Crocket

Crocket (also written Crockat or Crockatt) is the family name of several Scotch clergymen:

1. JAMES, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1674; was licensed to preach in 1678; presented to the living at Caputh in 1683; continued in 1689; deprived by the privy council in 1701, and removed to Morinty. See Fasti Eceles. Scoticanae, 2:796.

2. JOHN (1), was licensed to preach in 1703; called to the living at Dallas in 1708, and ordained; and died April 21, 1748. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:179.

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3. JOHN (2), was licensed to preach in 1739; called to the living at Parton in 1743; ordained in 1744; and died July 20, 1760, aged forty-five years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:720.

4. JOHN (3), was licensed to preach in 1803; presented to the living at Kirkgunzeon in 1809, and ordained; and died June 20, 1867, in his ninetieth year. He had a clear and vigorous intellect, correct taste, a wonderfully retentive memory, and was a good scholar. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:587.