Bridget Croft

1605 - Aft 1634  (> 29 years)

• Name	Bridget Croft  [1]
  Birth	1605	England   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Anecdote	1621	Virginia   [1, 3]
  	Bridget Croft came to Virginia in the (ITAL:)Warwick(:ITAL), which left England in Aug 1621. It is probable that Bridgett was the former Bridgett Crosse (Craft), one of the marriageable young maids who came to Virginia on the Warwick in Sept 1621, being born in Burford, Wiltshire, and was the orphaned daughter of John Crosse.
  Muster	Feb 1624/25	Eastern Shore, Virginia   [2]
  	She was shown as Briggett Wilkines, age 20, who came inthe Warwicke in 1621.
  Deposition named in	8 Sep 1634	Accomack-Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	Upon the petition of Thomas Butler against Marie the (wife of Edward) Drew for reporting the said Thomas to have to do with Bridgett the wife of Mr. John Wilkins in the act of adultery for which purpose Joane Muns, 30 years or there abouts, sworne and examined sayeth that Joane the wife of Thomas Butler told her going down to the old Plantation together, that her husband shewed her where he layed the Head and heeles of Bridgett Wilkins, and that the said Bridgett would have given him as much cloth as would make him a shirt, and this is all this deponent can say.
  Marr Name	Bridget Wilkins
  Reference Identifier	Muster
  Record ID	61329
  Death	Aft 8 Sep 1634  [4, 5]
  Origins
  Person ID	I61329	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	18 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family	John (1) Wilkins, (Burgess),   b. 1599, England d. Bef 28 Jan 1650/51, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 52 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Anne (--?--),   b. Abt 1615   d. Bef 8 Dec 1690, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 75 years)  m. Bef 1637
  Marriage	Bef 1623/24  [5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary (2) Wilkins,   b. Abt 1630, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John Baldwin  (Age < 76 years)  m. Bef Nov 1650
  Family ID	F19615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 573 (Wilkins Family), 940. [S887] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 1, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004), p. 71 (Muster of the Eastern Shore), 887. [S2330] Martha W. McCartney, McCartney, VA Immigrants & Adventurers, 1607-163, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore, MD 2007), p. 747 (Briegett Crosse), 2330. [S2325] Susie M. Ames, Accomack-Northampton County, Virginia, Court Records 1632-1640, (The American Historical Association, Washington, DC, 1954, Kraus Reprint Co, Millwood, NY, 1975), p. 20 (deposition of Joane Muns), 2325. [S940] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 3, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 2007), p. 574 (Wilkins Family), 940.