Croshaw

Joseph Croshaw.

Children of Joseph Croshaw are:

Captain Raleigh Croshaw (–1624) was an and a representative in the for in the .

i.

, b. 1622, England, Or, VA, d. 1654, West Point, Gloucester, VA.

Croshaw is believed to be from the Crashaw family of Crashaw, ; his parentage and date of birth are not known. He arrived in on the “Mary & Margrett”, with the Second Supply in September 1608. His wife came over on the “Bona Nova” in 1620 but, ii.

m. John West

as she is not mentioned in 1623 Census, she was likely dead by 1623. He was a member of the of in 1609 and was still listed as

,

an adventurer in the Company in both 1618 and 1620. He was one of the authors of the complimentary verses prefixed to “The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles” (1624) of .

m. Henry Fox

Croshaw and his wife had at least two sons, possibly three:

Henry Fox

(1610–1667), married 1. Unknown; 2. Widow Finch ; 3. Widow Anne Hodges; 4. Widow Margaret Tucker; 5. Widow Mary (b. 1650, d. 1714)