Silas followed in his father's footsteps when he was appointed by William Penn to the position of first assistant deputy governor of Pennsylvania.
Silas sailed to the Americas on board the ship "John and Sarah" that sailed on October 1681.[1]
Silas was a "First Purchaser" of the first five hundred thousand acres of land that Penn offered up for sale in America.[citation needed]
Silas Crispin took up 500 acres of land on the Pennepack, while Thomas Holmes, his father-in-law, located on a much larger tract on both sides of the same creek. [2]
Silas played an intriguing role in the colony's initial dealings with the Native American people. Penn was determined to treat the Native American people fairly and Silas Crispin embraced this policy.
Marriages and Children
Four years after his arrival in America, Silas married Hester Holme, daughter of Thomas Holme, the surveyor general of William Penn.[2]
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.6 Eleanor "had two own brothers adn four sisters, besides several half brothers and sisters by the father's side." Davis, William Watts Hart. History of the Hart family, of Warminster, Bucks county, Pennsylvania : to which is added the genealogy of the family, from its first settlement in America, 1714. Doylestown, PA, page 30
↑ General Records, Court of Quarter Sessions and Common Pleas Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013Ancestry Record 2451 #6796645
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.54.6 John Woolf Jorden, ed. Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirspage 362 1911 New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Crispin, Rev. William Frost. A Biographical and Historical Sketch of Captain William Crispin of the British Navy …, The Commercial Printing Co, Akron Ohio (1901)archives.org [Possible incorrect information in this book. Needs back-up research.]
Census - Boyd's Inhabitants of London. 1683 Census. FindMyPast. First name(s): Silas. Last name: Crispin. Year: 1683. Person subject S. Record set: Boyd's Inhabitants of London & Family Units 1200-1946. Category: Census, Land & Substitutes. Subcategory: Surveys. Collections from United Kingdom. [1]
Census - Boyd's Inhabitants of London. 1697 Census. FindMyPast. First name(s): Silas Last name: Crispin. Year 1697. Person subject S. Record set: Boyd's Inhabitants of London & Family Units 1200-1946. Category: Census, Land & Substitutes. Subcategory: Surveys. Collections from: United Kingdom. [2].
Lolo X, GEDCOM import Privatized March 2013 Wagner - Follmer Families_2013-03-01.ged, Mar 1, 2013.
On page 612, Liber B. New Jersey Deeds, in office of the Secretary of State at Trenton, we ascertain that on Dec. 28th, 1697, Mary Shinn, widow of Thomas Shinn, had consented to marry Silas Crispin of Pennsylvania, and before doing so arranged for the property which had descended to her from her husband to be held in trust and managed for the use and benefit of her sons, Thomas and Samuel Shinn. The trustees, as recited in the deed, were Richard Stockton, Jr., brother of said Mary, and John Shinn, Jr., brother-in-law of said Mary, and the property consisted of all the lands and a negro boy, "Jabby," [could also be Toby or Tabby] given her by her late husband by will dated November 4, 1694. Mary Stockton
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On the Boyd Census attached to Silas Crispin and Ann Jasper, they show Ann Jasper as the mother of Silas however in the above Profile, Rebecca Bradshaw is shown as the mother of Silas
Crispin-108 and Crispin-42 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate Silas Crispin 1655-1711 s/o Captain William Crispin; m1.Hester Holme; m2. Mary Stockton
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