Researching David Crawford
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14655 people with the Crawford surname? In that year Crawford was ranked number 266 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Some Famous People called David Crawford
David Crawford (colonel)
Colonel David Crawford (1625 – 1710) was a member of the House of Burgesses and an early plantation owner in Virginia.
David Crawford was born circa 1625, in Scotland, emigrating to the Virginia Colony with his father, John Crawford around 1643. His father was later killed in Bacon's Rebellion of 1676.
His daughter Elizabeth (died 1762) married Nicholas Meriwether II of New Kent County, an ancestor of Meriwether Lewis.
Crawford amassed many acres of land and owned a large plantation that eventually became the site of Richmond, Virginia. On April 2, 1692 he was elected to the House of Burgesses as one of two representatives from New Kent County, Virginia for two years. He introduced a piece of legislation, requiring that County Clerks maintain an office in their respective County Courthouse.
In 1693 he deeded his 400-acre Assaquin Plantation to his grandson William Meriwether. Four years later he gave his grandson David Meriwether 200 acres of land in St. Paul's Parish.
As an elderly man, he was killed by Pamunkey Indians at Assaquin Plantation, New Kent, Virginia
Source: David Crawford (colonel), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaDavid Crawford (astronomer)
David Livingstone Crawford (born 1931) is an American astronomer.
Crawford has a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Chicago and worked most of his scientific career at Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, and the National Optical Astronomical Observatories, where he is emeritus astronomer. He co-founded the International Dark-Sky Association with Tim Hunter in 1988. He won the 2010 Clifford W. Holmes Award for popularizing astronomy.
Asteroid (7327) Crawford is named after him.
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