The Crabtree family originated in Yorkshire, England -- the name coming 
from the fact that they lived by the Crabtree in the County of York. The 
earliest record (from the Crabtree's of Southwest Virginia--no longer in 
print) was of John Crabtree who lived in Yorkshire around the end of the 
14th century; William Crabtree of Yorkshire, during the same time period; 
William Crabtree of the Parish of Snaithe, Yorkshire 1412; and a bit later, 
John Crabtree of Halifax, Yorkshire. All the Crabtree's are thought to have 
common origin in the Crabtree's of Yorkshire." (Crabtree Tule River 
Patriarchs, Marilyn Meredith, 1984, Golden West Publishers)

    My Crabtree Family starts with William C. Crabtree, born 1638 in 
Broughton, Yorkshire, England and his wife, Jane Pendleton, born abt. 
1640 in Yorkshire, England.  Moved from Yorkshire around 1705.  He was 
a planter and died on his plantation, situated on the confluence of Deer 
Creek and Stout Bottle Branch in Baltimore County, Maryland.
     Then to William Crabtree, b. 1682 in England and Jane Halstead.  
Then  to th Alexander brought his family from W. Virginia in 1876 on the first train to
enter the city of Ft. Worth.  They lived on Samuels Ave., next door to the
Crabtree's.eir son, William Crabtree II, b. 1704 in England and Mary Pyke. 
Then to their son, Willial Crabtree III, b. 1726 in Maryland and Hannah 
Lyon Whitaker.  Then to their son, John Crabtree, b. 1774 in Virginia and 
Alice Friend.  Then to their son, John Martin Crabtree, b. 1809 in Virginia 
and Mary Caroline Jones.  Then to their son, Charles Franklin Crabtree 
Sr., b. 1855 in Virginia.  Then to their son, Wallace Worth Crabtree, b. 1902 
in Texas and Thelma Lucille Dollins.

ABOUT MY WALLACE FAMILY

Alexander Wallace I, born in Scotland in 1794 came to W. Virginia sometime before 1818
and married Agnes Harrison, born 2 Oct 1795 in Jackson co., W. Virginia and they
married about 1818 in Kanawha Co.,  W. Virginia.  They were parents of 6 children, one
being Alexander Wallace II, born 15 Nov 1833 in Charleston, Kanawha W. Virginia.  He
married in 1855 to Evalyne Newhouse, born 22 Oct, 1833 in Sissonville, Kanawha, W.
Virginia.  Alexander brought his family from W. Virginia in 1876 on the first train to
enter the city of Ft. Worth.  They lived on Samuels Ave., next door to the Crabtree's.
They were parents of nine children, all but one were born in Kanawha Co.,  W. Virginia,
 There was a daughter born in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX.  Their daughter, Harriet
Alice Wallace, born 4 Dec, 1864 in Charleston, Kanawha Co., W.VA married on Feb. 14,
1888 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX to Charles Franklin Crabtree Sr., born 30 Oct, 1855
in Sulphur Springs, Lee Co., Virginia.