THREE Crown Branches in America

2014 has been somewhat of a miracle year for our Crown research, thanks in large part to two other researchers who made their work public on ancestry.com. When I started comparing my notes to theirs, suddenly things started clicking.  Here's a summary of what we have:

Richard Crown and Sarah Meehan of County Leitrim had at least five children who we know about. Each male branch is referred to by the place where they settled:

• John Crown + wife unknown: Crown's of Manorhamilton
  
  • I had a lead on a living descendant from this line living in County Sligo, but there was no reply to my inquiries in 2014, and I've not had a chance to follow up yet.
    
• Patrick Crown + Ann Clancy: Crown's of Brooklyn – us!
  
• Richard Crown + Catherine Melaniff: Crown's of Pollboy
  
  • Descendants of this branch also came and settled in America; we are in touch with a living descendant in Texas whose father left a rather remarkable hand-drawn family chart showing all these connections (my deepest gratitude here for the sharing of this information).
    
• Cormac Crown + wife unknown: Crown's of Moragh
  
  • Descendants of this branch also came to America and settled in Connecticut; I connected with a living descendant of this line, who also, remarkably, was handed down information that aligns with what the rest of us have.
    
• Brigid Crown + Travers
• Status unknown

I believe that Richard Crown, Sr. had a brother named Anthony, and that branch was known as the Crown's of Lurganboy. It is to this branch that Prof. John Crown, the living and rather famous cancer doctor and current Irish senator, is related.  And wonder of wonders, we are currently in touch with him, too!

Click here to read more about the details of my research.

So this is big news for all us Crown relations.  Who knows what might come next, so stay tuned.