CROMARTIE GENEALOGY

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The Cromartie Family Reunion 2012

By Sam Cromartie | September 16, 2012

The Cromartie Family Reunion will take place on Saturday October 6 at the South River Presbyterian Church. Please note that this is the first Saturday of the month. Registration starts at 10:00 a.m. for the program that begins at noon. Dr. Walter H. Conser Jr. will talk about the Place of the South River Presbyterian…

London Cromartie family

By Sam Cromartie | May 8, 2012

I recently received an email from Edward Cromartie of New Jersey whose lineage extends back to London. He has an interesting web page on the Cromarty family. http://www.edwardcromarty.com/LINEAGE.htm

Elizabeth Cromartie

By Sam Cromartie | October 6, 2011

Elizabeth Cromartie, daughter of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane, was born October 5, 1769 in Bladen County, North Carolina. In 1790 she married James Shaw, who was born in 1769 in Scotland on the Isle of Arran. He was the son of William Shaw and Mary McCurdie, who were born on the Isle of Arran…

Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty

By Sam Cromartie | August 16, 2011

I recently attended the Urquhart Clan event in Scotland celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty who was born in 1611 in Cromarty. After attending King’s College of the University of Aberdeen, he toured Europe until 1636. Charles I knighted him after he joined a Royalist uprising. In…

2011 Clan Urquhart Gathering

By Sam Cromartie | July 18, 2011

The 2011 Clan Urquhart Gathering & Tour honoring the 400th anniversary of the birth of The Great Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty takes place July 26 – August 3, 2011. The Cromartie family is a sept of the Urquhart Clan. Attendees will gather at a Glasgow airport hotel on July 26 and travel the next…

Thankful Cromartie

By Sam Cromartie | June 4, 2011

The second child of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane was Thankful Cromartie who was born on April 24, 1768 in Bladen County, North Carolina and died at White Oak Plantation in New Hanover, North Carolina on August 28, 1843. She was buried at Whiteoak Plantation Cemetery. Her husband Alexander Hendry II was born on the…

James Cromartie

By Sam Cromartie | May 25, 2011

The first child born to William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane was James. He was born in Bladen County, North Carolina on March 28, 1767 and died also in Bladen County on June 27, 1845. His first wife was Eleanor Hannah Meredith who died before 1817. Subsequently in 1817 he married Catherine Taylor who was born…

This story begins with William Cromartie, Jr.

By Sam Cromartie | May 13, 2011

William Cromartie Jr., the only son of William Cromartie and his first wife, was born September 10, 1765 in North Carolina.  He remained in North Carolina in 1796, but afterwards left for India to visit his uncle, James Cromarty, who had moved there from Orkney.  William subsequently went to Orkney where he married Janet Pass. …