Richmond Ancestry Of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen

A newspaper article describing the end of Dr. Crippen's fugitive status (below):

Fort Wayne Journal - 3 August 1910 (Fold3)

A brief description from Wikipedia:

Hawley Harvey Crippen...was an American homeopath, ear and eye specialist and medicine dispenser. He was hanged in Pentonville Prison for the murder of his wife Cora Henrietta Crippen, and was the first criminal to be captured with the aid of wireless telegraphy.

See a Crippen Ahnentafel here.  It includes Mary Richmond who married John Crippen.  Mary was #83 in the Joshua Bailey Richmond's Richmond Family book.

83.  Mary Richmond 4, (John 3, John 2, John 1) was born in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Mary and John were the parents of Ezra Crippen (1745-1813) who married Tabitha Crippen.

Ezra had a son, Bradley Crippen (1783-1855), who married Esther* Hard, daughter of Philo and Concurrence (Hawley) Hard.  They moved to Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.  Son, Philo Crippen (1809-1890), also lived in Coldwater.

Census 1860

Coldwater Village, Branch, Michigan

Gender: Female

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Elliott Crippen  M 45 New York

Jenny Crippen  F 22 Illinois

Mary Crippen F 0 Michigan

Mary Tur Brudd F 25 France

*Esther Crippen F 73 Canada E

Census 1860

Coldwater Village, Branch, Michigan

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Harvey D Robinson M 30 Vermont

Mary E Robinson F 27 New York

Philo B Robinson M 2 Michigan

Philo H Crippen M 52 New York

Sophia Crippen F 47 New York

Harriet J Wells F 17 New York

Myron Augustus Crippen (1835-1923) was the son of Philo and the father of the infamous Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen (1862-1910).

See the full text of "The trial of Hawley Harvey Crippen, ed. with notes and an introduction."

Census 1860

Coldwater, Branch, Michigan

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

Myron Crippen M 25 New York

Ordessa Crippen F 24 Pennsylvania

Ella Crippen F 3 Michigan

Jennie Lewis F 15 New York

Name: Hawley H Crippen
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Michigan [Coldwater, Branch]
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Myron A Crippen M 35 New York
Ardessee Crippen F 35 Pennsylvania
Hawley H Crippen M 8 Michigan
Amanda Pulver F 27 Ohio


[Myron] Augustus Crippen raised Dr. Crippen's son, Hawley Otto Crippen.  They were living in California in 1900.

Name: Hawley A Crippen
Birth Date: 1862
Birthplace: Michigan
Age: 25
Spouse's Name: Charlotte J Bell
Spouse's Birth Date: 1858
Spouse's Birthplace: Ireland
Spouse's Age: 29
Event Date: 13 Dec 1887
Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Father's Name: Myron A Crippen
Mother's Name: Artusee Shinner
Spouse's Father's Name: Arthur Bell
Spouse's Mother's Name: Susan Madden

Name: Hawley H Crippen

Birth Date: 1862

Birthplace: Us

Age: 30

Spouse's Name: Corinne K Turner

Spouse's Birth Date: 1873

Spouse's Birthplace: Us

Spouse's Age: 19

Event Date: 01 Sep 1892

Event Place: Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Marital Status: Single

Sarah (Richmond) Randall

#5449 SARAH MARIA RICHMOND (8) (Adam 7, Preserved 6, Adam 5, Stephen 4, John 3, Edward 2, John 1) was born in LeRoy, N.Y., October 20, 1822.  She married, December 30, 1841, James S. Randall, who was born August 10, 1816.  They moved from New York to Michigan.  He enlisted in the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, and died in the hospital in Gallatin, Tenn., December 30, 1862.

CHILDREN:

7567. Frances Antoinette Randall, b. October 20, 1844; died Dec. 15, 1874
7568. Jay L. Randall, born in Breedsville, Mich., April 18, 1855; married Jan. 13, 1877 (or 30 March 1877), at Paw Paw, Mich., Josephine A., daughter of Russell Woodruff.  She was born in Michigan City, Ind., in 1863.  He was a merchant in Buchanan, Mich., 1896.  Children:  Charles L. Randall (10), born December 31, 1883; Nettie R. Randall (10), born 1889.

In addition to Charles and Nettie, Jay & Josephine had Bertie who died September 13, 1885 at age 4 months and also an unnamed infant who died on September 3, 1891 and its twin who died on May 20, 1891.

In 1850, James, Sarah and (Frances) Antoinette Randall were living in Sandstone, Jackson Co., Michigan.
Sarah, James, Frances and Jay were all living in Breedsville, Van Buren County, Michigan, in 1860.
In 1870 Sarah & J.L. Randall were living in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan.

Frances Antoinette Randall married Jerome Clark Warner in Paw Paw on October 20, 1868.
Groom's Name: Jerome Clark Warner
Groom's Birth Date: 1841
Groom's Birthplace: Almena Twp.
Groom's Age: 27
Bride's Name: Frances Antoinette Randall
Bride's Birth Date: 1844
Bride's Birthplace: Leroy, N.Y.
Bride's Age: 24
Marriage Date: 20 Oct 1868
Marriage Place: Paw Paw, Van Buren, Michigan
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M00815-0
System Origin: Michigan-EASy
Source Film Number: 392703
Reference Number: p136 B2-18
Collection: Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995

After the death of his wife, Frances Antoinette, Jerome Clark Warner married 2nd Jennie Kelley on May 24, 1876.  He died on November 17, 1915.

 Charles L. Randall married Almira LaBar, daughter of John & Estelle (Willis) LaBar, on December 1, 1905, in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.

Nettie R. Randall married Ralph E. Morgan, son of James & Ella (Gonsolly) Morgan, in Van Buren County on July 5, 1910.

Jay L. Randall, son of James & Sarah (Richmond) Randall, died on October 4, 1912, in South Haven, Van Buren County, Michigan.  Jay's wife, Josephine, died January 26, 1937, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

James S. Randall was enlisted in the 13th Michigan Infantry, Company G.  There was a widow's pension filed in James S. Randall's name on August 25, 1863.

Sarah (Richmond) Randall may have been the person who died July 6, 1888; that death record does not have her parents listed and the birthdate is 1832 rather than 1822, but the place of birth (New York) is correct.