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Arthur Leslie Keith William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 1. (Jul., 1914), pp. 59-69. NOTES OF HARDWICK (HARDIDGE), KINCHELOE, McCARTY, McCONATHY, CROOK, DAWSON, LAWSON AND RELATED FAMILIES. By ARTHUR LESLIE KEITH, Northfield, Minn. (Continued from Vol. XXII., page 191, and Concluded). We now come to Nancy McCarty, sister of Thomas and Cornelius. She married about 1780 to James Crook. Their three children (names given below) seem to have been left orphans, and were reared, according to reliable tradition, in the home of their uncle Thomas McCarty. In the latter's family Bible the births of John Crook is recorded as the son of James and Ann (Nancy) Crook. An unconfirmed tradition, however, represents that Nancy Crook md. a second time to ------ Adams. The name goes back to early times in Virginia and Maryland. Robert Crooke, in Cecil Co., Md., in 1675, witnessed wills of Thomas Howell and John Vanheck. In same county in 1697 he was an heir of Edward Jones. He makes will in 1687, probated 1693 (sic) in which no relations are mentioned and property is left to Jones, Frisby, Pearce, Penning, and Wilson. In St. Mary's Co. in 1693 James Crook is named as one of heirs in the will of Richard Gardner. James Crooke in 1701 witnessed will of Wm. Barker. In same county in 1711 James Crock (sic) witnessed will of Samuel Sothoron. James Crook of St. Mary's Co on Jan. 24, 1725, made will, probated Mch. 30, 1726, in which he mentions wife Mildred and children John, Thomas, James, Joseph (youngest son), and Margaret Crook. James Crook, of Baltimore Co., Md., made will Oct. 5, 1727, probated Dec. 30, 1727, in which he mentions daughter Cloe Crooke (sic) and son Charles Crooke. Sarah Crooke (apparently the widow of the preceding James) in Annapolis on Dec. 7, 1737, made will, probated Dec. 30, 1737, in which she mentions son Charles Crooke, grand- daughters Riddle Dallas and Chloe Dallas, children of Walker Dallas, of Baltimore Co.; grand- Page 60. children Sarah Chloe Raven, Mary Raven, Arberella Raven and Luke Raven, children of Luke Raven and Sarah, his wife. James Crook was member of the vestry of St. Anne's Parish 1715, and later. Joseph Crook was vestryman of St. John's Parish, Baltimore Co., May, 1758. John Crook appears in a deed in Prince William Co., Va., in 1760; Ephraim Crook in 1784 in same place. Zephania Crook in same county makes will in 1779, in which he mentions wife Molly Hayden Crook, brother Absalom Crook, but no children. Allen Crook was a soldier in the Revolution from Loudoun Co., Va., in Capt. Andrew Russell's Co. of the 5th Va. Reg't. (The juxtaposition of his name with that of David Harriott is interesting, as will appear later). According to Eckenrode, the following also did Revolutionary service: Charles, Henry, James, John, Jonathan, Joseph and Rennel Crook; James Croocks; James and Thomas (Capt.) Crooks; and Samuel Crookes. James Crook was an inhabitant of Fairfax Co. in 1785, apparently living near James McCarty. It is very likely that he is identical with the James Crook who md Nancy McCarty whom we find a little later in Loudoun Co. The Md. census for 1790 shows various Crooks in different parts of the state as John, Henry, William, Samuel and Alexander. Notwithstanding these numerous references the parentage of James Crook who md Nancy McCarty is not known. He certainly had a brother, Allen Crook, probably identical with the Allen Crook of Loudoun Co. mentioned above. He, James, probably died before 1797, the year of the Ky. emigration. We know that in 1789 he was living in Loudoun Co., as the Bible of John Crook, his son, expressly states that he was born in that county. James Crook and Nancy McCarty, his wife, had three children. 1. Mary crook, born Jan. 7, 1782, died 1846-7, in Meade Co., Ky. She md about 1799, probably in Fayette Co., Ky., to James Lawson, born Sept. 8, 1765, died Nov. 12, 1845, and they had Sarah H., born April 30, 1800, md. Robert Jenkins; John Crook, born May 28, 1803, md. Arethusa Grundy; James A., born Page 61. Nov. 6, 1805, md Louisa Board; Mary Ann, born Aug. 11, 1808, died single; Margaret, born May 18, 1811, died single; Susanna Hardridge (named for her great-aunt), born Sept. 21, 1813, died Jan. 25, 1888, at Vincennes, Indiana; md July, 1833, in Meade Co., Ky., to Henry Keith (the writer's grandfather); Thomas Jefferson, born July 21, 1816 (?), died Feb. 19, 1866, md Sarah Darnall; Elizabeth Jane, born May 8, 1819, md John Beatty; America, born Nov. 22, 1821; and Franes Davis Lawson, born Dec. 13, 1824 md Jeremiah Tarlton, of Lexington, Ky. 2. Betsy Crook, daugher of James and Nancy, md --------- Swinford and had James; Peggy, md ------- Allen; Eliza, md ------ Howard; and Jane Swinford, born May 18, 1817, died June 30, 1874, md July 24, 1834 to Thomas Chambers, son of Asa Chambers by his wife, Jane McCarty, daughter of Thomas. 3. John Crook, only son of James and Nancy, was born in Loudoun Co., Va., Jan. 20, 1789, died Dec. 30, 1864, in Scotland Co., Mo. He md 1st on Oct. 25, 1813, Nancy Dawson, born Feb. 15, 1789, died Apr. 19, 1831 by whom all his children; md 2nd on Feb. 1, 1834, to a widow, Elizabeth Rush, nee Brandenburg. John Crook and Nancy had James, born Aug. 28, 1815, died Nov., 1839, who md Anne ------- and left one son, Wesley, who reared a large family; Adaline, born Mch. 10, 1817, md James Calvin Brandenburg on Aug. 20, 1839 (he was a brother of John Crook's second wife); David Dawson, born Feb. 15, 1819, died Oct. 31, 1891, md Lucretia Ann Maxwell and reared a large family at Savannah, Tenn.; Allen, born June 10, 1821, died Dec. 16, 1900, md Sarah Dillo; Ann E., born Nov. 24, 1823, died July 10, 1843, md on July 3, 1839, to Charles S. Rush (son of her stepmother) and had a daughter, Amanda Melissa Rush, born Nov. 6, 1840, who md and reared a large family; John D., born Oct. 15, 1827, died 1904, md Amanda Brandenburg, no issue; Mariah, born Apr. 9, 1828, md Oscar Rush (she is still living at Memphis, Mo.); and Samuel Wesley Crook, born Apr. 19, 1830, died May 17, 1831. We now take up the line of Betsy McCarty, sister of Thomas, Cornelius and Nancy. Betsy was born Apr. 20, 1771, died Mch. 1, 1807, in Fayette Co., Ky. She md on Mch 19, 1789, to Capt. Page 62. Jacob McConathy, born Nov. 4, 1766, in Wilmington, Delaware, died Mch. 29, 1827, in Fayette Co., Ky. Tradition states that Jacob McConathy was the son of a first marriage between his father and Anne Springer, that he did not get along well with his father's second wife and went from Delaware to Va., where he changed his name from McConagh to McConathy. His captain's commission is signed by Patrick Henry for some Va. militia service. He moved to Fayette Co., Ky., in 1797, and is said to have owned part of the first steam mill operated west of the Alleghanies, at or near Lexington, Ky. Capt. Jacob McConathy and wife, Betsy McCarty, had five children as follows. 1. James, born Sept. 1, 1792, died about 1865, who md 1st on May 21, 1816 to Eliza Craig, died June 19, 1836; md 2nd on October 12, 1837, to Eliza Peniston, born Jan. 28, 1811, died July 29, 1840. All his children but the last one were by first wife; they were Alfred, born May 23, 1817, died Nov. 24, 1887; John, born Jan. 30, 1819, died Apr. 9, 1890; Betsy, born Jan. 6, 1821, died June 24, 1824; Jane, born May 14, 1823, died Sept. 20, 1875, md Wm. Wilson. No issue; Ann, born Aug. 23, 1825, md Feb. 28, 1849 to Alfred C. Wilson; James, born Jan. 9, 1828; Henry, born May 25, 1830; Eliza E., born Sept. 28, 1832; Alice, born Oct. 15, 1834; and Sarah McConathy (by 2nd wife), born Aug. 24, 1838. 2. Elisha McConathy son of Jacob and Betsy, born Dec. 17, 1795, murdered on the Mississippi River near Fort Adams, July, 1817. 3. Sallie McConathy, daughter of Jacob and Betsy, born April 17, 1799?, died Oct. 6, 1861, in Chicot Co., Ark. She md 1st Robert McConnell and had James E., born Mch. 9, 1817, died 1819; Jacob, born Sept. 18, 1818, killed in confed. Army at Chickamauga, Sept. 1863; Robert P., born June 17, 1821, died Sept. 27, 1850; Elizabeth, born Mch. 4, 1824, died Feb. 7, 1865, md Joshua Craig, and Herbert McConnell, born Nov. 2, 1826, died Mch. 20, 1900; she md 2nd Christian Martin on dec. 16, 1838, and had Charles, born Sept. 8, 1839, died Dec. 2, 1895, single; and Mary Ann Martin born May 26, 1843. 4. Asa McConathy, son of Jacob and Betsy, was born Aug. 9, 1801, died Nov. 16, 1872. He md on July 22, 1824, to Rebecca Berry born 1805, died Mch. 19, 1872, and had eleven children, as follows: Page 63. George Berry, born Oct. 27, 1825, died 1983; Jacob, born July 21, 1827, died 1892; Nancy Berry Pettit, born Jan. 29, 1829, died 1831; Newton Berry, born May 26, 1831, died June, 1895; Elizabeth, born Mch. 29, 1834, md 1854 to John A. Gibson; Asa, born Sept. 7, 1836, md Alice Alford; Eliza Rebecca, born Mch. 4, 1839, died Apr. 2, 1912, md Dr. Wm. Wilson; James, born Jan. 23, 1841, md Mary Mitchell; Mary B., born Apr. 15, 1843, died 1889; Martha Edwards born Mch. 4, 1845, md. Thomas Hare; and Belle Truesdale McConathy, born Feb. 9, 1847, md Robert Wilson Davis. 5. Anne Springer McConathy, daughter of Jacob and Betsy, was born May 19, 1804, died Nov. 12, 1878. She md 1st Wm. Garrett on May 9, 1822, and had Wm. Garrett, Jr., born June 18, 1823, died Feb. 13, 1895, md Martha Rorer; Elizabeth, born Feb. 28, 1825, died Dec. 9, 1860, md James Wright; Mary, born 1826, md ----- Taylor; and James Garrett. Anne Springer McConathy md 2nd John Bridges and had Sarah and Martin Bridges. Capt. Jacob McConathy md a second time, Jan. 11, 1809, to Eunice Holleyman, born Dec. 29, 1778, died June 9, 1833, and had Herbert, born Oct. 28, 1809; Milton, born Feb. 22, 1811; Perry born Aug. 17, 1813; and Elizabeth McConathy, born Dec. 5, 1816, md ------ Taylor, said to be a brother of Pres. Zachary Taylor. We next take up the supposed Boseley connection. The name Bozeley appears as one of the names of a son of Enos Orear McCarty and the said Enos' daughter believes it was the family name of the mother of Thomas, Cornelius, etc. We have already seen how the names Orear, Hardridge and others were handed down. But much more important is the evidence furnished by the Bible of Mary Rose McCarty, born Apr. 9, 1805, daughter of James McCarty, son of Thomas. (She is said to have had great interest in family history and sent a record of the family of her father, James McCarty by his wife, Nancy Lusk, to one who was preparing a Tood genealogy, the Lusks and Todds being connected. Nancy Lusk's mother is said to have been a Williams.) In her handwriting, as reported to me by her son, are thse words: "Nancy Boseley from Scotland, Elizabeth Page 64. Nevitt from England. These were my Great-Great-Grandmothers." This is a tantalizing bit of evidence as there is nothing to show which two of her eight great-great-grandmothers are intended. However, I believe the Boseley comes in on the McCarty side, because of the appearance of the name among the descendants of Cornelius. It has occurred to me that inasmuch as the mother of Thomas, Cornelius, etc., was named Nancy, she might have been the Beseley ancestor rather than one from the preceding generation, which it must be if the above record is correct. The Boseley family of Md., to which all seem traceable, was of English, not of Scotch origin. Though not yet able to give the exact connection between Nancy Boseley and the Mc- Carty family, I offer here the Boseley data in my possession, which I believe has never yet been published. There is a tradition of a Walter Bosley who settled in Baltimore Co., Md., abot 1660. If this is correct (I have not verified it) he could hardly be identical with the Walter Bosley who made will in Baltimore Co. in 1715, if we assign to the latter the children born in 1712 and 1714. Perhaps there were two of hte name, father and son, the senior coming to Md. in 1660 and dying in 1715 and the children born about 1712 belonging to the junior. The first certain reference I know of is of one John Bosley, who was a witness to will of Wm. Hensey in Charles Co. in 1684. The first certain reference of Walter Bosley dates from 1696. In that year he bought of Lawrence Richardson, 150 acres called Arthur's Choice. In 1714 he bought Boseley's Palace from Thomas Taylor. One of these tracts, Arthur's Choice, lay on the south side of the west branch of Gunpowder River in Baltimore Co., joining land of the Dulaneys. Arthur's Choice was surveyed Aug. 20, 1683, for Arthur Taylor and consisted of 300 acres of which at some time before 1696 Walter Bosley was proprietor of 150 acres, Lawrence Richardson of 75 acres, Oliver Hareot of 75 acres (of whom we shall have more to say later). On Nov. 10, 1697, Walter Bozley patented Bozley's Expectation, 199 acres in Baltimore Co. The original Walter Boseley is said to have been a barrister. Page 65. Walter Bosley in Baltimore Co. made will on July 29, 1715, probated Nov. 2, 1715, in which he leaves Bosley's Pallace lying on the north side of Patapsco River near Jones Falls; son John, son James to whom he leaves part of a tract called Bosley's Expectation lying on Gunpowder River; son William (youngest) to whom he leaves the rest of Bosley's Expectation; and son charles Bosley to whom he leaves 75 acres, being part of a tract called Arthur's Choice lying on Gunpowder River. There is no son Walter mentioned in this will yet it appears that there was another Walter Bosley of the same place from the following: The records of St. John's and St. George's Parish (of Baltimore and Harford Counties) show that Walter and Mary Elizabeth Bozley had son William, born Mch. 11, 1711-12; also Walter and Elizabeth Bozley had son Charles, born May 13, 1714. In the will quoted above, William was the youngest son, but with this Walter, Charles was younger than his brother William. The Walter of the will had wife Mary; the other Walter had wife Mary Elizabeth or Elizabeth. It seems almost inevitable that the two were related. The other items from these parish records are as follows: William Bozly and Elizabeth his wife have daughter (name undecipherable), born June 10, 1745. John Bozley md Hannah Bull, Oct. 18, 1759. Vincent Dapnel md Marth (?) Bozley, Nov. 29, 1768 (?) Daniel Bond md Patience Bozley, daughter of James and Elizabeth, Nov. 1, 1759. Gideon boseley, son of James and Elizabeth Parish Boseley, md Sarah Cole, Jan. 9, 1772. James Bosley, son of James and Elizabeth, md. Temperance March, Sept. 16, 1776. Thomas Bosley, son of James and Elizabeth md Mary Richards, Dec. 13, 1770. Caleb Bozley md Eliz. Wheeler Feb. 27, 1772. John Helm md ------- Bozley, Sept. 2, 1762. Benjamin Barney and Delilah Bozley, Apr. 23, 1758. Daniel Rowan md Sarah Bosley, daughter of Capt. James and Elizabeth Feb. 18, 1779. Vincent Bozley md Wilhemina Morris Mch. 28, 1771. John (?) Parish md Charity Boseley, daughter of James and Elizabeth, July 12, 1770. Daniel Shaw md Prudence Bozley, April 14, 1763. Elias Majors md Diana Bozley Sept. 8, 1763. Elisha Bozley md Eliz. Merrydeth, June 29, 1769. Wm. Hadmungton (?) md Eliz. Bozley Feb. 2, Page 66. 1772. James Bozley md Rachel Garsuch Sept. 18, 1760. Ezekiel Bozley md Eliz. Morris Oct. 21, 1760. From other sources of information I find that James Bosley md Elizabeth Parrish, Nov. 26, 1730. He was probably the son of Walter of the will dated 1715. James and Elizabeth had a daughter, Patience, born Sept. 16, 1731, who md Daniel Bond (see above) and had Betsy, Anna, Zaccheus, Joshua, and Thomas Bond. Capt. James Bosley (whose father is also called Capt. James) md Temperance Marsh and had Gamaliel, md Eleanor Kenney; Amon, born Feb. 27, 1779, died Aug. 23, 1836, md Rebecca Marsh (his cousin); Ellen, md Nathan Corbin; Elizabeth md Benedict Bosley; Mary md Luke Ware; Ruth md Peter Ware; Achsala md Jack Buck; Temperance md 1st Capt. Kidd; 2nd Moses Parlette (?) Gideon Bosley, who md Sara cole in 1772 (see above) had Edith; Ruth; Anah; Thomas Berry md Elizabeth Sutton; Elijah; Abram; James; Gideon, born July 9, 1784, died Nov. 30, 1832, md Elizabeth Fleece. Thomas Berry Bosley who md Elizabeth Sutton (daughter of John Sutton by his wife America Pope) had Ann; Amanda; Wm. Perry; Elizabeth; Catharine; Martha; and John Sutton Bosley, born July 23, 1823. The Maryland census of 1790 shows many heads of families of the name Bosley, Bossley, Bausley. As for the Nevitts there is less to be said, as the clue is still quite indefinite. Richard Nevett took up land in Md. in the 17th century. Millisent Nevett witnessed will of Andrew Wheatley, St. Mary's Co., in 1693. The Md. census for 1790 shows Charles Nevett, John Nevet, Jr., Joseph Nevett, Richard Nevet, Jr., and William Nevitt in Prince George, St. Mary's and Queen Ann Counties. Hugh Nevett makes will in Va. July 27, 1673. He mentions brothers William, Richard and Arthur and nephew John Nevett. Hugh Nevett patented 1800 acres in Rappahannock Co., Va., in 1664. A William Miles Nevitt lived in Fairfax co., Va. (his family was intimate with the Daniel McCarty family) and had William Nevitt, who had Elizabeth Nevitt who in 1849 md Rev. J. W. Kelley. William Nevitt, son of Joseph and Mary Nevitt, was born Sept. 3, 1718, at Mountrath, Queen's Co., Ireland. He set- Page 67. tled at Warrington, York Co., Penna., and md in 1753 to Hannah, daughter of Peter and Sarah Gilpin Cook. He was a minister of the Quaker Society. He died Aug. 15, 1800, without issue. His brother, Thomas Nevitt, likewise a Friend, md in 1743 to Catharine, daughter of Isaac Steer of Lancaster Co., Penna, and died prior to 1760, leaving son Isaac Nevitt, who removed to Fairfax, Loudoun (sic) Co., Va., about 1765; Mary who md Nov. 27, 1766, to Wm. Wickersham; Ruth and Elizabeth Nevitt, who in about 1766-8 removed to Hopewell, Va. Catharine Steer Nevitt's brother, John Steer, in 1749 removed to Fairfax Co., Va. The Dawson family. John Crook's family Bible states that he md Nancy, born Feb. 15, 1789, third c hild of John and Hannah Dawson. John Dawson died intestate in Meade Co., Ky., prior to Apr 1, 1826. Besides Nancy they had also James DAwson who md Jemima, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Mc- Carty (see above); Middleton Dawson md Nancy, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth McCarty (see above); Artimesia Dawson md Enos Orear McCarty, son of Cornelius and Susannah (see above); Rachel Dawson md Thomas Bennett; Priscilla Dawson md Josiah Watts, and David M. Dawson, deceased before Mch 6, 1837; and as his share was one-eighth part of the estate of John Dawson, there was probabaly another child whose name is lost. In Meade Co., Ky., in Oct. 1846, Priscilla Watts and Artimesia McCarty were proved to be the daughters of John Dawson, deceased, so as to enable them to be the beneficiaries of the estate of George Vanlandigham, deceased, late of Woodford Co., Ky., according to his will. The Lawson family. James Lawson, who md Mary Crook (see above), was born Sept. 8, 1765, in Baltimore Co., Md. He was the son of John Lawson, who md Sarah Harratt in St. John's and St. George's Parish Nov. 15, 1764. Some old papers, including the will, pertaining to this John Lawson, still belong to his great-grandson, Thomas Lawson, of Louisville, Ky. The oldest paper shows that in 1767-8 he was acting as administrator of the estate of John Lawson deceased, presumably his father. This is on the record at Annapolis, where his bond shows date Nov. 14, 1767, with Joseph Sutton and Joseph Gruver as sureties. Page 68. The parish records above referred to, show that John Lawson and Frances, his wife, had daughter Anne, born Nov. 9, 1730; Elizabeth, born Sept. 29, 1733; and son Moses Lawson, born May 10, 1736. Also John Law and Elizabeth Lawson were md Nov. 14, 1748. Thomas Lawson and Ann Herrington were md July 20, 1749. John Mayner and Mary Lawson were md Jan. 8, 1756. Frances Davis Lawson, daughter of James and Mary Crook Lawson, is said to have been named for her grandmother. This is an error. Perhaps she was named for her great-grandmother, identical with the Frances mentioned above as wife of John Lawson. Tradition states that John Lawson who md Sarah Harratt had two sisters who md brothers named Dulaney. Dulaneys appear in St. John's and St. George's Parish in Baltimore Co., Md., but the relationship with the Lawsons is not as yet established. In same records appear also the Harratt and Bosley families. John Lawson moved to Fayette Co., Ky., probably in 1797, where he made will on June 29, 1798, probably probated soon after, no account thereof being found in the Lexington C.H. records, which were destroyed by fire in 1803. The will itself is extant and mentions wife Sarah; son James (appointed executor); Richard; Thomas; David; Moses (whom he practically disowns); Walter, and daughters Mary, Rachael and Ann Lawson. John Stonestreet, Samuel Galey and Thomas Walters witnesses this will. Of these children James with this family have been accounted for above. David Lawson, son of John and Sarah, md late in life to Catharine May, who after his death without issue, md Dr. Joseph Chinn and lived to be mroe than 100 years old. Nothing is known of Richard and Thomas, sons of John and Sarah Lawson. Moses Lawson, born Jan. 21, 1776, ran away from home and md Ann Thomas and had Horace Lawson, born June 4, 1800, who md Martha Alexander; Louisa,md John Hundley; Dorie; Thornton; Washington; and Willis Green Lawson. Walter T. Lawson son of John and Sarah, ws born 1781-2, died Mch, 17, 1836, and is buried at Hopkinsville, Ky. He md and had Frazier Young, born 1808, died 1865, md Calloway; Page 69. Granville Herod (-Harratt), born Mch 3, 1814, died Aug. 31, 1866, md Sarah J. Holman; and Amanda Lawson, md Dr. Calloway. Of the daughters of John Lawson, it is said that two md men named Wilson. There is said also to have been another son of John and Sarah Lawson, named John, but if so, he probably predeceased his father. Among the old papers in the possession of Thomas Lawson, of Louisville, Ky., referred to above, was one, now lost, but remembered as connecting a Capt. John Lawson with a Dulaney. Whether this Capt. John was the one who md Sarah Harratt or his supposed son, is not certain. A receipt for sum paid by John Lawson to A. Lawson, Clerk, is dated 1771. Alexander Lawson of "Baltimore Town" on the Patapsco, advertises in the Md. Gazette, May 27, 1746, in regard to certain lands of Daniel Dulany. John Lawson of Back Neck River, Baltimore Co., is referred to in the Md. Gazette, Oct. 18, 1745. Alexander Lawson of Baltimore made will Sept. 3, 1760, probated Mch, 1761, wherein he mentions wife Dorothy; his mother (not by name); his brother James; sister, Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Robinson; son Alexander; daughters Isabella; Mary, and Rebecca. The Harratt family. The name occurs variously spelled. It is undoubtedly preserved as Herod, in the name of Granville Herod Lawson, son of Walter. The St. John's and St. George's Parish records, of Baltimore Co., Md., refer to this family also. Ann Harritt, the wife of Oliver Harritt, died May 14, 1716. Oliver Harrett and Susannah Morrow was (sic) married Oct. 13, 1717. William Cock and Susannah Harriott, married June 18, 1792. And the marriage of John Lawson and Sarah Harratt already given. We have already seen the names of Oliver Hareot and Walter Bosley appearing in the same land trans- action; also that Allen Crook's and David Hariott's names are juxtaposed in a compnay roll from Loudoun Co., Va., in 1776. Oliver Harriott is a witness of the will of John Anderson, planter, of Baltimore Co., Md., will probated Mch. 26, 1711. He is probably the one referred to in the sheriff's books of Balimore Co., Md., for the years 1762-3, as follows: "Oliver Harriott's heirs. To Hunting Quarter 50 acres."