Raleigh Croshaw

Captain[1]
Raleigh Croshaw[1]
Member of the House of Burgesses for Elizabeth City County
In office
1624
Preceded byconstituency established
Succeeded byFrancis Chamberlaine
Personal details
Bornc. 1584
Lancashire, Kingdom of England
Died1624
Old Point Comfort, Elizabeth City County, Colony of Virginia
ChildrenJoseph Croshaw
Occupationmerchant, militia officer, politician

Captain Raleigh Croshaw or Rawley Crashaw (b.c. 1584d. 1624) was an English merchant and early immigrant to the Colony and Dominion of Virginia who represented Elizabeth City County in the House of Burgesses in 1624.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Wash & NoVa Company - Biographies - Raleigh Croshaw". July 11, 2016. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, (New York, 1915) Vol. 1, pp. 218-219