Where is "Crockets"

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The Crocketts in what became Wythe County, Virginia came from France to
Britain (Ireland) in the later 1600's early 1700's.  They were Huguenots
(French Calvinists) and they like many other French Huguenots fled France
to escape persecution or even murder by the Catholic Church. In Ireland
they assimilated into the culture/community of Scotch-Irish Presbyterians
(Scottish Calvinists) that had come from Lowland Scotland to Ireland in
prior years .  As the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians in huge numbers moved from
Ireland to Britain's North American Colonies French Huguenots among them
did likewise.  Interesting too is in some books written about the
Scotch-Irish, Crockett is identified as being a Scotch-Irish surname.

Lt John Crockett's ancestor (and mine) that escaped France and migrated to
Britain/Ireland was Antoine Desasure Perroinette De Crocketagne .  He was
born on October 7, 1643, in Montauban, Haute-Garonne, France,  He died in
1735 in Londonderry, (Northern) Ireland, at age of 92.

De Crocketangne evolved into Crockett, again during the later 1600's/early
1700's in Ireland most likely to help them better identify with the
Scotch-Irish and distance themselves from France.  Multiple
descendants of  Antoine
Desasure Perroinette De Crocketagne (Crockett) moved to Britain's North
American Colonies.  Initially into Pennsylvania and later down the
Shenandoah Valley into Virginia (and some from there into what became
Tennessee).

Ed Painter, Member #70 - from Narrows, VA living in Cohutta, GA  (with Antoine
Desasure Perroinette De Crocketagne being my 8th Great Grandfather.)


On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:11 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
wrote:

> Okay, being the linguo-nerd of the group, I had to check out the etymology
> of the surname "Crockett."  One internet site which specializes in the
> history of surnames reports as below.  Far from being what I thought it was
> (a Norman name brought to England at the time William the Conqueror and all
> those despicable Frenchmen invaded England in 1066 AD,) the name has a
> Gaelic origin:
>
> >>>
> This interesting name has two possible origins. The first being a nickname
> for someone wearing a particular hair style, deriving from the Medieval
> English "croket" meaning "a large curl".   In Scotland the Galloway family
> name Crockett is said to be derived from Macriocaird, from the Gaelic "mac"
> meaning "son (of)" and the personal name Rickard (Richard). The first
> recorded spelling is found in Scotland.  Crok(k) at and Croket being
> alternate spellings (1483 to 1614).  In 1634 one John Crokkit in Achinkyle
> was charged with "molesting the minister at  Inchcallioch  and stealing his
> timber".  The illustrious name bearer Davy Crocket, King of the Wild
> Frontier, was killed at the battle of the Alamo (1845).  A Coat of Arms
> granted to the family depicts three Cornish choughs proper on a silver
> shield, and the crest being a Cornish clough prope. The first recorded
> spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Huwe Croket of Kameslank
> (Cambeuslang) which was dated 1296, where he rendered homage during the
> reign of John Balliol of Scotland 1292 - 1296. Surnames became necessary
> when governments introduced personal taxation.  In England this was known
> as Poll Tax.  Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have
> continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the
> original spelling.
> <<<
>
> Now to the railroad nuances:
>
> (1)  Which location shipped more cabbage, Crockett or Rural Retreat?   As
> I recall it, the really old heads always talked about setting off most of
> the refrigerator cars at Crockett for cabbage loading, not Rural Retreat.
> (By the time I hired in 1964, all the cabbage business had long since
> vamoosed.)
>
> (2)  What was it about the unique soil or climatic conditions which made
> this area so fertile for growing cabbage?
>
> (3)  What happened to the cabbage business, and why did it completely
> disappear ?
>
> And, BTW, the Telegraph Call for Crockett was NV.  A pencil note in one of
> the books my father kept shows Crockett closing as an agency station
> 12-1-1960.
>
>   -- abram burnett,
> superannuated old brakezmun
>
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