DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP CRITES
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Don Norman
1.PHILIP CRITES
Philip Crites
or Critz, was born about 1715 and died December 7,
1796, in Hardy County VA, now Grant County, WV. He
married Isabelah
Sievelo in 1736. Isabelah was born in 1722 and died
January 14, 1797 in
Hardy County. Philip and Isabelah in Philadelphia aboard
the ship,
Europa, Captain Lumsdaine, from Rotterdam.
Philip's name is
listed among the Palatines who signed the oath to
the government at the courthouse in Philadelphia on
November 20, 1741
before Ralph Assheton Esq. The name appears Philip Critz,
Crytz,
Creutzon on different lists; however, Philip signed by an
X. His age is
listed as twenty-six.
Philip and
lsabelah were members of the North Mill Lutheran Church.
The tax lists, census, deeds, and church records all
indicate Philip had
only two sons. Jacob and Philip, Jr.
Children of Philip and Isabelah (Sievelo) Crites.
2. (1). Philip Jr.
3. (2). Jacob b.c. 1760
d. 1836
m.
Elizabeth Henkle
3.JACOB CRITES
1.PHILIP CRITES
Jacob Crites, a
son of Philip and Isabelah (Sievelo) Crites, was
born in Berks County PA about 1760 and died in present
day Grant County
WV in 1836. He married Elizabeth Henkle in Hampshire
County VA about
1780. Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob and Mary Barbara
(Teter) Henkle,
was born in 1760 in Rowan County, NC and died in 1838 in
Hardy County.
Jacob Crites
appears on Romney and Winchester Pay Roll dated 17
October 1775 in the Company of Captain John Harness.
Jacob and
Elizabeth reared their family in what was then Hardy
County, VA. In a deed in Hardy County dated January 11,
1803, they sold
173 acres, which had been devised to Jacob by his father,
Philip Crites,
to Jacob Fisher. This was probably when Jacob and
Elizabeth moved to
what is now Upshur County, WV as mentioned in the
"History of Upshur
County." He is
listed as living on Painters Creek, Lewis County, until
1823.
About this
time, they returned to Hardy County.
Children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Henkle) Crites.
4. (1). Jacob Jr.
5. (2). Philip
6. (3). Abram b.c. 1780
d.Dec 1835
m. Susan
Post
7. (4). Michael
8. (5). John
9. (6). Leonard
10. (7). Elizabeth
11. (8). Jonas
12. (9). Barbara
13. (10).
Catherine b. 1798
d. 1822
m.Jacob Forinash
6.ABRAM CRITES
3.JACOB CRITES 1.PHILIP CRITES
Abram Crites, a
son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Henkle) Crites, was born
about 1780 in VA and died December 1835 in present day
Upshur County WV.
He married Susan Post in 1802 in Allegany County MD.
Susan was a
daughter of Valentine and Barbara Post.
Abram and his
brother, John, purchased one hundred acres jointly
October 17, 1808. This property, listed in Harrison
County
WV Deed Book 8, was located on the East Side of
Buckhannon
River. Abram appears on the 1799 communion list at North
Mill Creek
Church, Hardy County.
Children of Abram and Susan (Post) Crites.
14. (1). Jacob b. Jan 3 1803
d. Apr 26 1886
m. Lucinda
Gillett May 9 1820
15. (2). Barbara
13.CATHERINE CRITES
3.JACOB CRITES 1.PHILIP CRITES
Catherine
Crites, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Hinkle) Crites,
was born in 1798 and died in 1822. She married Jacob
Forinash. Jacob, a
son of Charles and Mary Forinash, was born about 1796 and
died April 6,
1836. Jacob married Hannah Peterson in Lewis County VA
May 15, 1822.
Hannah, a daughter of William Henry and Mary E. (Bennett)
Peterson, was
born in 1800.
Children of Jacob and Catherine (Crites) Forinash.
16. (1). Isaac b.Apr 14 1817
m.Millie
Ann Plant 1838
17. (2). Jacob C. b.Dec 25 1819
m.Nancy
Fisher
m.Mary
Linger
18. (3). Malinda b.Mar 5 1820
d.Apr 8 1884
m.John G.
Hardman Dec 23 1838
19. (4). Catherine b.Oct 4 1821
d.Mar 5 1917
m.Edward
Jackson McCally
14.JACOB CRITES
6.ABRAM CRITES 3.JACOB
CRITES 1.PHILIP CRITES
Jacob Crites, a
son of Abram and Susan (Post) Crites, was born
January 3, 1803 in Hardy County VA and died April 26,
1886 in Upshur
County WV. He married Lucinda Gillett May 9, 1820 in
Lewis County VA.
Lucinda, a daughter of Nathaniel Gillett, was born
November 15, 1801 in
Massachusetts and died 23 July 1889 in Upshur County.
Jacob was a
blacksmith. He first had his shop in Lorentz, Upshur
County. He was known as the biggest and strongest man in
all Upshur
County.
Children of Jacob and Lucinda (Gillett) Crites.
20. (1). Lucina
21. (2). Susannah
22. (3). Barbara
23. (4). Samantha
24. (5). Abraham L. b. 1824
d.Jan 30 1914
m. Mary
Simmons Jan 15 1852
25. (6). Melvina
26. (7). Barbara Ann b.c.
1832
27. (8). Isaac
28. (9). Fanny Loverna b.Mar 23 1835 d.Oct 10 1916
m. Thamer Cutright Dec 16 1852
29. (10).
Louisa b.c. 1837
30. (11).
Jacob b.c. 1839
31. (12).
Elizabeth
32. (13).
Deborah b.c. 1842
33. (14).
Jemina b.c. 1844
24.ABRAHAM L. CRITES
14.JACOB CRITES 6.ABRAM
CRITES 3.JACOB
CRITES 1.PHILIP
CRITES
Abraham L.
Crites, a son of Jacob and Lucinda (Gillett) Crites, was
born in Lewis County VA in 1824 and died January 30, 1914
in Upshur
County WV. He married Mary Simmons January 25, 1852 in
Upshur County.
Mary, a daughter of Jonas and Nancy Simmons, was born in
1832 and
died May 13, 1926 in Lewis County WV.
Abraham served
the Union in the Civil War for four years in Company
A, 10 th W.Va. Voluntary Infantry.
Children of Abraham L. and Mary (Simmons) Crites.
34. (1). William C. b.c. 1854
35. (2). Permilia b.c. 1856
36. (3). Peter E. b.Aug 6 1858
b.Dec 25 1851
m. Mary
Elizabeth Casto Dec 25 1879
37. (4). Mary F. b.c. 1862
38. (5). Sarah E. b.c. 1865
39. (6). Lucinda b.c. 1868
40. (7). Alice
41. (8). Edward
36.PETER E. CRITES
24.ABRAHAM L. CRITES 14.JACOB
CRITES 6.ABRAM
CRITES 3.JACOB
CRITES 1.PHILIP CRITES
Peter E.
Crites, a son of Abraham L. and Mary (Simmons) Crites, was
born in Upshur County VA (WV) August 6, 1858 and died
there December 25,
1951. He married Mary Elizabeth Casto December 25, 1879
in Upshur
County. Mary, a daughter of Martin and Susannah
(Morrison) Casto, was
born August 20, 1862 in Upshur County and died July 15,
1956.
NOTE: Peter is reported to have been born in 1851. His
parents were not
married until 1852 and he is listed as 2 years old in the
1860 Upshur
county VA census. Mary was reported to have been born in
1854. She was
not listed in the 1860 Upshur County census and was
listed as 8 years
old in the 1870 Upshur census.
Children of Peter E. and Mary Elizabeth (Casto) Crites.
42. (1). Riley
43. (2). Charles
44. (3). Nola
45. (4). Ordie
46. (5). Willie
47. (6). Fred
48. (7). Daisy
49. (8). Wesley Peter b.Mar 1 1892
d. 1971
m. Lula
Bertha Cutright Sep 19 1915
50. (9). Minnie
51. (10). Oda
52. (11). Ray
53. (12). Margaret
55. (13). Lloyd
49.WESLEY PETER CRITES
36.PETER E. CRITES 24.ABRAHAM
L. CRITES
14.JACOB CRITES
6.ABRAM CRITES 3.JACOB
CRITES 1.PHILIP CRITES
Wesley Peter
Crites, a son of Peter E. and Mary Elizabeth (Casto)
Crites, was born March 1, 1892 in Upshur County WV and
died in 1971 in
Lewis County WV. He married Lula Bertha Cutright
September 19, 1915.
Lula, a daughter of Samuel Boyd and Adelia Samantha
(Gould) Cutright,
was born January 20, 1895 in Upshur County and died July
30, 1980 in
Harrison County WV.
Children of Wesley Peter and Lula Bertha (Cutright)
Crites.
56. (1). Darius
57. (2). Howard Marshall b.Jul
9 1916 d.Sep 5 1986
m. Mary
Kathryn Mick Sep 25 1937
58. (3). Beulah
59. (4). Gerald
60. (5). Paul
61. (6). June
57.HOWARD MARSHALL CRITES 49.WESLEY PETER CRITES 36.PETER E. CRITES
24.ABRAHAM L.
CRITES 14.JACOB CRITES 6.ABRAM CRITES 3.JACOB
CRITES 1.PHILIP
CRITES
Howard Marshall
Crites, a son of Wesley Peter and Lula Bertha
(Cutright) Crites, was born July 9, 1916 in Upshur County
WV and died
September 5, 1986
at in Trumbull County OH. He married Mary Kathryn
Mick September 25, 1937 in Upshur County. Mary, a
daughter of Audra Earl
and Marie Jane (Courtney) Mick, was born February 16,
1921 in Upshur
County.
Howard came to
Warren , Ohio, in 1942 driving a 1937 Dodge. He
became a car dealer and salesman in 1945, operating
Crites Motor Sales
Co. for eighteen years. Howard was a N.A.S.C.A.R. race
driver from
1950-55 driving late model, modified and stock cars.
Children of Howard Marshall and Mary Kathryn (Mick)
Crites.
62. (1). James E.
63. (2). Howard C. "Bucky"
64. (3). Roger L.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Norman, Don, "Descendants of David W. Casto",
"Descendants of Isaac Cutright"
Peake, Sandra M., "Descendants of Philip
Crites"
1850, 1860 Lewis County VA (WV) census
1860, 1870 Upshur County VA (WV) census