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     John Crockett was born in 1768.¹ He married an unknown person on 20 April 1802.¹

     Catherine Crockett married an unknown person.¹
She was born in 1771.¹

     Samuel Crockett III married an unknown person.¹
He was born in 1775.¹
Samuel Crockett III died in 1853.¹

     Sir William Ruthven of Ballindean married Katherine Stewart, daughter of John Stewart 4th Lord Innermeath and Elizabeth Beatoun.¹

Sir William Ruthven of Ballindean died in July 1603 at Battle of Dundee, Scotland.¹

     John Crockett married an unknown person.¹

John Crockett was buried at Crockett's Cove, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He was born in 1737 at Augusta Co., Virginia, USA.¹
John Crockett died in 1799 at Crockett's Cove, Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹
      ; Served in the Revolutionary War in Capt. Alexander Law-son Smith'sCo., Rawling's Regiment, Continental Lines, Virginia Troops.Volunteered in 1756 in Capt. John Buchanon in 1758, from AugustaCounty, Va., in French and Indian Wars (Crozier's Records, P. 63). WasFirst Lieutenant, registered, Sept. 3rd, 1777, under Capt. JohnMontgomery (McAllistcr's Va. Militia). Had large land grants; seemention of same in his will. From NOTABLE SOUTHERN FAMILIES - Volume V; The Crockett Family andConnecting lines. Compiled by Janie Preston collup French and ZellaArmstrong-1928.¹

     Katherine Stewart married Sir William Ruthven of Ballindean, son of William Ruthven of Ballindean and Agnes Crichton.¹

     William Ruthven PC, 2nd Lord Ruthven married Janet Halyburton Lady Dirleton, daughter of Patrick Halyburton 5th Lord Dirleton and Margaret Douglas, between 28 November 1514 and 15 March 1520.^1,2

William Ruthven PC, 2nd Lord Ruthven died before 29 October 1552; Burkes says d. bef 29 Oct 1552; van de Pas says d. bef 16 Dec 1552.^1,2
     He was 2nd Lord Ruthven.¹

; van de Past cites: 1. A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866, Burke, Sir Bernard, Reference: 463
2. The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977, Paget, Gerald, Reference: O 24591.²

; WILLIAM RUTHVEN, 2nd LORD RUTHVEN, PC (S 1542); Hereditary Sheriff Perthshire, Provost Perth, Extrdy Ld of Session 1539, Ld Privy Seal 1546; m after 28 Nov 1514 but by 15 March 1519/20 Janet, Lady Dirletoun in her own right, dau and coheir of Patrick Halyburton, 5th Lord Dirleton, and d by 29 Oct 1552, having had, with other issue (including Lilian, m as his 2nd w 2nd LordDrummond, see PERTH, E): PATRICK RUTHVEN, 3rd LORD RUTHVEN.¹

     Janet Halyburton Lady Dirleton married William Ruthven PC, 2nd Lord Ruthven, son of William Ruthven Master of Ruthven and Joan Hepburn, between 28 November 1514 and 15 March 1520.^1,3

     Patrick Halyburton 5th Lord Dirleton married Margaret Douglas, daughter of James Douglas of pumphreston.⁴

     Reuben Steele married (?) Crockett, daughter of Robert Watkins Crockett and Rachel Watkins.²
Reuben Steele was born in 1720 at co. Argyle, Scotland.¹
Reuben Steele died circa 1772; Lost at sea between US and Scotland.¹
      ; Information is from STEELE--A GATHERING OF THE CLAN, by Carl Edmond Steele, Jr. and is partly based on family legend: Reuben came to the U.S. from Scotland, perhaps via Ireland, before 1750. He landed in Philadelphia and soon went to the Shenandoah Valley, near the present Rockbridge County, VA. Their land may have been purchased from the "Borden Grant," which had been given to Benjamin Borden in 1739 by the Virginia colonial government. There was confusion over the settling of Borden's estate in 1743, when he died. When many settlers were unable to get clear title to their land, they left. Sometime in the late 1740s, Reuben took his family to the New River Valley, the hunting ground of several Indian groups. Tradition has it that the Steeles once narrowly escaped death at the hands of the Indians and for that reason, they left the New River Valley by the early 1760s. Both the Steeles and the Crocketts were living in Prince Edward County, VA, along the Buffalo River, in a Scotch-Irish Presbyterian settlement, which had been established in 1735. Later, the family moved again to North Carolina near the "Forks of the Yadkin," near the present Davie and Yadkin Counties. Reuben was living in North Carolina with his family when he made a business trip back to Scotland, but was lost at sea on the return voyage.¹ GKJ-6.

     (?) Crockett married Reuben Steele.¹

     GKJ-6.

; Notes from Carl Edmond Steele, Jr.: Her family came to U.S. from
Scotland, perhaps via Ireland, sometime before 1750. They landed in
Philadelphia and were afterwards in VA.

Ray Lewis reports in his Lewis-Miles family tree at Rootsweb.com the
following account from ANNALS OF TAZEWELL CO., VA, by John
Newton harman, 1922, pp. 358-9:
"She appears to have descended from Gabriel Gustave de
Crocketagne' through his son, Antoine Dessasure Pernonette de
Crocketagne', a Huguenot and the father of four sons, one of whom likely
was the father of Reuben's wife. Gabriel Gustave Crocketagne', the
ancestor of the Crocketts of Tazewell Co., VA, lived near Montauban, in
the south of France. He married about 1642. His son, Antoine
Dessarure Perronnett de Crocketagne', was born 10 July 1643, near
Montauban. At the age of 21, in 1664, he received a commission in the
household troops of Louis XIV. He married Louise Dessaix, in 1669,
and was later converted to Protestantism by the preaching of James
Fontaine. By reason of his conversion he was banished by Louis XIV
and fled to Ireland in 1667, where he changed his name to Crockett after
the births of his first children. He left 7 children: Gabriel Gustave, born
near Bordeaux, France, 12 Oct. 1672; James, born near Bordeaux, 20
Nov. 1674, married Martha Montgomery, a daughter of Thomas
Montgomery, a sailor in the English Navy; Joseph Louis, born near
Bordeaux, 9 Jan. 1676, married Sarah Stewart, of Donegal, and was the
ancestor of Davy Crockett, who was killed at the Alamo; Robert Watkins,
born 18 Jul., 1678, in Kenmore Parish, Ireland and married Rachel
Watkins; Louise Desix, born 16 Mar., 1680, in Kenmore Parish, Ireland;
Mary Francis, born 20 Sept. 1633, in Kenmore; and Sarah Elizabeth,
born 13 Apr. 1685, in Kenmore.¹

     Lilian Ruthven married David Drummond 2nd Lord Drummond, son of Walter/William Drummond Master of Drummond and Lady Elizabeth Graham, before 7 December 1543
; his second wife.^3,4

     Rachel Watkins married Robert Watkins Crockett, son of Antoine Dessaure Preonette de Crocketagene and Louisa de Saix, in 1702 at Ireland.¹

     GKJ-7.

; Sources:

1.Title: Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800
Author: Dorothy Ford Wulfeck
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986
Repository:
Note: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, TX
Call Number:
Media: Book
2.Title: Marriages of Some Virginia Residents, 1607-1800
Author: Dorothy Ford Wulfeck
Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1986
Repository:
Note: Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston, TX
Call Number:
Media: Book
Text: Robert Watkins, son of Antoine, m. 1702, Ireland, Rachel Watkins, his
3rd cousin. Huguenot, 7: 182.¹

     Margaret Steele married Walter Crockett.²
Margaret Steele was born circa 1742 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Lettie Steele was born circa 1745 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Robert "Robin" Steele was born between 1745 and 1750 at Virginia, USA.¹
Robert "Robin" Steele died in 1821 at Wythe Co., Virginia, USA.¹
      ; Notes from Carl Edmond Steele, Jr.:
Robert moved with his birth family from the New River Valley to Prince
Edward Co., VA, and subsequently to North Carolina near the present
Davie and Yadkin Counties. By 1770, Robert returned to Prince Edward
Co., VA, where he married. Robert and his wife returned to the New
River Valley, where Robert was listed as one of the Tithables in 1772.
His brother Samuel was also living there. Robert and Mary made their
home on Green Hill on Walkers Creek. "Land survey records of
Montgomery Co., Va, indicate he was a settler as early as 1782 in what
is now Bland Co., VA. He owned four tracts of land totalling
approximately 647 acres on Reed Creek and Walkers Creek, both
being branches of the New River. At the time of his will the Reed Creek
property appears to have been sold." A fourth parcel on Walkers Creek
had been acquired from his son, Edmond, in 1813. His name also
appears on 1793 Virginia Personal Property Tax List for Wythe County
in the area north of Walker's Mountain.
In 1978, Carl Edmond Steele, Jr. visited the land owned by Robert
Steele. It had been passed to Robert's wife, Rebecca Oury, then to their
son Crockett Steele. A descendant of Crockett Steele, Wendell
Newberry still owned and farmed the land as late as 1978.
In HISTORY OF PRINCE EDWARD CO., VA, by H. C. Bradshaw, Dietz
Press, 1955, p. 671 shows Robert Steel's name as one who signed a
petition for religious liberty dated Sept. 24, 1776. The petition was also
signed by John Crockett.
In WYTHE COUNTY VIRGINIA WILL BOOKS 1-2, 1790-1822, p. 15,
Robert Steel, along with Godfrey Wm. Smith, and Samuel Newbury
made inventory of the estate of William Rader between Feb. and July
1802.¹

     Walter Steele was born circa 1746 at Virginia, USA.¹

     John Steele was born circa 1747 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Samuel Steele was born circa 1749 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Elizabeth Lee Crockett was born on 30 June 1715 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Mary Ellen Crockett was born on 10 September 1719 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Mary Dandridge Crockett was born on 8 August 1720 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Sarah Jane Crockett was born on 9 May 1722 at Virginia, USA.¹

     Mary 'Polly' Finley was born in 1788 at Tennessee, USA.¹ She married Col. David 'Davey' Crockett, son of John A. Crockett and Rebeccah Sullivan Hawkins, on 12 August 1806 at Danridge, Jefferson Co., Tennessee, USA.¹

Mary 'Polly' Finley died between 1814 and 1815 at Jefferson Co., Tennessee, USA.¹
      ; [roberts.GED] [roberts.GED] [davy.ged] From the original Family Tree Maker database of Joseph M. Keene. March 13, 2000. Keene@@NCTimes.net.¹

     William Crockett was born in 1782.¹
      ; [roberts.GED] [roberts.GED] [davy.ged] From the original Family Tree Maker database of Joseph M. Keene. March 13, 2000. Keene@@NCTimes.net.¹

     Wilson Crockett was born in 1784.¹
      ; [roberts.GED] [roberts.GED] [davy.ged] From the original Family Tree Maker database of Joseph M. Keene. March 13, 2000. Keene@@NCTimes.net.¹

     Robert Patton Crockett was born circa 1816.¹
Robert Patton Crockett died in September 1889 at Hood Co., Texas, USA.¹
      ; [roberts.GED] [roberts.GED] [davy.ged] From the original Family Tree Maker database of Joseph M. Keene. March 13, 2000. Keene@@NCTimes.net.¹

     Rebecca Elvira Crockett was born on 25 December 1818.¹
Rebecca Elvira Crockett died on 23 March 1879 at Hood Co., Texas, USA, at age 60.¹
      ; [roberts.GED] [roberts.GED] [davy.ged] From the original Family Tree Maker database of Joseph M. Keene. March 13, 2000. Keene@@NCTimes.net.¹