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Caution It appears that his first wife was Rachel Bradshaw, rather than Ann Jasper. See discussion on Wives of Captain Crisipin Powell-5629 15:09, 15 August 2015 (EDT) https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/908692/who-was-the-first-wife-of-captain-william-crispin-iii
William Crispin[1]
William's baptism was October 3 , 1627, Kingston on Hull, County York, England. Very likely at his mother Rebecca's family home. The author guesses Rebecca went there to deliver the baby because William was at sea. [2]
Captain William Crispin was a Yorkshireman born around 1627 who joined the British Navy when he was only 15 years old. He served under Admiral William Penn, the father of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. William's first wife was Anne Jasper, sister of Margaret Jasper who was the wife of Admiral Penn - making him a maternal uncle of William Penn.
Caution. See above. Capt. William Crispin married first, 1650, Annie Jasper, daughter of John Jasper, a merchant of Rotterdam, Holland, and a sister of Margaret Jasper, the wife of Admiral Penn, and mother of William Penn. Some authorities state that John Jasper was a native of Rotterdam, and others that he was an Englishman by birth.
Had Captain Crispin lived, Penn intended appointing him Chief Justice.[3]
William was called ". . . trusty and well beloved Friend" [capitalized] by William Penn. So probably Quaker.
The first mention of Captain William Crispin's name in public documents was in the Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (March 3, 1634/5), where he is spoken of as Master of the Adventure.[1] Captain Crispin followed the seas for many years before becoming an officer in the Commonwealth's navy. He was a successful master of his own ships [probably a merchant] and commander in many navel engagements.
Soon after William Penn received his patent from King Charles II for his tract of land in America, he appointed a Commission to come to America, establish a colony, and carry out Penn's "plans and specifications," including the founding of the city which was to be named Philadelphia. Writing to his deputy Governor, William Markham, William Penn spoke of Captain Crispin:
My sincere love salutes thee wishing they prosperity every way. With this comes instructions and concessions and some company. I hope thou hast made convenient provisions for them. I have sent my Cozen William Crispin to be thy assistant, as by my commission will appear; his skill, experience, industry and integrity are well known to me, and particularly in court-keeping, etc., so it is my will and pleasure that he be as Chief Justice to keep Ye seal Ye courts and sessions and shall be accountable to me for it. The profits redounding to his proper behoof. He will show thee my instructions which guide ye all in ye business and ye rest is let to thy discretion: It is to thee, thy two assistants and the council. Pray be very respectful to my Cozen Crispin, he is a man my father had great confidence in and value for.
- -William Penn[4]
The Commissioners - William Crispin, John Bezar and Nathaniel Allen - set sail near the end of October 1681.[5]
Three ships - John and Sarah, Bristol Factor, and Amity - sailed from England to Pennsylvania in late 1681 and there is some question as to whether all three Commissioners were aboard John and Sarah as has been reported. Oliver Hough in Captain William Crispin (page 11), quotes authorities and concludes that Captain William Crispin sailed on the Amity.
By all accounts, in whichever ship he sailed, Crispin's ship was blown off course and into the West Indies, where she put into port at Barbados to re-provision. While the exact circumstances are not known, Captain Crispin died while the ship was in port.[6] Presumably the ship returned to England, where she made a new start from Downs on April 23, 1682.[7] The news of Captain Crispin's death was probably taken back to England by the Amity, for Thomas Holme (who succeded Crispin as Surveyor-General of Pennsylvania and as Commissioner) came out in the Amity on her next trip. Holme was accompanied by Silas Crispin, William's son, who had probably first sailed with his father and returned to England with the Amity after his father's death.[8]
Per Captain Sir William Penn's log from the 28 gun Fellowship located in the Irish Channel: "1645, April 8, about 3 o'clock in the morning, our Master William Crispin, departed out of this world. 1645, April 9, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, we carried our Master ashore and gave him ten pieces of ordinance, and we buried him in the Chancel of the church of Carrickfergus" [Church of St. Nicholas, Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland]. PROBLEM: They couldn't have returned from Barbados in one day. https://archive.org/details/captainwilliamcr00cris/page/111/mode/2up
Caution See above. William and Anne married about 1650 [9] and had four children:
William's second wife, whom he married in 1665 was Jane Chidley [10] (or Chudleigh). William and Jane had seven children:
This [Crispin] family named one of their boys William for 5 generations! I have no idea what nick names they used to keep everyone straight, but I was having very hard time so I made up the I, II -V suffixes to keep my sanity. [Wink] I haven't entered William V into WikiTree.
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The link to the book is: https://archive.org/details/captainwilliamcr00cris/page/111/mode/2up
Just a correction needed. Linda Alcott Maples researching my husband's Shelton to Crispin line.
-105 has been scrubbed clean (emptied) so apparently it was deemed an error and the owner did what she could to "erase" it. Merging it with -43 would clean things up and take it off of WikiTree.
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/908692/who-was-the-first-wife-of-captain-william-crispin-iii
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https://archive.org/stream/jstor-20085779/20085779_djvu.txt https://books.google.com/books?id=imtFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA15 https://books.google.com/books?id=jEkVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA530 https://books.google.com/books?id=-nEHRwRAwxAC&pg=PA43
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