Sarah Burt CRAPO

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  1. 1.  Sarah Burt CRAPO was born on 14 Jan 1835 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts (daughter of Gov Henry Howland CRAPO and Mary Ann SLOCUM).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with parents in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
    • Census: 1860, Living with parents in Flint, Genesee Co, Michigan

    Sarah married Alphonso ROSS on 4 Oct 1860 in Flint, Michigan. Alphonso was born on 4 Oct 1827 in Jefferson, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gov Henry Howland CRAPOGov Henry Howland CRAPO was born on 24 May 1804 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (son of Jesse CRAPO and Phoebe HOWLAND); died on 23 Jul 1869 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
    • Census: 1860, Living in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan
    • Occupation: Between 1865 and 1868; Governor of Michigan

    Notes:

    Governor of Michigan 1865-1868

    American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II

    Name: Hon. Henry Howland Crapo
    Governor of Michigan from 1865 to 1869, was born May 24, 1804, at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; and died at Flint, Michigan, July 22, 1869. He was the eldest son of Jesse and Phoebe (Howland) Crapo. His father was of French descent, and was very poor, sustaining his family by the cultivation of a farm in Dartmouth Township, which yielded nothing beyond a mere livelihood. His early life was consequently one of toil, and devoid of advantages for intellectual culture; but his desire for an education seemed to know no bounds. The incessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a comparatively sterile farm had no charms for him; and, longing for greater usefulness and better things, he looked for them in an education. His struggles to secure this end necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would have discouraged any but the most courageous and persevering. He became an ardent student and worker from his boyhood, though the means of carrying on his studies were exceedingly limited. He sorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having money wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to procure one in his neighborhood, he set to work to compile one for himself. In order to acquire a knowledge of the English language, he copied into a book every word whose meaning he did not comprehend; and, upon meeting the same word again in the newspapers and books which came into his hands, would study out its meaning from the context, and then record the definition. When unable otherwise to obtain the signification of a word in which he had become interested, he would walk from Dartmouth to New Bedford for that purpose alone; and, after referring to the books at the library, and satisfying himself thoroughly as to its definition, would walk back -- a distance of about seven miles--the same night. This was no unusual circumstance. Under such difficulties, and in this manner, he compiled quite an extensive dictionary in manuscript, which is believed to be still in existence. Ever in the pursuit of knowledge, he obtained possession of a book upon surveying; and, applying himself diligently to its study, became familiar with the theory of this art, which he soon had an opportunity to practice. The services of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was called upon, but had no compass, and no money with which to purchase one. A compass, however, he must and would have; and, going to a blacksmith's shop near at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as he could find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner, he constructed the compass, and commenced life as a surveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted himself for teaching, and took charge of the village school at Dartmouth. When, in the course of time, and under the pressure of law, a high school was to be opened, he passed a successful examination for its principalship and received the appointment. To do this was no small task. The law required a rigid examination in various subjects, which necessitated days and nights of study. One evening, after concluding his day's labor of teaching, he traveled on foot to New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called upon the preceptor of Friends' Academy, and passed a severe examination. Receiving a certificate that he was qualified, he walked back to his home the same night, highly elated in being possessed of the acquirements and requirements of a master of the high school. In 1832, at the age of twenty-eight years. He left his native town, and went to reside at New Bedford, where he followed the occupation of a land surveyor, and occasionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becoming a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Collector of Taxes, which office he held until the form of the municipal government of New Bedford was changed,--about fifteen years;--when, upon the inauguration of the city government, he was elected Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, a position which he held two or three years. He was also Police Justice for many years. He was elected Alderman of New Bedford; was Chairman of the Council Committee on Education; and, as such, prepared a report upon which was based the order for the establishment of the Free Public Library of New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was chosen a member of its first Board of Trustees. This was the first free public library in Massachusetts, if not in the world; the Boston Public Library, however, was established soon afterwards. While a resident in New Bedford, he was much interested in horticulture; and, to obtain the land necessary for carrying out his ideas, he drained and reclaimed several acres of rocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Having properly prepared the soil, he started a nursery, which he filled with almost every description of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, etc. He was very successful in their propagation and growth, and took much pride in the result of his experiment. At horticultural fairs in Boston and elsewhere, he exhibited from his grounds one hundred and fifty varieties of pears of his own propagation, and one hundred and twenty varieties of roses. In this, as in every thing that he undertook, he always worked intelligently, and for the best results; seeking the best methods, and looking for information to the highest authorities. The interest he took in the subject brought him into communication with the most eminent horticulturists of the country; and the desire to impart as well as to acquire knowledge soon led him to become a regular contributor to the New England Horticultural Journal, a position he filled as long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indication of the wide reputation he acquired in that field of labor, it may be mentioned that, after his death, an effecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the President of the National Horticultural Society, at its meeting in Philadelphia, in 1869. During his residence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged in the whaling business, which was then the great specialty of local enterprise. A fine barque built at Dartmouth, of which he was part owner, was named the "H. H. Crapo," in compliment to him. Mr. Crapo also took an active interest in the State militia, and for several years held a commission as Colonel of one of the regiments. In speaking of the intimate relations of Mr. Crapo with the interests of New Bedford, the Evening Standard of that city says: "No man connected with our municipal concerns ever had, to a greater extent than Mr. Crapo, the confidence of the people. He was exact and methodical in all matters of record; conscientious and laboriously persistent in the discharge of every duty; clear in his methods and statements in all that appertained to his official transactions. He left, at the end of his long period of service, all that belonged to his department as a financial or recording officer so lucid and complete that no error has ever been detected, or any improvement made upon his plans." He was President of the Bristol County Mutual Fire Insurance, and Secretary of the Bedford Commercial Insurance, companies, in New Bedford; and, while an officer of the municipal government, he compiled and published, between the years of 1836 and 1845, five numbers of the New Bedford Directory, the first work of the kind ever issued there. Mr. Crapo removed to Michigan in 1856, having been induced to do so by investments made principally in pine lands,--first in 1837, and, subsequently, in 1856. He took up his residence in the city of Flint, and engaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber at Flint, Fentonville, Holly, and Detroit, becoming one of the largest and most successful business men of the State. He was mainly instrumental in the construction of the Flint and Holly Railroad, and was President of that corporation until its consolidation with the Flint and Pere Marquette Railway Company. He exhibited a lively interest in the municipal affairs of Flint; gave his hearty support to the cause of popular education; and was elected Mayor of that city after he had been a resident of the place only five or six years. In 1862 he was elected State Senator to represent Genesee County, and took rank among the leading men of the Michigan Senate. He was Chairman of the Committee on Banks and Incorporations, and a member of the Committee on Bounties to Soldiers. He at once became conspicuous as a legislator; his previously acquired experience and knowledge of State and municipal affairs admirably fitting him for legislative duties. In the fall of 1864, he received the nomination, on the Republican ticket, for Governor of the State, and was elected by a large majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding the office two terms, and retiring in January, 1869. During the four years he occupied this office, he served the State with unflagging zeal, energy, and industry. The features which especially characterized his administration were his vetoing of railway aid legislation, and his firm refusal to pardon convicts imprisoned in the penitentiary, unless upon the clearest proof of their innocence, or of extreme sentence. Subsequent events and experience have proved, conclusively, that his action in vetoing railway aid bills, passed by the Legislature of 1867, was of great benefit to the State financially; and his judgment in that matter has been generally approved. While serving his last term as Governor, he was attacked with the disease which terminated his life within one year afterwards. During much of this time, he was an intense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his attention to public matters. A few weeks previous to his death, which occurred July 23, 1869, a successful surgical operation was performed, which seemed rapidly to restore him; but he overestimated his strength, and, by too much exertion in business matters and State affairs, suffered a relapse, from which there was no rebound. The Detroit Tribune closes an obituary notice with the following tribute to his worth: "In all the public positions he held, Governor Crapo showed himself a capable, discreet, vigilant, and industrious officer. He evinced wonderful vigor in mastering details, and always wrote and spoke intelligently on any subject to which he gave his attention. Michigan never before had a Governor who devoted as much personal attention and painstaking labor to her public duties as he did. His industry was literally amazing. He was not a man of brilliant or showy qualities, but he possessed sharp and remarkably well-developed business talents, a clear, practical understanding, sound judgment, and unfailing integrity. In all the walks of life, there was not a purer man in the State. So faithful, so laborious, so unselfish, so conscientious a man in official life is a blessing beyond computation in the healthful influence which he exerts in the midst of the too prevalent corruptions that so lamentably abound in the public service. We have often thought, that, in his plainness, his honesty, his fidelity to duty, and in his broad and sterling good sense, Governor Crapo closely resembled the lamented Lincoln. He was a man of the people, and most worthily represented them. His decease is an occasion for public mourning. The State has very few men like him, and can ill afford to spare such an eminently useful citizen. His death will be profoundly deplored throughout our Commonwealth, and a general sympathy will be sincerely extended to his bereaved family." In the prosperity of the city of Flint he was deeply interested, and his old love for agriculture and horticulture was further stimulated by his removal to a more fertile section of the country. He had an especial fondness for landscape and ornamental gardening; and, attached to his residence in Flint, he had upwards of an acre of land which he took great pride in cultivating. In the town of Gaines, he possessed a farm of about eleven hundred acres, most of which he reclaimed from swamps by a system of drainage that he planned. Extensive improvements upon the farm were made by him from year to year, and it has now developed into one of the finest in the State. Here he made an effort to improve the breed of cattle and sheep, importing Hereford, Short Horn, and Devon cattle; and Southdown, Cotswold, and Leicester sheep. The farmers, recognizing the interest he felt in agricultural pursuits, elected him, in 1863, President of the Genesee County Agricultural Society, which position he held for a year. During the last years of his life, he was a regular contributor of articles on agricultural topics to the Albany Country Gentleman. A Flint correspondent of a Detroit paper, in announcing his death, says: "To say that his death has cast a gloom over our entire city, inadequately expresses the deep sorrow depicted on every countenance. He has now not only the respect, but the affections, of our citizens. While the State at large will regret his loss as an eminent and upright public officer, we mourn his untimely end as an energetic, influential citizen, a wise counselor, a prime mover in the prosperity of our city, and a kind neighbor, who ever stood ready to aid the unfortunate. With his administration of State affairs, the public are familiar; it needs no eulogy at our hands. Suffice it to say, that he assumed control at a very critical period, being near the close of the war, when all public affairs were in a very unsettled condition, and when the resources of the State were being taxed to the greatest extent to meet the demands of the General Government. That we emerged from the great contest with a proud record, ranking with the highest for aid and counsel rendered the Government, was attributable, in no small degree, to the foresight and indomitable energy displayed by our lamented ex-Governor, who so well took up and carried forward the patriotic and untiring efforts of his predecessor in the gubernatorial office. The brave boys who sustained the glorious reputation of our State during the last year of the war, learned to love and respect him for the almost parental affection shown them; we know they will always revere his memory, and in this they will be joined by all who knew him." In the early part of his life, Mr. Crapo affiliated with the Whig party in politics, but became an active member of the Republican party after its organization. He was a member of the Christian (sometimes called the Disciples') Church, and took great interest in its welfare and prosperity. Mr. Crapo married, June 9, 1825, Mary Ann Slocum, of Dartmouth, a young lady only one year his junior. His marriage took place soon after he had attained his majority, and before his struggles with fortune had been rewarded with any great measure of success. But his wife was a woman of great strength of character, and possessed of courage, hopefulness, and devotion; qualities which sustained and encouraged her husband in the various pursuits of his earlier years. For several years after his marriage, he was engaged in teaching school, his wife living with her parents at the time, at whose home his two older children were born. While thus situated, he was accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see his family, returning on Sunday, in order to be ready for school Monday morning. As the walk, for a good part of the time, was twenty miles each way, it is evident that at that period of his life no common obstacles deterred him from the performance of what he regarded as a duty. His wife was none the less conscientious in her sphere; and, with added responsibilities and increasing requirements, she labored faithfully in the performance of all her duties. They had ten children,--one son and nine daughters. His son, Hon. William W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now Representative to Congress from the First Congressional District of Massachusetts.

    Henry married Mary Ann SLOCUM on 09 Jun 1825 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Williams SLOCUM and Anna CHASE) was born on 21 May 1805 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1875 in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann SLOCUM was born on 21 May 1805 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (daughter of Williams SLOCUM and Anna CHASE); died on 21 Feb 1875 in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1850, Living with husband in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
    • Census: 1860, Living with husband in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan
    • Census: 1870, Living in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan

    Children:
    1. Mary Ann CRAPO was born on 06 Nov 1827 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Dec 1903 in Flint, Genesse County, Michigan.
    2. William Wallace CRAPO was born on 16 May 1830 in Barney's Joy, Dartmouth, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1926 in New Bedford, Mass.; was buried in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    3. Rebecca Folger CRAPO was born on 26 Mar 1833 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    4. 1. Sarah Burt CRAPO was born on 14 Jan 1835 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    5. Lucy Anna CRAPO was born on 08 Nov 1836 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 09 Feb 1920 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
    6. Rhoda W. Macomber CRAPO was born on 29 Jul 1838 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 8 May 1907 in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.
    7. Henrietta Pell CRAPO was born on 19 Jul 1840 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 29 Apr 1866; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.
    8. Lydia Sherman CRAPO was born on 19 Jun 1843 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Sep 1861 in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.
    9. Emma Eliza Chase CRAPO was born on 01 Jun 1845 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Apr 1897; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.
    10. Wilhelmina Helena CRAPO was born on 06 Apr 1849 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died in 1909.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Jesse CRAPO was born on 22 May 1781 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (son of Peter CRAPO and Sarah WASTE); died on 11 Jan 1831 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1820, Dartsmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "Certain Comeoverers"; In 1798, Peter Crapo purchased from Thomas Russell a farm of ninety acres extending from Buzzard's Bay westerly to the Bakertown Road half way between the road from Smith's Neck to Russell's Mills and Macomber's Corner, near the "Gulf Road." It may be that Jesse was sent by his father to cut the hay off the salt meadows and perhaps he boarded with Henry Howland. If so he must have found the accommodations somewhat limited in a little farm house with fifteen children more or less. However it happened, he picked out Phebe Howland as his helpmeet, and she proved, in deed, his better half.
    After they were married they lived for a time with Jesse's father, Peter Crapo, in Freetown near the Dartmouth line, or in Dartmouth near the Freetown line, I know not which. It was there that your great grandfather Henry Howland Crapo was born, May 24, 1804. Evidently the plan arranged for the newly married pair was that they should acquire a farm on the Rockadunda Road not far from the bride's birthplace. Soon after the marriage the work on the new home must have commenced. It was very soon after 1804 that Jesse Crapo and his wife with their little son Henry Howland moved into the new house. The deed of the property from Barnabas and William Sherman to Peter Crapo was given in 1807, and not recorded until 1826. Perhaps Jesse Crapo with the aid of his father and his brothers and sisters did not finally pay for his property until 1807. It seems clear, however, that he was living on the Rockadunda farm soon after 1804. In 1822, he purchased of Silas Kirby five acres adjoining. In 1830, he purchased of Reuben Kelley seven acres adjoining. He also owned the "Barbary Mash" purchased of Barbary Russell, and an undivided fourth part of the marsh at the "Great Meadows" which his father had left to him and his brothers Charles, Reuben, and Abiel.
    Jesse Crapo was a kindly, lovable man, whose gentle nature and recognized rectitude led him to be chosen on several occasions as an arbitrator in the disputes of the neighborhood. In him the restless ambition which distinguished his father and his great grandfather lay dormant, in order, perhaps, that he might transmit it in redoubled intensity to his eldest son. It is characteristic of him that he should have been a private in the militia company of which his son, who had not reached his majority, was the Captain. Hard, unremitting labor brought from the farm a mere subsistence. He would not, indeed, have been called poor as Dartmouth farmers went. It was a good sized farm with considerable land in tillage. He had stock, and doubtless a horse and chaise. The farm buildings were substantial. The dwelling house unusually ample and comfortable for its day. Yet surplus money and the opportunities and luxuries which money may bring were never within his achievement. He died January 11, 1831, in the fiftieth year of his age. Just before he passed away he asked to have your grandfather, William Wallace Crapo, who was a baby of eight months, placed on his bed beside him.

    Jesse married Phoebe HOWLAND between 23 Apr and 10 Jul 1803. Phoebe (daughter of Henry HOWLAND and Rhoda CHASE) was born on 29 Mar 1785 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Dec 1870 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Phoebe HOWLAND was born on 29 Mar 1785 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts (daughter of Henry HOWLAND and Rhoda CHASE); died on 22 Dec 1870 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 2. Gov Henry Howland CRAPO was born on 24 May 1804 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Jul 1869 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.
    2. David CRAPO was born on 16 Sep 1808 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 01 Jan 1879 in Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Michigan.
    3. Joseph H. CRAPO was born on 04 Dec 1812 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 07 Oct 1892 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    4. Phebe Ann CRAPO was born on 06 Mar 1817 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jun 1894 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    5. William Wallace CRAPO was born in Jun 1824 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Jul 1825 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  Williams SLOCUMWilliams SLOCUM was born on 23 Jul 1761 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (son of Peleg SLOCUM and Elizabeth BROWN); died on 23 Feb 1834 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Slocum Family Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 22 Jan 1864

    Williams married Anna CHASE on 3 Feb 1803. Anna was born on 6 Sep 1775 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; died on 22 Mar 1864 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Anna CHASE was born on 6 Sep 1775 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; died on 22 Mar 1864 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of Benjamin Chase and Mary Almy
    • Census: 1850, Living in New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Ann SLOCUM was born on 21 May 1805 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Feb 1875 in Flint, Genesee Co., Michigan.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Peter CRAPOPeter CRAPO was born on 04 Dec 1743 in Rochester, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts (son of John CRAPO and Sarah CLARK); died on 03 Mar 1822 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Crapo Cemetery, Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1790, Freetown, Bristol Co., Mass.
    • Census: 1800, Dartsmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
    • Census: 1820, Dartsmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
    • Death: 10 Mar 1822, Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Notes:

    Excerpt from "Certain Comeoverers": Peter Crapo, the second of the name, the son of John, the son of Peter, was born in 1743. He seems to have been a stirring sort of man of strong character, great energy and considerable achievement. There are many stories of his forceful methods and abounding vitality. When fifteen years of age it would appear that he volunteered from Rochester in the French and Indian War. At all events there was a Peter Crapo who was one of the company that met at Elijah Clapp's in Middleboro on the morning of May 29, 1758, and at a little afer sunrise commenced its march to and participated in the bloody and disastrous battle of Ticonderoga in which their General, Lord Howe, was slain. It certainly seems more probable that the Pter Crapo who wewnt on this expendition was this Peter, the son of John, born in 1743, rather than his uncle, the only other Peter then existant, who was born in 1709 and would consequently have been almost fifty years of age.
    With such an experience in his boyhood it is not surprising that in the alarm of the nineteenth of April, 1775 (the battle of Lexington of which Paul Revere gave warning on the evening of the eighteenth), Peter Crapo as a private, and his brother Consider as Sergeant, marched under Captain Levi Rounseville from Freetown to the camp at Cambridge, as is set forth in the muster rolls at the State House in Boston. How long he served at this time I know not. It is possible, although not likely pehaps, that with Benedict Arnold he again traversed the road to Ticonderoga, leaving Cambridge May 3, and, joining Ethan Allen, assisted in the capture of the fortress on May 10. It is somewhat interesting that in response to this same alarm of April 19, 1775, men contains these two names in sequence, "William Crapo, corporal, Caleb Coombs, private." In the records of Rochester's quotas throughout the war the name of Crapo appears many times.
    Peter again appears on the muster rolls as a private, his brother Consider as a sergeant, and his brother Joshua as a corporal, in Lieutenant Nathaniel Morton's company of militia from Freetown belonging to the regiment commanded by Edeard Pope, Esquire, which marched out on the alarm of December 8, 1776, "agreeable to the orders of the Honorable Council thereon." On this occasion Peter was given twenty days' pay, to wit: L2. 10s. 8d.
    It was, however, as an active man of business that he has left his footsteps on the sands of time. You will remember that the first Peter was something of a lumberman, since he bound himself to deliver those "one thousand good merchantable rails at Acutshnet landing," and his grandson Peter's greatest effort in life was as a lumberman, logging the cedar and pine trees of Dartmouth and Freetown and sawing them at his mill at Babbitt's Forge at the head of the Quampanoag River. Afterwards his grandson, Henry H. Crapo, by a somewhat curious turn of fortune, became a lumberman and logged the pine forests of Michigan, sawing the lumber at Flint.
    At what date Peter, the second, moved from Rochester to Freetown is not certain. I find a deed of land in Freetown from Bigford Spooner in 1770 to Peter's brother Joshua. This land was in the vicinity of the land which Peter later occupied. Joshua did not remain in Freetown. He is said to have imigrated to Maine. Peter and his brother Consider were settled in Freetown in 1773. They were engaged in the lumber business. In 1774 and for nearly twenty years thereafter Peter and Consider Crapo were actively engaged in logging and sawing as appears by the numerous recorded deeds to them. Their sawmill was "partly in Freetown and partly in Dartmouth" at the place called "Quampog where a forge formerly stood called Babbitt's Forge." At one time an Abraham Ashley and a Mereba Hathaway, a widow, were partners in their business. John Crapo, their father, conveyed several tracts of land to them and seems to have been interest with them in their business and may have lived with them for a time. He is always described, however, as "of Rochester." Some after 1790 Consider withdrew from the business and moved to Savoy, Massachusetts. The deeds of partition between the brothers are dated in 1797. Both brothers were owners of considerable tracts in Dartmouth, owning salt meadows on Sconticut in Troy, now Fall River. In 1793 Consider sold his homestead farm to Thomas Cottle of Tisbury, Dukes County, who removed thither. This was in the immediate vicinity of the sawmill since he reserved to his brother Peter a right of flowage appears to have taken in Richard Collins as a partner in the business. In 1793 the sawmill burned down but it apears to have been rebuilt. Down to the time of his death in 1822, Peter Crapo, as abundantly appears by the land and court records, was actively engaged in business.
    Peter had a large family of children, fourteen in all, and it would seem that his manner of caring for them was distinctly patriarchal. As each child came of age and was about to be married, he summoned all the other children, the married and the unmarried, to undertake some special work whose profit might be devoted to settling the child to be married. In the case of a daughter with a dowry, in the case of a son with a homestead farm. It was in this way that by the united efforts of the whole family your great great grandfather Jesse was given his home and farm on the Rockadunda Road near the home of his wife's father, Henry Howland.
    Peter kept the title of the various farms acquired for his sons in his own name, and when he died left them severally by his will, dated February 20, 1822, to their occupants, devising his own homestead fram, which, as appears by the inventory of his estate, was much the most valuable, to his youngest son Abiel, the baby of the family, on whom he placed the duty of caring for his widow. To his widow he also gave fifty dollars, one cow, and "the use and improvement of the south front room in my dwelling house with a privilege to pass and repass through the kitchen and porch and to the well to draw water, as well as a privilege in the cellar and the use and improvement of all the household furniture during her life." Considering her somewhat limited domain all the furniture may have been too liberal, but it is to be hoped that Abiel really did do his duty and made his mother comfortable. He gives to his "seven daughters" three hundred and fifty dollars each, and all of his household furniture after his widow's death. His estate was inventoried at something over $10,000, which was in those days a considerable estate.
    Peter Crapo married Sarah West. The "intention of Marriage" is recorded in the Rochester town records, whereby it appears that Peter Crapo of Rochester and Sarah West of Dartmouth were "published" May ye 18th, 1766. They were married by Doctor Samuel West on NOvember 13, 1766, as appears by Doctor West's notes, which were found by the Rev. William J. Potter in an old attic in a house in Tiverton belonging to one of the famous old gentleman's descendants. It is not probable that Sarah West was related to Doctor West. She may have been an unrecorded daugher of one Charles West, originally of Middleboro, who doubtless descended from the Duxbury Wests. He lived in Bristol County at one time, and he was to some extent connected in business relations with the Crapos. Or, she may have belonged to one of the numberous Dartmouth Families of West, who were for the most part descended from Matthew West, who was in Lynn in 1636 and was subsequently of Portsmouth.. the fact that she was married by Doctor West leads me to suspect that she lived in that part of Dartmouth, now Acushnet, near the Rochester line. If so, she may have been a descentant of Stephen West who married one of John Cooke's daughters. When Sarah died, Peter married Content Hathaway of Dartmouth, and again the marriage ceremony was performed by Doctor West on October 13, 1789. At that time Peter was in Freetown and it may be that he chose for his second helpmeet a relative or friend of the the first. Many of the descendants of Stephen West and Arthur Hawthaway, both sons in law of John Cooke, lived in the northeasterly part of the town of Dartmouth not far from Rochester bounds. Sarah died May 6, 1789, in the forty-second year of her age. Her gravestone of grey slate with carved cherubims and a scriptural verse stands on the right side of Peter's stone. He died March 3, 1822, aged seventy-nine years. On his left is the stone of Content Hathaway, who died October 27, 1826, in the sixty-eighth year of her age. All three stones are well preserved and are placed in an old private burial ground, where many of Peter's descendants lie buried, in North Dartmouth, not far from Braley's Station, and near the dwelling house formerly of Malachi White.

    Peter married Sarah WASTE on 13 Nov 1766 in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Charles N. WASTE and Deborah WILLIAMSON) was born on 04 Sep 1748 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 16 May 1789 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Crapo Cemetery, Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah WASTESarah WASTE was born on 04 Sep 1748 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (daughter of Charles N. WASTE and Deborah WILLIAMSON); died on 16 May 1789 in Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Crapo Cemetery, Freetown, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. Azubah CRAPO was born on 08 Jun 1768; died on 02 Jul 1860 in North Collins, New York.
    2. Richard D. CRAPO was born in Mar 1770 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Aug 1848 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    3. Peter CRAPO was born about 1767 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died before Jun 1830 in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    4. Charles CRAPO was born on 18 Apr 1780 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Aug 1862 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
    5. Reuben CRAPO was born on 05 Aug 1777 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 25 Sep 1860 in Westport, Massachsuetts.
    6. Joshua CRAPO was born in 1771.
    7. Elizabeth Betsey CRAPO was born on 30 Dec 1771 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 12 Jun 1840 in Westport, Massachsuetts.
    8. Sarah CRAPO was born in 1775; died in 1841.
    9. 4. Jesse CRAPO was born on 22 May 1781 in Freetown, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 11 Jan 1831 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
    10. Deborah CRAPO was born on 04 Apr 1786 in Westport, Massachusetts; died on 01 May 1866 in North Collins, New York.

  3. 10.  Henry HOWLAND was born on 03 Jan 1757 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (son of David HOWLAND and Lavinia RUSSELL); died in 1817.

    Henry married Rhoda CHASE on 16 Nov 1777 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Rhoda (daughter of John CHASE and Lovina HAMMOND) was born on 19 Jun 1759 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died in 1803 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Rhoda CHASE was born on 19 Jun 1759 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (daughter of John CHASE and Lovina HAMMOND); died in 1803 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.
    Children:
    1. 5. Phoebe HOWLAND was born on 29 Mar 1785 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 22 Dec 1870 in Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

  5. 12.  Peleg SLOCUM was born on 9 Jun 1727 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (son of Peleg SLOCUM and Rebecca WILLIAMS); died on 1 Jun 1810 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    Name:
    He was born the 9th day of Sixth month, 1727 and died the first of Sixth month, 1810.

    Peleg married Elizabeth BROWN on 28 Sep 1748. Elizabeth was born on 19 Feb 1727; died on 14 Oct 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth BROWN was born on 19 Feb 1727; died on 14 Oct 1797.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Daughter of William and Hannah Brown

    Notes:

    Name:
    The was born the 19th of Second month, 1727, and died the 14th of Tenth month, 1797.

    Children:
    1. 6. Williams SLOCUM was born on 23 Jul 1761 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; died on 23 Feb 1834 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Slocum Family Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts.