Benjamin Deicrowe

He was a freeman of the Merchant Adventurers, the Russia and the East India Companies.

He gave his name to Deicrowe's Sound, a fjord in Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Norway, now known as Tjuvfjorden.

[1] He gave his name in 1616 to Deicrowe's Sound, a fjord in Svalbard, Norway, now known as Tjuvfjorden.

[1] He owned property in London, Middlesex and Surrey.

[1] He married and had sons Benjamin, Robert and Valentine.

Map of Spitsbergen c. 1873 showing Deicrowe's Sound lower right [ 2 ]