Peacock feather from Crow farm in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Object/Artifact

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Peacock feather from Crow farm in Greene County, Pennsylvania

Entry/Object ID

2020.12.63

Description

Peacock feather from Crow farm in Greene County, Pennsylvania. According to the caption, the first two peacocks came to the farm with Sarah Jane Lucas, wife of Michael Crow, when she was a bride in the 1840s. Typed caption attached to page reads, "Peacock feather picked up from the hearthstones of the old log house at Crow's Mills, Pennsylvania, built by old Jacob Crow about 1770. The stones still remain in statu quo, and even yet the corner stones of the foundation can be found. The first pair of peacocks brought to the Crow Farm were a part of the wedding outfit of Sarah Jane Lucas, the wife of Michael Crow Jr. and were given to her by her parents, Berridge and Jane (Lee) Lucas; and peacocks have been on the Crow Farm ever since 1842."

Collection

Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Crow family, Lucas family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

THRJ-AN001-0063

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Crow, Michael [1818-1908], Lucas, Sarah Jane [1825-1879]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Throckmorton-Bentley Genealogy Series - Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection

Owner/Agent

Riddle, Shannon

Acquisition Method

Digital

Notes

The Throckmorton-Bentley Genealogy Series of the Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection consists of selected items from a hand-typed manuscript, given as a Christmas gift to Jeannette's sister, Daisy, in 1914. Included among these pages are photographs, letters, articles, pieces of cloth and lace, and other items preserved from the family history. Along with the Throckmortons are documented the Crows, Lazears, Bentleys, Days, Scotts, Sutphins, and Howards, primarily of Pennsylvania and Iowa. The original book is in the possession of a descendant of Jeannette and Daisy's beloved brother Charley. These descendants have transcribed and digitized the complete book, which is now available as a Kindle book from Amazon and as a free downloadable PDF from Greene Connections. The family shared the digital files with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2019. Source Citation: Peacock feather from Crow farm in Greene County, Pennsylvania, item no. THRJ-AN001-0063, Throckmorton-Bentley Genealogy Series, Dr. Jeannette Franc Throckmorton Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).