charles throughout his exile. At the Restoration in 1660 he returned with his master to England, and, as his share ot the good things at that time showered upon his parly, received command of the ' Diamond ' man-of- war. In 1665 he fell bravely in battle whilst fighting his ship against the Dutch frigates. " 111 the church of Birchington-on-Sea, of which THE HISTORY OF parish the manor of Quex forms a portion, tlicre is a Quex Chapel. It contains monumental brasses and other memorials of the lioiises of Ouekes and Crispe. Notice- able among them is the fine tomb of Henry Crispe. The bras.ses, .six in number, are to the earlier line. " vSince the extinction of the male line of the Crispes in iCiSo, Quex has had many owners. It was once pur- chased liy the first Lord Holland for his famous son, Charles James Fox. But that nol)leinan soon found him- self oliliged to sell it again: hence among the associations of Quex it is unable to number that of having ever been the residence of the great Whig orator and statesman." Additional notes of interest on this family can be found at the Xewlierry Library, Chicago, in the " His- tory of Kent," by Ireland, page 491, where upwards of eight pages are devoted to the Crispe Quex marriage. This account in part reads: " 'The Manor of Quexes, or Quex,' as it is often spelled in ancient deeds. ■ — This district occupies the .southeastern part of the parish, being about three-quart- ers of a mile from the church, having been formerly the seat of a family, whence it acquired its name, many of whom are buried within the church. This property, which belonged to the Quakes as early as the year 1400, was also possessed by the Crispes, one of which family, in 1650, was appointed Sheriff : but owing to his advanced age and infirmaties his son was permitted to execute that KMGlirS IN III, I. ARMOR. A I >-do: who, although every despatch was resorted to, did not accom- plish the release of Mr. Crispe luider eight months, who then returned to Hngland and ended his da\s at Quekes in 1663.' " The above singular enterprise was contrived and put into effect by Captain Golding, of Ramsgate, a stannch I^oyalist, who harl sought refuge with Charles II in France. The ]iart>' landed at Gorend, near Birch- ington, and took Mr. Crispe from his bed withi^ut the least resistance; though it appears that apprehension of such an attack had been entertained and precautions taken to secure the mansion, the proprietor having af- forded hospitality to such among his neighbours who would lodge in his premises for the purpose of defending him. Mr. Crispe was then conveyed in his own carriage to the sea coast, where he was forced into an open boat, not one of his domestics being permitted to attend, al- though he particularly requested it as a favor. " Mr. Crispe died possessed of his seat, having had one son and a daughter, the former of whom was knighted, but d>in,g before his father in 1657, i' devolved to his daughter, who espoused Sir Richard Powle, of Berkshire. At this mansion of Quekes, King William was in the habit of residing till the winds favored his embarkation for the Continent; and a chamber said to have been the sleeping room of the royal guest used to THE CRISPE FAMILY. r.j hf shown. Duriiio; those visits the monarch's i;nai(Is were encamped in the adjoining enclosure. " Tlie mansion in question was a lar^e, commodious edifice, built partly of timber and brick, u]ion the sii;hl of which was erected the present seat, now in possession of J. W. Powell, l'.si[. This gentleman has also caused to be built two beautiftd towers, presenting very pictur- esipie objects: the one coutainini; a s.-t of most sonorous bells; the structiu'e beint; internally fitted up in a very beautiful manner with mahog^.-uiy st.-hr-cases, etc. The other tower is appropriated by its munificent owner to the pastime of discharges of canon, which with the peals of his bells constitute a favorite amusement of the gen- tleman in question. These towers standing contiguous to Rirchiiigton, and opposite to Cleeve, are perceptible in every direction to a great distance, and may be regarded as very picturesque in the embelli.shments of the Isle of Thanet." It will be of interest to all to read the will of this captive, and to learn of the generous consideration he showed to Thomas Crispe, who was the cause of his re- lease: I am indebted to Fred. A. Cri.spe, of London, for the following extract: "I, Henry Crispe, late of Queakes, in the Parish of Rirchington, within the Isle of Thanett, in the County of Kent: ' to be interred in the Pari.sh Church of Birch- ington, neare the Tombe by me erected for my wife and Children now departed.' 'I'nto my grand-child, Mrs. 6S THK HISTORY OF Anna Crispe £ioo and such Jewells and Dimons as were my wife's in her life time.' An-. The Crispes succeeded the Oucxes, through intermai-riage in the reign of Henry \'II. The old manor house was frequently- \-isited by William III, on his jiiurneys to and from the continent. Here Henry Crispe, a wealtlu' Puritan, was seized in 1657 by a Ro>'- THE CRISPE FAMILY. 69 alist iiaiiied Captain Cloldint;;, who carried liiin off to Rnif;;cs, and dctaine'd liini there until he paid a ransom of /,-^,oo(i. He was coninionly called 'Boiijoiir Crispe' from his Tie\er learning more of iM'ench r.broad than those two words, which it is probable he freijnenth' misapp.lietl. In thi.' park stand two eleL;ant tovvers: rme of which contains a line peal of tweUe lielles. The ])resent owner is Hor- ace I'oweli Cotton, l';sc|." Leltcrs of Stejihen Charlton to Sir R. Le\'eson, Lon- don, ^jlh Rejiort, pa-e I'lS, speaks of this incident: " Jiil\' 25, 1657. There came this week from Dun- kirk shallo]>s which landed a ])art\- of Musketeers upon the Island of Thanet and went to a kiiii^ht's house ( Crispe) not farolT the sea, and plundered liis house and took from him a matter of iy>" /. in money and carried the Knip;lit awa\' with them: and they would lia\e taken his eldest sou and his w ife also ( if it had not ) l)een that he en.cap;ed upon his honor to cause £1,000 to lie sent to them to Brui^^es within a certain time for his ransom. Meantime they have taken the Knight for security till the money be paid. It is su])])osed that they were most of them Kn- glishmen. Tile Royal Heralils visited the Island of Thanet carl\- in the i6th centiu'y anil in their rej/oit to the King and parliament said in part; '' It appears that the following distinguished fami- ies have at dillerent ])eriods been residents in the Isle of Thanet Cle\brooke, i,=i74, i6i;). Petit, of Dandelion: THI-; HISTORY OF Jcihnsoii, (if Xetlier Court; Tc^hcIk-, of Bircliiiij;lon. i6nj; Cnrliiiu. ol Th;iiiet; Xorlhw ooil , nf I ):inL- Court ; IIart>-, of Hircliiiii^toii; SpracklN n, of St. Lawix-iR-L-; Cri^]''.-, of Olickcs and Clixx- Court; I'araiiKjr, of St. Xicliola.s; Satin- (lcr>, ofSt. Lawrence; Mason, of Monkton." Irekind llistorx of Kfut Couiit> , l'a,L;e 4(14. The IKiakK \'isilation in Kent -ranted to tile Crispe farnil) in 1374. the folkjwini; fainil\ Coat-of-Anii>; the co]i\ of tliis .^rant is taken from tile Heralds Colle.i^e, London, and reads as follows ; ■ 'Laniine' , a 'fess' ehei|U\ 'ardent,' and 'salile,' i|tiarterin;; 'nr' on :i elu.voni sjlile,' fi\c- horsi.-,hi ,es . ,f the lilM In M'l.) we lind that llu k..y;d llelahU i^ranted the tainil\ a Cre.st as follows: ■ Crest, a eaiiiel leopard, 'Ar-ent pallettee collared and lined 'or.' " When the famous Sir Henr\ Crispe was knighted we learn the Kiiii; ecjiiferred on tile famih' the ri,i;lit of decorating the faniil>- elision with llie helmeiit of a Kni.i;llt, and the Colle.-e of Herahls was instructed U> render a motto, which llie\- ;L'. The arliele li\ Winde read^ a- follows : "HofSK oi' Ass]■;MBI.^■, " .MoNTKHAL, Canada. April io, 1S47. " Mk. I'ki'.an : A> one of the oldest of a line of readers of the Cien- llenian's .MaL;a/ine for tlnee generation--, my i;randfather eonmieneed hi- >iili-eiiptii in in the \ear 174'', I take t he liln I ly nf -,r<.k in^; in !' pnn.il !■ rii iln. in'_;h il- e. .1 nniii- . ai a ipie>tii Jii III -i.-nealii- \ 1 am ellj;a<;ed in nseaiehe- i m llie pedi-L;Ke and arms of the ancient fannh- of Cri-pi-, of Uneckes anil (."li\e Court, in Thanet.Co. Kent, and of l\()>lon ChajRl, in I.enh.nu in the same eount\ . " laoui iIk- Crispe- of R- paternal grandmother h.ixiii;.; been a ISelcher of Field F'arni, in lv}.;erton and I'leondi. Co, Kent, and her mother a Crispe of koNtiin Chapel, si-ter of the late Willi. mi Crispe. I'lscp, m\ 5;ri-al mule who died issut'less. seized in fee of the estate of Roy toll in the year ij(-'2. "This aforesaid William Crispe married the sister of my ureat i;randfather ]5eleher. and thus the families of Crispe and lieleher became united by a dotibk- marriage. 72 TH'-, HISTORY OF " The Belchers of ITlcomb, Co. Kent, were three brothers — Peter, my great grandfather, afterwards of Field Farm in Ivgerton, Samuel and Stringer, the first of no profession; the second, Sanuiel, a physician, and Stringer, the rector of Ulcomb. " They were originally of Gilsbororigh, county Northampton and their family arms: Or, thjce j.ales gules, a chief of vaire, which arms are engrav?d en the plate derived by inheritance from my great gra.idfather, Peter Belcher aforesaid. " The arms of Crispe, of Queckes and ("live Court in Thanet, county Kent, are thr)sc of Sir Hjnry Crispe of Queckes, Kent, temp. Henr\- \'III. lar.iiiie, n fess chequy arg. and sable, (|nartering or. on a ..'.levorn sable five horseshoes of the first. 'Another coat of Crispe, Crest a camel-leopard arg. pellettee, collared ■.•iid liiied or.' In all the arms of the Crispes of Kent the crest is camel leopard, except in one instance which I ha. e re- cently seen in a work entitled, 'The Book of Cre.-ts,' volumes I and II anonymous, published l)y Heniy Wash- burne, I^ondon. " This book gives the crest of Crispe, volniiie !I, plate 39, No. 2S, as 'the attires of a stag issuing out i-f a ducal coronet all ppr. ' " Your heareldic readers will recognize this crest as that of Nassau dc Zulestein, first Earl of Rochford, temp. William III; and of Nassau, Prince of Orango, of whom General de Zulestein, first Farl of Rochford, Vv-as the HENRY CKISl'E. (I'risdiuT in Klanders.) HENRY CKisri;, rUISONER, (Bruges, FLiiuk-rs.) Till-: CRISI'K I'AMILV. jjraiulson In- a natural son of Henry, Prince of Orange. ' Debritt's Peerage, London, 1S24.) " The information that I seek is, to what branch of the Crisjie family does the crest mentioned by the anony- nujus author belong? Under wliat circumstances, and li\- whom was it granted? " At a distance of 4,000 miles from this source of direct evidence, and ha\'ing only I'.dmondson & Burke wilhotU ju-digrees to refer to, I fintl nothing to enlighten mv I III this sul)ject, atid am therefore compelled to crave the assistance of those who, with the abilitv, may have inclination to aid me in my in(|niries. " I further observe that there is a tradition in the Crispe family, of Royton, Co. Kent, a curious piece of secret history respecting the Orange Ma.ssue family, to which this very crest points, ami which more particular research concerning it will enable me to elucidate and exjilain. " Should any of your learned genealogical readers do me the favor to notice this counnunication and give the information I desire, I shall, ( D. \'. ) at a future period, give a memoir of the ancient family of Crispe from the time of Henr\' \'II, when John Crispe married Agnes, only daughter and heiress of John Quekes, to the present period. " The Crispes appear as sheriffs of Kent, with the Scptvans, Guilfords, Diggeses, Darells. etc.. (Vide Full- er's Worthies, \'ol. I, pp.515 notei and in Londiarde's TH]': HISTORY OF Perambulations of Kent, are also the names of suche of the nobilitie and gentrie as the heralds recorded in their visitations A. D. 1574, including vS>t Heiir>' Crispe and William Crisjie. Jolui Crispe was sheriff of Kent, loth Henry \"III; Henry Crispe, his son ditto 3S Henry \'ni, Nicholas Crisi)L-, his son ditto ist Ivlizabeth 1 \'ide Fuller ut Supra). M>- edition of Lombard i'^ that inqirinted at London for Ralph Nevvberie, dwelling in Fleete-street, a little aboute the Conduit, arms 157'!. "It is that so highl\- applauded by Camden, and other chief judges in such matters, and I was furtunate enough to olHain it at the sale of the lil)rar\- of the late Mr. Justice Fletcher, formerly judge in this province, who was himself a nati\-e of Kent. " Yours etc. . " \\'n,i.iA:M W'lXDK, "(Crispe relative V' The foregoing letter indicates the close relations which the Crispe family held to the regal elements of England, atid it also portrays the fact that the Crispe people were men of nffairs, in that the\' held in their famil\- the office of sheriff of Kent. This office in England is one of greatest importance, and not oidy nuist the per- son seeking this high place of honor, stand well in the estimation of the .sovereign, but the candidate must be the largest land-owner in the county in which he seeks to be sheriff. The Crispe peojile held tliis honorable station in the TlIIv CRISI'I': I'AMILV county of Keiil. the richest and most heautifnl portion of I'jii^land, for a trt-neration an' history of Ivngland. CRISI'li — KIXC, or TIIANKT "I, Sir Henry Ciispe of the Peiisli of IhrchiiiLTlcni, in the Isle of Thanet, in the Conntv of Kent, Knij^ht: to he buried in the I'erish church of I')irchini,'ton, niijh unto Kather\iie, my wile. 'I'o Jnhn Crispe all ni\' household stuff l)elonj.jini:; to m\- house at Queakes, and all my ap- parell and plate with all nu' 'Armor' and 'Weapon.' I will that m\- wife shall ha\-e all m\- Lands and Tenements in l-"ensham, I'reslnnand ()sprinj;e and my Laiul called Slepers. and my Land in Seasalter and Hendiill, these to (ieorge. m\- sonne. To my wife all my lands in Kmn- ney Marsh. And m\- house and lands called Little Btick- land. And my lands callc-d Miles in the perrish of St. Nicholas. To my wife my Lands ami Tenements at Mynster, and my tenements and Lands called Pulses, until I'/hvard, my somie. comes of the a.ije of 21, then the same to him. To my wife other lands in Hothe, and at Wade and at Rushhourne, and my Wood and Land at Chistlate and at Heme: also Lands at Whitstaple. To John Crispe, to luKvard Crispe, to Henry Crispe and to George Crispe, So THK HISTORY OF my soniies, an interest in my Manner at Grayes, and my wliole right and interest tliat I have in Stoneharde Marshe and tlie tenement lately built at Woodchurche and Free School. To my wife the Land and tenement at Svvakelxf. To nn- sonne John, my estate at Oueakes and Cheseman's, and ni\- other land in the Isle of Thanet not before given, and nn- house at Tankerton and the land thereto belonging. To Ivlizabeth Baker ni>- tenement called D()\vne Hi>use. To John my sonne the Mill & the ground it staudeth on. Will pro\-eil Nov. 5th, io75- " 41 Pickering. This will contains innumerable grants of gold coin and other \-aluable assets, but I simply digested from this exceedingly- lengthy testament the disposition of his lands and tenements. This gentleman owned so much propert}- and took such an interest in the history of Thanet that he was styled by all who knew him, and the historians as well, as the " King of Thanet. " It would be exceed- ingly difficult to place a valuation on liis possessions, but it is a part of the records of the Dominion State Papers, of the (rovernment, that he was the wealthiest citizen of Kent count\-. He was not infrequentl\- required to loan money to the Royal Coffers, and was also commanded to raise troops and take charge of the coast defense. The facts relating to his relations with the military division of the government I copied from the State papers and in the reference to be made later in this book, I quote vol- ume and page. THE CRISPE FAMILY. Sir Heiirj- Crispe was the owner of an Aljbott's Lodge, near Reculver, a brief description of which is given in Ireland's history of Kent, page 414, as follows: " The Demesnes of this Manor and Park of Chistlet have been demised by the jirimates on lieneticial leases, liis grace, howe\X'r, retaining the Manor in his own hands, (Archbishop of Canterbury). Scarcely any remains are left of the abbot's lodge, excc])t an arched gateway. The Manor of Gra>'s, or (^res, at the northeastern boundary of the i>arish, near Recuh'er, was, at the dissolution, granted by the name of the manor of Cira>s, otherwise Coppinhealh. to Christoplier Hales, Master of Rolls, wliose three daughters sold it ty the latter it was alienated, some time after, to Henr\- Crispe. I'^scj., of Qnckes, afterwards knighted, in wlmse line it remained until 1757, when it went by marriage to Capt. John Ivllioit, afterwards rear admiral, of Copford, in Ivssex. THK CKISPE CHARITY FARM The youngest child of Thomas Crispe, of Quex, was Miss Ainia Ciertan\ Crisjie, who was known to be a most charitable person. She was especially interested in the poor of Thanet. and did much to give them comfort. In 1678 she donated fort% -sexen fertile acres to the poor of Birchington. She erected a number of beautiful alms- hou.ses on the acreage, and the place is known as the Crispe Charity Farm. The peculiar part about this alms- house, is the fact that "any person who cannot produce 82 THE HISTORY OF sufficient to earn a livelihood, shall be privileged to come to this farm and lie allowed to labor, and receive during their stay, three good meals a day and all the comforts of a home." The buildings which she had erected are still in ex- cellent condition, and as Mar\' \'inson writes : "We lateh- saw tile substantial rows of almshouses at the Crispe CharitN- Farm. The buildings are likely to remain for two centuries more. This farm is kept up from large sums of nioney, which Anna dertany Crispe so willed as to secure the principal, and the interest is donated to the expense ac- count of the farm. Additional >tatements of her will follow when con- sidering the monuments to the Crispe family of Ouex. NOTES FROM STATE P.\PERS. The following notes appear in the Royal Dominion State papers of the Kings and Queens of Ivn gland, con- cerning the Crispe famih- at Ouex : "April 4. Sir H. Jernegan informs the nueeti that he has committed the Isle of Thanet to Crispe. (Queen Mary, \'ol. .S, No. S5 ). "April S. Sir H. Jernegan informs Queen Mar\- that he has connnitted the coast defense to Sir Henry Crispe, Mr. Kempe and Mr. Tynche. ( Dom. S. P. Mary, Vol. 12, No. 64). Tin', CRISI'I'. FAMILY. 83 1559 'March. Sir Henry Crispin's letter to Thomas Wotton tuuchins Iraiuiiiilly of the realm, and is .sent to Ceal OH imjiortanl business. iD, S. V. FM/... \'o\. 3, No. 1^1. 'September;,. Sir Henry Cris[)e is appointed by Queen to attend the Lady Cecilia, at Dover, at her arrival in England. Cecilia, the daughter of the King of Sweden, and wife of Christopher of Baden. (,Dom. S. P. Ivlizabeth, Vol. 37. No. 2S). 'June 14. Sir Henry Crispe returns from his survey of Queen's Castle Forts of 5 Ports. (Dom. S. P. Klizabeth. \'ol. 46, No. 77). 1373 'June 22. .Sir Henry Crispe was counciled in regard to al)le-bodied men for muster. (Dom. S. P. VMza- beth. \'ol. 91 . No. 55 '< . i6r4 'Sir Henry Crispe, (11) 1614, Oct, 12-13. Sir Henry Cri.sjie appears in Muster Roll as liable to furnish four corslets, four muskets and two Light horses. ( Doni. S. P. James I, \'ol. 7S, No. 32). 1627 "June 22. F"or one week Lieutenant Chaunbell and John Little were billited upon Sir Henry Cri.spe. (Dom. S. P. Charles \. Vol. 113, No. 59). THF. HISTORY OF 1627 March 13. Sir Henry Crispe writes for the Lord War- den's ccininiission to call together soldiers of St. Johns, Birchingtoii. Wood and Sarre, whom, by warrant dated sstli July last, he appointed to command: and he seeks power to appoint officers. (Letter to King Charles I, D. S. P., Chas. i, vol. 95, No. 82 )." In the history of " Isle of Thanet," page 49, occurs this paragragh regarding 15irchington and vicinit>': " The name 'West-gate-' explains itself, being a wa}' or approach to the sea-shore, west of Margate, and the district has been so called from the time of Egbert. In Hasted it is recorded that this manor was held by Robert de Westgate, temps Henry III., Sir Henry de Sandwich afterwards held it in trust for Robert, the former's j-outh- ful son and heir. Lewis, in his history of Thanet, de- scribes it as a little manor htld by William deLeybourne, in the reign of Edward the II,, whose grand-daughter, Juliana de Le}-bourne, ( after sur\-iving two hu.sbands, John de Hastings, brother of the Earl of Pembroke, and William de Clinton, Earl of Huntington), left the same to the Abbey of St. Austin near Canterl)Ury. After the dissolution of this Abbey, by Henry the \'III., the manor in question often changed owners until it came into pos- .session of Sir Nicholas Cri.spe, of Quex, near Birchingon, then of the late Mr. Edward Taddy, and ultimately of the present owner. There is a very interesting tradition, or \ ;11 o n OT u: -i* ►B ^ M 5' iC TO o m X r^ .^ 3 /■; > :i: '^ a. X — O z ROOM IN OLD (ilKX MANSION. iK.irly ill tlir 171I1 Ci.-nliiry.) Till': CklSPli I'AMII.V. nioukisli lL-,L,a-n(l, coiuiected with VVestj;ate, which we re- late ill our account of Minster." The (lescri]>tiiiii of the ])arish of liirchiiigtoii occurs on pajje 52, of the Keiili--h Historical Calendar, as follows: "The Parish Church, iledicated to All Saints', is of 5Xreat aye and is well worthy a \isit. (>iie ]iectiliar fc-ature is the ]iosition of the tower which stands at the northeast anylc: it is sunuouuted hy a shini;led s]>ire which is ser\iceal)le to shippiiii;- on their way from the Thames to the Xorth I"orelaiid. The Church contains brasses to John h'elde, 140-1; John He>ins, vicar 1 re]-ire- sentetl ele\atiii>; llic host, 1 152S; and se\-eral others to the QiK-x and Crispc families dating from 1449 to 1533. The north Chancel huloii'^s to the ancient scat in this parish called ntiL-.\, and in it are se\-eral famil>' monuments. The loml) and memorial window of Koselli, the painter and poet, are objects of interest. The Queen's Jubilee has been commemorated 1>\' the restoration of the spire; the re-hanginc^ the bells, and an addition of a sixth bell, also by the erection of a clock in the tower, presented by Major liell." CRISPE MONfMKNTS AT OfKX. The nionuments and br.isses which were cxecuteil for the Crispe famih- at Quex have attracted the attention of the art students and sculptors for some time, but of late the sculptural world has sriven these architectural monu- tnents considerable notice. Few things which our fore- fathers ha\'e left us seem to describe their features or 90 THJv HISTORY OF dress, since the art of photogra]ihy was to them unknown, and word-pictures were too often unrehahle. The pro- (hictions of tile brush in early times were indeed excel- lent; but t!!e>- too freijuenth- did not have the endurinj;- qualities, and were in the course of a j^eneration found sjioiled or destroyed. Onl>- the elite of the 14th century and those of means were able to pa\' the prices of por- traiture Work, and hence man>' of the faces of olden ])eo- ple are not preserved. The cost of ha\in.t; monuniental cffi,tjies, as the>- were called in the 15th cenlur>', ]iro- duced, involved an enormous outlay of monew and few, sa\'e the Kings, Queens and those innnediatel\' associated, could claim sufficient attention to invite the sculptural genius of those times to reproduce ni stone, marble or metal the image of either living hed, and I am indebted to h'red. A. Crispe, of I.omlon, for these heantifiil reprcJtUiclions of the Crispe monnments at Quex. It would ha\-e been simjiler ami less costly to eii';Ta\-e them, hut the half-tone process would not retain iIk- minute lines and delicate design. What the CL1SI of these monnments has heen would be diflu'ult to determine, hut experts have estimated that man\- thousands of ]>(nmds were ex])ended in their exe- cution. MO.NT.MKNT NO. I. Against the north wall of the Ouex cha]iel is a mon- unK'nt with six tablets, i-ach surmounti-d by a l)Ust. On the first tablet: "Sir Henry Crispe, Knight, married his first wife Marie ye daughter of Sir I'Alward Moniii.gs of Walde- shier. near Dover, b\- whom he had noe issue. She died A. D. ir„>(.." On tlu' second tablet the inscrijuion is in Latin, but relates to Henry Crispe, who died in ifisi. On the third tablet: "Sir Henry Crispe, of Quakes. Knight: married Ann. the daughter of Thomas Xex'inson, of Eastrie, }\s([. . for his second wife, 1)\- whom he had no issue. She died Anno 1629." riUi HISTORY OF On the fourth tablet: "John Crispc, Ksq., sonne of Sir Henry Cris]ie, Knight: first married Margret, the daughter of Tlionias Harlackenden, who left noe issue, and iHed A. D. 1376." On the fiftli tablet: " Neere this lielh interred the l)odies of Sir Henry Crispe, of Ouecks, Knighted, & of John Crispe, Esij., his Sonne and heir lA Sir Henry Crispe, of Ouecks, Knight. The onely sonne of John Crispe aforesaid. Sir Henrw the grand-father, married first one of the daugh- ters of Thomas Scott, of Scott's Hall., Ks<]., and by her had issue of onely one sonne, who married sole daughter of ye Lorde Cheyney &: died without issue. Sir Henry married also for his second wife Ann, the daughter of John Haselhurst, K^({.. by whom he left fower sonnes and two daughters, and died A. D. 1575." On the .sixth tablet: "John Crispe, Esq., married for his second wife Elizabetli, daughter of Thomas Roper, of Eltam, Esq., and by her had issue, one sonne, and she died A. D. 1626." The first taljlet has above it the bust of Mary Mon- ing, first wife of Sir Henry Crispe. The second tablet has aliove it the bust of vSir Henry Crispe. The third tablet has abo\'e it the bust of Ann Nevi- .son, second wife of Henry Crispe. The fourth tablet has above it the bust of Margret THI{ CRISPI-; FAMILY Ilarlackcndcn, the first wife of John Crispe. The fifth tahlet has ali(i\-(.- it the hiist of John Crispe. Tlif si.xtli tablet lias al)0\-e it the bust of Elizabeth Koper, second wife of John Crispe. MONfMHNT NO. 2. On the south wall of the south chancel are the fig- ures of IIenr\ Cri>])e antl Mar>-, his wife, liehind which are se\'eral images. These elTigies are in Puritanic dre^s .and are in a praxerful .attitude. The coat-of-anns of the Cris])e family is in several places on the nicinunient. Be- tween the two figures can be •^eeii tlu' following inscri]i- tion; " Here lieth \e liodie of Marie Crispe, eldest datigh- ter of Sir Anthony Colepep\r, of Bedgeboerie, descended of ye Honorable Faniilie of ye Lorde Daces. She mar- ried Henry Crispe. of Ouex, Fsrp, and h.ad ]\\ him fower sonnes, y'u.: Nicholas. Henry, .\nthony and Henr\-, and one daughter, viz: Ann. of which Nicholas and Henry onl\- sur\ i\-e there mother, whoe dejiarted this life Octo- ber 3, .\o Dni i(>i,s, Aetatis S\-ae, 34." .MONTMKNT NO. ;, . In the north cha])el of Quex Ch.apel, against the north wall, i- a monument divided into three talilets sep- arated b\- two ]iillars. In the upper ])art of each tablet is a shield of arms of the Crisjie and Denne families. On the first of tliese tablets are these words: '■ Here lieth the body of Sir Nicholas Crispe. of Quex, Knight, who died No\-ember, 1(157. He was ye 94 TH]{ HISTORY OF only son of Henry Crispe. of Quex, Esq., who died 1663. Near this place also lies ye body of Henry Cris]ie, h^q., fornierh- of Dover, Cousin Cierniain to ye aliove Sir Nicholas Crispe; he died lAjS. He was recei\-er of the subsidy outwards of London, An. i'\S'>, and afterwards comptroller of the customs at Doxer." ( )n tile second tablet: "To the meinor\- of I)ame Ann I'owle, only dau>jh- ter and heiress of Sir Nicholas Crisjie, of Ouex, Esq., Kni.nht, and relict of Sir Richard Rowle, Kni-ht, of Bath. She died 21 Dec. 171:17, leaving issue one son, John Powle, of Lincoln's Inn., Ivsci., who died unmarried 2\ Feb. 1740, whose- liody lies here interred. H>- his death all his mother's estates in this county of Kent are jiursuant to her deeds <]f settlement descended to Henry and Thomas Crispe, of \e Custom House of London, only sur- viving branch in ye male line of this ancient name and family, b>- whom this UKinunient was erected A. D. i 744.' ' ( »n the thinl tablet: " Here lies interred ye liody of Thomasine, daughter Crispe, of Doxer, who was Rector of Catton, near York, and died there r;, I''eby, 1736, leaving issue male only Henr\- and Tliom.is Cris]ie, Esqrs." THE CRISPE FAMILY. 95 On the base of tlic second tablet; " Tile abo\'e named HeTir>' Crispe, Ksq., was Regr. of Certificates iS; Examiner (jf Delientures in the Ctistom House, Lnndon. He niairied Mary, relict of Le\'in ClioliiiIe\-, I';sc|.,and dieil without issue 15 Oct., 1747. In liiiii was sluwii that jxilite literature and e\'en poetical tjeiiius b( St from Ur' man of business." On the base of the third lalilet: "Here lieth interred the Imdy of Thomas Crispe, Es<|., who de])artL-d this life the 2nd of Jaiiuar}', 1757. A^e.! 62. MONrMI':NT NO. 4. .\u .altar toml) of a Crispe and his wife (a Scott) with recumbent effi,i,des of husband and wife. These fi";'- ures are well executed, though the\- have suffered uuicli injurw In iiuarterfoils 011 the fnjiit of the tomb are four shields bi.-ariii.i; the fnlliiwing coats; 1st, on a shexTon fiN'e horse-shoes — Crispe; 2nil, Crispe; ,^rd, Scott; 4tli, Crispe. The tomb is that of Henr>' Crispe, of Ouex, and hi-^ wife, Katheriie Sditl. :\I()XrMlvNT NO. 5. Ill the iiorlli Ouex cha])el, atjaiiist tlu' north wall, is a iiiouiinieiit surmounted by a bust, iaxt which are the arms of the Cri--pe faiiiilw The moniuiRut contains llie followin.a; inscription; "M. S. ( Momniieiital Souxcnir) of Anna Gerteny Crispe, fourth dau>;liter, and one of the co-heirs of Thomas Crispe, of nuex, blsq. She li\ed an examjile of 96 TH]': HISTORY OF Piety & Charity; dyed March ye 23d, 170S, nuich la- mented. By will dated Feb>- ye 13, 1707, Devised to overseers of the ' Poor of Birchington -ments. and ]iiss tlie same lie- fore a Justice of the Peace. This monument imrsuant to the will erected Viv I^'rances Wiat, (wife of lidwin Wiat, of Boxley, serg. of Law) her sister and Executrix." OTHER MONTMRXTS. There are upwards of fifteen other beautiful monu- ments to the Crisiie family in this, the Ouex, chajiel, but s])ace will not ailmit of their ajijx-arance in this book. The impijrtance of this familv and the incidents connected with their lives has attracted the playright and prict . The Chicago Daily News of Thursday, August i, i,SW felt' 4^^ K\>V\ Ml i\I Ml.N I Ni CKIM'I' MiiM MINI Ml ;, CKISIM Ml )M Nil N I Ml THIC CRISl'l'; FAMILY. '■ ANCIKNT FA:\IILV OK OUKX. " SiRxx-ssfiil Play b\- Pincro Now Running in London Rt-vi\-cs Interest in a Famous Name — But Few Rel- ics Now Remain — Romance of One of the Race Who Was Captured and Held for Ransom — House is Not \'er>- Pictures(|ue. " One of the great London successes this s])ring has been Pinero's Jilax-, ' The ("■ax- Lord Oiiex,' and it is prnmised the drama is to be brnnght to this couiitr>-. Sax's a writer in the Sketch: ' While The Gay Lord Ouex has din'ing the bright summer weallier been draw- ing crowds to the theater in Newcastle street, I have been staying in that iiuiet corner of Kent where once the ancient family of Quex i fmm whom perchance that very up-to-date nobleman at the Olobe may in Mr. Pinero's imagination be descended ' were lords of broad acres and a stately home. Of the Ouex family to-day but little re- mains in the Isle of Tlianet. save the demense of which they were masters, a few of the rooms of the old early Tudor house, with its long facade, gabeled and cloistered, a stone :;nd brass or two in the Ouex chapel in Birching- ton church, and the molderiug bones of many of a Quex who. doubtless, though now unrecorded, sleeps the long sleep beneath it. " The house where the Que.x once reigned is de- scribed bv one old-world chronicler as a large building TIIJ'; HISTORY OF composed parlh' of timber and l;irick and in its ancient form il was a jilace of importance till, at any rate, the close of the last century. The earliest Ouex of whom I could find a record was one John Ou>'ek, as he is descrilied in certain old documents, who in 141 5 was a man of mark in Rin,t;slo hundred. The family name is, of course, spelt in half a dozen different ways, and one notes a Joan Queyk and a Richard Quek, as well as the John Onyek referred to, within a space of hut a few short years. The brass in the Huex chapel is in memory of Johan Onex, who died in ()ctober, 1550; il is a full lenL;th figure, in good condition, and is jirobably that (if the John Onyek of 1415. What, one ma\- wonder, were the arms i if this honorable famil\'^ They are nrit found in the Quex chapel; liut, as the Crispes, one of whom married the sole sur\-i\dr and heiress of the Quekes in 14.SS, quart- ered in the place of honor on their shield a chequ>' fess on an ermine field, we ma>' with prolialiility conclude that these were the Oue.x arms, and this theory is certainly supported 1)\- the fact that inent of n ransom of Si 5.000. I'ur all this wearv lime Cromwell refused to [)erniit his fannl\ to make the ])a\nient. believing that the mone\- was demanded for the benefit of the royal ex- ile. At length, assent was tniwillingly given, a portion of the Cris])e estate was sold, the ransom was paid, and tile \ictim returned, luu'ing learned, it is said, two foreign words, and two only — lion jour — and Ron Jour Ciis])e he was called to the end of his days, A former Crispe, by the way, Richard of Clea\-e, near Minster, was CajHain of the Kent Li.ght Horse at the time of the Armada scare. He married a I'aramore ( a very ancient Thanel family this). " The manor of Qtiex, as I have said, still remains: but the Ouexes are gone; so are the Crispes, who suc- ceeded them. The W'yats have held Quex since then, and so have some of the old Cornish Hullers, and once the j)lace was possessed by the Kentish Furnesses. The I04 THK HISTORY OF house as it now exists has but Httle of interest or pictur- esqueucss from the outside, l)Ul within are one or two of the old rooms (that which was < if ten occupied by the third W'ilhani may be mentioned in ])arlicular ) a fine col- lection of arms, a statue of Democritus, which once adorned Loril Holland's great house at KiuL^s.^ate, and many other more or less interesting relics nf the (ild fam- il\' of Qiiex anil its \-arii:ius successurs." This pla>' has since come to America, and is at this tiirie l)eing pla\ed at the principal theaters of the lar,ger cities, and attracting consideraljlc attention. The Cris]ie famih' were in possession of the famous AIil)e\' at Sandwich in 1614. " In the tiiwn of Sandwich, Henr>' Crowfield, a Ger- man, in 1272 founded a prior>- in this t(_i\vn, for the Car- melite FraternitN-, subsequently, from the color of their habit, called the ' White Friars." The endciwrnent, how- ever, ]iroving insufficient, Raymond, or more properly speaking, William Lord Clinton in the 20th reign of Ed- ward I. proxx'd a much greater benefactor, and was in aftertinies regarded .sole founder of that institution, which had subsequently se\'eral benefactors towards its re-edification. " The Carmelite monasteries and churches were gen- erally spacious and stateh ; this at vSandwich posses.sing the privilege of affording sanctuary to criminals. Within the cemetery many principal families, inhabitants of this place, were buried, indejjendent of memliers of the house. Tin-; CRISl'K FAMILY. 105 No further mention is made of tliis establishment until the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry \'III. 'I'his prior\- was in the ;,jnd of the al)o\-e reign granted under the title of ' White I'ryers near Sandwich,' with the church hells and all messuages in the town, to Thomas Arderne. Cent., of Faversham, to hold of the King ' in capite.' Suhsecpient to that period we find no tnrther mention of the ]>osscssors of this property until i'ii4. when it was sold hy C.eorge, Samuel and John Cris])f to Xiclmlas Richardson, who settled the same on his daui^hter Ivlizahetli upon her mariiage with Kihnund I'.arhee The h'rierv i> situated on the southwest side of Sandwii'h, l)ctween the Ramp, n't and New street, and from the remains of the fi Jiuidations must have occupied a considerable extent, the house, garden and meadows hav- ing covered an area of more than fl\e acres." Page fi24 Ireland's History of Kent. The following letter by Charles Crispe, of Dornfortl. dated l-"ebruar\- 11, ij-^o, is a communication wortlu' of ])lace in the History of I-jigland, since it demon.strates conclusivel\- the sacrifice the Crispe family made in behalf of their coiuitr\-. The corresjiondence was between Thomas Wotton and .Sir Charles Crispe, and can be seen at the Ron al Archiws, in \'ol. I\', ]>. j of Crispe Mis- cellanea; "SiK: I reed yours of the joth of Decem last, Hut I have had a \-er\- Oat Cold, and the Weather has l)een .so exceedingly cold, th.it 1 could hardh' hold a ])en in ro6 THF, HISTORY OF my hand, Else would have answered yours sooner: "The case of our Family was so far Unlike other Gentlemen, what, Sr. Nicholas Crispe, my Great Grand- Father Spent for K. Cha. \-e ist, altho as an\- private Gentleman in Fn.Sfland spent, was all Lost, So far as I will allow it to lie a Parallel case according to every Gen- tleman's estate so expended so far is certainl\' ri.i;ht with all of them that lust their money as our Family did. But what I am .tjoiii.u to mention now admitted of Neither Com])arison or Parallel. "This Gentleman went o\-er a Connnissioner from ye Cit\- of London to invite the Kins,' o\'er at the Restor- ation, when >e Kin.t; saw him a Hreda he took him in his arms and Kist him. and said slnirely the City had a mind highly to (Oblige me by sending o\'er M\' Father's old Friend to invite me into ye Kingdom. " I onl\- write this to Shew how some peoples ex- pressions and Actions agree. " This Gentleman settled a Trade to the whrile Coast of Affrica I'pon a Contrauct made with King Cha. the 1st, well was done b}- Carrying out ye Manufactorys of England and importing ten Thousand pounds in Gold where never Englishman traded before, he performed his Contract and imported more Gold than was agreed on, So his Pattent was Confirmed. Rut after King Cha. ye ist Death, he was in .some fear of the Parlimt. to whom he had been so Great an F- from us li\- those who called themselves our Friends. For I'reseuth- after \e Restoration, the Duke of York sent Men of Warr down on that Coast and took away hy \irtue of the Kind's anthoril\- all our F"orts, Castles, and l''actor>s, and said if the\- made any resistance they would Declare them Rehells and Tralors to their King and Counlrv. ,iiid tonk awa\- from him all his F'orts, Cas- tles. Settlemts ami l-'actc rvs. from ye one end of the Coast to the other. F'or I ha\e read his Petition to the Kins.; in Conncill in the Coiuicill Books in 1662. There- fore it was done as soiin as Time would permitt after the Restoratit)!!. The Duke of York did this X'iolence on our Family to tjive it a Worthless Company, who broke soon after, and I think there has been two or three since, or ver\- near it. .Mthocalled Ro\all, how conld it he ex- jiected to be otherwise, when their \er>- foinidatlon was la\'d in X'iolence, Robber\- and Plunder. I should ha\'e Told yon this Sr. Nicholas Crispe D\-ed in the Year 1666, as in my other Paper, and by his last Will Declared he was above One hundred thou.sand pounds otit of Pockett over and above all Returns he ever had from that trade, for which he hoped the Nation wotdd make some Com- TH]-: HLSTORV OF ])eiisntion to his Family, Hut that is \et to be done. Neither (hd the c(jiii]iany e\ er pa> One ^hilhni; for all tlie\- took from ns. When ni\' Liir' \vt)uld sell all their Settlements to Foreigners, thai I suppose was trj threaten the Parliament . M> brother and I then petitioned the house of Connnons, that if the> pretindee Just and real Proprietors. Altho' I ha\-e wrote \er\' largel\' I cannot concludewithout g;i\-int; you an acc't how our fam- il\' were used by him after he came to the Thrown in an other instance for the mone\' which was borrowed for his, (sic) his lirothers and Sisters Sub^istance when they went abroad, they who lent it would not take their secu- rity, and they could not get Seciuity until n.y Oreat Grandfather, Sr. Nicholas Crispe, became a Counter Se- curity, I think \e sum was aliove three thousand pounds. My Father as succeeding his Grandfather was Sued for Summe, Principle and interest, L. Chancelour Finch De- creed ye debt against him. M\' h'ather desired time to Petition and apply to the King, \e Ro>all Family sub- sisted on that money when they went abroad. That his Grandfather was Counter Seciuitv for them when nobody would take their Securitx' alone, and he hojied his Majtie would take it into his consideration and pay the mone>'. t'risrpf IVdintff from tht I'iaitatioit of Kent. i66j. iCriop ffdigrff from tlif Visitation of London. 1687. /r/ prric^Aitd f^u/ eCat*fUC^ are /tt y ^ e/- I 4mt tnt>- 9IMld-r ^^ an- Jn/a„t tl/urirvcM/ (Tta^J an ii (tiyiitlfi // (ttW -^l^i>f-uri/rr. Till': CRISP]': FAMILY. 113 Since lie and his Family had reed all that Money, and onr I-'aniil\- luul ne\-er hail one shilling of it. Ac- C()iilin.ul\' ni\- I'^ither pelitinm-d the King in Councill, W'luii there was not wanting some Noblemen who told the King tliey n.niend)ered it \'ery well, that he had the nione>-, and ilu>- hoped a Gentleman whose Cirandfather was hound fur them when the\- could get no other Secu- rity might not be a sulTerer. The King asked what Es- tate m\' leather had, the\- answered a \-ery good private Creiitlenians Ivstate. The King answer'd Cods tish (an Ivxjiression he usc-d ) he is a.s well able to pay as I. This alTair made a great noise on my Fathers appeale to house of Lords, The house of Commons .sent our Councellor to the Tower, and it was said it would only expose the King, so an ex]n-dient must be found, and that was My Father should p.w the mone\-, both Principle and Inter- est, which he did without an\- compensation. The King had decn-ed it against him, which he did to shew his good nature, hesetni'd s<>e cry'd u]i for, as I have heard, how he could ha\e that Quallity without one Grain of lupntx' or Justice I can't comprehend. I hope \'oti will find tin- other ])ai>er to your mind, but if >ou should have anv objection let me know it and I will set >ou to rights, ,ind am, Sr. ■■ Your humble Servt, " Dornford, nth Feb. i7;,9. Cha: Cri.'^pr. ' The money jiaid by my Father was between four and Ciyc thousand poimds, ye interest ha- buriall I would ha\'e my body opened That the Phisitians may see the cause of soe longshortness of lireath to l)e helpful to my Posterity that are troubled with the same Infirmity. And I order and appoint that m>- Ivxecutors cause my Heart to be Jmbalmed And to be put into a small urne made of the hardest stone and fasteneil in it placed upon a Pillor of the best and hardest Black Marble to be set up in Hanunersmith Chappell near my Pew the place I so dearly lo\'ed. And I ajipoint my bod)- to be put into a Leaden Coffin and laid in a vault in Si. Mildred's Church in Bread-street in London. That I made for my Parents and Posterit\- which Leaden Coffin I appoint to he put into a Stone Coffin to be covered with a stone. Testa- tor ' first discox'cred and settled the Trade of Oold in Affrica and liuilt there the Castle of Cormentine,' and 'lost out of purse abo\-e /[ioo.goo,' I desire my worthy Kinsman Mr. Andrew Crispe fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in (Oxford to doe that last service for me as to Tin'-. CRISP]'; FAMILY. 115 Preach my funeral Sermon to whom mournino; and ^10. Testator confirms an Indenture dated ;.S Feb. 1664 for the conveyance to liis wife and two sous John and Thomas of all his Messuages Lauds etc to the uses of his Will and a])])oints them lixt'x Ivx'ors and Trustees To said wife £fioo a Near for life and /. 2000 to dispose of to such of her Children and Grand Children one or more of them as she shall hy her last will direct or appoint. I alsoe give imto ni\' said wife for her life soe much of m_\- dwelling house in Charterhouse Yard London as I did lately use for m\self and family And I doe further gi\'e nnto m>- said wife All m\' L> nneii which I ha\'e in any of ni_\- housi'S, and the use of all m\- Householdgoods Plate and furniture of Household which I shall dye possessed of for her life. To my daughter in law Ann Cri.spe widdow of m>' .sonne Kllys Crispe deceased £300 a year for her life for her Joytiture and /.too a year for the Fxl- ucation and breeding of her Daughters by her said Hns- b:md until they attain 21 or marry. And I doe gi\'e imto uiv said daughter Crispe £100 to buy her a King or Jew- ell unto my (iraudaughfer Rebecca Crisjie /^ 1000 when 2 1 or married and if she dies under that age or unmarried then the same luUo the Survi\-ing Sister or Sisters of the said Rebecca when of the same age or married, l^nto I'^lizabeth Ann and Mary the Three other daughters of m\' said sonne I{llis Crispe £600 apiece when 21 or mar- ried. To Prescott Crispe younger sonne of mv said scMuie Fni< Crispe ii6oo when 21 conditionally. To ii6 THI{ HISTORY OF Nicholas Crispe eldc-r l^rothcr of the said Prescott ;{,2oo a year for see long tyine and until the said Nicholas shall have settled upon him lands or other listate which shall amount to a better >'early \alue Item whereas I have given and paid unto my sonne Thomas ffownes in portion with his wife Hester ffownes m>- daughter a greate por- tion farre exceeding that which would ha\'e accrued unto them or either of them In- their Customary ]iart accord- ing to the Custonie ijf the Cil\- of London if they legally release and accpiit unto m\- saiil Trustees etc all and every right etc which llie\' or either of them have or clayme out of my personal! estate etc I declare and ap- point ^'2000 to said Trustees for the benefit of said daughter unto my said sonne Thomas ffownes if he shall make the said release ^loo. Item If my sonne William Robinson and my daughter Anne his wife release etc all and every their Claynies etc out of my personall Es- tate etc unto my said daughter Robinson /^iSoo. Item whereas my sonne John Polstead hath under his hand and seale acknowledged himself fulh' adwanced in portion with my daughter Rebecca his wife yet in regard to m\- affection to my saiil daughter /. iSoo to said Trustees for her benefit, if my Two daughters Elizabeth and Abi- gaill release etc their claims etc out of my personall Es- tate etc I doe give unto each of my said daughters /2000 within one year after my decease or when they marr\- if ni)- Neice Martha Martyne the wife of Benjamin Mar- tvne and her said husl)an' nieces Reliecca and Mar\' Crispe Two of the daughters of my brother Saniuell Crispe' release etc 'inito each of ni\' said Nieces' ^.Soo 'if m\- Nephews Kllis Crispe and Samuell Crispe soniies of m\- said brother Samuell Crispe' release etc 'unto each of them' X.^oo. 'tnito my deare and Lov- ing Ne])hew I'illis Crisju- of Mart\iie Abbew ICsquire.' /.'so 'to bn\- him a ring.' 'to my sister Rowe' ,{'20 to buy her a ring' 'to mv nejihew Robert Cli:;rnock' rso 'to my niece Talkenberg' /'so to m\- brother and sister Leinan mourning at in\ finieral' 'to the compan>- of Salters in the Citty of London, silver ])late to the value of /too. 'to the now wife of in>- sonne John Crispe ;{ s^ to Iniy liL-r a ring or Jewell.' 'Din'ing the conliiuiance of Tes- tator's Tuists the finllur sums of /H'o a year to said wife ;ind ^500 a \ear ajiiece to said John and Thomas. ()tlur Legatees not called relations: S.iid grandson Nich- olas Crispe resid'y Legatee. Witness Charles Dalyson, Daniel Colw.di, I-'.dw. King, Ro Saunderson, Wm. Jack- son. Jolui Mussie. Dated 23 Februar\- ih6s. Proved 5 .\])ril \hhh b\- Lad\- Ainie Crispe the Relict ^S: John & Thomas Crisjie tlu' sons. " 42 Mico. An incident in connection with the burial of Sir NiclKilas C^rispe is gi\-en, .as it seems to indicate the can- THl' HISTORY OF tious methods observed in storing; away his remains. We remember that he wished to l)e Inuied in a leaden coffin, and this to l)e deposited in a stone cottin, all to be buried nnder stone. Shortly after his burial the ( Vreat Fire of London tonk place and it destroxed four-hfths nf the cit>' of I^ondim. The fire ra.s.;ed for four 's and three nigllts, and coinpletel\ destroyed e\'er\- vestige of the old town. The loss to the cixilized world, in the form of books, (hicuments, scientific woiksand histoiical build- ings, together with all the ])oints of interest, made this fire a dire calamity' . Recently whde digging at a point where the i>!d church of St. Mildred stood, the working- men came to the stone cotlin of Sir Nicholas Crispe. In a letter which I ha\e just received from .Mr. F'red. A. Cri.spe, of London, occurs this note: " Vou ma\' be interested to know that the coffin of Sir XiclKilas Crispe has just been found at St. Mildred's, Itread street, London. I ha\-e had a photograj)h made of it which I will repro- duce. Sir Nicholas Ciisjie died the year Ijefore the Great F'ire of London, in which the church was burnt, but he had been buried so ere uninjured." In a letter dated 1739, Charles Crispe, of Dornford, writes to a i.listingui.shed gentleman b\- the name of Woollen relati\r lo editing an account of the Crispe fain- ih'. It appears by thi> ccjrrespondence that this Crispe entertained the idL.i of writing up, or com])iling, a line- Till'; CKISPK I'AMILV. 119 age of tlie Crispes. I have dilig-ently searched for his work, hut evideiHly lie did not carr\- out the project. In this letter he idso refers to the great loss of the Crispe pi-ojile. Il reads; "Mr. Wontteii. "vSir: I received 1)oth of your letters of the ruh of Septemher last as also the 27th of Nont last, with the last acc't of .M\ f.unil\' [)rinti.'d, so far as it relates to the Title of Harroni.ts. I shoidd ha\'e answered your first long before thi> time. liusiness of the utmost importance still pre\enti(l me sending \ou aue pi rfect account of what you disireti. I will oid>' add that ever_\- article printed in \i>ur lirst' acc't is grosslv mistaken. ■' Von cdl >-e Alderman I'.lias Crisjie, Iiis name was lUlis Cris])'-, who d\e-, it was my Grand- father's n.une. " Then \ ou mention his son. who that printed paper sax's, died next x'lar alter his father. So far from that he livi'd and ser\ed the King through all the Cixille W'arrs and w.is lirst a Knight and after a Baronet. " I onh meiiliDU this as a specimen to show \ou how iIk' lirst ]>rmti.(l acc't was mistaken in e\'er\- pirticular. 1 am drawing out an account of the particular.^ of my family which I will send >-ou in a little time, if your acc't don't go too suddeiilv to the Press, fwr tlun il will he a lahonr in vain, therifore desire to know 1)\- a line from von. THI-; HISTORY OF " I cannot but say tliat I wish there had been a prophet in our family. Then he minht ha\-e loM us how- to ha\-e kept our nione\' for tlie use of our family, as the custome is nowadays, and not spend so main- Thousands. I miglit add one Iiundred thousand, for \e tjoode of \-e pul)Hck without an>- return for the same, aUhoup;h of ye Greatest Service to llie Nation and bnth forcibly and mi- justly taken from us. " I am Sir, Your Ihunble Servant, ■ Ch.\s. Cri.spk. " Dornford 15th Dec 1739." Additional linhi is thrown on Sir Nicholas Crispe in the reading: of jiortions of the will of Thomas Crisjie, his son; " I Thomas Crisjie of Dornforil and Ludwell Parish of W'ootten in the County of O.xon Knit. To be buried in St. Mildred's Church in Rread street in the vaidt there belongin.e: to the family with the rest of my ancestors, and I direct a Monument to be Erected for mee in the Church after the modell of that I made for my Wife in my Parish church of W'ootten in Oxfordshier, and would have the following inscriptii m thereon: ( M. S. of Thomas Crispe of Dornford and Ludwell, Knight, Deputy Lieu- tenant of the said County in which Post he ser\-ed the Crown under the last Five Subsequent Lords Lieutenants of the said County. He was one of the >'onnger son.s and Kxecntors of the Ould Sir Nicholas Crispe, Knight funeral i''crtififair of (?lHa tfrbpr. 16:5. .^^^ «>^m/7c' cut ^ (^e^-tt^tf/ .rA^^co^ OL^^.c^,'rv/ CAA^ tM^nrre ^rvr/ A^<.7< ^ ^€' -e^^ o/' S ?/i'^-i^ ^^^?eA a- Av^^' .^Air/i/io-' ^^A/«t>&^ex ■P^exA^ ^^ A<^ / ?f<^ ^^f€ify%r/'r/ /€u:A>^ A'iXi.A ^^t-fr ■ S^'A'O Au^ rA/i^ ^^-ryrie/ 4^ /Al£' zJAf- cJ^^*c//^ ^d^nd?%a.t- / ^ 'LJAhy>?t}/}ca c^i.c£ Cc/f%'-yz' ayncA ^^^AH-yrd^x^ne/r^ ^^ r/e^lde>ri Af/ ■f4yAu'»l'^ e^ft*^ >7-^>^3fc uyi<>*Ti/y ^ ^H^rvne /ei^trt^ ^ /Aif- ^/^ /^ /S ^t/€€^^yf^ f-r' /Ai^te/ ^Afou/Zt ^At^^ m-cct ^ Azy Z"^ Ai^f:Ji' &i^ (S:>c4''ru>^/ ■ /y, /Jo^f-i't^' ^ /A^:' <5r-ov ^ A '/''.■rtrr/* €-f*2f/ ?U^e^'- 4f' />?^ £*r/c^ -fj^ -A ■z^^ j-:>f^^ ^ie'-^.c«^y^'^ "7^// rr^fd f? A'^^^A^^^^^yfiAr f^y/yf^dj ^>^^>* ^ /y/>/rr i^/. Jjunttal dtrttdtiiu (i« jHt Jittiibnm Itaijniita.scin, Jintslit. 1661 .%. ^ T f»iiiuc /' au^L,,,, ••/■/■ 7' 4f^ML<^ vciti^t^ a*t^ /^^vf ^1* '7<^ Z« aJ/^<':^ AoAa. cf {v4.t> LiTCni^ fry ffUf CA^%4ii* p<4aU .U UUi^ i7-m-y *€lOvjf lief ■ t ~yU ^ Jh ";, "7. liU<'ii^ J^nAi- ^iAif'tf^ a &>. lit I h ..■i.^,. a.U >,„....,., Jl ■^ M *ta^' t*\t*«-<^ >&««*i ■■„.<• of' Ww ^*y ^-^^ - ninch and I.ost One Hnndred Thotisand P(inn;hter Anne Crispe lately Married to Charles Cris])e I{sqr.. great Cirandson to the afore-aiil Sir Xielu 'las Crispe Kn't and Harronelt .ind who with his Danghter and himself make n]) ihn-e C.enerations from the said Oukl Sir Nicholas Cris])c \-i/t: Son. (ir.mdsun and C.reat C.r.indson. I " 1 eonfiim the Si-ttlenienl of my Manners <.ir affair-- of Hornford and Lndwell in the County of Oxon on my nanghter and Sen and their Heirs Male, hy ni\- Deed of the 2ist ilay of .April 1714. .And also the Set- tlement of jiart of my personall estate in and h\- a need of the fifth of M.iy 1 7 14 on m\- Son and Ilanghtir njion their nianiage. ''i'omysonmv tine King luing a ( '.re- tian Tries! and Priestess cut in an (jnix in C.reece about 2000 years since.' "Proved 20 Aug 17 14." I ^Ci Aston. The following manuscript written liy Sir Charles 126 THl' HISTORY OF Crispe can be seen at the British Musenni. It relates to the pe(lit,nx-e of the famil\- of Crisjies. Catalo;-e Chappel at his own expense. This is the Gentleman mentioneil in My Lord Clarondine's History. He went through ye Civille Warr with King Charles ye ist & raised a Regiment of Horse and another of Foot for him at his own I'lxpence, besides Emense sums of Money, and was in ye sharpest service for he took out ye Commission Army for ye Citty of London, for which Parliament proffered One Thousand Pounds to bring him in a live or dead. He being the TIIK CRISPK FAMILY. first Bnronet imist bcRiii with him. The inscription on this nioniniKiit in Haninicrsniilh Chappcll is worth read- ing; ti> -.iwy hddy who is ciirions that way." The Manor Koyton, of wliich Hon. William Winde's writes on page 71 of this liook, is well described in \'ol- tinie III, ])a>::es 5.^, 59 ami 60, of Ireland's History of Kent Comity, as follows: " Koytijii, otherwise Rayton, is a manor in this par- ish sitnatefl a small distance eastward from Chilston, the mansion of which had a free chapel annexeil to it, the rtiins whereof were still remaining some \ears hack. "In the year 1259, under Henry III., this manor was in the possession of Simon Fit/alian: at which time a final as^jret-ment was ratified in the King's Court at Westminster between Roger, abbot of St. Augustine's, aTid the said -Simon concerning the customs and services which the abbot demanded of him fur his tenement, which he held of that ecclesiastic in Ro\iou, viz: one mark of silver auiuiallv, and suit at the Cotu't of I.enham; which suit the alibot released to him on his agreeing to pa>' the rent above mentioned and suit at Court of St. Augus- tine's at Canterbury'. " He was succeeded b\- Rt)bert Roy ton. wlio most pro1iahl\- assumed his name from his possession at this place. The latter founded a free chapel here and annexed it to the mansion, which thence acquired the name of Royton Chapel. It continued in the abo\e name until THI' HISTORY OF the rei,<;n of Henr>- \'I., when by an only daughter the property- Cdiu'eyed in ninrriaE^e to James Iiryhunl, Ksq.. of Davin,<4t(in, whuse dau,L;hter and sole heir Constance, entitled lur hnshand, Sir Thomas \\'alsiii>;liam, to its possession. He dieton, ntar Lenlnim. It was soon afterw.ards sold to Rohett Atwater, win. lea\ing two daughters and co-heirs, Mar\ , the >(>uugest carried it with other estates at Charing and elsLwhere in this neighborhood to Robert Ilonvwood, Ivsij , of Henwoo'ing in i.SJ'i was buried in Leuham Church, lieariug tor his arms those of Honywood, with a crescent gules for difference. He left a luunerous issue 1)\- his wife, who survived him nearh" forty-four >-ears of her age, and was interred near him, though a moinnnent to her menicirv was erected at Mark's Hall, in I^ssex. She had, as it is said, at her decease, lawfullx' descended from her 367 children — sixteen of her own, 114 grand-children, 22S in the third generation and nine in the fourth. The eldest son, Hon\'wood, of Char- ing and afterwards of Mark's Hall, in h'ssex, was twice married; first to I)oroth>", daughter of John Crook, L. L. D., b\' whom he had one sou, Sir Robert Honywood, Till', Ckisri'; FAMILY I2y of Chariiijj, ami out- daughter. By his second marriage he liad sc\-eial sons and daughters, tlie eldest of whom, Thomas, was of Mark's Hall alnnx- mentioned. Sir Rob- ert at his dcatli de\-isLi)e, (.".eut., of Maidstone, in whose descendeiits it continued denvu to William Crispe, (leiit.. of Ro>toii. Hech'ing in 1761 de\ised this jiroperty h\- will to his sur\'i\-ing wife, Elizabeth, for her life, and the fee of the same to lii> nejiliew, Samuel Belcher, who dying unmarried and intestate his interest in the same ilesceiid- ed to his oule brother, Peter Belcher, who by will left it in 1772 to his brotlier-iiidaw, John Foster, in fee. Mrs. ]';ii/..ibeth Crispe. before mentioned, died in 177S, and this estate then went into the po.ssession of Mr. John I'osler. who afterwards sold it to Thomas L5est, Esq., of Chilton, on whose ikinise, in 1793. it jiassed by his will, among other estates, to his nejihew, (leorge Best, Es([.,of Chilton." 'I'm: Ki%\"t:KKNTis Toin.\s .\nd s.ami'ki. ckisph. Dr. Tobias CiiNpe was a learned man, and as a min- ister of the gospel made a great reputation. He was a prolific writer, and jiossessed a large library of theologi- cal Uioks. He died ill March, if'44. His son, Samuel, also became a minister, and he was noted throughout I'jiglaiid for his "deep knowledge of the Scriptures." I30 THI' HISTORY OF W'lien lie died he left an estate valued at i.Soo.ooo, and this amount was left to his kin. He died when sixt>' years of ajrje. Plis last will indicates his possessions, and also intro- duces his learning; relative to the Hilile. 1 have copied such portions of his will as may be of worth and I give It in the hope of doin.ij justice to this i;reat scholar. It reads in part as follows. "There is a L;reat deht owine; to mee out of !n\- wife's brother Peter Pheasaunt's estate, it lieinc; ahoiit Iile\-en Hundred pounds in Anno 167S for 500 which his brother Walter Phensaiuit - Mr. Sergeant Goodfellow etc., which Will I ha\'e by me uncancelled' etc., the ' said debt of iioo' and Interest or what can Ije recov- ered of it I .ijive to nn* four younger sonns, lillis, Stephen, Walter and Rowland Wilson.' 'And whereas his late Majestic King Charles the second owed to m\- grand- father, Mr. Rowland Wilson, to whom I am h'.xecutor, the one-fourth part of Ten Thousand and five hundred pounds' 'for gold he had out of the Starr from Ginney, and a fourth of 4000' for the Cormantine frigott lost in his Service,' the said delfts 'to my six sonns equally among them.' 'Whereas the Crowne of Portngall is in- debted to mee as Executor of my grandfather and partly in m>- own right about Two Thousand poinids and inter- est for his fourth of 5.S00 odd pounds due to the Guinea Till': ckisi'i': I'Amilv Company, liesides what is due to himself, and for which debt tile Kiiiplome is bound ]>y Articles of Peace, I p:i\-e the same or what can be recovered to m\' four V'oiuiger sonns.' 'To my three younger sonns the One Hundred pounds I lent nn- ehlest stin Phesaunt in his straits in April or Ma\-, I '''94.' ' To my fi\-e younger sonns the 500 that m\' said eldest sonne obliged himself by Note i6gi to pay to iliem when he should be worth four thousand jiounds.' 'To my Sonne Phesaunt ni\ gold Watch and Chain to it and the fine l^icture of the Madona that I formerly lent him,' etc., also ' m>- pocket bible of 44 years use hoping he will make good use of it.' 'To my sonne vSamuel my Father's Hil)le printed in 1631 in the margent of which from 167510 iC),So, L-tc, I m;ide annotations from I Cor. to tin- end. To my deare hdlis, in his hand, I give m\' iiiterlea\-e' Manu- scripts of Hoebrew and Greek in mv three times writing out the Bible in Hebrew and Creek in luiglish Letters and rendring the whole into proper Ivnglish.' etc., ' my Books of the List of vSe\'en Thousand and od Sermons from 164S to I 701. and all the Sermon Books, about 300, I gi\-e to m\' said sonne Ste])hen, my Coghil's Bible jirinted 1576. in folio, with Notes and Ivrasmus latine Ttslament of 1463. I give my sonne Walter m\- im- liroidered Bible and other greate Bible. I .give my sonne Rowland Wilson m\- greate BibK- ni\- wife used. I gi\-e THI'; HISTORY OF my daughter Mary all my otlier books." Proved 2,^ Nov- emlier, 1703." i'"^- I^egg. KLLIS CRTSTK, SUKRIFF OF LONPON. iniis Crispe, son of Sir Nicholas Crispe of wiiom we speak on page [14 of thislionk, was atone time an Alder- man in London, and later elected Sheriff of London. He was a \'er>' werdthy man. and dieil some twenl\- years be- fore his fatlier, who was the famous Sir Nicholas Crispe, the " Ould faithful ser\-ant to Charles the First." Kllis died while he was Sheriff, and the darter at the College of Lleralds issued in his honor a funeral certificate signed by his wife, Hester Crispe. This certificate has been photograi)hed and engra\-ed for this book. The Crispe shield is jvirted with that of the Ireland familw who had as their arms six neu-de-l\s. Li his will, which was j>ro\X'' <»«^ '^""'^ :/i,^ .^ i.,.,,J.,i /„.... »w^ lu (v..^.^ i)><.,J^i' -....■ lic C4,^r~cp>r<. /(C.> /»»'«* .*,../ l/a^l,.- a.-H e(a^„. '-" i - 'If J.. 'f- -'•' ■'•''■■ ^C b%f\^<^ /«^ jfi^i-rvui- ■^...y .^ u.... ruv. CKisri': family. 137 ful Sir Ahraliam Raxnaidson, Knight, Aldeniuni and I.crd Ma>(ir of I.diidoii." TIk- marriage took place about I'oi, and lur lui^hand was fanions as liax'int;; pre- ^■^.•ntc■d iIk- collection (jf tin,' unncci-ssary tax from llic people of London in support of tlie Ro>al family. In liis funeral certificate published the I2th day of January, i6(,i, the Carter of the Colle,<:;e of Heralds re- cites the important features of his life. I had this cer- tificate ])liotor:;raphed ami fiiRraN-ed for this hook. It says, in ])art: " The cor])se was renuned to Merchant- ta\lor's Hall London, and there < set out with all cere- monies belony;in,i; to his dei;r<.-(.- i leinaineil till Thursday, ijtli da\- of the same October, and was interred in the Parish Church of St. Martin: the Lord Ma\or and Al- dermen, the Ciox-eniors, HeiJiuies and assistants of the Turkey and ]{ast Indi.i Couipan\-, and the Governors of the St. Hartholomewes IIos])ilal. with a great lUimber of his relecaions and ITriends and acquaintances attending it thither. Tlu- said Sir Kaynardson, Knight, was Lord Mayor of London in the year iCi^q, but was by the then pretending Parliament discharged from his Ma\oralil>- and disabled to bare the office of Ma>'or and Alderman of London and lined 2000,/," and committed to the prison for refusing to jiroclaim their Traxterous Act for abolishing the Kingl\- office in ICngland. The said fine was le\-ied by sale of the Goods by the Candle," This occurred in tlie stirring times of Cromwell, aned Life of Cromwell. This Al)i.u;all Crispe, dauslUer of Nicholas Crispe, (hed ahoiu the Near I'l.vs. - of Middlesex, had a daughter whose sou hecame Sir Harry Gough. Baronet. 100 Bedford. Peter Crispe, of Cobcot, had a sister whose son he- came vSir Richard Ingolsby. 52 Huddleston. Sir Edward Moniug's daughter married Sir Henry Crispe, Knight, of T^irchington, History of Isle of Thanet. Sir Christopher Clapham, of Clapham, York.sliire, married Elizabeth, third daughter of Thomas Crispe, of Qttex. Till'. CklSPI- I'AMILV. 139 Sir Richard I,(.-vett, married a Crispe daughter. S^^ riesg. Tlie son of Sir Henry Crispe, of Oiicx, married the sole (hmghter of Lord Chexiiey. Ilaiiuah Crispe, of Guernsey, was the wife of Sir I'Minund Andros. famous in the Colonial history of America, and of this lady we will write when treating the Crisjic famil\- in iIk- Xuw W^rld. 2i''> Carr. The CrisjK- ])eoi)le were closeh' identified with the luiglish events of the iC)ih, i-th and i.sth centuries, and they took an active ])arl in the several wars of those da>'s: but not until the gre.it strife hetween Charles the I'irst and (Tli\er Cromwell do we learn of their enthusiastic de- \-otii)n to the causes championed. It was in this great ci\'il war that the Crisjie fainilv sustained a heav>' finan- cial lo.ss and nuich of their wealth was taken from them, ami a considerable ])i)rtion donated in the interests of opposing factions. In the fratricidal strife the Crispe fainil\- was almut e(|ually divided, some siding with Charles the I'irst while others espoused the catisi.- of Cromwell. Thus we find them enlisting in opposing aimies. Prominent among the Cavaliers, as the support- ers of Charles were known, we find a Sir Nicholas Crispe and a Sir Charles Crispe, while on the Cromwell side we note a Sir Ilein'v Crispe.' and the famous Reverend Tobias Crispe. Hence the family of Crispe were di\'ided — one atTirming the Episcopal creed, the other adopting Puri- tanic princijiles. while both factions attained eminence I40 THK HISTORY OF and distinction in antao-onizing- armies. We will discuss those of Puritanic inclinatidU when studying the early Settlers in America. The ])receeding pages clearl\- indicate that the Crispe family was more than ordinarih' promineiU in the affairs of Southern I{ngland. The Crispe people inhabited for the most part theCountx'of Kent, the garden spot and the battlefield of luigland. We find that the>- clustered and did not separate, hut continued to li\-e in several of the cities of Kent, and among these homes we mention Birchington, Cle\-e, Deal, Dover, Maidstone, Ro>ton, Leeds, Loose Court and Sutton \'alance. THE CRISPK F.\MILX- Ol" SI'TTOX V.-\I,AXCE. A large branch of the Crispe famih- settled at Sutton \'alance, where for upwards of Uxn hundred \ears they were tillers of the soil of this famous valley in Kent County. There are possibly but two other valle>s on earth as pictinesque as the \'alle>- of SiUti)U, and these are the .Moselle \'alle\- and Onieda \'alley. In this rich .soil and these scenic '^urroimdings, a large family of Crispes was reared. Though there are not at this time many of the family still li\ing at old vSutton \'alance, since in the 3"ear 1S52 a great number of the Crispe people emigrated to the United States; yet there are are a few of the rela- tives who still reside in the vicinit>' of the romantic val- ley. The old town, founded by King Edward the First, is al)Out fort\- miles southeast of London, and but a few miles from Maidstone. As early as 1600 the Cri.spe folks THK CRISPK FAMILY. 141 were tiller? of the soil at Sutton. The major portion of the Crispe people now living in America are interested more e.specially in a certain William Crispe, from whom the family hailiiiy; from Sutton, came. WII.l.I.XM CKISPK, OF SrTTOX VALAN'CE. This William Crispe came to Sutton and purchased the manor known as " Mount Pleasant." Little is known of his early life, hut in 1 722 he was married to a Miss Susan I*"ry. and to them was born eight daughters and one son. The names of these nine children are: Mary, Anna, Eliza- hetli. Su-^an I (lied January 1783, age 44 years). Sarah, I'riscellia 1 died SepteinlK-r 20. 1S23, age 69 years. In the church is a tablet which says. " Near this place on the outside of the church are deposited the remains of Pris- cellia Crispe of this parish who departed this life Septem- ber 23, 1.H23. Aged 69 years. How loved, how valued one .\v;iils thee not To whom related or by whom liegot A heap of dust alone remains Of thee Tis all ihou art, and all The proud shall be. This monument is created by her nephew Mr. John ICarl" I, Francis and Martha. The only son was John Crispe. William is spoken of in old family letters as being "A 14-^ THl': HISTORY OF large man and of a very liberal turn of niiiide." He died January 27, 1772, at the ajje of 69 years. He lies buried at Sultan \'alance, as are all the relatives under present consideration. His wife died March 16, 1705. at the old age of So years. She was buried at her nati\'e town iif Dartford, where her parents kept the famous " Bull Ta\-ern." The eight daughters were married, but we will not describe their lineage, since the name Crispe ceased after their marriage. Howe\-er, it is worthy of note to mention that Francis liecame the second wife of the noted Henry Harl, wlio ' son of the foregoing, was Ijorn at Sutton X'alance in 1743. He was married to Elizabeth Shirley, and, quite contrar>- to the existing tendency of the Crispes, he liecame the possessor of a large famih*. He li\-ed at Mount Pleasant manor, and was among the prominent citizens of that section of the County of Kent. The names of the thirteen children which composed hi.s family were as follows: William, Thomas, George, Cle- ment, Charles, Mary, Susanah, Klizabelh, Ann, Sophia, John, James and Edward. Tin- CRISPE FAMILY. 143 lie was a prosperous fanntr and a devott-'d Christian, worshiping; in tla- l{])iscopal Churcli iSl. Mary's 1 at Sut- ton X'alaniH', and in its cemetery all the family of Sutton are l)uried. He died April 23, iSii. at I lie age of 6S. He possessed considerable property, and was considered wealtln', his daus^hter Sophia recei\'inj; the hldk of his worth — /.5000. His wife, IUi/.al)eth, died June 17, 1 7>/', aj^ed 30 years. The old house in which he li\'ed still stands, anil while I tr.iveled in this reijion I ]-)hoto.<;raphed it and the church for pictures in this hook. We will next sind\- the careers of his thirteen child- ren, .and in doing so we will completely, though briefly, describe the entire offspring of each of these thirteen children. In the appendix of this book will be found the classified cop>- of this branch of the Crispe famih'. Man\- of these children of John Crispe and Elizabeth Shirle\- emigrated to the United States, so we will give them consideration in Part H of this work, de\-oted to the family of Crispe in America. The thirteen children and their kin are as follows: WII,I.I.\M CKISPK, xo. I. He was born in Sutton \'alance in 1764; he married C.race l^li/.abeth Goodwyn, and to them were born eight children — John {\'). Charles 1 B "i , James ^C). Priscellia (D^, luiward iP't, William (Fi, Thomas ( G ) and Sarah (Hi. William died May 29, 1S34 His wife died February 25. 1^45- 144 THE HISTORY OF John ( A ) was married to Miss Elizabeth Coville, and to them were born five children — Charles (a), James (b). Edward ic), William ( d ), and Priscellia (e i. He emi- grated to the I'nited States where he died June f^, 1.^34. The sons and daughters will be considered ui Part II. Charles (B) born 1807: married: left no issue. James (C) was burn Septendx-r if), i.Soq; married Maggie Panilergast in 1S31: to them were born ten children — Jamas (a), Sarah (h), Maggie (O, Charles (d), Mary (e), Charles (f), William (g), John (h), Elizabeth (i), and Priscellia iji. This Mr. James Crispe and entire fam- ily will be de.scrilied in Part II. Priscellia (D) married William Smith, of Folkstone, and to them were born three children — William (a), John (b) and Charles (c). William (a); married: left no issue. John(b): married: left no issue. Charles Ic): died in infanc>-. Edward (E): born May i, 1.S02: by occupation was a farmer, miller and baker: in 1827 was married to Miss Elizabetn Munn. He owned a splendid farm in Sutton Valance, and it was known as the " Forsham Farm," containing ninety-six acres. This book contains a pic- ture of this old home. To Edward and Elizabeth were born nine children, as follows — Edward (a), Grace (b), William (o, Priscellia (d), John (e), Anna (f), Sophia (g), Alice (h) and Emma (i). This entire family came to America in 1852, and their accounts will be in Part II. Mors r ri.KAs.w T manor. (l.;n>|.r Honu-stta.l.i AM. IS I.KISI I (C: Till' CKISPE FAMILY. 149 William (F); littk- is known of him: he came to America, settliiitc near BulTalo, New York: was married and had a ilanj;hter: he died in America in 1S23. Thomas '('.I: licirn in iSii: died when 9 years old; bnrieil at Sntton, Nox'emlier 9, 1S20. Sarah 'IF: Imrn iSu; died in infancy, Fehruar)' 13, 1S14. THOMAS CKISPE, NO. II. Tlionias Cri.sjie, No. H, the second child of John Crispe and IClizabeth ShirU-y, was horn in 1765. He was married to FHizabeth Wilkins, and to them were born seven children — Thomas ' A\ Henry - died Au,<;ust 2, 1S75: buried at Sutton X'alance. Susan la': married a Mr. Samuel Pa\'ne: had no issue. FHizabeth iCi; became second wife of Mr. Samuel buss: ihe\' had four children — Samuel lai, Harriet (b\ J(_)hn I CI. I'annv i d *. FHizabeth died June 5, 1S46. Samuel lai; died at an early age: he was married and hafl two children —Mnr\- Ann i i \ and Harry (2). I50 THE HISTORY OF Harriet (b): married luUvanl Brooks; thej' had no children. J()hn(ci: hachelor: still li\iii)jf. Fanny (d); married Thomas Adams. Mary ( D): married lo Thomas Vinson; they had six children — Thomas (a), John (h), Mary (c), William (d), Edward (e) and Elizabeth (f). Thomas (a); no particulars. John (b); no particulars. Mary (O; lives at Maidstone, luisland. She deserves praise for ha\'ing assisted me in getting many of the facts concerning the Crispc people at Birchington, Deal, Cleve, Leeds, Maidstone and Sutton Valance. I take this op- portunity of thanking her for this valuable aid in for- warding this information. William UU; no particidars. Edward (e); no particulars. Elizabeth (f); no particulars. Sarah (E); married Thomas Biggs; they had one daughter, Sophia (a); Mrs. Sarah Biggs came to America and died in 1856. Sophia Biggs (a); was married to a Mr. Parker. Anna (F); died at Sutton \'alance, October, 1S70, leaving no issue. Clement tG); died at Sutton Valance. GEORGE CRISPE, NO. III. George Crispe, No HI, the third child of John Crispe and Elizabeth Shirley, was born in 1767. He married ruv. cRispi'; family. 151 Miss Mercy I, ink. lie died August 24, 1S24; she died .■\u>;ust 8, 184.'?. To these people were born seven child- ren—John iA>, Stephen (B), George (C, Elizabeth (D), Mercy dO, ICli/a (piand Mary Ann (Gi. Jolm I A); was married and had two daughters. Stejihen iBi: married; had two children — Bertha (a), George lb). vSk-])hen ilieil about !8;,o. Bertha lai; uiarrit-d a Mr. Thomas Cooper. Cieorgeibi; still living at Suttan \'alance. George tC': dieil in 1830; left his estate to his two brothers. Ivli/.abeth iDi; died at Sutton Place. Mercy (E>; died June 11, 1S25, nt Sutton Place. lUiza ib'i; dieil March 11, 1869, at Sutton Place. Mary Ann '(t); died January 7, 1844. CI.KMEXT CRISPR, NO. IV. Clement Crispe, No. IV, the fourth child of John Crispe and lili/abt-th Shirley, was married to Mary Nash Dickinson: he died October 20, 1S29: she died November 20, 1822; their children were— Clement (A>and John (Bt. Clement lA'; was married to Miss Armstrong; they had two children — Mary la) and Arm.strong (b). Mary la* is still living. Armstrong ib' is still living. John IB); remained single; died at Sutton Place. No- vember, 1870. CHARLES CRISPK, NO. V. Charles Crispe, No. \', the fifth child of John Crispe IS2 THl' HISTORY OF and ElizaVjeth Shirley, remained a bachelor, and in his will left his estate to his l)r(ilhers. He died Aui^nst 26, 1S27. IMAKV CRISPK, NO. VI. Mary Crispe, No. \'I, the sixth child of John Crispe and Ivlizabeth Shirley, was married to Samuel Hood; the marria,L;e was without issue. She died No\'endier 24, 1S51. Samuel Hood died in 1S73. St'SAXAH CRISPK, NO. \'II. Susanah Crispe, No. \'II, the seventh child of John CrisjK' and Elizabeth Shirley, was married to Daniel Coulter: she died December 29, 1S44. Mr. Coulter died April 25, 1S54. The>- had four children — hdizalieth (A), Soj:)hia (B), Ann (C) and Susanah (D). Elizabeth ( A ); was married to Mr. Samuel Buss; she died Maj- 16, 1S22; he died in 1S30; they had two children — Elizabeth (a) and Susan (1)). Elizabeth (a); no particulars. Susan (b); no particulars. Sophia (Bi: married to Samuel Harman; the\' had four children — Susan (ii, Sarah I2I, Samuel (3); John (4). Susan' I ); no particulars. Sarah I2I; no particulars. Samuel '31; no particulars. John (4); no particidars. Ann (C); married William Jarrett; thej- had one son — William , Pettenden (J', James (K), Henry (El. Samuel Hood iMt, Clement (Ni, l^li/aheth lO), Sojihia (Pi, .Stejihen ' (j ' . William • R 1. Exlward ( .\ 1 : manied: had two sons: one died, one still li\'in.i;. ThnniasiH*: married: died .Vjiril 2. iSr>;^: had one sou: still li\ing. .Anna iC': married to Chark'S Norrin.gton: she died March J5. iS^o: one son — lulwanl la). I-Mward la': still living. Charles 'D': married: had two sons: died Jautiar\- -.1. I.S74- (jeor.ge lE': married: had one son. George died July 9, 1.S65. I'Mwin ( I'' 1 : still living. William ((".): died August f\ 1795. John Richard (H): died Se]>teml)er 10, 1S27. Samuel ( I i: died Seiitemher 6, 1.S60. 154 THI-; HISTORY OF Pettenden (J): died Novenilier, 1S70. Jamt's (K): died Februarx' 17, iSdo. Henr>' 1 Lc died Sejjtcniher 12, 1S74. Samuel Hood ( M ) ; died October 17, 1X67. Clement iN); died ,Si.-])tember 20, 1S76. Klizabeth <0): died June 4. iSog. Sophia (?»: died August 21, 1811. Stephen <0); died in infancy. William 'Ri; died Januar\- 21, 1839. AXN CKISPK, NO. i\. Ann Crispe, No. IX, the ninth child of John Crispe and Elizabeth Shirley, married h'dward Norrinston. She diL-d Januar\' 15. rS.sS. He died Se]nember 28, 1859, The>' had no children. SOPHIA CKI.srE, XO X. Sophia Crispe, No. X, the tenth child of John Crispe and lili/.alieth Shirle>-; born 1781; married Stephen W'ilkins. She died March i, 1841. He died March 17, 1S26. They had five children — Stephen (Ai, William (B), Mary (C), Sophia (D» and Margret (E). Stephen (A); died at Sutton Place, Januarv 9, 1S77, aged 74 years. William (B); died June 5, 1868. Mary (Ci; died January- 10, 1854, Sophia (D); no particulars. Margret •!{): died January 2, 1877. JOHN CRISPE, NO. XI. John Crispe, No. XT, the eleventh child of John THK CRISPE FAMILY. 155 CrisjK' and Elizabetli Shirley, was married to Mary W'ilk- ins Jdhn died March 21, 1S07. His wife died April 21, iSu'k 'I'hey had one daughter — Mar\- Ann lAi. Mar\' Ann 'A': was married to W. H. Haj^les. vShe died I)ecend)er S, 1S77. He died April i.S. 1S79, They had seven children —Marian lai, Albert 0)), Edmund ic', Chark's 'd,i (leorge 'v'. P'rank 'f' and Philip l.i^). Marian la': was married: had two children. Albert '111; still livin.ij. P'.ilninnd 'ci; still livin>,^ Charles kP; still li\-inj;\ Oeorge 'ci; siill li\-in,t;. P'rank ;ent and enterprising of French sul)jects — merchants of capital, skilled manufacturers and handicraftsmen, super- ior at the time tn all others in Europe. A considerable nuniher of these Huguenot-I-'rench canie to America; a few landed in New luigland and Ijecanie honoralily prom- inent in its histnrw Their names have, in large part, became Anglicized, or have disappeared, but their blood is traceable in many of the most reputable families, and their fame is jK-rpetuated in honorable memorials and use- ful institutions. iMcim these Iwo sciurces, the Ivnglish- Purilan and JmcucIi Huguen blodd; ami, with as nuich satisfaction as if he were a P>ritisli imlilcman reading his >latel\- ancestral record in liurke'^ Peerage, he >]ii>ke uf himself as ninth in descent from Ihcise wliii would not endure the op]iression of the Sluait--, and se\intli in discent from the brave French Pnitestanls who refused to submit to tyran\' e\'en from the ( 'irand Monarcpie. " (Uneral Carlield delighted to dwell on these traits; and dining his onlv x'isit to luigland he busied himself in discci\'ering e\-er\- trace of his forefathers in parish reg- Til]'. CRISIM' I'AMILV isters and on ancient arnn- rolls. Sitting with a friend in tlie g;aller\- of the Ilonse of Cimnuotis (ine ni);ht after a lont^ day's hihor in this fiekl of lesearch, lie said, with e\'idenl ehition, that in exx-ry war in which, for ll!ree centuries, patriots of ICnghsh blood had struck sturdy blows for constitutional government and human liberty, Iiis family had been represented. They were at Marston Moore, at Xasel)y and at Preston; they were at Bunker Hill, at Saratoga, and at Monmouth, and in his own per- son had battled for the same great cause in the war which jireserxed the I'tnon of the States." Till'; CKISl'H FAMILY. 173 Till' CRISPI' FAMILY IX COLONIAL AMERICA. Of tlic main- classes of colonists who settled this W'l.-'terii Rejmlilic, by far the most illustrious were the Puritans and the Ilutjuenots. Their names, alike coined as e])ithets of contempt and derision, ha\'e become the brightest on the historic pages of America. Their fame rests on their heroic sacrifices. Not for gold, nor adven- ture, nor disco\-ery. did they seek the foresi-clad shores of New ICngland, but for the sake of worshiping God ac- cording to the dictates of their conscience. The one peo- ple exiled and e.xterininated, the other persecuted and tortured, they alike tied from the intolerance of the governments, and this crime cost Charles the First his head and ie\-ohuioni/.ed the luiglish monarchy, and Louis Xl\'. ])aid the ]>enalt\- by receivin.g the scorn of all lovers of libertw It is uiniecessary to recite the gross injustice done to the Puritans, nor need I detail to the readers of this book the long siege of snfferin.g of these champions of reli,g- ious freedom. The Crispe people were among this stiu'dy folk, and their devotion to the cause was proven in their deserting friends aiul home, and cliosing the snow-clad hills to warm hearths at home. The Crispe people came over with Rodger Williams and John ICliot. the latter young ministers: and John 174 THE HISTORY OF Wiiithrop, Jr., sou of Governor \\'iiithrop, of Ihe Mas- sachusetts Colouy, cani(j witli theui. The Crispes set- tled at Watertown, near Old Salem, Massachusetts, where they continued to li\-c and prosper for many gen- erations. Benjamin Crispe anil Ikidget, his wife, had fi\-e children — h^lizalieth, Mar>-, Jonathan, Mehitalile and Zachariah. Benjamin Crispe was married a second time, his next wife beint; Joanna Lom;le>-, and to them was born one dauo;liter, Deliverance Crispe. Benjamin and his wife lived for a short time at (jroten, Massachusetts, and we will learn more of him and his famih- later in this book. Amonj,' the other Crispe emigrants were Richard Crispe and family, Geortje Crispe and family and Sarah Crispe. Before giving an extended account of the interesting careers of these early settlers, it will be wise lo describe and finish the sketch of the "Crispe Grant of Land in Maine," since this grant was cotemporary with the land- ing of the Crispes at Boston, Massachusetts. After de- scriliing the history of this grant of land in Maine we wdll return to the Crispes of Boston and resume our study of these Puritans. The following occurs in the records of the Massa- chusetts Bay Company, page 92, volune I: "Oct. 2S, 1631. It is ordered that there shall be takeu out of the estate of Mr. Crispe and his Company the some of xij £- js.- vd; and delivered to John Kirman. as his p. p. goods, and after the whole estate to be inven- THi: CRISPl': FAMILY. 175 torNX'd thereof tlie saiil John Kinnan is to have an Sth ])arte: this to be done with all convenient speed by theis five coinniissioners. or any three of tb.em, vz: Mr. Johu Masters, Robert Feakes, Mr. ]{d\vard Ciil>bons, F^phariin Childe. Daniel F'xiich." THK CRISPE CKANT OF LAND, The jiarticulars of this grant are taken from the Maine Historical and Genealog-ical Record. The article is by .\lexaniler Rigby, and can lie f(.innd on pages 66-77, \'olnnie II. It reads as follows: •• The Plongh Patent.— On the ''■ih of July, 1631, Ciovenior W'inthrop made the following entry in his journal; " ■ A small ship of sixty tons arrived at Natascott, Mr. Graves, Master. She brought ten passengers from London. They came with a patent to Sagadahock, but not liking the place, they came hither. These were the company called the Llusbandmen, and their ship called the Plough.' "[Note: W'inthrop Journal, 3rd edition, I, 69: comp. Hubbard, New England, 141 -142 — There was a ship called the Plough, 160 tons, owned in 1627 by James, Ivirl of Carlisle, and afterwards .sold (1628) to Captain Thomas Combes & Morrice Thompson, who were granted letters of marque that year. The next year (23 Nov., 1629) William Cock, master of the 'Plough of London,' relates the circumstances of the capture of the island of St. Christopher's by a large Spanish fleet. (Calendar 176 THl' HISTORY OF Domestic State Papers, 1627-1629). The Plough which carried the Husbandnien left B- of New England, 141-142.] "We are here first introduced to a bodx- of emi,c;rants constitntins' the advance guard of a society of religious pei>ple who intended to establish a crilony on the new Engli.sh shores, where the>- hoped to be freed from the persecutions which had followed Iheni at home. This ' Company of Husbandmen' lirought with them a pat- ent from the Council for New England, dated 26 June, 1630, [Note: This date is taken from a contemporary man- uscript in th.e possession of the Maine Historical Societ\', and, to my knowledge, has ne\-er before been published] , wliich granted luito Bryan Bincks, John Dye, John Smith, Thomas Jupe, John Crispe, and their associates, a tract of land forty miles square, [Note: The loss of the original patent ( and no verbatim copies are known to be in existence) precludes the formation of any definite knowledge of the boundaries of this patent. Hubbard locates it 'south of the Sagadahoc river' and 'twenty miles from the sea side.' (History of New England, 510. ) Maverick, writing in 1660, says: ' There was a patent granted to Christo. Balcelor and Company in the year 1632, or thereabouts, for the mouth of the ri\-er I 111. siiir iM. Ill (ill. ^F.AI.S ON CRlSI'l-. I'Al'l-.KS^ THI' CRISIM'. FAMILY. i8i KeiiiR-bcc, and some tract of land adjacent.' ( Egerton MSS. 23<)5, folio ,'im7.) An anonynions writer, about i^-'vS, speaks of ' a i)atent of Sagadahock i^ranted Crispc and others,' i MSS. No. ,i44>!, Krilisli Museum i, and an- other conteni]iorar\- alludes to it as ' a Patent for Mr. Cris])e and otlurs for ,Sa<:;adahock.' ( Colonial Papers, Public Record Office. II, if>i. 'Two islends in the river Saf^adaliock near the South Side thereof, about sixty miks from the Sea' were included in the srant, but it is not yjossilile to locate such islands in this ri\er i Sulli\'an, Ilistorv of Maine, ,^ioi, though it is e\-ident that the Council supposed them to be there. In the minutes of their proceedinjjs they decided to reserve 'for the publike ])lantation '■■ •■■ the two great Islands h'ing- in \-e ri\er of Sagailalioc' > Colonial Papers; II, 6. i The location and extent of this grant were ne\-er distinctly understood, and from the first the indefinite terms and description became freciueul sources of contro\'ers>' and misuuder- standing between the grantors and grantees of the patent. "The partners remaining in London wrote, tnider date of March S, 1631, to the Colonists, as fol- lows: ' W'e ga\-e >'ou nottes by Mr. .\llerton [Note: This was Isaac Allerton, of the Pilgrim Colony at Plymouth]. Wee hope \-ciu ha\e long since re- cei\ed it; that wee ha\-e had much ado abonght our pattent. & thai there was one Hradshaw that had pro- cured letters of pattern for a part, as we supposed, of our former grant, and so wee think still, but he and Sir Fer- i82 THK HISTORY OF (linando Georgas think it is not in our bounds. [Note: Richard Bradshaw was granted a patent for 1500 acrt-s of land 'above the liedd of Pashippscot on the north side thereof,' 2, Now, 1631, having been 'hving tliere some \ears before." { Minutes, Council for New Ivngkuid), Hradshaw, howe\-er, was given possession of this amount of land at the Spnrwink river h\- Captain Neale, and afterwards sold lii> rights there to Richard Tucker, who settled thereon ;ind, with his partner George Cleeve tried to maintain this claim against theTrelawny Patent but unsuccessfulh'. Trelawn\' Papers, 32, 207, 229,308] He was frustrated of his fnrst purpose of coming over l)Ut is now joNiied with 2 \ere able ca]itens iS: merchants which will ->et him over. iV. wee sojjowse will be ther a' sown as thi> ship, if not before. Wee can not posible relate unto >-ou the labur and truble that wee ha\e had to establish our former grant. [Note: This woidd indicate the existence of a prior grant which became void, and nia\- account for the allusions to the various patents 'for Sagadahock' spoken of in a previotis note.] Mane rufe words wee ha\e had from Sir Fferdiniando at the fTurst, and to this houer he douth afferm that he never gave con>ent, that \ ou should ha\-e aboute forte milles in length and twent\- milles in breath, and sa\s that his own land is not to your pattent if it is to ha\-e an\- more: so we have done our goode willes and have procured his lea.se and the man promises that wee shall have no wronge. WVe ha\'e Ix-stowed a sugar lofi.- upon him, of Till'. CklSPK FAMILY. 1.S3 some 16 s. ]irise and he hath promised to do us all the uood he can/ fXote: Mass^ Hist. Coll., \'II, (>4-g(i: 'The comj)an\- t'lirtlier says res]>eclin)J^ the dilTicnlty about their i^raiU: Wee can ])roquer nothin,!;e vder his lumd, but in our hirini^t- he i;a\-e order tnito Mr. Airc^ to wrii.;ht inUo Ca]itin \e\ le, of I'ascatoway , tliat Hradshaw &. wee nu.nht be bnunded. that wee niaywht not truble ech other, and ha\e .i;i\en the Captin coinand to serch your patten, what it is you lia\e \(ler ni\- lorils hand and his. Wee need not C"unse]l vou what tn do in that case, only wee tjiee \ou nottev of it. desirintje (lod tpokin of. \\\c .t;a\e Sir Fferdinfjand this resen why wee desired so lari; a patten, because that the grette>t part of it was not habitable, bein^ rocke. wer no man coidd life; ^: he ansored wee shoulld not doubt but be allowed enofe for x-; all, iS: in the best part of it, according; to our desire: but if wee should li.ixe so much as wee sav thev have granted vs, then do wee include ilifers of ther former ])laiitations, which they nex'er inleiideil. This coiUerfers must be ended between vour sellfes and such i;ufeliiers of them of I'inecpied as th<-v lia\'e apointed.'] " The owners of this patent with its perpetual lease to heirs and assigns were members of the strange sect of religions enthusiasts called the l"amil\- of l.ove, or I'am- ilists, who fTourished in Holland and luigland during the latter half of the sixteen an'. They continued til fliuirish, howe\'er, in a precarious way for about a cen- tury, but finally expired under a continual battery of ridi- cule in i>rose and verse. [Note: Interesting particulars concerning this peculiar sect may be read in Knewsttib's 'Computation of Monstrous & Horrible Heresies Taught,' 1)\' H. N. itc., London 1579: Rogers' 'Displaying of an Horrible Secte, &c.,' London, 1579; 'Baster's Autobiog- raphy' 77; 'Strype's Annals,' ij 57; 'Mosheim's Eccles- iastical History,' chap. xvi]. The London partners al- lude to this persecution when the\- adjur the Colonists to be united and ' put to shame and silance mane that do now shamfulle ris up against vs. [Mass. Hist. Coll., vii 94-96]. Such were the Company of Hu.sbandmen who came to our shores in the Plough, and their proposed colony was to be operated upon the communistic principle of equal division of expenses and profits, and would be- come in time an asylum for the oppressed brethren in England. [Note: The 'ten passengers' constituting the first lot of colonists cannot be all identified. So far as determined they were Bryan Binckes, Peter Johnson, John Kerman, John Smith, 'Mr.' (John) Crispe, and the Till'. CklSPI-; l-AMILV. 1 Sc, 'sons' of 'Coodniaii Taiua).;!.-'] , The tinulitinu of nieni- l)<.-rslii]> in this advciitun.- wcrt- n,-li,L;ii)ns alliliatinn and a suliscriinion of / Ki to tin.- comnion stcjck. Inn thoiiuh iIk- foinKT was not siiictlv i.-ss<.-ntial tlu- l.ittt-r was a iK-CL->sar\- ri.-cniisit'--. The Ijiisinuss nianai;einent of this I L'huions scheme- was conchictud li\iiR-nilii-rs of thesocii-t\- in London, principally 1)\ John ]>\v. 'dwillint; in l-'illjiott l.anr,' ("iiaci' Hardwin, Thomas jnpi.- and lohn Koch, 'dwillini; in Crooked l.anr,' Init il nia\' here he said in ])roceeilini;s in liankniptcN', for the eoloni>I-- never settled on their ])atent. before brethren in London conld hear from their friends on llie lMoni;h. the obitnarvof the eolon\ had lieeii written be Winthrop. " [A conteniporarv mann.scri])t in the jiossession of the Maine Historical Society, which was drawn iii>liy the attorne\- for the Rii;by hiirs. contains the followiiiij state- im-nt; In the \ear t(\v>. the sd ISryan liiiicks, John .Smith and others associates. .t;o personally into New l{nt;land and settle their.seh'es iti Casco liay. near the south side of Satjadahock. and lay out considerable stuns (if monev in jilantini; there, and make laws and consti- tntion< for the well rnlin>; and so\eiinn,LC of their sd riantations ,ind I'nniiux'. With the ])ositi\e statements of Winthrop, Hubbard. .M,i\-erick and other conteiiijior- ary writers to the contrary, it is not jirobable that this anthoritv is entitled to full credit.] " It would be iinnece- of the Rise, Reign and Ruin of the Anti- noniians, I'aniilists and Libertines that Infested the Churches of New England' ), Stephen Bachiler, their aged pastor in London, transferred from thence to mi.ssionary labors in the colony, and about sixty passengers. [Note: The members of the 'Companie Husbandmen,' as far as has been determined, comprise twenty-three names, viz: John Dye, John Roach, Grace Hardwin, Thomas Jupe, John Robinson, Roger Binks, Nathaniel Whetham, Henry Fawkes, Brian Kipling, Nathaniel Harresse, John THl'; CKISPlv FAMILY. 191 Ask-ii. Pc-ter W'ooster, Thomas Payne, Stephen Bachelor, Kit-hard Ihininier. John Keniian, John Sniilli, Nathaniel Merrinian. John Hane^ler. I'etir Johnson. P>ryan Binkes, ■(icxxhnan' Taniadj^e, John Crispc — the hist ele\-en of whom were colonists. In the car,>;o of these two vessels came invoicis of merchandise for the use and ])rorit of the colon>-. and an eniniieration of some of them mijjht lie the hest exidence of the ii^iiorance of the business mana- j^ers of tile conditions necessar>- to the success of their \enture. ' Reverend Stejihen Bacliiler. a disianl relati\-e of the emigrant, lias written tin.' followint;: " As early as ii>,V' Bacliiler had determined to leave lvns.;land and si'ttle in .Xmerica. At all eeeiUs he had made iireparalioiis for such .a removal. Maverick, in his ' Descrijitions of New h'.ngland,' says: ' There was a ])alent i;Tanted to Christo. Batchelor &: Companie. [Note: This must mean Chrisjie. Batchelor «.S: Company-. John Chiisjie. or Crispe. as the name was commonly spelled and written, and Stephen Bacliiler were grantees named in the jxiteiit] , in the \ear 1632, or thereabouts, for the mouth of the river < Sagadahocke > and some tract of land adjacent who came over in the sliip Plough and termed themselves the Plough Cotn])aiiie, but soon scattered, some for X'irginia. some for haigland, some to the Mas- ■sachusetts. never settling on the land.' Some ga\-e the date of the Plough l.inding as June :('\ iri;,o." [See Maine Hist, and C.eneo. Record, \olunie II, jiage 6(1. Adili- 192 THI- HISTORY OF tional references on this grant page 62, volume XLVI, iSi;2. Addiliciiial notes in the Sagadahocke grant, ]iage ,'i4, \olunie XXXIX, continued page 157 of same \nlume. Crispc and Sagadah(jck patents, vnhnne \'II , ])age ;,i, Cnllectious of Mass. Hist. Societ\ . Plough, Ship, \i)lunie \', ]->age 141, Mas^. Hist. Societ\-, New l''.ngland Hist, and Ceneo. Reg., \iilume XL, page 71]. The phraseology and spelling of the foregoing old Colcmial article is rather an anomaly in ])resent time lingli^h, lint I reproduced it as it was fouutl from docu- mentary e\-idence. It ma>- seem to those who are un- familiar with these old-time writings as heing evidence of iliteracv, Init such is not the case, since in those da\s our language contained such expressions, and the words were thus peculiarly spelled. The Colonial history of our countr\- abounds in grants of this character, and the terminology is ([uite in keeping with the progress of the epoch. CKISPES WITH THE PILGRIMS AT BOSTON. In the study of these people of the Plymouth Colony the first political interest in Amercan history is developed. We see the first faint expression of principles which have become cherished household words to later generations, and have to a very great extent influenced the structure and fabric of our form of go\-enmient. No doubt the Crispe Pilgrims assisted in this initiatory- work, and lent every po.ssible strength to carr\' out the purpose of the will of these devout settlers. Though the records of /\ ^. I.I KKINC W ARKKiRS. ColiiMAl. S(i1.1iII:K.S THIC CRISl']' I'AMILV. 197 these early cninc-rs are not as extensive as we wish, yet snllicieiU evidence is at liand to di-nionstrate the acti\'e part taken 1)\- tile Crispe enii.t;raHls. The first ineideiil \vi>rtli>' ni record after the arrival of tlu- Crispe ix-ople at Salem, l'I\iiiouth, ISoston ami \\','itert- an onler <'f the authorities this manner of electing shall coutituie hereafter." On page igi of the New I'.uglaiul Historical and (Genealogical Register we learn that "lienjamin Crispe has taken the oath of allegiance to the Plxuiouth Colony." This oath of fidelit\' meant that he acknowledged the laws coming from the Plymouth Colony as superior to those coining from Ivnglaiid. The (late is given as 1641. In volume X'lII, page 1S7, of the Reconl of Pl\-- mouth C()lon\-, it gives the "names of males who are able to liear arms and under the age of sixt\' years." Among these names is that of (icorge Crisiie, and the registra- ti-: igS THE HISTORY OF " Benjamin Crispe and his wife, Rridwct, had t\vn dant^h- lers, inizalie-tli, l)orn at Watcrtown, MassachusL-tls. vShe was horn Nn\-end)fr the Sth. Johnatlian Crispe, their son, \\as horn Xo\-eniber 21;, i(^\''-,g. I']lea/ar, their son, was horn Xo\enil>er 14, 1(141. Tlie\- also liad Mary (no hirthch'ix- >4i\-en), Meliitahle (no hirthde\- gi\-enl, and Zacliariah (no Iiirtliday gix'enl. lienjaniin Crispe was married a second time, his second wife hcins; Joanna Longley. Tn tliem were liorn one dau<;hter, Deh\-erance Crispe." A more precise acconnt is .t^ix'en in the Savage Gen- ealogical Dicticinary, jiage 47;,, \-olnme I, and reads: "Crisp, or Cris])e — Pjenjamin, of Watertown, 1630, freeman, jC^^Ct^ had Ii\- wife Bridget: h^i/aheth, wdio was horn Jan. .sth, ii'i.^j: Mar>-, horn 2otli Ma\-, i''\^S: Jona- than, horn 2i)th Jan., 1(140: Itk-a/ar, horn 14 Jan,, 1(142; Mehilalile, horn 21 Jan., 1(14(1; and Zacliariah. From Piond we learn that in 1(130 he was servant of Major (lihbons, and |ierha]is came as earl\- as 1(129; late in life rem. to (irnteii, cir C.roton, hiil was ret, hefore 1(182 to \\\ , and had m. Joanna, widow of William Longley. hdizalieth married 27 or 2c), Sept., i(i,S7, George Law- rence." " In 1^44, George Crisjie and a few friends founded the \-illage of Fasthain, Massacluisetts." ( Volnme \'I. 1S52, New Kngland Historical and Genealogical Register. George Crisjie was ver\' much interested in the wel- fare of Ivastham, and he was several times elected to THl'. CRISIM- I'AMILV. 199 town offices. An eiitr\- iiuuk' in 1656 rends: "Surveyors of tile Ili.ulnvaies, Ivisthani, Mass.. Oeorge Crispe, John Ma>o." I l'aL;e loi, \(.liiiiie III. Recorils of r'lyiiioulli Colony. Xath. B. SclnntlelT 1. .AnioiiLj the jurors of the first inquest known to Xcw ]'Ji.i;lan(l wl- observe the name of C.eor.ue Crispe. The jury re])orted to the Court as follows: lOAjS. wee, whose names are luulerwrittcn, being ini]):iiiele Page 177, \ol- niiie I\'. Record of l'l\-moutIi Colony. This niav not seem in strict .accordance with Puri- tanic customs, but it illustrates conditions: " ( )ct -,, 1662 — (ieor.s;e Crispe being presented for re- ceiviu.g into his house some licjtior, or such like goods, illegall\- taken, though he kiK'w it not, and stiffering some disordi'rs in his house, is lined twenty sliillings." I Page 39, volume I\', Record of I'lviiKiuth Coloin-. Wife THI', HISTORY OF tfstified in same case, and given in same reference. ) The folliiwiug apjiears among the decisions of the Court: " i('i(i(), March. Richard Bisliop for pr loging of j> sell of sheep vvoole from George Crispe, is centanccd to [jay the said Crispe the same of t\vent>- shillings upon demand, on receipt whereof hee is to rest satisfied con- cerning the matter, and the said J-iishop cleared." ( Page 31, volume \", Record of Plymouth Colon>-. ) Oeorge Cri.spe is mentioned as a juror: " i(')72, ("rrand luKpiest. Junes. George Crispe." (Pagegi, \'olume \', Record of Ph'inouth Colonw ) Richard Crispe, Boston, ]K-rmitted to teach fencing, ifisfi. (Ill Massachusetts Historical Collection, \-olume, III, page 157. ) We find that George Crispe is registered as a free- man: " ifSyo, May 29. Freeman of Kastham, Massa- chusetts, George Crispe." ( Page 278, volume V, Rec- ord of Plymouth Colony. He is enrdlled as ha\-ing sworn allegiance to the Pl>'niouth Colony, and the record is dated as follows; " 1637. F'astham. Took oath of fidelit>', George Crispe." (Page 1.S4, volume VIII, Record of Plymouth Colony) The oath of allegiance included in it the oath of su- premancy, and this latter affirmation stated that the Pope at Rome was not recognized as authority in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. The oath of allegiance is of interest t(i us, and I have co]>ied it: I'li.cKiMS (",(ii\(; I'll cHrkcii. KF.\I.KK\li |(WI\ WIll.KI.WKIC.iri'. Til]' CRISI'l'; FAMILY " I do swc-ar solenil>' in the presence of the Great Jelivoah, to l.e a ]iarl of this IhkIv ]iiilitie nf lhi> C(il(iii> , and as He >liall 1k1[) >is, will snlniiit (lur ]iersnns, lhin.t;s and estates nnto the J,(ji(1 Jesus Christ — tlie King of kiii^s and I.md (if lords: ami to all these most jierfect lawscf His i;i\en us in lli^ most huh word of truth to lie guided and judged thereby. " The following brief aeeount b\- Saxage in his I)ie- ti', 172s. to Hon. John Clark, and h.ad for her fourth husband Rew lleiiiamin Coleman. Sin- died 24 A]iril, 1744." Ki':i..\Ticn To Kr:\-KRKNr) whhici.wkicii'i' .\xn axxa UrTCIIINSoX. We note with considerable interest that the Crisjie famile were related to the famus Colonial minister of the gospel, the Re\-erend John Wheelwright, wdio was tile eiithusi.istic supporter of bo'Ji Rodger Williams and Mrs. Anna Hulchinxin. In i^w^' R'>g>-'' \\'iniams, who was an intimate 2o6 THI': HISTORY OF friend of the Crispe family, was banished from the Col- ony, and the Crispe people l)elie\'ing in the lil>eral ideas as ad\Ticated Ijy Williams, were much at loss as to church affiliations. The rulers of the Colony who had ordered Williams from their midst, had scarcely recovered their e(|uinaniity before similar difficulties arose from iniex- ]iected quarters. Religious discussions formed a large part of the life of the Colonists. Meetinss were held by the men, and portions of the Scriptures read and dis- I'ussed: and the sermons of the ministers made the sub- ject of searching criticism. The women might attend the meetings, but they were not permitted to take part in the deliberations. One of the disciples of Roger Williams — Mrs. Anna Hutchinson, a woman of great talent, elo(|uence and great energy of character — claimed for her sex the right to participate in the study and analysis of Christian life. This privilege was denied her, and she in consequence in\-ited the women to her own home, and there she hoped to discuss freely and uninterruptedh- the subjects pertaining to the Bible and Christianitw Her meetings were so largely attended that finally she in\-ited the men. She declared, as did all her followers, that the authority of private and indixidual judgment was free and superior to that declared by the churches, and con- dennied the polic>' of the magistrates to enforce a system of conformity of belief. She was greatly encouraged in this noble work b>- her iirother-in-law, the famous Rever- end Tolin Wheelwright. Even Henrv \'ane — afterwards THK CRISi']' I'AMII.Y. Sir Hc-iiry \'anc — nllen(k-(l her iiKx-tings, and when, in iIk- fdllowiiiii; year Sir IIeiir>- was elected Governor of tlu- Colony- he beini;- indnied with the righteotisness of Mrs. Ilutehinson's and Wheelwriiihl's ]iriucij)les — hi.' tolerated a most liberal ])olicy towards them and their fellow lieliex'ers. TIu- ministers of the '■ straijjht -jacket order " accepted yonn.i; X'ane's ])!ans with considerable alarm; their cluirch Ixin^; thiinied. while the halls, idia]iels and nu-L-tinL; houses coidd not contain the Inuid- reds thai llockt-d to hear him. The nnnisters saw that their atnhority was bi'ing menaci.-d liy this new mid liberal bc-lirf, and made it their common purpose to insti.i^ate trouble for Mrs. Hutchin- son and RL-\ereiul W'heelwri.sjht : as well were the min- isters n]) in arms against ( loxernor \'ane for tolerating- snch liberalits'. The cause continued to gather to its banm.T, the better and stronger classes of colonists, es- pecially those who wc-re inclined towards religions tolera- tion. wIuIl- till- strict I{pisco]5alians continticd to battle against this encroaching ilan.ger. The Colony was about equalh- di\ided on the matti.-r, and the religious (inestions formi.d a most inqiortant factor in all the political actions of tlK- Colony. Under the established system, the mim'sters formed a Select and sej^arate ])art of the go\ernnient, and the po- litical rights dejK-nded Largely on the conformity of the belief of the citizen. This latter, and most warjiing ttiuk'ncN-, was fou.ght against In- Mrs. Hinchinson and 2o8 THl- HISTORY OF Reverend Wheelwright. The opposition agreed that if these views on rehgious freedom were allowed to spread, the gowrnnient of the Colony would lie threatene(l. lUit the cani]xii'_;n for religious liberty and toleratinn went (in, and fiiialh , when the anger (if the (ijiposition wrested the 0(i\erniir>liip frdni \'ane and seated Winthro]!, the future of Anna Hntchinsdn and Wheelwright darkened, and resulted in their liariishnient in 1037. Mrs. Hutchin- S(in and her faniih- were imprisoned, and later they were exiled, and thus were driven from the midst of friends and l(i\-ed ones. Mrs. ffntchinson anil her innnerliate fol- lowers went south into Rhode Island, to li\e in the \icin- itx'of Roger Williams, while Wheelwright mo\-ed to the north to Ivxeter, New H,im])shire, where a jiiire democ- racy w.as founded ujion the nnixersal consent of those g(.)verned. Mrs. Hutchinson, fearing the anger of the persecutors, lied with her famil\- into the region ni New York State, where in I'^j, they were massacred by the Indians. Her lirother-in-law. Reverend Wheelwright, ])ros])ered, and soon was permitted to come Iiack to old Phniouth Colony, where he preached until his death in I '145. Richard Crispe, who married the youngest daughter of Re\'erend Wheelwright, had a daughter, vSarah Crispe, who became the wife of Hon. John Lex'erett. SARAH CRISPE, WIFE OF HON. JOHX LEVF.RETT. On Ajiril 5, i7-;2, Sarah Crispe, daughter of Richard Crispe, was married to the Hon. John Levcrett, son of 7 — ^^^^C'-i^-^Sr-'/Ssf^^^^^-V ' lloMl. OK l,i:\ I'.Kl 1 I , Til]'. CRISri': lAMII.Y. 213 Sir John Le\'eretl, tlie Colonial Governor of Massaclui- si-ds. Ht-r luishand was a (lislint;iiish(.-(l lawyer, jiul.m.-, Si)(.'akcT of ihf Massaclnisc'Us I.L'^islattirt-, nicnil>fr of llif Ri>yal Societ\-, and rnsident of Harvard Colk-.m' fnmi I 711.S luitil lii-A death on Ma\- 3, 17^4. His father. Sir John, is e-^pecially famous in .-\nieriean history as Iiaxani; been the Colonial Governor whose skill and diiilo- niae\- c.iiried to a successful md the war with Kinic I'hilip. In 1076 he was Kni,L;lited hy Charles the Second for service rendered to the New hai^land Colonies, (Anu-rican Cvclopedia, volume X, jia^e 37.S. ) Sul)se(|uent to his death she married 1 Jnl\' 15, 1725) the Honorable j.'hn Clark. Mr. John Clark, a distiu- uuished tjentleman and liwvir, died in 17,3>!. and Sarah niariied as lur fourth hnshand Re\'erend Henjamin Cole- man. Hrvanl, in his Po]iular History of the United States, on pai^es 127-12.S, \-olume HI, sa\s of Re\'erend Coleman; "In 1721 the scourge of the colonv was small- jjox, I'our times it had been epidemic in lioston at dif- ferent jK-riods, and it appeared again in 1721. Xearlv 6,000 persons — ne.arlv half of the pi']iulation — were at- tacked. f)f whom nearh- goo died. Inoculation was in- troduced at this time in .\merica by Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, and its efficacy was proved in the next serious visitation from this pestilence thirty years later, when out of the 5,544 who took the disease in natural wa\-, 514 died: while of the 2,117, who were inoculated, onh- t,\ died," "Cotton Mather — who was somewhat of a lay 214 THI' HISTORY OF practitioner — was warmly interested in this bold attempt to mitigate human snfTeriiig, and became in consequence so obnoxious that his house was assaulted and an attempt made on liis life. His father, Increase Mather, then a ver\' old man, published a tract in favor of the remedy in which he quoted the negro sla\'es as a\-erring that it had alwa\sbeen jiracticed with success in Africa, whence, perhajis, the Turks had obtained their knowled,s;e. Ai>ont two lunidred and fifty persons were inoculated by Dr. Boylston — seven only dying — who began with his own children and ser\'ants. The brave man stood almost alone in his own profession: but among the clerg>', though the o|)position was general and bitter, the Mathers were supported by some of the more prominent and emin- ent brethren — as the Reverends Benjamin Coleman, of Boston, Waller, of Roxlniry, a son-indaw of Increase Mather." Reverend Benjamin Coleman was an elotjuent speaker and was the leading clerg\nian of Boston. Sarah Crispe Coleman died April :;4, 1744. In the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, \-olume VI, page 44, it speaks of George Crispe and family as follows: " George Crispe married Hepli/.ibel Cole on May 24, 1677. The children born were: Mary, born December 9, 167S: Mercie, born Oc- tober IS, i68r. George Crispe died July 28, 1682. He was the founder of Eastham, Massachusetts — a promin- ent place in those days. THl'. CKISI'l': FAMILY. 215 CKISI'K SOLDIKKS IN INDIAN WARS. Tlic earliest war ( if the Colonists came in the form (it a liloody stnigi^le with tile chief of the W'ampauoags, and is known in Colonial liistory as King- Philip's War. Massa>oit. the father of Kin;,' I'hili]!, was on \-ery friendly terms witli the white-, Imt at his death youn.i; Metaconiet, or King l'hili])as the Colonists called him, .i.;a\-e evidence of his hatred of the whites, and in several in-.Iances o]>enl\- xioLited his jdedf^es to keep peace, rinli]) ()l)ser\ed that the whites were ijrachially encroach- in.s; upon the Indian territorv. and tliat their huntin.i; .groinids would he taken from tliem: the forests were fall- ing,' hefori' the steel, and he recoijnized that the Inilian race would come to want, and be finall\' exterminated. Imhtied with this thouglit he aroused the entire Indian l)o]nilation thronghont the New luiglaud Colonies, and in i'>75 he bejiau his campaign of lilood. The war on the part of the Indians was one of am- bush and stn-jirise. The>- nexer once met the Colonists in the open field. They were secret as l)easts of prey: and trained marksmen, The>- were fleet of foot and thoronghls- conversant with the paths of the forest: ])atient of fatigue, and mad with vengeance and destruc- tion, retreating in the swamp for their abode, and ever ])repared to spring forth to massacre a straying Colonist, The Colonists selected from among their numbers the bra\-est citizens, and formed them into exploring parties, whosi.- dut\- it was to seek for these savages. The Crispe 2i6 THIv HISTORY OF family was represented in these exploring- parties in the peasons of Richard Crispe, of Kaslhani, and Zachariah Crispe. Tiiese exploring parties, as the\' were called, had a most dangerous task. They were often wa\laid, and their paths not infrequently were strewn with the arms and limbs of Colonists who had fallen pre>- to the warriors of King Philip, The men as the>' went tf) the fields, the woodchoppers and the shepherd hoys, wi.re shot diDwn by these skulking foes, whose approach was in\-isible. The mothers and women at home feared the tomahawk, and hourh- anticipated the murder of their dear ones: and the Indians limig around these settler's cabins as wolves about a sheepfold. The dreadfulness of these days is scarcely to be imagined by the jieoplc of the present age. The most thrilling incidents are among the stories that might be mentioned in connection with the exploring parties. Zachariah Crispe is spoken of in connection with these parties in volume XXX\'II, page 1S2, of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Jonathan Crispe is mentioned on page 220 of the same \-olume. Richard Crispe, who also served in the bloody war, is written about in volume XXXIX of the New luigland Historical and Genealogical Register, pages 379 and 382; and in addition gi\-es a letter of considerable interest. He ser\'ed tuider Captain James Oliver, It reads: " Naraganset, 26th, nth m. 1675. "After a tedious march in a liitter cold night that WAiriM, I(1K IIIK (DNCiKKCA 1 ION. KK.Ain' I'oK nil- INDIAN WAKKIDRS. Till'-. CRISl'l'-. FAMILY. full()W(.-(l I)i,-c. 1 2th. \vf h()])f(l our pilot would have led u^ to I'oiiiliani !)>■ break of day; hut so it t-aiiie to pas.s we wrn- milled, and >o ini.ssed a .i;ood o]iportuiiity. Dec. i.Uh: Wf came to Mr. Sniith's, and lliat day look 35 I'ris- oners. Dec. 14th: ( )nr (itiieral went out with horse and foot. I with ni\- company was lefl leak with Sachem>. That eeenini;, he not heini; yone a i|Uarler uf an hour, hiscom])auy. that la\- hid behind a lull kille' of which are recovered. That long, snowy cold night we liad about iS miles to our quarters, with about 210 dead and wounded. We left S dead in the fort. We had but 12 dead when we came from the swamp, besides the S we left. Many died 1)\- the way, and as soon as the\' were brought in. so that Dec. 20th we buried in a grave ^•^j, and next da\' 7, next day 2, and more since here. Kight died at Rhode Island, i at Petaqnaniscot , 2 lost in the woods and killed Dec. 20th, as we heard since, .some say 2 more died. IW tiie best intelligence we killed 300 fighting men, prisoners we took, sav, 350. and above ,^or> women and children. We burnt about 500 houses, leftlnitg. burnt all their corn that was in baskets. One single merc>' that night not to be forgotten, v\7..: that when we drew off, with so man}' dead and wounded, they did not pursue us, which the \oung men would have done, but the Sachems would not consent; they had but 10 poinids of powder left. Our Oeneral, with about 40, lost our wa\', and wandered till about 7 o'clock in the morning before we came to our qtiarters. We thought we were within 2 miles of the enemx' again, liut God kept tis; to Hun be the glory. We have killed now and Till': CRISl'K I'AMILY tlic-n 1 siiicu. and buriU 200 wigmanis: we kilk-d 9 last 'rtRS' lenl, who all assent to till.- truth nf it. Mimhetjins and IVniudds ])r(i\'ed \-ery lalse: tni.'d into iIr- air, anil sent word 1)efore the>' came they wdidd do so. hut i;ot niueh plinider. ginis and ket- tles A L^reat part of what is written was attested by Joshus 'I\fl\-, who niarrii'd an Indian woman, a \\'am])a- woas- He shot :o times at us in tin.- swamp, was taken at Providence Jan'y 14. hroUi;ht to us tht- iTitli, executed the iSth. A sad wretch: he never heard a sermon hut once these 17 years. His father .i;oini; to recall him lost his head and lies luilniried." CKisi'i-: <;k.\nt i.v coi.oni.m. disim-ti-:. The following; reference to the Cris]ie .L;ranl will he of iiUerest: " The terrible menaces of the Indian wars and the hourly alarm which the\' caused did not make the English settlers tnimindful of their political possiliilities, nor hopeless refiardin.ii the future. While tlie Massachusetts Colony was weak in resources from the effects of the war. [Note: nurin.a: the war New I'.nj^land lost 600 men, a dozen towns were destroyed: 600 dwellin.e:s were l)urned; e\'ery twentieth family was homeless, and every twentieth man who had served as a soldier had perislied. The cost of the war equaled $400,000, a very large sum of money at that time], the peojile were \et enga.ged in the hos- 224 Till' HISTORY OF tilities with tlie eastern tribes — the Coloii\- made terri- torial accession hy purchase, and at the same time boldly asserted its charter rights. For many years there had been a contro\-ers\- between the heirs of Sir h'ernando (jorgas, John Mason and John Crispe and the Massa- chusetts Colon\- coucerninu; a portion of the present ter- ritor\- of Maine and New Hampshire, which b\' acts of the inhabitants had been placed ( 1641 1 under the juris- diction of the antliorities at Boston. The judicial deci- sion ( 1677 ) was in fax'or of these heirs, and Massachu- setts immediateh- purchased their interests for the sum of S6,ooo. New Hanipsliire was detached three years later ( 16S01 and made a royal ])ro\ince — the first in New Eng'land; but Maine, which was incorporated with Mas- sachusetts in i6c)2, continued a part of Massachusetts until 1S20." ( I.ossinjj^'s Histor>' of the I'nited States, ])ajj;e 1291. The disposition on the pari of the Colonies to sain land and attain clear titles did not ]ilease the Kini^ of England King Charles began to view the progress with env\', and he looked upon these C(donists with fear. Charles had long entertained the thought that he as King, "with divine rights," should be the real authority in the Colonial world of the Western Hemisph.ere. He took occasion to reject Rdward Randoljih, a custom officer at the port of lioston, and declared the Colonial charter void. He issued a 'quo warranto' in i6S;^ and procured a decision in his favor, but he died before he could carry his plan into effect . l\l il li- \l)l Nt I MAIL (I'hll.Hi.ll.lll.ll I. Nil (II 1111. KK\ Ml,r 1 ION. |.Siiin:iuU-i' ..I CiHiiuallis.i TH]' CRISl'E FAMILY. 229 Charles' successor, James II., coiitiiuied the oppres- si\-e measures of liis hruther. Tlu- pc()])le petitioned and remonstrated, Init tlie>- were treated with contempt. Their liardships in coiKpieriiij^ a wilderness and enduring; tnituld ])ri\-ati()ns, were of no a\-ail in the ears of the lii.uot, James 11. .\s a climax to llie Coloni.al ' I^'arm. of which we wrote on page 81 of this hook, h'.lizabeth's marria<;e is mentioned on page iV^of this hook. Sir I'Mnnuid was ajipointed the first ( '.oerrnor-t leneral of the linglish Colonies, and he ar- ri\atl at Boston in December. i6,S6. He inniiediately de- manded the olil charterof Coimecticut, but it was refitsetl. He soon made bare the sword of oppression, and began to rule with a tyrant's rule, and he tried to carr\- into effect the edicts of the sovereign who apj)ointed him to the high place. Among the arbitrary acts which Andros attempted to enforce were: Suppression of freedom of speech and ])re.ss: dictation in marriage contracts: and finally he threatened to establish the Episcopal church — the religion of haigland. Hut the Puritans would not endure liis THE HISTORY OF proclainatic ms, and licedwl littk- what In- said. This aiigjerc'd Androsto sucli an extent that il provuked a verv strained relation between the Colonists anil Ivifiiand. At thisjiiiint were sown the first seeds of the American Re\'- olution, and many historians clann that the American re- hellion l)i,;^an at the time Andros attempted to i.-stalilish tile J iislish I'^pisciipal Chnrch in all New IuiL;laiid. His experience in attemjitint; to !:;ain jiossession of the charter of Connecticut is of considerahle interest. In October, iTiyS, .\ndros went to Hartford, Connecticut, where the (Jeiieral Assembly was in ses.sion, and he hojied to secure the ch.uterof Connecticnt. The Colonists knew he was comiiii;, and so the\- prepared to save the pn cions instrtimenf, and at the same time they had arransed to !L;i\-e every ex'idence ])ossil)le of Io\alt\' to the Kiii.t; of England. The debates at the Assembl\' were purposely prolonged until night, when Giivernor Andros was to ar- ri\-e and ]iroclaim that the charter was annnlled, and that the Assembh- be dischaiged. Thee\-ening came, the candles were lighted and the chaiter was brought forward and laid on the table before ihe C.o\-ernor and the Coun- cil. Just as Andros stepiied forward to lake tl e charter, the candles were suddenly >. xiiiigtnshed, and the charter was seized by a Colonial, hv the name of Wadsworth, and he and friends bounded from the h.ill, and under cover of the ni.ght they hid the charter in the hollow of a large oak tree near b\ . When the candles were re ighted all the members of the Council were in perfect order, but TH1-; CRISri' I'AMILV. 231 the charter ccnikl iiol V)e fcuiiul. Aiulros was highly incensed at Ix-ini; thus foileii, bnt he wisely restrained liis j^assion. and a>snnu-d connnand of the fVn'ern- nienl, and with jiis own liand wrote the word "Imnis" after the proceedin.t;s of tlu- Colonial Assenihlw The entire govermneiit of New luigland was adniiiiistered in his own name until 16S9, when he was dri\-en iroin Bos- ton, as his so\-ereign in Ivngl md had been deposed. The charter, which had lieiii hidden in the iild oak. was hronght forward and the Colonists again eiijoxi. cl a local and democratic form ot government. The oak in which the charter was drposiled was called the 'Char er Oak." The fainons oak stood nntil August ;i. i.Ssf'. when a severe storm prostrated it. and it was soon converted into hisioiic souvenirs. Andros was nnjirisoned in I'oston on April i'>, 1689. In July he was sent to Ivngland for trial, tml he was ac- qnitted, as might be exi)ected, anil shortly afttr was ap- pointed Governor of \"irginia, where he managed to conduct himself in a fashion eliciting the good will of these Colonists. The\- welcomed him lu-artilv, and he was a wiser and better man than he had Iieen when in New lingland. It may ha\-e been because he served new masters ( Mary and William) that Andros ren.embered that to hold a Governorship meant privileges and duties as well. Usurpation and injustice meant failure and ruin. He was less arrogant and less overbearing; and he made himself congenial in that the troubles of the Col- '32 Till' HISTORY OF oiiists became his troubles, and he labored industriously to rule with justice to all. KOCNDED VVIIJ.IAM AND MAKV COLI.KC.K. He came to Virginia with the cliartt-r for an institu- tion which he hoped to found, and with the Kinj^j's favor he received a charter for tlie first large college in the south. This act on the jiart of Andros induced the people to have great faith in his jaromise that he would rule "justly and kindly." 1?\' this achie\'enient he ingra- ciated himself, anil he was in nian\ ri-spects the most ])rogressi\-e and inlelligent (roxernor that ruled the \'ir- ginia Colonx'. Among other impro\-i.-nients he established good roads through the forests and swamps; aided Thomas Neal in getting a patent from the King permitting postal service Connection between the Colonies: he collected and caused lobe preser\-ed all thedd records of X'irginia. and by this act alone has bec|ueathed to the Americans of to-day many hist' were in other Colonies: lie introduced the cultivation of cotton; and did evervthing in his power to establish newspapers and .schools. He was so different to ])receeding Cioxernors that the Colonists lo\-ed .Sir lulmund. The iiuestion often asked was: " Is .Sir I'"dmund Andros 'a new man,' or are the X'irginians less particular than the New Englanders?" He did much for education, and thus pleased the \'irgiu- ians. To Andros, Virginia can well be grateful for ha\-- IMF. lorXDINC. Ill- OIK XAIIDN. I Inauguration u( \\ashiiii;lim i Tin: CKISPK I'AMILV. 237 iiiij the name of ■■Mdllier of Presi■ the Uishop of London, re- sisted an\' interference in the curriculum of the college. This lead to a controversy-, and Crovenior Andros tried to hrcak the firmness of Blair In- dismi.ssing the latter from the Coiuicil of \'irginia. The political issue thus created necessitated an apjieal to I-higland. Andros w-as defeated in the decision, and recalled, and in his stead Nicholson w-as transferred from Mar>-land to (lox-ernor of \'irginia. Andros returned to England and in 1704 was made Oovernor of his native home, Guernsey (the Channel Islands of luigland). In 1691 Sir Kdmund published in book form his experiences and career in New- I'.ngland, and 238 THE HISTORY OF these writings were published in London in 1773. In his will, dated July 19, 1712 he says in part: "I, Sir Edmund Andres, Knight, of Guernsey, now residing in the parish of St. Anne's Westminster. To Dame Eliza- beth Crispe my wife certain annuties etc; I gi\'e annually 20o^ due me upon bond irmn Thonu^s Cooper near Maid- stone PCugland taken in the name of my late sister-in-law Mrs. Hannah Crispe." P. C. C. 44 Aston. And Anna Gertney Crispe' s will adds these facts: "I, the fourth & youngest daughter and Coheir of Thomas Cri.spe, late of Quex, in the parish of liirchington in the Isle of Thonette, in the Count\-of Kent, ttc. etc . to Sir Ivlinund Andros, my brother-in-law and his Lady, twenty pounds for mourning." Further references on Sir luhnund Andros and his wife, lilizabetli Crispe, volume XLII, page 179, New England Historical and Genealogical Register; Bryant's History of the Ihiited States, volume III, page 6fi. DKLIVERANCH CRISPE, INOl.^N CAPTIVE. Early in 1690, when the French incited the Indians into a renewal of hostilities, the Colonists suffered a most torturous career. Severe as the Indians had been under the fearless leadership of King Philip, they were decided- ly more savage and barbaric after the chief's death. Al- though the war of King Philip had ended in utter defeat some fifteen years previous, this loss seemed to act as a theme of inspiration. With the French at Canada to in- still into these Indians new hopes, and with these white THK CRISP]': FAMILY. 239 and civilized allies as their backing^, they invited war and fou.ijlit to a liitter end. This war, known in history as King William's War — named after the King in ICngland who was fii^duiiiK the French of Continental luirope — was indeed a most distrnctive and cniel war. We need onl\- refer to the ma.ssacres at Schenectady and Groton, and the student familiar with Colonial history is reminded of the most horrifing and soul-stirring epoch in the history of the Colonies. The Crispe familx-came in for their share of sufferings and sadnesses, for we learn that I'enjanun Crispe and fam- ily were living at the village of Groton, when this awful massacre took place. The town was destroyed by tire, and the inhabitants massacred, tortured and burned. "The snow was y>\uk with blood and dead bodies robed in ice." Ik-njamin Crispe's wife was driven into the wilderness to die, and iheir little daughter, Deliverance Crispe, was taken as an Indian capti\'e, and brought uji to li\-e the life of an Indian girl. She was taken to Montreal, where the French and Indians divided their spoils and laid their plans of fu- ture campaigns. I)eli\'erance was educated in the ways and maiuier fif the Inilian tribe, and accordingly adopted tlK- Roman Catholic f.iith. In 1696 she was baptized a Roman Catholic at Montreal, and was placed in charge of the congregation of Notre Dame, An account of the trials of Deliverance Crispe can be found on page 159, volume XXVIII, New England Historical and Genealogical Reg- ister, ?40 THK HISTORY OF William S. Ajiiicllun in ;in article cntilk-d "Iviij^lish Captives ill Canada" ( \-cihiiiR' XX\'1 1 1, jiat^e 130,) New I'aigland Historical and ( iciiealdj^ical Rej^ister says: "A Genealooical 1 )ictii)iiar\- of iMifilisli-Caiindian families has recenth' been issued. Perhaps the >]iecial interest of the \olnme t'l us is the list of 'Anglais' ( lui^lish ) capti\-es taken in the war of the sc \-eiiteenth ceiUur\' between Xew I'"rance and New I'lnj^laiul. And here we find a list of capti\'es, ninstly children, some utterly nnkiiowii to Sah'age ami others, known onlv as born. 'rhe>- weie all baptized in the Roman Catholic Church and jxissed their li\es in Canada." r)eliveraiice Cris]>e was aiiion^ these captives. W'e rear\'ant's History of the I'liited States (\-olume II, jia^c 47S ) that a certain John Crispe was anions- those ^vho founded Hniiintjton, Deleware, and that from his letters and diar\- Ihy.uit was able to gix-e the ori- gin of this jirosperous town. The ])art which is quoted reads: "The Kent arrived at Newcastle on the sixteenth of August, 167,*^. The new town was named after Bur- liu,2;ton, Yorkshire, luiwland, from wdience main' of the emigrants came. 'Here is a town.' wrote Mr. Crispe to a friend in iMigland, 'laid out for twenty proprieties, and a straight line drawn from the ri\-er side up the land which is to be the main street, and a market place al>ont the middle. The Yorkshire ten projirietors are to build on one side, and the Loudon ten on the other side: and thev ha\-e ordered one street to be made aloni,'- the ri\'er CIIAKII K n.AK INDIAN r.W I |\ K Till'; CklSIM', I'AMll.V. -45 ^idv, \vln\-li is not divuh/d with tla- rest, Imt in ^niall lots li\- itself, and an\- onv tliat liasi aii\- jiart in a ])io|)iict_\' is to lia\-c- a sliari.- in it, 'PIk- town lots I'oi rx-i-i >■ iiropriuty will 1)1.- aliont ten i;ions lieliefs, and their po- litical ttiidencv, natin-all> lea TH}', HISTORY OF IIONOKAHI.K CHAKLKS I'KEDKKICK CKISI', STATKSMAN. In IIcrriii.>;sha\v's I^iicvclnjiedia i>f Aint.-rican Hiog- rapliy \\x- fiiul on pagu 263 Uil- following: "Chark'S I'^rt-derick Cris]i, soldit-r, la\v\cr, jurist, Ciingressnian, was horn Jan. 29, 1.S45, in I{ngian--tliird Congresses " Additional notes on his life can be found in the Na- tional Cyclopedia of American Biography, volume I, page 3S5, as follows: "Charles Frederick Crisp, lawyer and congressman, was born in Sheffield, England, Jan. 29, 1845, while his parents, actors by profession, were engaged in an exten- sive tour. The familx- returning to the United States in the same year, settled in Georgia, where the son was ed- ticated in the common schools of Savannah and Macon. THK CRISI'K FAMILY. 247 On the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in company K. loth \'ir.L;inia infantry, ami, risintc to a lieutenancy, was in acti\'e service until taken prisoner of war in May, iS(i4. After a year's confiueiueiu in I'orl Delaware, he rejoined his parents at Ivlla\-ille, C,.\.. and, after coin- pletinj; law studies at Aniericns, was adniitteil to the bar in iSfiTi, lie connnenced practice in Ivllaville, where lie ra])idly rose to prominence, ln-int;, in 1S73, appointed so- licitor-j^i'neral of the sontli-western judicial circuit, and in i>!7,' re-a])])niiued for a term of four >ear^: In June, 1S77. he was appointed judjie of the superior court s Mr. Cri>]ie .iiuininicid liini^ell :i c.iiulidnle for tin.' sciuile, anil in llie nicantnne Inonylit liimNolf |iroininentl\' liefiiu- the pcoplt.- by Ills nienioi ,il >1l- ileliates with Sec, Hoke Smith u])on the llnaiiia'al (|iustioiis of the ilaw I'poii his letnni home in llueaih' sinnmer of i.Sijfi, he took a \ii;oroii> pari in the slate i;nhernatoiial eampait;ii, iiiakiiii; ahle speeches in several loealilies. In the primar- ies, in Jnl\ . 1>\ a praeliealle nnaiiiinons vole, he was made the .lemoeratiecaiulidate I'or the I'. S. senate, and nnd(ail)tedl\' woiilil ha\-e been elected, lie ilicd at his home ill .Atlanta, Ca., Oct. 2,v iSg<'." \\"e add a fe\v- slip] ileiiieiiial staleineiUs in ahriil^xd form from the Statesmen and roliticians of .\merica, by Seidle: "Charles I'". Crisp, the vSpeaker of the national House (.f Ke]iresentatl\es, is a man of [)roiioniiced and substantial abilifv, ;iin]il\' ei|nii;ped b\' education, train- in.t;, and loiiK :^iid distinjJiiislKd ]iiiblic ser\-ice, for the eminent position he holds. Thoiif^h born on foreij^n soil, he is of American parentage, which entitles hint to all the rif;;hts of a nati\-ed)orn citi/en. His jjareiits were \'isiting ill Sheffield, Eiiglaiiil, when he was born, Jan. 29, 1S45. They returned with him to their home in (leorgia at the earliest possible moment, and before the cliild was otit of arms. "He was chosen Speaker of the House in the fifty- .second Consjrc.ss, and re-elected b\' nnaniinous Demo- JKtKKKSoN DAVIS. T]]K CKISIM'. I'AMII.V. 251 cratic vote to llie same position in the fifty-third Con- j;ress. OwinLj to the vacancv caiiseil h\' tlie deatli of Senator Col<|uitt in tli.- sprin.i; of iS()4. the (■io\ernor of the State, without solicitation, Ienik-ri.'cl him an ayipoinl- ment to the \aeani oflice, which he ileehned, though with a]>]>arent rehietance, leaiint; that \>y withdrawnij; from the S]Hakershi]) at that time hi.- would eudaui^er the har- nion\- of his ])art\- assoeiat(.'s in the Iloust'. Speaker Crisp is a man of fine physiipu', thonj^di not roliusi; of diKuitied bearini,'- without ajipearint; austere; of pleasant and a^^ri-ealile nnuuurs. an ahle speaker with a fund of information todrawujion: of scholarl\' habits and judi- cial lem])trament — in fine, is an ideal jiresidiui; onici.-r. llei-; (jcoassionallx irritated b\- the ])ersistent i fforts of his Rt-]nil)Iican predeet-sor> to annoy him. Imt as a whole he has won tlie respect and confidence of all jiarties in the House 1)\ his tuiiform fairness, candor and im]iar- tialilw Outside the chair he is a ])ionouneed I>emocrat of the Southern -.ehool. and not altoj^ether in s\nipalh\' with some features of administrative police. And here. toM. his judicial trainini;- is of use to him, restraining- him from an\ unseemingK exhibition of his disagreements, Such a man is destined to .threat distinction in the coun- tr\-'s annals. He will, without ninch doubt, pa.ss from the Speakership into the Senate, and ultimateh' become recognized as a great statesmatr" In an editorial of the Illu>;ratevl American, volume IX, I 1S92 > on page 64. it .speaks of the candidac\- of Mr. 254 THI' HISTORY OF Charles F. Crisj) for the Si>eaker^liip iii the fulUiwinf;- terms: " Cliarles 1". Crisp, mie of the nio^t ])roniineiU of tile younger generation of Southern Congressmen, is a formidable ri\-al to Mr. Mills for the Speakershi]i. He- came of actors who for twenty \ears prior to the war formed a hand of strolling ])la\ers in the South. He is a \-ery shrewd ]iolitician, and is considered one of the most sagacious and hest-tempered leaders of the Democ- racy. Ap])arentl\' without ambition to be known as an orator, there are few men ui Congress who utter more trul>' elo(inent sentences than he. He went to Congre'-s flist in iN.S^, and has been there e\-er since. Pre\-ions lo that he was in the Confuleiate arniw After the war he turned his attention to law, liecame Solicitor-( leneral of a district in ("leoryia, then rose to the bench of the Sti- peri()i^ Cotut, and landed in the As>embly. He has been described as 'the bull dog" on the nemocratic side of the House, At the s:ime time he is rtcognixed as one of the most affable and agreeable men who ever sat in Congress. ThrouglioiU the storm\- .scenes which took jilace in the House over the contested election cases in 1S90, Mr. Cri.sp, thotigh he fought desperately for his cause, ne\-er abandoned his innate courtesy, however hard he was hit. His manly beha\'ior elicited the admiration of foe as well as friend. His pri\ate character is unblemished, and his public record is an example for ftiture politicians." The Illtistrated American on page 612, \-ohune XX, THl'; CRISPE FAMILY. 255 coiniiieiits ediloriuly on his deatli as follows: "TlK-Sjx-nkcT of the fifty -sl-coiii1 and fift\-tliinl Coii- f^MTss, Charles I-'redfiick Cris]i, who died reccnth- at Al- laiila, (ic()is;ia, would ha\-e ln.i-ii a S(.-naloi from his nati\-e Stale had he li\-ed. Il was Speaker Crisji who laid the fouiidaiion of Mr. ]?r\. ill's career, for throui.;!) the iiifln- eiice of Mr. vSjiriutjer, chairman of the W'avs .and Mt-aiis Committee, the member from Xehraska was i;i\en a ]iosi- tioii in that body, and llms arri\-ed Mr, lirxan's ojijior- ttniil\-. Mr. Crisp came of :ni h'.nt;lish familw He was born at Sheffield, lui.yl.md. Inning been broui;ht to this counlrv when an infant, his jiarents settlini,' ,at Sa\-aniiah, r.eor,L;i;i. His father was one of the famous ]ila\ers of his time. The boy's etlncation was intei rii]ited l)y the outbreak of the war, and in his se\-eiiteL-nth \ i.'ar he en- Jisted. Tromoted a Lieutenant in i.sr.4. he was captured and hel- he studied law, becoinini; Solicitor C.ener.il and Judtje of the Supefior Court. He was elected b\- the'State Lcl;- islature twice to the same office " In i.S.s;. Mr. Cri

])le in tlie ])riniar\' elections in the s]irin^ and Mr. Crisp was o\ei\\duhnini;l\ cliosen, so tile inend)ers of the Legislature were instruct e;hl\- familiar with ]iarliameutary rules. He will be regretted by a lar^e uuniber of friends, including- many j)oliticall>' o])posed {< i him, for he exacted an amount of respect from his Ripnblican antagonists not exlinded to an\- other Democrat for tlie last few years." The Chica^^o Times-Herald of (October 24, iSyf''. says of his death: 'Atlanta, Oa., Oi-tober c,-;, ^ - Charles Fred< rick Crisp, exSi>eaker of the House of Kepresenta'i\-es, dieil here to-da>'. He had been ill for a lou^^ time and was forced by achace of his [ilu'sicians to f;i\'e over a debate last sjirint; which had been arram;ed between him and Hoke Smith on the currency (|uestion. A complicatii m of diseases agpjawated by a weakness of the heart caused his demise. Mr. Cris]) had been in intense pain all day. K\-er\- few minutes he would suffer intensly, but no im- mediate danger was feared. His wife, together with a sanitarian nurse, Miss Sharp, was watching at his bedside. At about 1:45 o'clock Mr. Crisp was seized with another paroxism of pain. The watchers sent down stairs for Dr. Holmes, Mr. Crisp's two daughters, Mrs. Fred Daven- port and Miss Bertha Crisp, and his two sons, Charles T. Crisp. Jr., and Fred Crisp, wlio were at the Ballard SI- Al. i i| (1 iM 1 |)|:K.\C\. CONFIDI K\ll (.1 \KK.\I, R. K. I.KK (I luKr whoiii C. 1- . Ctis|iu mtm-iLi THI' CKISI'I'. I'AMILV. 261 liouse on Peach street, were iinickh siininiDned. When lhe\- entered the room tile Judge was still c()n>eious. He uave them the look i)f reco;ia, and at once beiran the studv of law. In the vear following 262 THl- HISTORY OF he was admitted to the Ijar. and njiened an office in his own town. The yonn;; law>er made liis wa\- with threat rapidity, antl soon rose to the toji of hiy profession, llis amiabihties and complete self-control, his alert mind and judicial cast of thought, all condjined to liriiif; him cjuicklx' to the notice of older members of his profession throughout the State, and to win for him hosts of friends among all classes of the ])eo]>le. In 1.S72 Mr. Crisp took llis first step in politics. He was ai)]iointed Solicitor- General of the Southwestern Judicial District, and was re-appointed in 1873 for a four \'ears' term. The .same year he went to Americus to li\-e, and in iSj.s he was ap- pointed Judge of the vSuperior Coiirt. In the same >ear he was chosen li\' the Legislature for the s:une office, and in 1S80 he was re-elected for a term of four years. In 1882 he resigned to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Third District of (leorgia. It was then that he came to the attention of the American peo- ple. Tl;e \'ery same elements tluu went to make up his sticcess as a lawyer and a nuanber of the judiciary car- ried him forward in politics. In 1883 he presided over the Democratic State Con\-ention in deorgia, when the candidate for Governor was put in nomination. When his first tenu in Congress expired, he was nominated a second time, then the third; a fourth and a fifth, serving his part\' faitlifull>- in every Congress from the fort\-- eighth to the fifty-first inclusive. "In 1890 he was elected to the fift\'-second Congress, Tin-; CklSTH I'AMII.V. 263 niul it was of tliat C(>iio;ress tliat he was chosen Speaker. IK- was ie-(--lecte(l ti> thr fiftx-third Cc]iit;ri.-ss. and re- sunieil the chair in that assenilil\-. His district aj^aiii re- turned him to the fift\-t"c)tn'th Conrjress. For a long time Jiidye Cris]) (lf\-oted himself exclusively to his diUies as a statesman. He foinul that he could not attend to lioth his prixMte Imsiness and his Conj^ressional work at the same time and ]ia\- snfl'icient attention to Ijotli, and so he abandoned his private affairs, and gax-e himself up wholh' to statecraft. His first vote in Conijress was for Carlisle for S])eakvr. lint, although he ^■ote(l a^;ainst Randall, that statesman recognized the (ieorgian's ahiliiN' and sought him out. The two became warm friemls, but Crisp deeideear he sjioke for tilt.' unlimited coinage of gold and silver, and declared himself in favor of a com- plete restoration of sih-er to the place it occupied before its deinoneti/ation in 1S73. Dttring tlic next Congress he voted against the bill allowing the national banks to increase their circulation; against the organization of Oklahoma: against the admission of Montana, Washing- ton and North and South Dakota, He voted against the pensioning of Mrs. Sheridan; against the refunding to the States the direct tax of iS6r, and in favor of the re- peal of the law taxing oleomargarine. ICarly in life Mr. 264 TUF. HISTORY OF Crisp married Miss Clara Burton, in lioiior of whose sister Klla the town of lUhuillc was named. Mr. Crisp leaves a widow and fom children. "Governiir Atkinson heard the news nf Mr. Crisp's death at the execnti\'e office, and innnediatel>' ordered the Oeorxia flaij lowered to half-mast. He said: 'Mr. Crisp's death is particularly a calaniit\' jnst at this time. He had attained a ])osition where he was not n\\\y one of the most \alnahle men in our State, hnt was a natimud character of which Americans were ]>rotid. I regard him as the most conspicuous m.in now before the nation nf all Southern men. His ixisitinn as Si)eaker of the House had hrrjui^dit him mure ])r(iminentl\ before the coinitrv than any nther Southern man, and the magnificent aliilit>' which he dis]j]:i\ed in sustainiiiL; liimself as a leader there made much imjiress upon the whole ci inntr\--to such an extent th.it he was re.<;arded e\erywhere as one of the fon-nidst men (if .\merica. Persnindl\- he was one of the nii'st l(i\alile - caused by the death ot his father, liuii. Charles F. Crisp. He has attained success as a lawyer iti Amer- icus, Ga., where he is a niemher of the law firm of Hooper & Crisp. While in coni,'ress lie took an acti\-e part in debates on various measures which affected the welfare of his state; and as a risinji lawyer has already attained eminence at the bar of the s. .ulh." THK CRISPI' FAMILY. niK KIMSCdl'AI.IAX CKISI'l-.S. \Vf k-ariK-d when iLMdin.i; Fait I of this honk, that of the- Stilton \'allancL- lirancb of llie Cri>pf faniil\-, that a i-crtaiii John Crispc- had a faniilv of thirtirn (.hildicii : and \Vf noted that thi- oUU-st son, named Wilhani, had ei>;lit children, nearly all of whom emi,t;rated [>< America. This William, we remend)er, ' pa,<;e 14,; of this hook, I'art I I, was m.irried to Mis.s Crace I{li/alieth ("loodwxii. their children liein.L; John i.\i, Charles 1 Hi. James iCi. I'riseillia • D ', l^dward 1 hi i, William > h' 1 . Thomas 1 C, ,1, Sar.ih ill Since most of these children came to .\meric,i, we will describe them in this ])art of the hook. We will stnd\ the cari-ersof these eijiht childieii. complelin.u each child witli .all its offspring as niie famil\ . See ]iai;e 144 of this hook. JOHN CKISfK > .\K John Cii-^iie I .\ 1. eldot child r. Jnlin r>anl)\- Bdwlfs, in Anu'rica, April \C<, is-^S; to tlic-ni werL- horn six children — Charles ii), Harr\- i ji, John i.v. J{li/aheth (41, Frank (S) and Thomas 'h). Priseilla married a Mr. liow'.es. I am indehted to Mr. Harr\- Howies, of Harrison, Ohio, for the major portion of the description of the liowles family. He catrerly assisted in .tjettinj,^ the data in connection with this hrancli of the Crispe relative-., and I chcL-rfnlly ac- cord him thi^ notice. In addition to this acknowledK- ment I state that the Bowles fannl\- took a deep interest in "The Historx- of the Crispe h'annlx . " and donated to- wards ii^ ])nhlication THK HDWI.l'S i-a:\iii.v. " Tile firij^in of the P.owh -- famil>-, so far as known to the writer, is as follows: TIk- famil\ fi)nnerh' resided at Ca\-anhrook, Kent, I{n<.;land. A widow with four sons — Thdinas. Richard, Rohert and losiah — renmx'ed to I'^lderdeii I'"arni Chart , near .Sutton Valance, Kent. They also occupied the Chanc\- Court farm adjoinuiL;. "The eldest snii Tluunas 1 m\- ,i;reat L;raiid-father) married Sarah Hoonnan; took the Sweelin.^'s farm at Stapelhur-t: had three sons. Thomas, Richard and Roh- ert, and two datijjhters. Sarah, a twin with Thomas, horn Dect-mher 11, ij.sg, married Rohert Colgate, wlio L-mit;ratey Knlierl bowks, lujrn in Ivu^^land June i, ijcir: died iu iS<'i_'. on the farm adjoininj^ m>- father'.s — John I), bowles — near Harrisfju, (~)hio. "It is probable that Thomas, tlu> eldest son of the uiclowat I'.lderden, was liardlx' born earlier than 17,1'^. anwles family iu this coiuitr\-. and formerly iu ]vij;land, have descended from Thomas and Richard, sons of the first Thomas Bowles. The third son, Robert, died witliout isstie. "Robert Bowles, son of Richard and grand-sou of the ilder Thomas l^owles. my notes dated Julv 17. iS64--say is dead. He was said to he the last male survivor of the family in England, his only brother, Frederick, having emigrated to New Zealand. "The three other sons of the widow of lUderdeu died bachelors. " Of our immediate family, my father, John Dendy 278 THK HISTORY OF Bowles, was burn at Chatham, Kent, luiK'^T'fi. October II, 1S04. At the a<;e of fifteen he was apprenticed to his nncle, Ste]ilien l)en(l\-, a surgeon and apothecary of Horsham. At a and cj \ears of a^e respecli\-el\- he pas,sed examinaiion at Apothecaries' Hall, London, and became a memlitr of the Ro\-al C'ollege of Surgeons. His diplomas bear tlie si^Miatnres df Dr. John Aberneth\' and Sir Astley Coojier. April i(\ I'S.v'^, !ie married Pris- cillia Crispe at Cincinnati. The wetldinjj; tour to h"ng- laiul was made in the Oreat Western, the first steamship that ever left America for ICurojie. Keturnint!;, he set- tled ii]ion thi- old homestead east of 1 Ian ison, where he li\-ed about fort\- years and reared liis famih'. I'arcticed medicine successfull\' foralxiut twent\ years. Retired from practice in 1S3.S. In 1S78 removed to Harrison, Ohio, where he resided tnitil his dealli, wliich occurred May 18, 1897. He was aged ()2 \ears, 7 months and 7 da}.-s, having lived twentx'-two years beyond the period alloted to man. ".Six children were the issue of the marriage to Priscillia Crispe. "The first son, Charles (i),was born October 5, 1839; died August 20, 1840. "Harry (2): born July 14, 1841; attended schoi'lat Teacher's Institute at Harri.son in 1858-9; also Farmer's College, near Cincinnati, in 1857, and also in i860; mar- ried May 2, 1866, to Jane Simons, aged 20 years, who graduated in 1864 at the Oxford Female College, in But- THlv CRISPE FAMILY k-r count\-, Ohio: in iSTi; sctlk-il upon a farm of loo aoris four iiiiK-s south of Harrison, and 1 hax'i.' rcsiik-d there to tlu- tinu- of this writini,': ha\-f one son, Chark'S Deiuly r.owk's; horn I'ehrnary ir, 1S74. Ani \-ery ]ik'asanlly anil coniforlahly .situated with my wife and son, l)oth liN'int;. and I am fio years ohk "John I.;, 1; born April 25, 1S44; ilieil January 12, " Ivlizaheth ^-p: the onI\- dauijlUer; unmarried; was horn January ig, 1S47; named after nn- grandmother, h'.li/aheth Co\-ilk', who married William Crispe; gradu- ated at the Ohio Female College, near Cincinnati, in 1S67; taught school until al)ont iS-^!; after th.-it time for ahont twenty years was devoted to the care of her a.ged ]>arents until the time of tlieir death; now resides with Iter brother iMank, in Harrison, since the death r>f his wife, Sarah (lavside IJowIes, wdiicli occtn-ied in JnU', 1S97. " Frank Howies, fifth son, born December 22, 1S49; attended school at Farmer's College and Lebanon, Ohio; lived at the old homestead after his marriage in 1S77. In his yoiuiger da>-s was a farmer, later a stuveyor, and since February, 18S6, has been engaged in business a.s a private banker. Has one son, Walter Crispe Bowles, aliont twenty years of age, antl named after hi.s grand- mother's family. Frank had also one daughter. Jennie Garside, who died in infancy. The second marriage of Frank Rowlcs, President of the Citizens' ]5ank of Har- 2 So THIC HISTORY OF risoii, to Mrs. Ara Rl-IIl- Wilcox, of Lexington, Kentucky, occurred at Christ Kiiiscopal Church, in tliat citw No\-cin- licr 20, iSoo. After spending the winter foUownin in Cahfiirnia, the\ returned to Harrison, remodeled his former resideiife and then settled down to a lite of ek- tj;ant comfort. "Dr. Thfimas I'.owles writes as fdllows; " 'Thomas l'.(i\\ks, M. I)., was Imrn Ma>- it; 1S32. and am the >iinni;(.st of the f.imily. Triscillia Crispe was my mother M\' e.ule life was spent at home. Was educated in the connnon liranches l>y my fath';r, Hr. John I'. Bowles, at linme. and not in the common schools. At twenty I bejjan teaching: school, fullowinu that occtipa- tiou for five }-ears. Was married to Ivmma Slete, ni Har- rison, Ohio, in 1^73, We lia\e two danyhttrs. one, Florence, now Mrs. ]'.. IV McCalTert\-, of Sharplnir.t;. rennsyhania. Thev have two children, Thmnas I'.owdes McCafferl>', tlnee and a half years old, and bahy Ruth, born March 4, igor, eight nioiuhs old Our other daughter, Bessie, is unmarried, and lix'es at home; is now 22 years of age. " 'In 1SS7 we purcha.sed the old hoimstcad of Robert Bowles, a cousin of m>' father's; a farm of 212 acres, two and a half miles east of Harrison, Ohio. We re- sided there till the fall of 1891, when we moved to Har- rison, renting our farm for ca.sh rent. I entered the Ciii- ciiuiati Electric Medical Institute in the fall of i8g6; graduated on May to, iSg.S, and have been engaged in ^>'l*! i„h.4jKfii W w-^- ^:%^- liiKSllAM lAKM, MR AMI MK^. I, HW AKI) fKISl'K iP.iUf jSS.i THE CRISPE FAMILY. -85 in the practice of medicine ever ^ince. I sofin trained an extensive practice and lia\e all tlie Inisiness I can look after.' "The family of Richard linwles. mv father's hrother, anil RolK'rl, his cousin, are for the most jiart in this countr\-, and part of them are in the \-icinity of Harri- son, Ohio. The fannlv of William Howies, also father'.s consin, who liveil in Kentuck\- as late, I think, as about l.Sdo, I have for the present lost tiack uf. ' II.\KKV How l.KS." CHAKI.K.S CKISPK (in. Charles Crispe < B »; liorn 1.S07: was married hut left 110 issue: ilied in luigland anil buried in Sutton \'alance. See ]iaL;e 143 of this liook. J.\MKS CKISPK !Cl. James Crispe (C): born in Sutton Valance, vSeptem- ber 16, 1809. He received a good education, and when a \-ouiiK man became 1 1834) a farnur at Moiuit Pleasant Farm, where he farmed for a period of fifteen \-ears. He was married to Miss Maggie Pendergrasl in 1831, and their children were; James lai, Sarah (bi, Maggie ici. Charles (di, Mary ic), Charles if), William ig>, John ih', F:ii7.abeth lii. Pri.scillia ,ji. In 1849 he left tlie faim and opened a malt house at Sutton \'alance. Here he continued until 1850 when he moved to Gravesend, Kent, and worked as an employe in Plain's brewery. In 1858 his son, Charles 1, f ^ being very ill, his medical ad- visers directed that a change of climate be granted, and 286 THlv HISTORY OF James decided to emio-rate to America to save the life of his son. On Ma>- i, 1S5S, lie and his entire fainil\- set sail in the sailing boat Tajiscott, and after a jonrnex- of sixty-four da>-s llie\' :irri\-e; died when ig years old; buried at Sutton \'alance. Sarah (!)): married Mr. Charles Adams; they had three children — Mar\- 11). Sarah (2), Charles- (3). Mar>- ( ih married Mr. J. Dodds; their children are William, Earnest and Roy. Sarah (2); no particulars. Charles (3); married; no further particulars. Maggie (c); married a Mr. Cal\-ert. first husband; THIv CRISl'I'. I'AMILV. 2.S7 cbildrcn —Warren ( i ). I'lora (21, Thomas (3). Warren i i ); died when tlirei.' \-ears old. l'"liira I 2': married 10 Mr. Charles Smith first Ims- bantl, and I'rank Smitli, second liushand. Thomas i-^e married: no issue. MaL;i;ie's second husband was Mr. ]'.. Farwell. and to them Were born two children — lohn '41. Julia 151. John '41; married Miss Ctolden; tliev ha\e three childred — Clarence, James and I. aura. JiUia'5': still lives at Flainwell, Michi>j;an. Charles ul'; died when a baby. Mar_\- 'ee married Mr. I'orkquett, fiisl hnsliand; no issue; she married Mr. Carr, second hnsband; no issue. Charles if; single. \\'illiam Clement Crispe ig); was born on the \-\h of I'cbruary, 1842, in Sutton \'alance. Kent, I'ai,L;lau-ears ago, and is buried at tlie I'lainwell Cemetery, Miclii),;an. rKISCII.I.IA CKISPK (D). Priscillia Crispe ( D), fourth child of William Crispe and Grace Elizabeth (iOodw>n, was born at Sutton \'al- ance, linj^land. She was married to Mr. William Smith, of Folkstone, luigland. To them were born three child- ren — William (a)' John (b) and Charles (ci. This entire family remained in England. See page 144 of this book. EDWAKP CRISPH (H). Edward Crispe (E), fifth child of William Cns])e and Grace Elizabeth Goiidw>ii. The major portion of the Crispe people in America are especially interested in this Edward Crispe, because he is the immediate grand rela- tive of a large oftispring of Ciispes in the I'nited States. Introductory remarks of him can l)e seen on page 144 of thi.s book. Born May i, 1S02; by occupation a miller, baker and farmer. Married Miss Elizabeth Munn in 1827. Owned Forsham Farm, Sutton \'alance. On February 17. 1852, he and his entire family of nine children set sail for America — the particulars of which will be given when describing the oldest child, Edward. He lived at Plainwell, Michigan, the greater part of the time, and after rearing a large and devoted family, he died August 21, 18SK, aged 86 years. He lies buried at MRS. K. r. CKisn-; '3&^ 1^- Mk. i:. i. Lkisi' (I'^.Ut- 204. i THK CRISPI". FAMILY. 293 IMaiinvell, Micliigaii. He was a man of umisual ck-ter- mination. He was exceedin>;l\- parlinilar, and Iiis rt']iti- taiioii for bfing straightforward ami liomst is t\].iical of tlic Crispe character. In the latter p.irl of his life he re- tired from miUins, tlie occni)alioii he f(]llowed for a gen- eration. It is of concern to tlic Crisjie jieoiile to know some- thing of the wife of r;dwar- had four children: no further particulars. Henry (3); married Mis'^ Lillywhite: children — Har- riett, Henry, Jemma, James, Lucy .and ]''.thelender. John ' 4V married Betsc>- Young. George (5^ married Mary Sawart: children— Mary William, George, Anna and FAy. Mary 1.6); married Mr, Homewood: children — F.liza, Isaac, George, Grace, Fanin-, ]'.]\- . and a few others. EHzabeth (7^ married h'dward Crispe; children — 294 THIC HISTORY OF Edward, Grace, William, Priscillia, John, Anna, Alice and Ennna. Re1)ecca (S); married Stephen Crouch; children — Hannah, Charles, Rebecca, Alfred and Alliert. Jercmiali (9); died young. Jeremiah ( 101; died young. Hannah (11): married Jame.s Honey.sett; children — Eliza, James, Ivli/aheth, George, John, Jumna, Albert, Charles { 12 ); married; had a child named John. The Oispe ]ieople are more especially interested in Elizabeth Mumi, who married Ivdward Crispe, the sub- ject of this sketch. I^lizabeth Munn-Crispe was a gen- erous and pious woman. She was concerned mostly in the welfare of In r own f.amily, and as a housekeeper she graced womankind. She was well educated. She was born at Bredlunst, F.ngland, on February 23, 1S05. She was a most de\'ote(l mother, and when her daughter Alice died, shegrie\-ed so deepl>' that it caused her own death on January S. iss^. She lies buried at Plainwell, Michigan. To I'.dward Crispe and Elizabeth Mimn were born eight children, as follows: Edward (a), Grace (b), William (C), Triscillia (d), John (e), Anna (ft, Alice (g), Emma (h). KDWARD THOMAS CRISPE (a). Edward Thomas Crispe, the eldest son of Edward Crispe and Elizabeth Munn, was born in New Haven, Sussex county, England, July 17, 1829, and baptized at Headcorn clmrch, Kent. At the early age of four, his THI<: CRISPE FAMILY. 295 parents moved to Sutton \'alnnef. Kent, into the For- shani I'arm. His enrl_\' education lie received at the pub- lic schools of >Sulton. In his youth he latiored on the I'orshani F'arni, and at the age of 23, on F'ebruary 11, 1S52, was married to Miss lunma Rassett, of F^ast Pcck- hani. On the following: day. he and his wife, in com- pany with his parents, set sail from London on the "American I-!at;le" for America. After a \-o\-a<;e of four weeks and six days, they l.uided at Xew York. I'roin there the>- went to Albau}-, Buffalo, F^rie and to CK-\x-hind, where the\- settled. Here Mr. Crispe workid in the lumber company for Dr. F!\-ereU, where he had the pleas- ure of hanliny; the lumber for the first State fair e\-er luld. Li 1.S54 he and his wife came to I'lainwell. Michiuan, where they took up eight>- acres of uo\-ernment laml. and worked several farms in the \-icinity of Flainwell. 'IMie Martin farm was well stocked and in the best jiossible condition. Li iS,<>2. he and f.amih' came to Chicajjo, where lie became a partner, rnimiuE; and manayitii; the Garden City hotel. In 1S93 he went to Plainvvell antl settled on a fruit farm on the borders of the village, where he still lives in a well and comfortably furnished home. Mr. Crispe has the reputation of being; a practical farmer and a judge of stock. He is well known in the vicinitv as a man of somid opinion on affairs that relate to matters pertaining to the tiller's art. He is especially esteemed for his honest business principles, and the pro- 2')6 THE HISTORY OF ducts of his fruit farm need hut tlie stamp of his appro- \'al, and in the market no fnrtlier in(|uiry is necessary. He has the henion element of Hberahty in his make- up, and possihly a stricter accounting- would have been a blessing to himself and wife; hut if the}- ha\-e suffered from a tendenc\- of ultra-charitable dispositions, they certainly ha\-e reajx-d the enjoyment which must come from the saying, "It is more blessed to .give than to re- ceive." Mr. Ciispe has taken deep interest in the wel- fare of his fannly, ami rendered such assistance as he could affortl, exacting from his children only such results- as would reflect creditably on the good name of Crispe. He and his devoted wife ha\-e expressed their appre- ciation of the "History of the Crispe Family" in a liberal donation. To them belongs the credit of having lent much encouragement to its author in the form of securing facts, data and information m the Crispe famih- of the past generatinn. It is proper that in this sketch of him- self and wife that a grateftil tribute be conferred on them for this devotion to the task in hand. He seemed es- pecially interested, and fortunately possessed such facts as no other one of the family could impart. Mr. Crispe's marriage to Miss Emma Basset t impells us to incorporate in this sketch an account of this good family: The Bassett family inhabited the County of Kent, England, and their homestead was at West Peckhani. George Bassett, the grand-father of Mrs. E. T. Crispe, MR. AND MRS. I,. i . ( KISI'h. ll'at'i- 104.1 MK. AM) MKS W . |ii;i,.\Ni Till'. CklSI'I-; I'AMII.V. 301 was lioni al West Pcckhaiii, luiglaiul, alxnil the year 1774. lit' had a comiiKiii ^chiid] L-chicalioii, He was a man (jf iiu-dium si/e. and ])(ississe- resided at I'.ast I'eckham. I'intjland. Al the a«ei'f fifty -five he he- eanie Idtally Mind. He was five feet, se\-eii inches tall, and weijihed abont i^opounils: he was a ^reat lover of mnsic, and was const.intly heard whistlinu;. In business nfYairs he was unusually strict, and of a rather retired nature. His wife, Miss Stone, was of Y.aldinLT, Kent, lui^land: she was born in ^792, and in 1S2S married GeorRo Bassetl: she died in 1R72. and was buried in Tun- bridi^e, Kent. She was retired in disposition, and \'er\- industrious.. The ajipearance of her home was her daily concern; and she was exceedingly neat and tidy in all she executed. She loved her children devotedly, and this affection bordered on worship. These parents were blessed with a family of five children — Mar\'. born 1S29; I'hnnia, born 1831: Caroline, born 1.S33: Julia, born 1S36; and Martha, born 1839. Of these, Mary died single; Julia was married to Mr. Calab Bell, and their children are: George, Calab, Arthur, Kmma, Ella, Herald and THl' HISTORY OF Alfred; luniiia married Mr. E. T. Crispe; Martlia mar- ried Dr. Maudlin, no issue; Cari)liiie died at tlie age of t\\eiit\-eiL;lu . Mi>s Kmma l^assett, who married Mr. I",. T. Cri>]>i.\ is of special iiiteresl. She was born at Ivast I'eckham, l'',ni;land; was m.n'ried on I-'el)rnar\- ii, I'-is^. and emi- grated with her husliand to .America, where her career com])lemenls thai of her luisliand. She has inlierited from her mother tlie great love of systematic housewifery, and her indnstiions fignre is constantls- stri\-ing to keep her home in neatest appearance. Her accomplishment in the art of cooking is known to all who have had the jileasnreof her prandial preparations. The congenial di.s- pi.siiionof whu-h --he is possessed has heen an element in her nature which has characterized her thrcnigh life. Their children are -Mar>- Stone (ai, Pxlward Case (li), Julia h'mma u-t, WUliam Howard (d), John Leonard i e I, and Allie Xeedham ' f i. M.\Rv s'rdxp: CKisi'K tai. Marv Stone Crisjie ( a ) is the first child of E. T. Crispe and hhnnia liassett; was horn in the city of Cleve- land, Octoht-r 6, 1.^52. From here she moved with her parents to Plainwell, Michigan. In the fall of 1857 she heg.m to Littend the Plainwell public school, and in 1870 she linished her course at the school and .subsequently at- tended the Plainwell high school for two years. In 1872, desirions of serving in the capacity of teacher, she took the count \ examination for teacher, and having passed a Till': CklSI'l-. I'AMILV. 30;, satisfactory (.■xainiiiaticin. was i^raiiiud a tliird s^radc- ct-r- tificaif. SIr' was ciis^aijc-d as a irachfr in tlic Silver Creek schoi il , Kalani i/oo cunniy, ami receiveil $3.50 per week, iiicliisi\-e of her Ijoard, for a period of five nionllis. Tile next \-ear she tan,i;lit at Cum I'lains Center at 56 ].)er week and board foi fmir months. On Ma\- S, 1S76, she was marrieii to Mr Delano, at the li.iptist ehnreh, Kalania/oo, She has nand thieu lox'int; children, and is a de\'(ned niothei , II-.T luisliand, William Delano, the llrst son of John S. Delano .nid I'lKehe X.isli, was horn the 4tli (lav of May. rS^;, at I'lainwell. Michigan. At the a<,'e of se\-en he I)e,i;an to attnid the Oum I'lains Center distriet school, antl in iSfnj. at thea';eof ei,L;lUeen. he completed the ])rimar\' cours- of stnd\. Dinin.t; this period he assisted in the farminii' of his fathei's lart;e farm — 240 acres. He was e.i.y;ei to obtain a good ednea- tion, and with his sp.uinj^^s entered the Otseg-o lii,t;h school, where he attended for npwards of thrive \ears. In the spring of 1S73 his father rewarded him foi- his >'otnhfiil industry b\' ]5iesentini; to him fort\- acres of dense forest. Vount; William set out with viKilance to clear away the trees. In less than llee vijars he had all the timber cut off and the land fit for the plow. .After havin.g prepared the land so it would yield snfTieient jirov- ender for two people, he married .Miss Mar\' vStone Crispe in the spring of 1876. Hislo\-e for work, and his natural great energies, soon found insufficient t-niployment on the fortv acres, and he >-earlv rented from fort\- to eight >■ 304 THI<; HISTORY OF acres of nei_e;hb(iriii,s: land, and toiled with eager hands to found sufficient wealth to insure a conifortahle li\-iii.<;. To these jiarents were hiirn three children — Raymond W., born June 23, 1S77; ]5eniice M,, liorn hY-bruary 14, 1RS2; Richard C, born Au.uust 13, 1S.S7. Mr. Delano is the immediate offspring of the jiioneers rif his jiortion of Michigan; he is a -reat lo\-er of children, and ])ro]i(ises that his children shall recei\e a good edncatiim. His three children attend the Plainwell higdi school, and their daughter, Hernice, a bright and proniisino; stiinig lad\-, after teaching a term of school, took a sjK-cial teacher's training course at the Northern Indiana Xornial .school. She is at present teaching in the town of Plaiuwell, Michigan. ICDWARn C.XSK CKISVK (h). Kdward Case Crispe (b) was born near Plainwell, Michigan, on Jtnie 12, 1S53; li\-ed with his parents and helped on the farm until at the age of 23; then entered I\-e's Handle Factory; two years later he was married to Addie D. Hunt, on Augtrst 2H, 18S0. He continued working in the same factory for .se-vx'U >'cars; was offered the foremanship several times, but would not accept, owing to failing liealth, and taking the ach-ice of his physician to be out in the open air and sini, rented a farm on Gum Plains, Michigan, for five years, then mo\'ed to Bowen's Mills, Michigan, where he has a well equijiped farm. He is a careful and pains-taking tiller of the soil, and his thrifty spirit, coupled with his great \1K. W. II. ( KISl'K (I'.iUf 511.1 W . II. ( KISI'K .111.- K.-.uiii-i MK. I. N, (I It i| I ^ THE CRISPH FAMILY. 309 lii\-e n( (irdur ami pifoisinii. ])lafcs liini fdrniosi as a fariiKT iif his section ai i\w Stale. Mv lias ln^'cii uiiiiii- (.-iitlx- successful in this ficKl of lalmr, and his jundncls, as well as cattle and stock, are as >;()od as the section pos- sesses. His upright nuthods of business has won for him the esteem of all who ha\'c the pleasure of his ac- iiu.iiniance. His wife, .\ddie D. Hunt, youu.c:est chiM and only dau,u;hter of William and Phedova Hunt, was horn Sep- temlier i, iSCi, tlu-ir home then heintj near Pl.iinwell — two miles north, and a (ptarter of a mile east. She spent her .i.;irlhood there, and entered the Plainwell hi.uh school at the a<;c of i,v and was kept there for three >ears. In the meantime her parents sold the home there and bouiiht th" one they now occupy near P.owen's Mills, liarry county, Micliigaii. She commenced the sttnK- of music at the age of 8; was married at the age of 19 to I'.dward C. Crispc, in Middleville, Michigan, bv I. P,. Tallman, jxistorof the M, I'",. Church. She is of a progressive dis- ]iosition, and has by studious elTorts accomplished many of the arts wdiich go to make a home happy. Her needle work is known throughout the county, and at County fairs she has always been among the prize winners. These people unfortunately have not been blessed with children, though the\- both idoli/e little folks. Jfl.I.X KrviMA CRISPE iCV Mrs. J. X. Cooley, nee Julia I-ainna Crispe (c) was born in Allegan county. Michigan, October 8. 1S59. She -lo TUV. HISTORY OF acquirt'd a coinnioii school education. In licr carl\- life she entertained the anibitiun of hei-oniint; a trained nurse, and so entered ihe huspital at Kalania/oo, Michii^an; later she was on the stafT uf nurses at Wauw at(isa, Wis- consin. It was while here that she first met Mr. James X. Coole\-, lier husli.md. Julia was married to Mr. Co' mo\ed to Hnwille, South Dakota Her hus- band, Mr. James X. Cooley, the son of a nunister of the Methodist Iqiiscopal Church, reccix'ed a gnod education- aiid in liis early careei' was a ho^k-keeper foi a lar.i;-e luni, her company at Appleton, Wisconsin. While the\' li\-ed at Menomonee, Wisconsin, Mr. Coole\' was the pi()])rietor of a .t,n-ocery store. In liowdle. South Hakota, he did a splendid hiisiness in furniture, and at present is c lue of pro.i;ressi\e business men of that town. lioth .Mr. and Mrs. Coole\- are mend)ers of the Methodist lipiscopal Church, and are acti\-e in the church work. They have a family of three children — Claytc^n I). Coo]e\-, born in Menomonee. Michi.ijan, March 27, 1SS4; Herald J. Cool- ey, born at Bowdle, Sotilh Dakota, December 19, 1891; Charles D. Coole}-, the yfiunjicst, born at How, and liecime the nit^lu clerk in the (iarden Cit>- hotel. Aftir serxini; in this cap.icity a few \ears, he went back to I'lainwell. Michiuan, where he assisted on the farm of his hrother-indaw, Mr. Delano. lie retnrned to Cliicap;'^ shortly after, and Ijecame an emplove of the Norton Tin Can h'actory. and leniainetl with this firm for a period of two years. On Jtuie 5. 1SS7, he was married to Miss Nellie Keating, His wife was horn at Warsaw, Wiscon- son. on September 2, 1S65. Mr. William Cris]x\ after leaving the Norton firm, emphiyed his time in learning the trade of painter atid paper hanger. He is at present in this line of business, and has attained good residts in this field of labor, ha\'ing had the fortune of getting jobs of a particular nature. He has been eniplo\-ed on many of the decorating crews of the leading theatres and business blocks in Chicago. His wife. Miss Nellie Keating, re- ceived a common school edncation in Northern Wiscon- sin, where she was reared on her parent's fann. When THi: HISTORY OF a young lady she came to Chicago; and was married lo Mr. William Crispe. To these parents were born five children — all of whom were liorn in Chicago — as follows; Cieorge Howard, horn ( )ctolier ;,n, iSon; William Keat- ing, horn St-pterjiher 5, iSi)2; Ivlward Thomas, horn June 2. iNi).s: John Rennard, horn Nowmher 7, i.Sijj; Crace, horn September 2.S, 1900. jdirx ij.;c)N'AKii cKisi'K fe). John I.eonard Crisjie (e) was horn at Almo, Michi- gan, on April i(), i.sri_|. He acipiire-.sical manhood, and his ])rovvess has on .several occasions been called into action when it came to preserving "peace, law and order." lie is the ]ioinUar clerk in his part of Michij^-an, and as an entertaining conversationalist has estalilished a good rejiiitation. He is at jiresont with the leading honse at Hastings, Michigan. John Cri^]le was among those who lilieralh- contribnted towards this publication, .■nid he rendered me nnicli service in determining the rec- ords of the Cri--ix- faniih' of Michigan. .\I.ICI': M'l'DH.XM CKISl'K i f i . Mrs. Dr. H. J. Cigrand, nee Alice Xeedhani Cris])e, (f I was born at (inm Plains, Allegan countx-. Michigan, on August I. 1S71. She attended the jinblic schools at ("lUm Plains and at Martin, and in i.^SS^, when her ])ar- ents sold their farm at Martin, Michigan, she came with them to Chicago, where her parents took possession of the Garden City hotel. While at the hotel Alict' took a special course at St. Xa\-ier's Academy, and in addition to her studies pursued a course in mtisic; her progress in the latter was gratifying, as her talent in this direction gave promise of proficiency. In iSSS she took her final work at the Haven school. On Augtist i, 1SS9. she was married to Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand, a young graduate from the dental department of the Lake Forest Univer- sity. Alice is of a genial disposition, and is eminently domestic in her ambition — her home is her happy sphere, and her acknowledge domain. Her warm affection for 3i8 THl'. HISTORY OF her family of four, and her constant concern of their wel- fare, as well as her con if or ting conipanionshi]) to those of her household, is a reputation she has attained. Her lo\-e of home is a slront; element in her nature; and she has fully mastered the rare art of making home hajijn' and attractive, and this seems to be the cherished ambi- tion of her life. Though she has had innumerable o])- portunities and appointments of a social character, she cheerfully declines gix'ing her tiim' to such matters, in the hope of rendering no inattention to her family and home. The home she lives in occujMes a prominent loca- tion in the Northwest side of Chicago, and many of the attracti\-e jioints in this modern dwelling are her sugges- tions. Her taste in the decorative art inclines towards the substantial and simple designs — gaud and conspic- uity have no place in her domestic \'ocabidary. She has acquired an understanding of the science of housewifery which elicits praise from all who delight in seeing a well- furnished and tastily arranged home. She has inherited from her mother a knowledge of the prandial-board, and she has on a score or more occasions selected and arranged the prandial for important banquets gi\-en in Chicago. Her deep concern in what is of interest to her hus- band has made her indeed a companion in life: and lur eagerness to lend him a.ssistance is worth\- of mention. She has rendered great service to him in copying his manuscripts, and searching references in coiuiection with her husband's writings. In iSq2 she accompanied THI-: CKISIM'. FAMILY. 319 liini tn tin- McKellop's Daital Lilnary al St. Louis, wlu-rc thu filial refciunccs on liis "Ilislorv' of Dt-iilistr> " were olitaiiR-d. In iS')'.). wliiii lii-r liiisliaiul went to Washiiifftoii, I). C, in tlie inlc-rest of his book, the "Oreat Seal of the United States," she enjoyed an ex- tended tri]) tliron^;h the east, \-isitini; nuMe esiHciallx- the innnnicralile jmiiits of historic interest. She also in the year fdlli'winu; travelled south with him. \-isitin}; Maiii- niotli Cave and the Southern I'^xposition at Naslu-ille, Tennessee. Tlie\- have annuall>-, on the aiiiii\-ersar\' nf their wc-ddini; 1 August ist 1, t.akeii a niniiths \-acatioii in the fnriii iif tr;i\-el, and liiuce have seen a fair portion of the riiited Stales. She has accoiiip.inied her husband to innumerable .Slate and National nieetint;s of the dental prtjfession, also college associations. In 1900 she was his companion in a tour tliroiin;li Prussia, Saxony, Hax'aria, Swit/erlaml, Luxemburg;, l"raiice and luigland; and while in Luxem- Inir.n and I{n,t;land had the rare pleasure of sauntering at the homsieads of the Cigrands and Crispes of old. She is a truly patriotic American, and her enjoy- ments of a social character are mostl>- of this iiaiiire, ami she has given evidence in countless ways of her great love of the American Republic Her readings are of an historical tendency, and she has assisted al upwards of a hundred patriotic exercises. Her liome decorations and observations of things .Americana, stamp her ,is t>pically American . 320 THE HISTORY OF SIr- lias liccn fif considcraMe SL-rvici- Id her luisliaiid ill his ])riifessional ami htL-rary siudiuni, and in tokt-ii of lit-r uiifalu-ring de\-otioii t(i his juirposes, he has ^eiier- (iusl>- inscrihed in her name the "Hislnry of the Crispe I-"ainily." Tile chidreii of the family crjiisist of Bernard Haw- thorne Ci>;rand, Ixirn March 5, iSyo; Joice Alice Ci^aaiid, born A])ril 21, iSg2: I{leroy iManklin Cigrand, born March 2, 1S95; and lUaine r.lanche Cij^rand, born Feb- ruary (J, 1901 . Much of what pertains to Iier career is contained in the followins; sketch of her linsl)and, \-oung:(st cliild of Nicholas Cijirand and Susan Schmidt — as taken from the "LaSalle Histor\- of Chicago," ]iage 604 (1899), which reads as follows; "H. J. Cigrand, B.S., M.S.. 1). ]). S., although still a voting man, has crowded into liis few \cars of active life more of mental acti\-ity than makes up the life history of main- of his fellow-men. He was born October 1, 1S6A, at Fredonia, Wisconsin, and it was there that he received hi.s early education. Having graduated from the liigii school, he spent some time on the State sur\-ey — his share of the work being usually to attend to the chain or compass. With a desire to help himself to a higher ed- ucation, he in 1S82 entered the Northern Indiana Normal School, at \'alparai.so, Indiana, and, deviding his time between teaching and study, finished his pedagogical course in 1S85. He pursued a scientific course the next -MRS. i; I. riCKAMi (Allic Cns|..-, iM-r 317. Dr. 1!. I, CIC.RANl). ClIll.DKKN III DK, AMI \IKS I; |. i ICKAMi IKi.MI-. Ill' UK. l; 1, I K, KAMI, .l.nyaii S,|u.ir.-, i liic:aL;o., THE CRISPE FAMILY. >-(.-ar. rccuixint; the degree of Bachelor of Science, and tlien tau.i;lil four terms in the scliool of his native town- sliip, two terms of which his princijial suhject was ( lerman. "He had already spent one year in the study of med- icine ]ireparator>' to taking; a course in dental surgery at the Northern Indiana Normal School, and he accordingly enteretl the dental de-partnieut of Lake Forest University, from wiiich he was graduated as valedictorian of his class in isss, with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Willi a full determination to thoroughly equip himself f . >r his life-work he contintied liis studies in variof.s in- stilntions; was graduated from the Chicago School of Sciences in iSgi; the Haskell Schorsl of Prosthetics in |.S()2, and witli a view to rounding of.t his mental devel- opment, he took a non-resident course in industrial, edu- cational and political economy in the Chicago University in I So; and i S() v "During pait of this time Dr^ Cigrand was also en- gaged in the practice of liis profession, in which he met with the success which his edttcational career seemed to foretell. He has since greatly added to his clientage, and numlnrs among his patrons the best citizens of his sec- tion. He has been located in the northwestern part of the citv about tweh-e years, his office being at the corner of North and .Milwaukee avanues Aside from his large practice he has foinid time to de\-ote to many matters growing out of his rank as one of the professional den- 326 TH]''. HISTORY OF lists ill the country. In 1S92 he was elected to the chair of Prosthetic Dentistry- in the American College of Den- tal Surfers-, and recei\-ed an ailditional professorship in metallurgy the following >-ear. He was president of the same institntion for several years, and conferred the de- gree of D. D. S. on upwards of three lunulred students. He was elected to the chair of Dental Prosthesis in the Northwestern rni\-ersity in iSijft, at which time the American College of Dental Surger\- l)ecaine consolidated with the Uiiiversit\-. "It is natural that a man of his pr^'ininence should be sought after as a nienilier of \-arious organizations, and he is a \-alualile niemher of several. Among tlieiii might l;e mentioned the Illinois State Dental Society-, the Chicago Dental Society, the Odontographic Society, the Ha>-deii Dental Society, the Dental Protective Associa- tion, and the Colunil)ian Dental Club. He is an lioiiorarv member of the Southwest Michigan Dental Societ\' and of the Northwestern Universit>- Alumni Societw He is a member of the Psi (^mega Greek Letter Society of the Northwestern l'ni\-ersity ; of the Masonic fraternity; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the National Union: the Knights of the Maccabees; and was fornierh- a State officer in the Sons of America. He was a meni- lier and filled an official position at the Columbian r)ental Congress, as one of the editorial-staff of the Dental Re- view: and in 1S92, was elected to membership in the Na- tional Association of Dental Faculties. In i.Sg4 he was THE CRISP]<: FAMILY. insti uiiKiital in Digaiiiziiii; the Alumni Association of the Northern Indiana Normal School, and was its first presi- dent. "He has been invited at \arious times to address vState dental ^atherinj);s, and has always acquitted himself wuli cieilit . One of tile most notal)le of these conveii- tion> was the Dental Con<;ress held at lialtimore in iSijS, and he has been a clinitian before man\- dental conven- tions. "The subject of this notice has been a \-ery prolific writer on man\- subjects, anil those on dentistr\- appear in the leadinij journals of the profession. He is the author of a 'Compenditun of Dentistr\' and a 'History of Dentistry,' both of wdiich are used in dental colleges. He has serx'ed as editor of various periodicals, dental and otherwise, among them beino; the Chicaj^o Argus; the Dental World; Home, School and Nation; The American Standard Magazine; and he is .at ])resent associate editor 1 if a standard dental publication, the Dental Digest. He has also contribtited ntimcrotts .articles to periodicals and to the Chicago dailies, for which he receives compen- sation. .Xmong his other literar\- works are 'The Story of the dreat Seal of the I'nited States,' in two volumes, and containing several hundred original en.gravings; the 'Genealog>- of the Cigrands,' and 'Historic;il (Juerries and Answers.' " Dr Ci.grand possesses a conmieiidable public spirit, and is esjiecially interested in the education of the xouth 328 THI'; HISTORY OF of the country. Kc was influential in the organization of the American Flag- Day Association, of which he was its first secretary and twice elected president. He has been for a nunilx-r of years on the list of speakers of the Cook County Memorial Society- to address the pujjils of the schools on "various patriotic occasions. He was also chosen on the committee to award Victor Lawson medals in the schools during- 1896, 1897 and 1898. On January 12, iSqS, the Northern Indiana Normal School conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Science. In 1898 he was elected president of the Illinois Volunteer Relief Society, auxiliary to the Arm}' and Navy League of Chicago. "In 1SS9 Dr. Cigrand was married to Miss AlHe Needham Crispe, of Chicago, and is the father of three children — Bernie, Joice and Elroy. Thefamih' occupies a magnificent residence, wl,ich was erected in 1S98, at the northeast corner of Logan scpiare and Hiuniioldt boulevard.' ' Since the above appeared in the "History of Chica- go" ( i8gg ) the following is added to his sketch: In 1899 he left as a teacher at the Northwestern Uni- versity Dental School, and accepted the professorship of Dental Prosthesis and Histor>- in the Illinois School of Dentistry. When the Spanish-American war broke otit, in con- junction with organizing the Illinois Volunteer Relief Association, he enlisted as dental surgeon in Colonel \ 11 1 nil. AS tlCKANH. \1K>, M(. Ill i|..\^ ( K.KWn MK. C. K, \1 IDIIAM. ' ^ «^ \]KS (,. |-. \1 I'DIIAM. Till'. CklSri'. I'AMII.V 333 ])nrni- ])aii\' mustered out. Me was anions; the ik-utal ])rol'essioii who y the facuhy of llie IHuiois School of I)etUrist\- a'- a dele,i;ate to the Internatioual Congress of ]•!ducator^: he was also ilected a representa- ti\e to the Pali- luterualioual llental CoUL;ress: his wife accompanied him on this foreign trip, and the\ tia\elled throUL;h se\en countries. On his n-tiu'n he arrau<;ed his oiii;inal photo.i;ra]>lis into steieopticon \ iews, and .i;a\e to m;ni>' laii;e audiences at Chicago the lectin'e entitled "Throni;!! Seven Countries in (>ne l-".\eniui; " Wilde he was in luiiope, Ma\(ir Harrison --laled him for meml)ir~hi]) to the Hoard of PMucation, hut on ac- count of ])re-suieof colle.ue work he declined to con--ider the Jiosition Ma\dr llatiison aii])oiuted him as one of the comnultte of reception to Hon. W, J. l!r\an when the latter closed the famous campaign of igoo. In igoi, wluai the State I 'ni\-eisit\- or.t;ani/ed its Department of Dentistre. he was i.'lecU- and \-oted Pro- fessor of the chairs of Dental Pro'-lhe>i-~, Technics and Hi'^t.irv. In the fall of looi. the Chica.m> Daily News or.i;an- i/ed it-^ ■ Public School Lecture Course." and he was chosen to be amon<; il>stafTof lecttuers. and he i< to ,L;ive hi- lectiu-e ■'ThroUi^h Se\-en Countries in one I'",\-eninij." i:,4 THI' HISTORY OF At the union memorial exercises j^^iven in honor of Pres- ident McKinley's liurial, in the Northwest side of Chicag^o, he was selected to Lci\-e llie oration, which was entitled' "The (lOvernment Still Lives." He has just issued a new book entitled. "The Lower Tliird of the Face," containing;: five e.ssaws on the "Mechanics, Fine Art. Sculpture. Prosthodontia anil Ps\- cology" of this portion of the face. These essays ha\'e all heen presented to the leailinj; ilental societies of th.e country. GK.\CK }ajZAI)KTII CRISPK M! ) . Grace pnizabeth Crispe ( B i the eldest dau,!-. Iin>,dand. in i.'^,^2, and with her parents and the rest oi the faniih' came to America in i,S32. On the 24th day of Jiuie, 1S54, .sin.- was married to Mr. Geor<:;e li. Xeedham, in the city of Cleveland. He engaged in the business of hotel keeping, and, with the assistance of his estimable wife, made their house a favorite resort for the traveling public, following the same line of business in Chicago, Dubuque, Prairie du Chien, and finall>' removed back to Chicago, became, in connection with his brother-in-law, Mr. Cherry Dele- febvre, the proprietor of the Garden City hotel, wdiere Mrs. Needham died May 19, 187S. Mrs. Needham was one of nine children, and the first one to break the silken chord that bound the family so lovingh' together. Her death made desolate the home of hvv aged parents, to THK CRISPE FAMILY. wiioiii she was dear. She was a model wife and coni- ]iani<)ii, and Iier death h-W with a most crushing weight on her lnisl)and, whose ht"e was si> hotnul up in Iters lliat lie seemed like one bereft of earthly eomfi jrt . Mrs. Need- ham was 46 years old when she died, and was hmied at Hillside cemetarw Plainwell, Michigan. Her hnshand, Mr. deorge 1'.. Xeedham, was the proprietor of the C.arden Cit\ hotel, Chicago. Mr. Needham was horn in Kgleton, Rntlaiid, Ivngland, Jlil\' 2, 1S29, Both his parents died while he was a mere child. In i.^.s; he landed in Xew York. A few weeks later he went to CUvelar.d, ( )hio. wliere he married (".race ]■'.. Crispe, and in 1S54 he c.nne to Chicago, where he wiiit into the Ii\ere luisjness. His first hotel \-entnre was in the did Rock Island, on Shern;an 'Street, in which hostelr\- he remaiiieil until i^(>('>. After selling out that propert\- he s]>ent a year in luirope on a ])leasnre trip. < 'n his return he jmrcliased a farm in Allegan connt\-. Michigan, bnt remained upon it oiil\- ahmit two years. He then rettirtied to Chicago .and took wh.at is now the Atlantic hotel, at Slierman and \'an Pitireii streets. In the great fire lie was l)iniient had no children: his first wife was Miss C.race Klizabeth Crispe. of Cle\-eland. who died in 1.^7.^. In i *- uf Chicago, and chanced tM c-nter a new linililing: his in(|uisiti\encss K-d him to clind> up sexeral temporarv' stairs, and when cm the thiid -'torv, still with out flooring, he stepped on an nnfa^teneil ]>lank and l(.ll thnuigh the building to the b.iscmenl; he was immedi- atel\ taken !■ ■ the (rarden City hotel, where in a few hours he passed away. He was buried at the side of his first wife at Plaiuwell, Michigan. WILLIAM CKISl'I': (CI. The following excellent sketch of this jirnspcrons gentleman is taken horn the History of Allegan C'lunts , Michigan ; "William Crispe, \'. S. This jiruniinent busmess man i 'f I'lainwell is a son cf lMlwarears, and in 1.S35 came to Plain well, Allegan countx', Michigan, when there was little more than a mere settlement where that now flourishing cit\' is located. MRS. W ILMAM i Kl^^l■. (Nrillr Sliuth.) w^ # MR. WILLIAM L KISLK THK CRISPl': FAMILY. 341 "Our ^ulijcct is OIK' iif a t'aniih- of niiir cliildixn, five- of whom arc now liviiiL;: liis lioxliood daxs in Ivnt^land wi-rr nio>ll\' spent on tlif faini. and lli-. educational ad- \antai;cs limited to the common schools. IIcwoil harear 1S5;, wlien she came with her ]iarents to America, and they setikd in the cit>' of Cle\'eland, Ohio. In the >ea.r 1S5;, she was married to Edward Grav. He was born on the 2Sth of Xo\-ember, 1S27, in Bingham, Xottinghanishire, England: he was a lace-maker, and ii\ed with l;is ])arents till the \ear 1832, wdien he came to America: he came alone, and had no relati\-es in this ci.iuntr\ : he li\-ed in Cleveland till he was married, and in the spring of 1S54 thev movcil to Till': CKISl'l'. I'AMII.V. 343 ]5nrt<)n, ("jranjTer comity, Oliio, and iIk-v rfinaincd there till the fall of 1S5S, when tliey hk i\e(l to C.iin Plains, Alle.ifau count)-, Michij^an. The) li\eil on a farm till the year iS6,s, when Mr. CiraN' ilieil, leaxant; his wife with fi\-c children. In ttie year 1 ,S6c.) she was ni.arried to ( 'icorije W. I.cvelt. We li\ed in (rUn Plains and ()tsesn till i^;,?, when we inoxcd to the township of Dorr, Alle- •;an conntw Michii^an, Priscilla went to AUnirquqUe, New Mexico, to N'isit her daui^hter, drace I{ liowinan. in the \ ear iSSA, :nid \asited in Chica,L;o the >anie year. In 1N<)>> -'he \isited her sister, h'.nnn.i C Polhennis, in tlie city of New York. "(".eovi^e W. I,e\'elt was horn Jul\- 24, 1S45, in h'it- tenden, Kent coinitN', ICn^Iand. I,i\ed there till the \ear is^4. wlun I came to America with m\' i>arents. We settled ni \\'a\ ne counl\ . Xew \'ork. where I worked at farming; till the > ear iNd;, when 1 mo\ed with in\' ]iar- eiits to Michigan. I settled in Otsego, .MleKan connl\'. .and lived in Otsego and dnn Plains till I was married." It is due to state that the\' ha\ e all taken a deep in- terest ui this hisior\ of the familw and ha\-e e\-idenced this li\- a hheral donation for its publication, "Their children .ire as follows: Mai\' P. drax , horn March 15, i.'^ss, in (nni Plains, Michii;an, and mo\'ed to Dorr with her parents in 1872, and has li\-ed there e\-er since; slie was married to George W. Sprout in 1S77; she has had the children: Oeo. E. Sprout w,i~ horn December 16. i.SSi: died Jnl\' 25. !,S,s,S; Kdna N, Sprout, was born 344 THlv HISTORY OF October 4, 1SS3; Orace C. Sprout, born March 29. 1S8S, (bed June <.), iSSS; and Nina ^', Sprout. "Orace Iv ("ira\ waN horn Ma^■ 25, 1S5C), in Ouu Plains, and went to Chicai;i) with her parents in 1.S72; staid a >ear and a half there, then h\-cil with lier ]>ar- ents in r>(irr most of tlie lime till the \ear iS.Sd, when slie was married t traile, and condncts a success- ful business. "Nellie F. r>ra\' was born December 14, 1S62 in (run Plains, Michigan: moved to Dorr with her parents in 1.S72; lived there until about two weeks liefore she died, when she went to Chicago with her aunt, where she died on Januar\- 20, i.ssh. "Milo F. Cray was born Februar\- 27, iS6r>, in (itin Plains, Michigan; he mo\-ed to Dorr with his parents in MKS. Cr.i IK(.I 1,1 \ 1 1 I'. .l'n..ill., ( ,is|H., MK. (;i.(iKi;i i.i:\ !• r\\ Tin-; crisit: family. :,49 iS;^, wliL-ie hu has li\-i.-(l siiict-; in iSSS lit- was married to Carrie Xennian: she is of (".erinaii parents. lie is a nierchanl anil nnller. The)- ha\e one cliilil — J . M. I>iin- alil (~ira>' — burn Ma\- i, iSi^c)." Ji iIIX CKI.SVI-: IE), Mr. John Crispe ^ 1', ' . of Phiinwell, Miehii^an . iUser\'es ilie ereilit of haviiii; s.;i\-en ene'onrai^in.L; assistance in pnli- lisliini; this leconl of tlie Crispe fannlw He cheerftilK' donateil a lil)eral aniutnu towards its jnihlioation, and lias c-ontrililited freeh' tow.irds its compilation. We s^Mther from the Ilistorv of Alle>;an Connt_\-, Michi>,nni, the fol- louiiii; spleniiiil account of his pros])erous career: "John Crispe is one of the welhknown and hij^hly ]io])nlar citizens of (iim Plains township, Allej,'.i)i coinit\-, Michij^an, of which he was Snperxisor for si.\ years: h.e is the ])ioneer drtigsiist of Plainwell, and hears also an enviahle tecord as a (gallant soldier dnrin,s; the late war. Mr. Cii'-pe is a nali\-e of ]uij;land. beini; horn in Sutton \'alance. Kent coniitv. June 24, 1S39: lie was the son of P'.dward and lUizaheth Mnnn-Crispe, nali\-es of luigland, where the father was a farmer, and also a miller. He carried on a bakery in connection with his mills for a time. He einiurated with his f:tinily to America Febrn- arv 25, i.'^52. Idcatint; first in Cleveland, Ohio. In No- \-ember. 1S54, he came to Plainwell. where his death oc- curred August 21. iS.S.S. when he was 87 years old. The mother died Jannarv 7, 1SS4, at the age of So \-ears. "Our stibject is one of a fainih' of nine children. 15" THI' HISTORY Ol- five of whom are now living: he was twelve years old when lie crossed the ocean witli his ])arents, the x-oyage occiip\in,L; thirty days. He had attended school before lea\-inL; l''.n,L;land, and was a stndent while residinj; in Cleveland, ( 'hii>. At the a^e of fifteen he he^jan learn- ing the raining hnsiness at Otsejio, Michif;an, followins: it for three >'earsand nine months. When the Ci\il War hroke ont he was the first man in the township to enroll his name, luit was rejected on acconnt of a esighl. In i STi^, however, in l)ecend>er, he enlisted in the l{ij;lith Michigan Caxalry, nnder Colonel Stockton. He was enrolleil as a ])ri\-ate, Init was promoted to lie Second I)ul>' Sar>,ri.-nt beforL- lea\-ini; the State He ser\ed during; all the celebrated Morgan raid, tra\elin,Lj ni>;lU and da\- for 57.S miles after that wih' rebel, and was ,<;reatl\' pleased at his captnre, and U> see him - were under Thomas in the Tin-: CKisi'i'. I'AMii.v. :,5i lialtk-s iif Cnhinibia and l"ranklin. Mr. Cri-~])u was dis- cliarijL'd at Xasluilli.-. Ti-niu-ssrc, Septciiiht-r 22, i.Sfi5, liciiii; iiiustii\il (Hit as First Sar>;L-m of his compan\-, IK- plavx-d tin- jiart of a •^Mllaiit soldier dtiriu.^ tlic entire war, and looks hack with nnich pleasure to his interesting^ expeiiences while ll.uhtiiij; for his adopted coinitr\-, "W'luii his services were no loiiijer needed in the I'leld, Mr. Crispe retunted to the ptirsiiits of jK-ace, and conun^- to I'lainwell en,i.;a.t;ed for a short time in the liver> Inisiiie^s, In l"el)rtiar\-, iSC;. he started the first din>i >toie e-talili-heil in I'lainwill, and hashcen engaged in that hiisintss ever since. Later he opeiieil a jiaint and paper store, which he still conducts. He was married h'ebrnarv 7. iMii;. to Mrs. .Xinanda Mesick, a native of Cohimt>ia\ille, New York, who came to Michigan in 1S57. Three cliildren were horn to them — Minnii-. (>ti>- and Cherr\- — all of whom are deceased. Mrs. Anianun Plains township. Socially he is a nieniher of the Mas..nic fraternity, the Odd I"ello\vs, Maccaliees, and the Cirnnd Arin>- i if the Kepuhlic. He occujiies a fine residence, anil holds an influential ])nsitlnn in the coni- nuniity. Few instances of distant relationship make them- sel\-es more manifest than il.- reseniMance between Mr. John Crispe, of I'lainwell, and ex-Speaker Crisp, of Atlanta, Oeorgia. Though the\- are related in a ' liki'- ness, ( )f this we sjmke in our iiUrodnctcir\' remarks on page 22 of this book. It will interest all to conqiare the facial similarit>' between John Crisjie anil Charles Fred- erick Crisp) — distant relati\es. Of his wife's death the I'lainwell Fnteriirise in part sa\-s: "The announcement of the death of this estimable laih' was heard with deep sorrow by all. h'ew are so well known and so universally belo\-ed in this conununitw Two weeks ago she was taken sudilenl>- and \iolenth' ill with congestion of the entire system, and although every- thing tliat medical skill and loving care could perfnrm was done, she continued to suffer and passed quietly awa\' last \\'eduesila\' nt 2 p. ni "Mis. Cris]ir was born at Cobunbia\'ille, near Al- MR. JOHN CKISPK, (I'.'iif 349-1 Jfr MKS. |i iHN (, KISI'E. lAllKlIl.i.i lil>llittS.) nil', CKISl'l'-, I'AMll.Y l)aii\', Xc-\v \'iiik, in i1r- year is;,;. At t lie a.m.- of ten \ears she unuixed tn Newark, \\'a\ne ccinntv, in tin.' same State. Her nia.iden name wa-- Amanda Tilibitts. In 1S51 slie was maiiieil to Jaei)l) Mesick, and in llu- fol- liiwint^ \-ear llie\' ri-niowd to the t(nvnslii]i of ()tseL;(), in this State and eonnl>-. 'Pliev sellled cm a farm on tht- n.ain road hetwen these two \-illai;es, hut Mr. Mesiek's heallli faihnij; atler a short time he sold out his farm and opened a (hai.L; store in tliis i)hiee, then know n as the Jnnelion. h'our oliildren weie horn to Mr. and Mr>. Mesit-k, one of wliom (hed in infancw Mr. Mesitd< (hed in Xo\emher. i."^(i5, lea\ini; his widow with a sdiniL; famil\ and llie business to look after. ■ < )n I-\l>ruar\- 7. i.'^'';. she was married to John Cris]ie. and has e\-er since resided in this \illai;e. Three children were horn to gladden their home for a time, hut these chililren died in infanex'. Suice the death of lier daughler, Mrs. Dollie \'. I'uisel, ne.uK' two \ears ai;<), her healtli ha4r.uid-ehildreu . ' ' n.WNMi CKisl'i; I 1- 1. Mrs. tTierrx- I )elefeb\-re, nee Ilamiah Crispe 1 !•' 1, was horn on the 7th da\- of Octfiher, 1.S41, in Sutl')n \'alance, Kent, luijjland: lived there until March, 1.S52. when the famil\- moN'ed to the United States and settled in Cleve- land. ()hio. and li\(.-d thete for three \ears, and then THIi HISTORY OF moved to Plainwell, Allegan county, Michigan, where she lived inilil slie was married to Clurr\- Delefeln-re, No- vember r>i, 1S73, He was then in Imsiness with (".eorge K. Needham m what was calltd the United States hotel, Chicago. Cherr>- Delefeln-re was horn in Paris, France, on the 24th of Mav, iS;,5; came to tjic- I'nited States with his familv in 1S42, for one >ear; graduated in Technic College, Paris, France, in 1S56: left Paris in iSSQ, antl landed m ^s\•w York the latter part of that >'ear; was piofesscjr of I'rer.eh in a pri\'ate academy untd iS6[; when the war commenced he eidisted on the first call for three months, lint did liot leave Xew York; en- listed again on the next call for three years, or duiing the war: he joined tile First Xew York artillet\-, and went to Fdmira to jnin his regiment; from there he went to Washington and tirilled tuitil called on to go to Xevv- ]iort Xews; arrived there two da\s before the gun-l)oat Cundieiland was sunk iiy the Merimac; was tlure until called on a week later to take a scouting trip; remained in the service ami went through all the battles from New- port Xews to F'air (\iks, where lit- was wounded; taken to Harrison's Landing, ami from tlure to Fortress .Mon- roe, where he remaintd until discharged from the service; he then went to Washington, I'. C, and was employed in the TreasurN- Department for fi\-e months; in 1 S65 he went to Nl-w York where he went in with a friend and starteil for a voyage arouml Capt- Horn; thu tour con- tinued for c-lf \-i n months and fu-e da>s; he came Itack to THE CRISPE FAMILY. 359 XfW York and remained tluTe a few weeks, and then went west to Cliica.i;ii: he was eniplnx'ed for a time li\- a Mr. Sliaw, wlio kept the Jar\-is hotel; tht-n worked for the Treniont house nnder se\eral men, tuitil he started for liiniself; hiter he went into ])arliiershi]) with George I-;. Needham tnitil 1S71, wlien the sreat Cliicago fire de- stroyed all the\' ])i)ssessed. The> lie<;an Inisiiiess again shoitK- after the big fire, and kept together until iSyi when they sold the Garden Cilv hotel, liought by them in i.'^74. In iSiji Mr. DelefelnTe, in coiii]ian>- with his wife, left for .an i,xtended triji through lunope, after which he Settled in Plainwell. Michigan, and purchased a piece of propert)-, and settled down to real comfort. His home is a stricth' modern ilwelling. and these jjeojile ha\-e the rep- utation of kee])ing their resilience ami gronnds in the ne.itest and most in\iting appearance. Mr. Delefeb\Te comes from a famih- of the French nobility, and his affa- ble manners and generoiisdiearted disposition thoronghly bespe.ik his earh' collegiate education in the land of the fionre de ly. Though he is not a blood relati\-e of t!ie Ciispe famih-— lieing in the circle 1)\- marriage — he, ne\'- ertheless, has donated with e(|iial liberalit\- with those of the Crisjie blofid. He is highh' esteemed b\- all tlie fam- il\', and has been on man\' occasions a comforting arm. His careful business sagacit\' has netted him a sufficient financial reward to admit of his living in ease and retire- ment. He has si en much of the earth's stirface. and is 360 THI' HISTORY OF well-infonned on matters of tra\X'l and ojeneral jirogrfss. He is especially well known for his charitable di^])ostion and liberal -niindedness. AI.ICK M. CKISI'K I c, I. Alice M. Crispe 1 (i 1 was l)orn in 1S40. Slie was a most lo\eal)lc \onng lad\'. She die;e on Monda>- exenins. at the aije of .:;4, after snfferinj; a long' time from Inng; fe\-er. She was born in Kent, haijiland, a)id liad made her home in (.}ini Plains the most of the time since i>l54. The fnneral services were held at the home, ke\-. J. Fletcher ]>reachine; the sernn.n. There- mains were interred in Plainwell cemetery." f,m:\ia CKISI'K I H I. Mrs. John Pcilhenuis, nee Paiinia Crispe iH>. was liorn in .Sutton \'alance, Kent, h'ntjland. in 1S52. She came to America with her parents when three montlis old. She received her earh' eilucati'in at Plainwell, .Michigan, and wdien a xonng la].i-.i .7Vtv>3 MH-v h MC * .. ^- ^^f^. \1K^ I I'l 11 IIIMI TIIlv CkISl'l<; I'AMILV. :/\s In 1S91, wIk-ii lur hu^liaiid dii.d from llic tlTtct^ iif a fall, sIk' iravcUc-il lliroiii^li I'jiropf ami n-^ainel her iR-alth. Ill I >!v4 "^liL- \va-^ man icd td Mr. Jdhn I'lillR-mns, (if Xcw \"(jrk citv — a i;c-ntkiiK-n wlinm slu' met while ((jiiiiiit; tile Cdiitineiit. They were niarrieini; Mr. Polhemns. and interested herself deepl\- in the hrm of lu-r hnsliand. She was a jovial-spirited soul, and e\'i- (leiKX'd a eharitalik- dis])osition such as few peo]5le possess. Her willinj;ness to assist aiudiic- who needed lln.nieial ser\-ice was Iml a token to the liheralits' whieh she evinced for all matters of a charitable chru'acter. It was her t;realest (leli<;ht to juircliase presents for the nieces and nephews and their children: and not a single Christ- mas da\- W(.'nt b\- but she sent by express vahial)le me- mentoes of her alTections. These Ynletime .gifts cost her annnalh huned with children, her great fondness for little people found expression in these costl\' .gifts. She was of a most cheerful disposition, and lo\-ed to tra\-el, and did much of the latter, ha\-ing crossed the ocean lwel\-e times. It was a ])art of her creed to an- nually visit her relations of the I.ake region, and her cheerful cs hailed with jileasure bv old and voung. 366 THE HISTORY OF OiK- of her oinliitioiis was to see Ihe Crispe fLUiiiU' in ])ossessinn (if a genealogy; and with tins in \'iew she songht the services of Dr. P). J. Cigraml (earUin iSgo i ancl indnceil liini to undertake the ariluous task of compiling this record. She assumed the financial (jhligatiiin of Imth record-getting and publication; but before she was able to help him in a financial way, she died. Her death oc- curred February ii, 1900, at Flushing, New York. She was buried at Hillside cemeter\-, Plainvvell, Michigan. Her estate, amountin.g to something o\-er $100,000, was bequeathed cqualh- between the I'olhemus and Crispe families: her lirother John Crisi)e, of Plainwell. being the senior executor. Her husband, Mr. John Polheimis, died a few years before her death. A brief sketch of him is as follows: "John Polhemus is a ]:)rinter well known throughout the entire union. His short, stout fi.gure, his gra>- hair and beard, with his yriuthful countenance: his grave, dignified wa\- of speaking, and his alert movements are known to all Flushin.g people and Xew Yorkers who have business near the city hall. ( >nly those, however, who were intimate with him, know the efforts he has made to elevate his calling, to improve its appearances, and to am- eliorate the condition of those who are compelled to earn their bread b\- daily toil. No man's sense of justice was higher, and cx'ars cilil, Ik- wa-i \i-r\- carl>- ohli^xd In ijo to work. His first cni]>losniunt was in a cotton factory, and the next upon the Morris and Lehii^h can:ds, Imt in is.)2hecanie to Xew York to enter a ])rintinj,>^ otTice. lie soon distin- '_;iiisheil himself a-; a r-killfiil hand-jMessnian After ten \(.-ars of hard work, hax-inj,' then sa\'ed up a few dollars, he entered into partmrship with John de \"iies, as I'ol- henins & de X'ries, their work heiui,' chietl\- auction cata- loijues, Thev- wroULjhl lont; hours, freqiienth not lea\- iiii,' until two and three in the niornin.ij, and neurU' alwa\-s stayint; when there w.is work until ten and eleven. "An extraordinar\- feat accnnjilislu-d 1)\- Mr. I'olhe- nius w.is the ])tintin;^ of (iouMiny's Xew \"ork direclor\'. emhraciiiy; nine millions of ems, in eleven (la\s. This has never been eipialled for sjieed, "He was sttu'dy and eiier,ur<.-tic, and tindeiiiahlv earned the proiul position he occupied as the foremost of li\'ini; jirinlers. His relations with his employes were of the most cordial character, lie knew and understood them, svmpathized with their misforttmes and rejoiced in their good luck. Tliis epitome of his l)nsine.>;s career demon- strates what siugleiie.ss of aim and indoiiiitahle perse\'er- ance are capable of acliie\'in,2; in the course of lialf a cen- Hir\- of busin(.-tliree \ears. His second wife, who was Mrs. lunnia C. Needliani, of Chicago, liis two sons, Horace G.. and Charles Theodnre, his children by a first wife, survive him. Both are married, and are associated with their father in business at Fulton street." .ii»„.»v«-^y^ii8iWiKSft»S^^^^:; HOMI-: OF i:. T. CKISI'I iV.v-^ Jul. I Ill >\IK ol I , 1)1 III l,l;VKK ■ I'.i-r ^;r.' IIDMI ( II JOHN ( KISl'l-. M()\1K ( H' Wll M.Wl CKISIM-: APPENDIX. MDNLMI'N r NO. 4 I Page Sgi THI". CklSI'I'. I'AMILV. 377 Al'l'IA'PIX. Ailiiitionnl iiifoiiuaiion on Sir Nu-liolas Crispc " the oiihl faithful scr\-ant of Cliark-s tht- I"irst." lias been ub- taiiied, and can ]>v fouml on i>ai;-t' <)5, volume XIII, I)ic- tiouarv i)f National liios^rajjliy. It reads: ■'Sir Nicholas Crispe — I599i?)-i666 — Royalist; was descended from a faiuih' possessing; estates in (iloncester- shire, and en^asied in trade in London. His fatlier, KUis Cris]5e, was SlierifT of London in 1623. durinii which year he died \ Collections Relatinj;- to the h'aniihof Crispe II, pa);e ,V' • He was a widower aj;ed 29 when he mar- ried Sarah Spencer, on June :S, 162.S, (Chester marriag-e licenses, ed. I'osier, paj;e 355 K He therefore probably was born in i59,S or 151)9. Frecinent menlion.s of Sir Nicholas Crispe in the Colonial State Papers show him actively engaged in the African trade from 1625 onwards. Ill i''i29 he and his partners ])etitioned for letters of re- prisal against til'.- French, stating that tlie\' had lost ,/.'2o,ooo by the capture of one of their ships. On No- vember 22, 1632. Cliarles I. issued a proclamation grant- ing to Crispe and five others the exclusive right of trad- ing to r.uinen. which was secured them b\- jiatent fr>r thirty-one years Nevertheless, in 1637 Crispe's company complained that interlopers were infringing on their 1110- iinpolv of transporting 'nigers' from C.uinea lothe West .^7S THE HISTORY OF Indies (Colonial Stnto Papers, CollectiDn 1 574- if'ifio, pa.iJfS 75 and 114). The wealth thus acciuircd tiiaMed Crispe to become one of the customers who contracted with the Kinj; in if>4o for the two farms of the custcims called the (".reat and Petty I-'luui. The petition of the surx'ivinv; contractors presented to Charles II. in lOOi, states that the_\- adwanced to the King on this s(..cnrit>- /'s.s^.ooo for the ]xi\-ment of the na\-\' and other pnhlic uses ( Somers' Tracts, \-olume \"II, pa^e 513). Cris]>e received th.e honor of Kni.nhthood on January r i(')4i. He was elected to the Lont; Parliament as a mend>er for W'inchelsea, l)nt was attacked as a monopolist directlx- Parliament ripened. On No\-emlier ;i, 1640, he was ord- ered to attend the Conunittee of ('.rie\-ances, and to siib- niit at once to the House of Commons the patents for the sole trade to Guinea, and the sole importation of red- wood: also that concernini;- copjieras stones, and that lor the moniipoU- of makim; and \-endinK beads 1 Rnshworth, \-olnme I\', patje 5'; 1. For his share in these he was ex- ]ielled from the House on Februar\- 2, 1641. At the same time he and the other custrmiers were called to ac- count for hax-ing collected the duties on merchandise without a Parliamentary .2:rant, and onl\- obtained an act of indemnity on payment of a fine of /' 150,000 (Gardiner Journals. Ma\- 25-26, 1641 ). "In the CiN'il War, Crispe not unnaturalh- took the side of the King, but remained at first in London, and secrcth- sent money to Charles. His conduct was discov- THK CRISPH FAMILY crt'd li\- ail iiitficcpU'd kttcr of Sir Ri)lii.-rt Pye''-, and his arrest was i>rdi.-r(.Hl i Saiitnrd, Studies of the- dreai Kf- lielllon, jiagc S47 '. lUit In- succot-di-d in (.'scaiiinj; to Ox- ford ill (lis;iiy; Ilusliand. Ordinances of Parliament, folio pa t;v 201; Clarendon, Rebellion, \-oluuie X'H: pajjes ,=;>-) and I'm }. He was also implicated in O^de's ])lol in the winter of l<')4,'',, and the estate of his brother, Samuel Crispe. was sequestrated by the Parliament for the sanio business (Camden Miscellany, volume X'lIL A Secret Xei,foti:uion with Charles L. pa^"-'^ - n"d is>. "On JuK- V l''>4.-^. Cris]->e obtained a commission from the KiiiR t" raise a retjinient of fi\'e hundred horse, bui before it was coni]ilete it was surjirised at Cirencester b\- Ivssex. 011 his match back from Crloucester, and cnp- tiued to a man 1 September 15, i'''4.^,: Pibliotheca Cdou- cestrensis. jiajj^-s 74 and 174 ^ Crispe himself was not present with his regjiment at the disaster. A few da>''; earlier he had been in\-olved in a quarrel with Sir Lames lun-on, on Northamptonshire, which led to a duel in which the latter was mortally wounded. Crispe was brousht to a court-martial for this affair, but honorablv ac(|uitted on the ground of the provocation and iniiir>- he had received from his antagonist i, October 2, 1643, Sander.son, Charles L, page 666 K Li the following No- vember, Crispe received a commission to raise a regiment 38o THR HISTORY OF of fiftc-en hiindrccl foot ( Xovciiilier 17, Black, Oxford Docquc'ts), hut it does not apjienr that Ik- carriccl out this design. For tht- rest of the war his services were chiefly performed at sea. "On Ma\- Ci. 1644, lie recei\-ed a coniiiiission to equip at his own and his ]3artners' expense not less than fifteen ships of war, with power to make prizes (il)*: He was granted a tenth of the ]irizes taken !)>• his shi]is. and also appointed recei\-er and auditor of the estates of delin- quents in Cornwall (Collection Clarenden State Papers, \T)Iume I, page.s 264 and 294). As the royal fleet was entirely in the hands of the Parliament, the services of Crispe's scjuadron in maintaining the King's comnuinica- tions with the Continent, and procuring supplies of arms and annnunition, were oi special \-alue. He :d.so acted as the King's factor on a large scale, selling tin and wool in France, and hux'ing powder with the proceeds ( Hus- liand. Collection of Orders folio, pages S42 and S46). These services naturall\- procured him a corresponding degree of hostility from the Parliament, He was one of the persons excluded from indemnity- in the terms pro- posed to the King at I'xbridge, His pecuniKr\' losses had also been very great. When Crispe fled from Lon- don the Parliament confiscated ^5,000 worth of bullion which had been deposited in the Tower. The\' also se- questerated his stock in the Ouinea Conipan\' for the pa\- ment of a debt of /; 16,000 which he was asserted to owe the State (Camden Miscellanv, \-olume \'in; A Secret QUEEN ELIZABETH. (Who confcrriMl Kiii-lilhnoil ,.n Sir Hcriiv (rispr.i KIN'C, i.\Mi:s (Who conltrri-d Knii;liili(ioini.Mit on tlu- constitution of llu- Nvw Modc-1 < I'erf. Dinrnal, April 16, ir^^i. He is said also to lia\-e lost ,-{20.000 liy the c.aiHnre of two sJiips from (".uinea. the one 1)\- a ParlianientaiN shiji, the other 1>>- a pirate < Certain Inforinatiotis, October 3<:), Nowmber 6, I r>4;, . . "Xex-ertheless, his remaining estates must ha\'ebeen eonsiderable, for on Ma\' fi, \C^4=,. tile House of Connnons ordered tlr t id, 000 a \-ear should be ])aid to the elector palatine out of the ]iroperties fif Crispe and I.r.rd Cot- tiui^ton < JournaK of the House of Commons > (^11 the final truunph of the Parlianientarv cause. Crisjie fled to I'rance < W'hitelocke Memorials, p.ic;e 2001, but he does not seem to ha\-e remained lony; in e.xik-. He was allowed to return, probablx' owinij to the inthienoe of his many Puritan relati\es in London, and officers in the list of compounders as pa\in>i :i compensation of ^..346 ( Drinjj Catalogue, edition i",'^,'^, patje 251. In the act passed 1).\' Parliament in Xo\ember, 1653, for the sale of the Crown forests, the debt due to Cris]ie and his associates, in the form of the customs, was allowed as a jniblic faith debt of ./?276, 146. but solely on the condition th.at they advance a like sum for the public seiA'ice within a limited period. The additional sum advanced was then to be acce])ted as 'monies doubled luider the act.' and the total debt com- puted at .{552.000 to be secured on the Crown lands. But 3S6 THE HISTORY OF alth()nj;li Crispe and liis ])artiiers were vvilliuvj to take ii]) this speculation, the\- could not ijet toijether nii 're than i'30,000, and tlieir petition for more time was refused I Collection of State Paj^ers, Dom., ifi^--^-^., pages 265, .i5,i. 357 '• Other speculators were equalh' unfortunate. Crispe had advanced /^i.soo for the recon(|uest of Ire- land, but when the lands came to be di\ided amon.g the adventurers, the fraud of the surve>ors awarded him his share in bog and o larse land (Pttition in I'rendergast , Cromwellian Settlement, page 241 ). The ]irospect of the Restoration gave him hopes of redress, and he forwarded it !)>■ all means in his power, He signed the declaration of the London Ro\alists in support of Monck (.April 24, 16601, and was one of the committee sent l)y the cit\' to Charles II. at Breila iMn>- 3, 1660; Kennet Register, pages I 2 I - 13,31. "In the following Juh', Crispe ]x-titioned from a prison for the payment of some part C)f the dtbt due him for his ad\-ances to the State; his own share of the great sum owing amounting to /30,ooo (Collection State Papers, Dom. 1660-1, page 122.) In the next three vc'ars he suc- ceeded in obtaining the partial reimbursement of these debts, and the grant of se\-eral lucrati\-e employments as compensation for the rest. In Way. 1661, he obtained for his son the office of Collector of Customs in the port of London, and in June he became himself farmer of the dnt>- on the export of sea coal. He obtained /io,ooo for his ser\nccs in compounding the King's debt to the East Tin-; cKisri-; family. 3S7 India Ci>nipaii\-, ami two-thirds of tlu- customs on spices were assit;iK(l to liini until tin- remaining; ,/;;o,ooo of his own dcl>t was repaid 'ili. i''''''i-r. pa,t;es 14, 25, .^.^i. ^'f)8i. Onci.' more in ])artnersliip with the survivors of the old customers, he became a contractor for the farm of the customs, and Charles allowed them a lar^e abatement in consideration of the old debt db. i''i''\';-4, I^a^es 123, 6761. "On Ajiril I'''. 16^15, Crispe was created a Haronel, wliich (liy;iiily conlinned in liis family until the death of his threat grand-son , Sir Charles Crispe, in 1 740 (I^urke, Ivxtinct Hari inetat;ei. Crispe sur\'iveil this work of the Kind's fa\-or oul\' aliout ten months, ;e 33'. His bod\- was buried in the church of St. Mildred, Bread street, but liis heart was jilaced in a mon- unu-nl to the niemor\- of Charles I., wliich he had erected sliorth- after the Restoration in the chaj^el at Hammer- smith The magnificent house built b>- Crispe at Ham- meismith was bought in i6S;, bv Prince Rupert for his mistress, Margaret Hughes, and became in the present century the residence of Queen Caroline 'Lysons, F'uvirons of London. Middlesex, 402-91. liesides his eminent ser- vices in the promotion of the African trade, Crispe i.s credited with the introduction of man>- domestic arts and manufactures. The art of brickmaking as since practiced was his own. conducted with incredible patience througli innumerable trials and perfected at \-ery large expense, * 3SS THE HISTORY OF •'' ■'■■ By his CDiniimnicatiriii new in\'ciilii)ns. as watir- iiiills, pa|it.-r-niills ami pciwer-iiiills, caint- into nse. iLi\-i.-s iif Kniint-nt Citizens, (pioted in Bi()^ra])hia Britannicai. "[Crispe's Cdllectiiins Relatiii.t; to tlie Kaniilv of Crispe; Cal. State Pajjers, Doni.; Clarenddn's History cif the RelieHion; ]5nrke's hlxtinct liaronetaf^e; Llo>-irs Memoirs of Ivxcellent Fersonases: Iiio<;Taphia Hritan- iiica; ed. Kippis, \-ohnue I\".]" KKVKKKM) TdIUAS CKISTK The Rexerend Tohias Crispe is hi.^hh' -^poken > if in the Dictionary of National Hiot;raphy, \-olunie XIII, as follows: "Tdbias Crispe ( 1600- ifS_^_^,i: antinomian: third son of l^llis Crispe once Sheriff of London, who died in i^''2^: was horn in i'')oo, in Bread street. London. His elder brother was Sir Nicholas Crispe iq. v.i. After leav- ing lUon, matriculated at Camhridj^e, where he remained until he had taken his B. A., when he removed to Iialliol Colletce, Oxford, graduating M. A. in i'"';''', Aliout this time he married Mary, daug^hter of Rowland Wilson, a London merchant, an M, P., and meinlier of the Council of State in 1640-9, !)>■ whom he had thirteen children. In 1643, Sir R. Lancaster completed his edition of Crispe's sermons and works. The same authorit\' state^' that Crispe refused 'preferment and advancement.' When he obtained the de.S5:ree of D. D. is not known, but certainly prior to 1642, in which year he was compelled to leave his rector>' in consequence of the petty persecution he met with from the Rovalist soldiers en account of his in- SKAI.S AND SIC.M'.IS l )\ OLD l RISI'I-: DiKTMlXIS COLD AND PKAKI, CKKCIAN SICN'K'I' RINGS, I Hfirlnonis of Thonias Ciispc.) Till'. CklSl'lv I-AMILV. 393 cliiiatiiiii to I'uritauisin. and r>.-lin.-il to Loiuloii in An.i;u>t, i'''42. His rontro\-t,-rsc\' with l''.])isco])alians — fiflN-two oiiponeiits — was luUl at the clost- ; 4, 'Christ Alone ]'"xalted,' in two ser- mons, i6,S3. When the first of these \oltniies appeared the Westminster Assembly proposed to have it biu-nt as heretical, which, houe\er, does iiot appear to have been done. In ifj^o, his 'Works,' prefaced by portrait, were rep.ublished with additions 1)\ one of his sons. "Lancaster says: His life was innocent and harm- less of all evil. •■ ■■'■ Zealous and fer\ent of all good. "[Granger, I\', 179: L>'sons's Kiivirons of London. VIL i; Hiog, Brit., art. Toland, note B: Crispe's Works 'Lancaster's edition*. 1643: Wood's Athan:e, Oxon, (Blissi. IIL 50: Bogue's History Dissenters, I, 399: Wilson's History of Dissenting Churches, 11. 201: HL 443: Mernioir in (".ill's edition of Crisjie's Works, 1791: 394 THE HISTORY OF Neal's Histor>- of the rurilaiis, 111, is, (.■iliti(Jii ij^fi. A curious account >^: "The storv of William I,on;;le\- auil Delix'erance is a sad one. They were li\-in.i; with ei^lit children on a small farm perhaps a mile fnun the \-illa,tce, on the east side of the Hollis ro:ul. Their huiise was liuilt of hewn loijs, and was staudin.t; at the l)ei;iniiin<; of the ]iresent century. The old cellar with its well hiid walls was distincth- \-isible forts' \ ears a,i,'o: traces of it could he seen even to very modern times. The site of this house has recenth- l)een marked with a monument bearing the following inscriptirm: ' ' ' Here dwelt William Lon,gle\ with eight children. On the 27tli of July, 1694, the Indians killed the father and mother and five children, and carried into capti\'it\- the other three.' "The monument was erected in the autum of 1S79, TITK CklSPK FAMILY. y)r at tlu- (.■\]H-n-.e n."-vnt owiK-r (if the farm. On the fatal morning of Jiilv 271I1, 161^4, the massacre- of this faniil\- look ]ilace. Tin.' sa\-a.L;(.'S ap- jx-arc-d siuKkaiK-, ooniiiii; fr< ■111 the other side of the Merrimac river, and lie,i;an the att.ick. ]'',arl\- in tile niornin.i; of the attack the Indians turned the cattle ont of the liani-\ard into tlu- cornfield, and la\- in aiiilmsh. The sirata.i^eni had the desired effect , for as he nished out of the house unaniled. in order to drive the cattle hack he was cajitured ami !mirderec, niailc lier will im A])ril ■,v I'i9''^. which was ailr.iittcd to probate on licccnilier 2Sth following, ami in it she remembered these absent capti\-e children; 'I gi\e and beiiueath mit-." \1K. AM) MKS. CI.KMKN I iklM'K. .HILDKEN Ol- MK. ANH MKS, W , II. i KIM^h. I-KKA I A In tin- tall 111 iij'ii Mt. Jiihii Cri>pc.' pai^i- 349' was iiianifil lo ^Ii-^s Martha Fon-haum, wlui fi ir souif x'ears tausjlit --oliiiiil al I'lamwcll, Micliiyaii ( )ii i>aL;i.' \i-;. the naiiR' " Ciiuii ' l'laiii> nIiouUI be Cnn" i'laiu-^ 'I'lu- rii>;ra\ iiii; marked " ' Cris|>i.- ami W'iiine Arms ■-lioiilil \)v "Cri>i)i- and Dcnne Arms." INDEX. Arms (if Cri'^jif AiiK-iii-an I'"amilii-> Anna Crisjn-. No. I X Anna IIut^lnn-^(lU, Adiliu Ihnit \\\\v X. Crispt- AIic- M, Cri'-ix- Apprmlix l"r. Mlt i>I >:\)iv i( 27 1 '54 V14 1 1 7 3 60 P>i)vvKs I'nmily Hircliinston Faniilv BnnkiT Crisiii- 47 274 Cri';|>i' CliarilN- I'anii Cri--pf Monnnuiits CK-nu-nt Crispc, X(i I\' CliarK-N Crispr. Xn. \' Colonial Crispi-s Ci'ispc C.ranl Colonial Soldiers Charter Oak Cliarlf> Cri-]H-, 1! Cluaiv I)rkf.-li\rr 81 ' 5' 4o6 I )(.-li\-irnm'r Crispi- I tf. I'l ank l'>(i\vk> Dr. 1'.. J. Ci.uraiul Dr. I'.. I. CiL;iMii(l IXDI'.X. D 2;,S 2 So ,^i 7 <'niiilispa;;c I''.ii>;li.sh Cri^pe-^ I'li/ahetli Cii^lK-. No. \' 1 11 I'dward Crispc-. Xo. XIII ICdwani Cris]if, I{ I'",(l\vnr(i Crispc, a Ivdwaril Cri^jic, li I\])iscopalian Ciispcs Ivniiua Cri-^pi-, ( '• 47 I .^^^ j.SS 294 -7 ' iMviich Soldier^ l-'n.-inli- HnL;in.-niil- 4,^ C.r. ir-c CrisiK-. X... Ill ( ',1 i\'uni(ir .Aiidni'- ('.race I-',. Crispc, H C.cirfff Lt-vc-lt 150 2 2g .l42 Ilonnralik- J. lAverclt II..iiciraMe C. K. Cri-]) HoiKH-al.lf W". J. Hrvau Iluiioralik' C k Cri-^p Hannah Cris]i(.- 20S 246 2fu, 2 hi) ixi)i':\. ll..nni:il,l,- Inlin Cl:irk 1"7 -1.1 lnscri])tiiiii liUrcidncloi \' Indian (.'aptix-cr Indian Wars John Cri-.pc, Jolin Cri-pr. X.. XI Jiilui Crisp(.-, A Jdlni !,, Cii-pc. c- John Cri-pr, h: Janu-, Crisp,-. Xn XII Jainrs Lhi'-pf^. C Jnha I'.nuna Cii^jic. c Janus X Cwnlrv hihn i'ollunnw I 4 -' 154 ,1' 2 2^5 Kint;- of Thanrl Kalhi-rini- Crispr Law- ot" lU-r, (hl\ Lord Ma\..r n! I,.,ndon Man.. I Ro\ton Marv Cri-P< . Xc \"I Mar\ Stone Cri-pr. h Marv and W'ilhani CoU. I 37 1 52 ,l<'2 4o8 IXDl'.X. N Xniiit- ...... 30 NcIIk- Kcatiuii . . . . . 312 Noriiiaii Si)lillcrs .... 3^' Xi.'llii' Siiutli .... .■^4" ( ) Origin ■ »f Fami1\- .... 29 < )|(1 Stall- l'a]it.-i> .... «2 P Prt-facc.- . . . . c) l'ili;iiiiis .... ")2 l'ris(_illa Crispe. .... 2S''> Priscilla Crispt-, I) . . . 342 I'rncni Id .Anu-rn'a . . . 165 n Otifx Park . . . . M Oncx Drama . . . . . loi Qiiet-n p;ii/aht-lli .... Sz R Rt-\'(.-n.-ii(l I'dliia^; Cri.'-'pt-' .... 129 Ke\tTfii(l .Sainiifl Crispe. , . . 129 Ke\-eri:-ii(i j \\'ht-el\vrig;ht . . . 205 Re\-erfiKl ]-!. Culenian .... 214 RoijL'r Williams . . . 205 .S Sturv of nucx .... 4S Sir Xicholas Crispe . . . . 114 377 Sir Hl-iitn- Crispi.' . . . . •5.'^ INDKX 4"M Sir .Mira K;i\nar(ls(>ii . . . i ■',; Sir .\iilli(in\ Ciik-pi^-ppr .... i.^'^ Sir H:ur\ ( ".onijli . . . . I'l^ Sir kicliaril I iii,n)lsl)y . . . I.i^ Sir iMlwaiil Moiiiiin .... i^v^^ Sir kiclianl I/\atl . . . . i .V .Sir Kdimmii ,\iuin>^ .... i yi Sir Cliarlt'S Crispi-, .... i ,V) Sir John (.'risjK- . . . . i SultDii \',ilaiu-c Faiiiilx . . 141 T Thomas Crispe, No. 2 . . . I4g W William Crispe, No. i . . 14,^ William Crispe. . . . '44 William H, Crispe. d . . . . ,^ii William Crispe. C . . . . p,^f> William Delano ..... 302 Winde Family . .' . . 78 Z Zulestein Family .... 72 " 'PIk- hi>tiir\' of a nation is inatlc up of ihe lives )f its inhabitants. " X'ictok Hitgo. H185 '^,- " <■ "^^ z '' V .•'VL--* q. ..0' .''".. "> ^"^ Y ^^^ > " ,x>-"^. '» -^- ■r^. / ■ks;.-; 0^ c'^' \v .^■^ ^.^ ^.<- .>*''' ''ji^^-L. ^o \ c, J- V*^ c- '/- .A' .■^' ■> -y^h^v X ^^ ^^ '.^S.- .^> ^^, '; ^i> />' ■i^ \' "'-> 0* •^ov^ \xsr mOlANA 46962 >?