From THE CRUMLEY FAMILY, by Paul W. Morton.
"The name "Crumley" has been spelled in various ways. James memtions a brother, Thomas, and a sister, Joan in his will. No records can be found of them in Virginia. The Crumleys were Quakers and attended the Hopewell Meeting in Frederick County Virginia. James Crumley was a Quaker who came to Chester County Pennsylvania in 1731 from Yorkshire, England. He married a Scottish lass by the name of Catherine Gilkey in 16732 in Chester County Pennsylvania. They had five children and migrated to Frederick County Virginia, now Berkley County, West Virginia in 1743 or 1744.
on June 3, 1744 James Crumley bought 250 acres of land from Giles Chapman, in an area known as Black Creek Valley, Frederick County, Viginia (now Berkley County, West Virginia).
James Crumley, (Cromley, Crumbley) American progenitor of this family, was born in Yorkshire, England, and died in Frederick County, Virginia, between Jun 17, 1757, the date of his will and August 9, 1764, the date of the probate.
Giles Chapman conveyed to him a tract of land in Frederick County on or near the head of a fork in Yorkshireman's Branch. He is called "Cordwainer" in the conveyance. He was a member ot the Society of Friends and of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting, as showen by the fallowing:
Isaac Perkins, for many years Justice, Captain of Militia, and a Vestryman of Frederick County, Virginia used his influence to annelirate the sufferings of Friends caused by severe laws governing dissenters from the Established Church. In 1751 he presented a petition to the Court asking that the Vestry for Frederick Parish be dissolved, charging misappropriation fo funds. In the following February the General Assembly passed an act charging the Vestry of Frederick Parish with oppressive and corrupt practices, and along with two other Friends, James Cromley was elected to the New Vestry. "
From: Helen Nichols Murphy Murphy (formerly Battleson) hewick@gvtech.net; "In America by 1745, a Quaker., he rec'd 742 acres in Frederick Co., VA fr Lord Fairfax." TAX LIST: Frederick Co., VA., widow on List 1782. Northern Neck, Grants H, 1751-1756, Reel 293, p. 421; James Crumley, Grant for 742 acres, Frederick Co., VA - Feb 1754. BIRTH: The earlist known member of the family in America, he is said to have been born in Yorkshire, Eng. DEATH: bBet 17 Jun 1757, the date of his Will, and 9 Aug 1764, the date of the probate - Frederick Co., VA. DEED: The first mention of him was when on 3 Jun 1745, Giles Chapman conveyed to him a tract of land in Frederick Co. on or near the head of a fork in Yorkshireman's Branch. He was a Cordwainer by Trade, which includes the tanning of leather and making of shoes. RELIGION: Said to have been a member of the Society of Friends, and of the Hopewell Monthly Meeting, Altho the rec of the meeting do not show his name. The earlier rec of Hopewell were destroyed by fire in 1759, later rec include members of his family, who had signed wedding agreements, known as "Marriage Certificates".