Davy Crockett Davy Crockett, the son of John and Rebecca Hawkins Crockett, was born on August 17, 1786 in Green County, Tennessee. His descendants traced his paternal family ancestry to Antoine de Crocketagne, a Norman Huguenot. In the 1600s, he fled from Bantry Bay, Ireland, to England. Then someone in his family immigrated to New York in 1709. His family moved to the backwoods and became pioneers, which was a life full of danger and poverty. John, David?…showed first 75 words of 1509 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1509 total…him today as a hero of the Alamo. Works Cited Author unknown. World Wide Web: http://americanhistory.about.com. Author unknown. Congressman Davy Crockett learns about limited government. World Wide Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~jdenham/trim.htm. Daffan, Katie. Texas Heroes. Tennis, Texas: Katie Daffan, 1924. Davis, William C. Three Roads to the Alamo. Derr, Mark. The Frontiersman. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993. Oppenheimer, Evelyn, etc. Heroes of Texas. Waco, Texas: Texian Press, 1964.