History of Crockett's in America

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In 1066 the French Duke William of Normandy conquered England, thus he was called William the Conqueror. After the Norman invasion the army stayed in England. The first English Crocketts or the de Crukets, appeared about this time.

Gabriel Gustave de Crocketagne was born about 1600 in Montauban, France, and married an unknown woman. Thier son Antoine De Sauss Crocketagne, was born July 10, 1643 in Montauban, France and in 1669, married Louise de Saix who was born about 1648. Antoine drew the attention of King Louis by his personal appearance and love of duty. King Louis retained him in his service and placed him second in command of the household guards. He was given this commission in 1664 when he was 21. It was there that he met the noble, Louise de Saix in 1669. He then resigned his commission as second in command of the King's household guards, in order to establish a home of his own. It was through the influence of the Maury family who he was working as a commercial agent in the wine and salt trade of Southern France that he was converted to the Protestant faith. It was ordered in 1672 that all heretices, Huguenots, leave the south of France within twenty days. Antoine, with his wife and infant son, Gabriel, fled across the English Channel and remained in England for a short time but shortly fled to Ireland. To escape thier French identity they changed their name to Crockett.

Joseph Louis Crockett, son of Antoine and Louise, was born Jan 9, 1675 in Ireland, and about 1700, married Sarah Stewart who was born in 1680 in Donegal, Ireland. Joseph and his wife migrated from Ireland to America in 1708. Their son William was born on the voyage and was the first "Crockett" child to come to America. In 1716, the Crockett family moved to Virginia. Joseph died in 1749 in South Branch, Roanoke, VA. William was the grandfather of the US Congressman and frontiersman, David "Davy" Crockett.

It is believed that Tangier Island in Virginia was settled by a John Crockett and his 8 sons in 1686 to raise cattle. This would have been 22 years before "Davy" Crockett's great-great-grandfather brought his family to America and that there were already Crocketts in America when they arrived. However, there is nothing to verify the belief that John Crockett and his sons first settled Tangier Island. What is known is that the first Crockett of record on Tangier was Joseph Crockett. Joseph Crockett was the grandson of John Tyler of nearby Smith's Island. Joseph was bound to his uncle, Thomas Tyler to be a weaver and lived on Smith's Island until about 1744. In 1763 he was made constable of "Tangier Islands" and was given an area called "South Point" by John Fish in his will of April 4, 1765. In 1778 he used his inheritance from his grandfather John Tyler to buy another 475 acres of Tangier. In 1799 Joseph's son John acquired an additional 100 acres from Anthony West. The remaining land was to be sold. Today the island population is mainly Crockett and descendants of Crocketts.

(Information found on the internet)