• General Notes

  An "Anthon Krum" shipped from Rotterdam, Holland, on the ship Edinburgh, on 2 Oct 1753, landing at the Port of Philadelphia. While not confirmed, this appears to be our Anthony CRUM. One historian says the family settled first in or near Media, Delaware Co., Pennsylvania. A descendant of Anthony's says they settled by Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania.
  
  Either location was temporary for by 1774, Anthony had purchased 600 acres of land from Lord Fairfax, and was settled in Frederick Co., Virginia, where he would remain permanently. It is reported that he paid 1500 English pounds for the property, an extraordianry sum for the time. This would have paid for the labor of 15 men for 8 or 9 years.
  
  The first census of the United States (1782-1785) shows Anthony Crum, Sr., and his sons, Anthony, Jr., Christian, Sr., and Henry, were Heads of Families in Frederick Co., Virginia.
  
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  Anthony Crum, Sr. was born about 1713 in the Lower Rhineland, Germany; shipped from Rotterdam on the Ship Edinburgh, landing in the Port of Philadelphia October 2, 1753. He settled first in Pennsylvania and a few years later moved to Frederick County, Virginia. He died about 1804. There is some belief that the Crum Families lived near the Holland Border and the origin may be Dutch rather than German. Anthony Crum purchased 600 acres from Lord Fairfax only a few miles from Winchester. He was apparently a wealthy man. His son Christian married Christiana Schmidt in Pennsylvania before the family moved to Virginia.
  
  None of the Crums were slaveholders. Christian Sr. and Henry Sr., identical twins, were ministers of the Gospel and had their own Churches in Winchester. Christian's Church became known as "Old Crum's Meeting House." Christian preached in German while Henry worked with Bishop Francis Asbury of the Methodist Movement and is said to have preached in English. Christian and Henry were said to have been Chaplains in Washington's Army and were believed to have been with him at Yorktown. They are also said to have sat in Masonic Meetings in Winchester with George Washington.
  
  Christian made some Circuit Rider missions into Maryland and Pennsylvania. He worked closely with Bishop Christian Newcomer, Bishop Otterbein of Baltimore, and several other leading ministers of the area to organize the new denomination, United Brethren in Christ, largely a German speaking church. It grew and spread as immigrants moved westward into new states and territories. Its doctrines were very similar to the English Methodists and in about 1960, the United Brethren in Christ and Evangelical United Brethren and the Methodist Churches united to form the United Methodist Church denomination.
  
  Quite a few Crum descendants became Ministers. The Crums tended to have large families. Christian Sr. had thirteen. Ten of his children migrated to Ohio, mostly in Highland County. The Crums were Farmers, Carpenters, and Laborers, and a significant number were Ministers.
  
  There are thousands of descendants of Anthony Crum, Sr. scattered throughout the US. There was also another Crum immigrant -- Mathias Crum, Sr. -- who was believed to be a brother of Anthony Sr. There were two distinct lines of "CRUMS" that spread across the country. The descendants of Mathias Sr. early on migrated farther to the West to the states of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and the South. Many of Anthony Sr.'s descendants either stayed in Virginia or moved to Ohio.
  
  Two Crum descendants have authored histories of the Crum Families in America. Judge Lybarger of Ohio covered primarily the Anthony Crum Sr. line which is our line of descent. Ferris B. Crum covered primarily the Mathias Sr. line but did include much of Lybargers' research. Winston Crum of Tennessee was planning a revision of his father's book in 1996-97 but was going to restrict his coverage to the Mathias Crum Sr. line only.
  
  Lowell Shire
  

Details of Anthony's family with <Unknown>

Details of Anthony's family with Freny Cyphret