Zachariah Crisp1 
b. say 1644
Zachariah Crisp|b. s 1644|p673.htm|Benjamin Crisp|b. c 1610\nd. bt 5 Nov 1683 - 21 Dec 1683|p664.htm|Bridget (—?—) (Crisp)|d. c 1675/76|p665.htm|||||||||||||
6th great-granduncle of Louise Underwood.
8th great-granduncle of Laura Jane Munson.
- Family Background:
- Underwood and Allied Families
Zachariah Crisp was born say 1644 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 He was the son of Benjamin Crisp and Bridget (—?—) (Crisp).1
On 23 September 1673, a writ was issued against Zechariah Crispe of Charlestown on the complaint of Mary Stanwood, aged 20, late a servant of John Long. She testified that she was with child by Crispe. Benjamin Crispe and George Laurence were his sureties. It appears that Zachariah was found legally responsible and that the child was placed with John Jones.2 On 28 July 1674, Jones sued Crispe for breach of promise to pay for the child's maintenance, and the jury found for the plaintiff 50s. and costs, but Crispe appealed the case and won. He was in very serious trouble in 1675. With Dorothy Jones and Maurice Bret, Zachariah Crispe of Groton was indicted for murdering Edward Leuis in the house of the late Morgan Jones where Leuis had lodged, or elsewhere in Boston in or about January or February last. The jury found him not guilty.2 He was in King Philip's War, including duty at the Groton garrison, and was paid £2: 15: 8 for his services on 24 June 1676.3 He never married.
On 23 September 1673, a writ was issued against Zechariah Crispe of Charlestown on the complaint of Mary Stanwood, aged 20, late a servant of John Long. She testified that she was with child by Crispe. Benjamin Crispe and George Laurence were his sureties. It appears that Zachariah was found legally responsible and that the child was placed with John Jones.2 On 28 July 1674, Jones sued Crispe for breach of promise to pay for the child's maintenance, and the jury found for the plaintiff 50s. and costs, but Crispe appealed the case and won. He was in very serious trouble in 1675. With Dorothy Jones and Maurice Bret, Zachariah Crispe of Groton was indicted for murdering Edward Leuis in the house of the late Morgan Jones where Leuis had lodged, or elsewhere in Boston in or about January or February last. The jury found him not guilty.2 He was in King Philip's War, including duty at the Groton garrison, and was paid £2: 15: 8 for his services on 24 June 1676.3 He never married.
Child of Zachariah Crisp and Mary Stanwood
- Mary Crisp2 b. c 1674, d. 30 Apr 1755
Citations
- [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-16?? (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-200?). The Great Migration Study Project is ongoing. Several volumes have been published in hardcopy, and new sketches appear frequently in the "Great Migration Newsletter" (online subscription or hardcopy). The database is online and may be viewed at New England Ancestors.org or Ancestry.com, both of which are subscription sites. It is also available in hardcover and CD-ROM from NEHGS.
- [S171] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Crisp, of Watertown," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. 1, 321, originally published in The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth (1958).
- [S170] Robert Charles Anderson, Great Migration Begins, citing George Madison Bodge, Soldiers in King Philip=squots War being A Critical Account of That War with A Concise History of the Indian Wars of New England From 1620-1677 (Leominster, Massachusetts, 1896=semi rpt. Baltimore 1967), 71, 360.
