Henry Crawford

     Henry Crawford died on 9 October 1801 at prob Caldwell's Manor, Quebec; This date -- from this particular record, must be researched further. This writer feels it unlikely that he died this early. There might be something found within notary records in Quebec.
Payment records for a Henry Crawford, Dragoon, of New York was still receiving payment in 1809.There is much conflicting sources on him, so the date is purely hypothetical.^1,2 His estate was probated on 21 April 1804 at Cambridge, Washington Co, New York; He died intestate. Administration was granted to Rebecka Crawford. Rebecca must have been his wife, or possibly an older daughter, who was no longer a minor. This writer will continue to search for Rebecca.²
     While it is not yet proven that Henry Crawford is the father to Sarah b. c1785, Elizabeth b. c1787 and Jane b. c1789, this writer feels sure that he is and shall place him here while collecting corroborating information (1995).
"The History of Washington Co, NY", page 261, mentions that Henry Crawford on a list of members who attended the first meeting of United Presbyterian Church of Coila on 13 Aug 1785 on Old Turnpike Road. Coila was a hamlet of Cambridge.² Two fires in 1800, one in the War Department, the other in the Treasury Department, destroyed the earliest Revolutionary War pension application records. Nevertheless, certain pension records pre-dating 1800 survive in the form of Congressional reports. Found within these was Henry Crawford:

"Crawford, Henry. Rank: Dragoon; Regt. or Co.: Colo: Sheldon; Residence: Washington Co; Remarks: Wounded by a musket ball in the thigh at Mile square in Nov. 1777; enlisted May 7, 1777; discharged Nov. 15, 1780."

There is a Henry Crawford who shows up on the 1835 Pension Roll, as an invalid in NY with his papers missing due to fire in the war office. Another reference indicates that he was on a list of applicants for an invalid pension by NY to the House of Representatives on 25 Mar 1794, served as a dragoon in Sheldon's Regiment (Continental Line) and was disabled in November 1777, Mile Square (?). He was residing in Washington County at that time.³ He appeared on the census of 1790 at Cambridge, Washington Co, New York; Henry Crawford was enumerated with four females, which would fit: his wife and three daughters.
There was also a Robert Crawford in Cambridge, and he was enumerated with two females. No further info has been located as yet.^4,2 In 1792, Henry appears on a list of associates with Moses Cowan who petitioned the government for a tract of land in a 12 mile by 9 mile lot on the east side of the Saint Francis river, namely, in the township of Stoke. He The Brome Historical Collection (Reel M137), had a report from the Land Committee for Stoke Township:
Henry Crawford, Feb 1796, from NY State.
Alburgh, VT 1796 Rateable Estates and Poles: Henry Crawford, 21 pounds 15 shillings.
Notary Leon Lalanne, on 28 Jul 1801, had an agreement between Jane Cowan and Henry, noting he was an associate of the township of Stoke, living in Noyan signiory.
So it would appear that Henry Crawford, who had lived in Cambridge, NY at least 1785-1794, had moved to Caldwell's Manor area by 1796.^2,5