Misc. Notes
IV. Osmond Crabb (John) planter
89b. 7/5/1676 Westmoreland Co., Va.
d. 3/25/1719 will pro. Westmoreland Co., inv. 2/24/1719.
m. 5/5/1698 Westmoreland Co. (see Sorrell). Sarah’s 2nd m. Wm. Dumbar (Dunbar).
Children
1. Osmond b. c1700 Westmoreland Co., land in Nominy
2. Gerrard b. 1701, no children
3. Daniel b. c1703, d. will pro. 1/30/1738 Westmoreland Co.
4. John b. bef. 1715, d. 4/27/1779 will pro. Westmoreland Co.
5. Lettice (dau.) b. c1707, m. Gerrard McKenney
6. Thomas b. c1709, not 21 in 1738
Brother-in-law, Thomas Sorrell was named in the 1719 will. Thomas was a son-in-law of Daniel Ocanny. Gerrard Hutt, a step-brother, received land in Nominy in the 1719 will. A Thomas Crabb b. after the 1719 will, sold land in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1745. The 1738 will of Daniel Crabb mentions no wife or children but does refer to brothers, Thomas, John, and Osmond (and Osmond’s son Gerrard); sister, Lettice; and mother, Sarah Dunbar.
The 1740 rent roll for Cople Parish, Westmoreland Co., Va., listed Daniel Crab’s executors, 227A, John Crab 154A, and Osborn Crab 154A. Allied families on the same rent roll were Robert Middleton 450A, Robert Middleton 325A, Benedict Middleton 150A, Thomas Middleton 106A, Benj. Middleton 200A, Gerrard Hutt 600A, John Garner 100A, John Garner 100A, Joseph Garner 200A, Archibald Garner 100A, Marche Garner 150A, Wm. Rust 300a, Peter Rust 150a, and John Sorrell 832A (Eaton p10).
Osmond was a Lt. In the county militia.
An Osmun Crabb in 1719 of Westmoreland co. left a parcel of old books (Va. Hist. Mag.).
The will of Daniel Ocanny, planter, d. 1/30/1716 will pro. Westmoreland co., Va., mentioned gr. sons Daniel Crabb, John Crabb, son-in-law Thomas Sorrel, with ex. – gr. son Daniel Crabb who was to inherit land if John Crabb died without issue.
The will of Gerrard McKenney d. 11/30/1784 will pro. Westmoreland Co., Va., mentioned children – Lettice Porter, Gerrard, Diana, Daty, Sarah, and Armstrong McKenney.
A Daniel Crabb was in Westmoreland, King George Co., Va., in 1740. A Daniel Crabb m. 1789 Francis Burgess Smith.
Misc. Notes
This Margaret Whitsett I don't know where she belongs but she did not marry George Blakey--notice her birth date and their marriage date.
Also (I think you were showing a Thomas S. Blakey that was the son of George Blakey and Margaret Whitsett--that's wrong too).
This is the way I believe the Blakey line is:
Thomas Blakey born 1712 married Ann Haden Whitsett born 1724 (his cousin!!)
The had 10 children:
Sarah George Blakey born 1747 married David Patterson
**George Blakey born 1749 married Margaret Whitsett
Thomas Blakey born 1752 married Frances Parrow
Cahterine Blakey born 1753 married Robert Stockton
John Blakey born 1754 (I don't know what happened to him)
William Blakey born 1756 married Elizabeth Spencer
Reuben Blakey born 1758 drowned in the Kentucky River on his way to Missouri
Churchill Blakey born 1760 married Agnes Anthony
Joseph Blakey born 1762 married Winifred Anthony (Agnes above & Winifred Anthony were sisters)
Ann Haden Blakey born 1765 married Joseph Oglesby
GEORGE BLAKEY BORN 1749 MARRIED MARGARET WHITSETT 1787, SHE WAS BORN 1767.
THEY HAD 10 CHILDREN:
Pamela Blakey born 1787 married William Haden
Reuben Blakey born 1789 died September 20th, 1790 he was 9 months old.
William Whitsett Blakey born 1792 married Susan Churchill H. Breathitt
Thomas S. Blakey born 1794 (I don't know what happened to him) but he died in 1856 and is buried in Auburn cemetery Kentucky.
Elizabeth Whitsett Blakey born 1796 married John Hogan
Churchill Haden Blakey born 1799 married Sally I. Haden
*****James Whitsett Blakey born 1801 married 3 times:
1st wife: Nancy J. Haden
2nd wife: Matha Soyars
3rd wife: Elizabeth Moss
Sally (Sarah) Patterson Blakey born 1804 married twice
1st husband: James Samuel Proctor
2nd Husband: Edmund Duncan
Elanor Ann Blakey born 1806 married Rezin P. Haden
George Douglad Blakey born 1809 married twice
1st wife: Lucy L. Thomas (his cousin)
2nd wife: Sarah Jane West Barner
NEXT GENERATION:
James Whitsett Blakey married 3 times & is listed above.
James Whitsett Blakey, Jr. married Martha Chenoweth
Thomas Ewing Blakey married Mary Bell cobb ***my great grandfather
Jesse Whitsett Blakey married 3 times --1st wife Nora Russell***they had 3 children:
Annlou Blakey-Holcomb (is in her 80's & lives with her husband in Dallas, Texas)
Bobbie Irene Blakey drowned at 13 years old during a Blakey Family Reunion
Thomas Ewing Blakey married Lorraine Rutledge and were married for 32 years until they both died of an unexpected heart attack--they had 4 children:
LaDonna Blakey-Wilson
Ronald Blakey
Dorenda Blakey-Malcolm****the one typing this message*********
Dany Blakey-Bruza
Hopes this helps you. You can understand how the Haden and Whitsett names were used so much and when you go back farther you will understand how Churchill got in there. The good thing about tracing the Blakey family is that there were very few divorces--they usually remarried after the spouse had passed away. What makes it difficult to trace the Blakey family is that they all called their children by the same names. Even when there are several children say James for instance--several of the children will name their own children James. They are a lot of Thomas Blakey's throughout the line.
Hope this helps you. Have a safe and great New Year.
Sincerely,
19Dorenda Blakey-Malcolm, MBS., LPC