Template:Wp-Joseph Croshaw

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Major Joseph Croshaw (c. 1610-12–1667) was a planter living near Williamsburg in the Colony of Virginia. He was the son of Captain Raleigh Croshaw. He became a planter and lived a few miles from present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. On December 10, 1651, he patented land which became the plantation known as Poplar Neck:

Poplar Neck subsequently came to be owned by Colonel John West through West's marriage to Croshaw's daughter Unity.