My paternal grandmother, Jeanette Craddock Pauley Godbey spoke of a grandfather who was Cherokee, named Cruz. Jeanette was born in February, 1890, in Boone, West Virginia to Peter Craddock, born May 1850 in Virginia, and Marguerite McNeely, born March 1865 in West Virginia. Can you go back another generation or maybe two to see if that grandfather can be identified? Is Craddock a Cherokee name? Cruz? Thank you so much for your help.
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Peter Craddock’s parents were Thomas Craddock and Lucinda Cruise/Crews/Cruze. They were married in Patrick County, Virginia in 1838. Marguerite was the daughter of William McNeely and Drucilla Elkins. They were married in VA in 1861.
Lucinda was the daughter of David Crews/Cruise and Sarah Martin, married in Virginia in 1811.
This page has lineage traces the Cruise/Crews/Cruze lineage quite a ways back.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CRUISE/2000-09/0968635211
Here is David Cruise’s grave:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=109978699&ref=acom
*Notice that he is buried in Crews Cemetery, in Cruzes Store.
This is a very old, and well-traced family. Here is another source to peruse:
http://newsfeed.rootsweb.com/th/read/VIRGINIA/2006-08/1155404293
Excerpt:
“Another son of John and Sarah Gatley Crews was William born about 1710 who married Hannah Sanders in 1729 and had a son David in 1735 in Louisa County who married Sarah Gooch in 1764 and went to Guilford County, NC by 1777 where he died in 1821. This now ties these three lines together [James, Thomas and David Crews].
Andrew [1645-92] who migrated in1674 had a son Arthur born in 1673 who married Anne Renshall and then Mary Grumball. They live in St Peters’s Parish New Kent County until 1735. Their son Edward 1714-1768, moved to Rich Square, Northampton North Carolina. Hardy Crews descended from him. Edward migrated up the Roanoke River to Mecklenburg County, Virginia and died there in 1768. Andrew’s son, John Crews, 1670-1727 left a will, naming all children, in Prince George county: William who died in Halifax in 1773, Robert who also went to Halifax, Edward ended up in Mecklenburg, Joseph went to Lunenburg, Ole John of Charlotte, 1711-1792 and two girls: Mary and Elizabeth. John’s [1670-1727] wife was Elizabeth Renshall, sister to Anne. Some confusion appears in the 1720-1760 period about this family. I feel that the John Jr., who married Sarah Redman, the daughter of William Redman, was the son of Ole John Sr. of Charlotte whose wife is unknown. One of Ole Jo!
hn’s children – namely David [1741-1823] married a Dolly Hunt in 1762 and moved to Halifax County in 1775 and died there in 1823. He was also in Halifax earlier than 1775. Ole John’s son John Jr. was the one who married Sarah Redman and moved to KY about 1790.
However their two sons were Redman who married Sarah Morton and moved to Halifax about 1785 and farmed with brother David [1768-1832] who married Drucilla Jones later on in 1790. Redman [1765-1843] moved on to Cumberland County, KY for land he received from Rev. War service. He died in Carroll County Tenn. David and Drucilla moved on to Patrick County, VA about 1797 and both died there; David died in 1832 and Drucilla in 1803. David also married [second] Sally Tribble in 1803 and [third] Sally Martin in 1811.”
This Crews family (spelled various ways) traces back to England.
Jsmith,
I’m new to this sight. Can you assist me with this Cruise family. Were members in the family of Cherokee descent.
David Cruise (1768 – 1832)
Son, John Cruise m. Mazy Martin
Son, John Martin Cruise m. Rosabelle Howell
Son, Charles Mortimur Cruise m. Florence Justice
Son, Murray Hooker Cruise, my grandfather
Thank you for all the information. I have ordered a DNA test to determine lineage and to either prove or disprove indigenous blood line. In reading thru all the information and with all the differences in name spellings, it becomes a wild and crazy endeavor, sorting thru everything for a positive match. I think we have gotten closer, though! I want to spend more time and try to construct a tree of some sort to bring things into focus. So, thank you for sharing. I appreciate it!