Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)
John Crisall (c.1706-1786)
MSA SC 3520-16766
Annapolis Merchant
Biography:
1706-1786.
Wife: possibly Anne Lenton (married 17 April, 1726 at Oxford-Cluny,
Huntingdonshire). [1]
Children: Thomas, William, Sarah, and Grace. [2]
John Crisall (or Criswell) immigrated
to Annapolis
from Cambridgeshire,
England,
possibly around 1738; though the earliest known documentation of Crisall in America is not until 1766 when the Maryland Gazette notes a letter belonging to him at the Annapolis post office. [3]
Between 1776 and 1786, Crisall was paid several times for providing consumable items and candles for the Maryland State House
and
General Assembly. [4]
Crisall
served as Annapolis Commissary and provided clothing to soldiers,
supplies for
the local hospital, and distributed rations to war wives. [5]
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[1] Ancestry.com. England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
[database
on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
[2]ANNE
ARUNDEL COUNTY
REGISTER OF WILLS
(Wills) John Crissal, 1786, Volume JG 1 Page 322 (MSA C153-5,
1/3/12/15).
[3] Ancestry.com. U.S.
and Canada,
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo,
UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.; The Maryland
Gazette Extraordinary,
5 May 1766.
[4]
MARYLAND
STATE PAPERS
(Series A), 1776-1786, MSA S1004.
[5] Papenfuse,
Edward C. In Pursuit of Profit: The Annapolis
Merchants in the Era of the American Revolution. Baltimore,
MD:
Johns Hopkins University Press 1975, p.83; MARYLAND
STATE PAPERS
(Series A and Revolutionary Papers), 1776-1786, MSA S1004.
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