Jeremiah Crabb Explained

Jeremiah Crabb
Birth Place:Frederick County, Province of Maryland, British America
Death Place:Derwood, Maryland, U.S.
Parents:Henry Wright Crabb
Term Start:March 4, 1795
Term End:June 1, 1796
State:Maryland
Predecessor:Benjamin Edwards
Successor:William Craik
Party:Federalist
Spouse:Elizabeth Ridgely Griffith
Branch:1st Maryland Regiment
Rank:General
Serviceyears:1776–1778
Battles:American Revolutionary War

Jeremiah Crabb (1760February 19, 1800) was a United States representative from Maryland.

Jeremiah Crabb was born in the Province of Maryland in 1760, the son of Henry Wright Crabb. He served in the American Revolutionary War as second lieutenant in the First Maryland Regiment. He was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant on December 15, 1777. General George Washington noted Lieutenant Crabb's service and recommended his promotion to general. Crabb served until April 1, 1778. He resigned on that day because of ill health occasioned by the winter hardships endured at Valley Forge.

In 1794, Crabb was a Brigadier General of the Maryland Militia. Crabb served with General Harry Lee in Pennsylvania during the Whiskey Rebellion.

Crabb was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1795, until his resignation after June 1, 1796. He returned to his home near Rockville, Maryland, and died there in 1800. He was buried in the family burial site in Derwood.

General Crabb was married to Elizabeth Ridgely Griffith (1764–1828).