Forister John Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1879 - Nova Scotia
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Jennie Eads Clark (1875 - )
Marriage: 12 Jan 1901 - Malden, Massachusetts 1
Status:
Notes
General:
1901 farmer, Nova Scotia
s/o Ernest E Crosby & Ellen Durkee
Captain Francis Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 May 1800 - Orleans, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death: 20 Sep 1888
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Crosby (1771- )
Mother: Elizabeth Snow (Cir 1773-1853) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Betsey Young (11 Jul 1807 - 9 Jan 1883)
Marriage: 7 May 1833 - Orleans, Massachusetts 6
Status:
Children:
1. James F Crosby (1835- ) 7
2. Clara Crosby (1838- )
3. Deborah Crosby (1841- ) 7
4. Hannah B Crosby (1847- )
2. Marcy Rogers (4 Aug 1801 - Bef 1833)
Marriage: 20 Dec 1821 - Orleans, Massachusetts 8
Status:
Children:
1. Achsah Snow Crosby (1822-1903) 9
2. Sarah Ann Crosby (1824-1865) 7
3. Louisianna S Crosby (1825-1876) 7
4. Mercy Crosby (1828- ) 7
Notes
General:
"of Orland, Maine"
Franklin Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 31 Jul 1803 - Orleans, Massachusetts 11
Baptism:
Death: 10 Nov 1852 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Abiel Crosby (1782-Bef 1856)
Mother: Susannah Higgins (Cir 1784-1856)
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha R Nickerson (11 Jul 1804 - 21 May 1873)
Marriage: Cir 1825
Status:
Children:
1. Abial Crosby (1826-1855)
2. Alvira Ann Crosby (1828-1853)
3. George Franklin Crosby (1830-1853) 12
4. Patty Aston Crosby (1832-1845) 12
5. Adaline C Crosby (1834-1841) 12
6. Julia L Crosby (1837-1859) 12
7. Eleazer P Crosby (1840-1856) 12
8. Albert H Crosby (1842- ) 12
Notes
Marriage Notes (Martha R Nickerson)
1855 Mass. census, Boston
Mrs Martha Crosby, 42, head of household, 23 people
Frederick Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Apr 1764 - Petersham, Massachusetts 13
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Elisha Crosby (1737-1792)
Mother: Tabitha Harrington (Est 1740- )
Freeling A Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Jun 1844 - Brewster, Massachusetts 14
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, , South Boston, Massachusetts in South Boston, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Captain Tully Crosby (1809-1891)
Mother: Mehitable Low Foster (1808-After 1880)
Captain Freeman Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Dec 1802 - Brewster, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death: 10 Oct 1861 - Brewster, Massachusetts 15
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain James Crosby (1767-1829)
Mother: Sally Foster (1769-1818)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rebecca Crosby (18 Aug 1803 - 26 Mar 1842)
Marriage: 13 Apr 1827 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Mary Crosby (1828-1842)
2. Captain Freeman Crosby Jr (1831-1863) 15
3. Charles Crosby (1833- )
4. Rebecca Crosby (1835- )
5. Captain James Edwin Crosby (1838-1894)
6. Henry H Crosby (1840- )
Notes
General:
"Born in Brewster, December 4, 1802. He was master of the ship "Gem of the Ocean" and others, names unknown. He retired from the sea early in life and always lived in Brewster. He died October, 1861." - Brewster Ship Masters 15
Captain Freeman Crosby Jr
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 9 Jun 1831 - Brewster, Massachusetts 17
Baptism:
Death: Oct 1863 - lost at sea, ship Liverpool Packet 15
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Freeman Crosby (1802-1861) 15
Mother: Rebecca Crosby (1803-1842)
Spouses and Children
1. *Octavia Bangs (Est 1835 - Feb 1899)
Marriage: 1 Apr 1860
Status:
Children:
1. Reliance Crosby (1863- ) 18
Notes
General:
"Born in Brewster, June 9, 1831. He commanded ships "White Swallow" and "Liverpool Packet. The "Liverpool Packet" left Hong Kong for Shanghai in 1863 and was never heard from after leaving Hong Kong. It is supposed they Were lost in a typhoon." - Brewster Ship Masters 15
Freeman Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 17 Oct 1821 - Orleans, Massachusetts 20
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joshua Crosby (1779-1861) 21
Mother: Sarah Freeman (1782-1866)
Freeman D Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1849 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 7 Apr 1858 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Isaac Crosby (1803-1871) 22
Mother: Emily Hurd (1809-1891)
Genevieve Swain Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Jan 1880 - Cotuit (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 12 Jul 1949 - Cotuit (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Franklin Crosby (1846-1900) 23
Mother: Lydia A McCollum (1849-1930) 23
Spouses and Children
1. *Osborne Warren Bearse (26 Aug 1877 - 18 Jul 1948) 23
Marriage: 19 May 1898 - Cotuit (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Dorothy Swift Bearse (1914-2008)
George F Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1824 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 5 Dec 1862 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial: in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Olive Bangs (24 Apr 1825 - 30 Aug 1894) 25
Marriage: 9 Feb 1845
Status:
Children:
1. Rebecca Frances Crosby (1847-1915) 26
2. Clarence H Crosby (1857- ) 27
Notes
General:
1857 mariner, WellfleetMedical:
age 38Marriage Notes (Olive Bangs)
born Brewster
seaman
parents unknown 24
Children
Rebecca CROSBY
George CROSBY
Mary CROSBY
Howard CROSBY
George Franklin Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 18 Oct 1830 - Orleans, Massachusetts 12
Baptism:
Death: 20 Feb 1853
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 4
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Franklin Crosby (1803-1852) 10
Mother: Martha R Nickerson (1804-1873)
George Washington Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Oct 1835 - Leominster, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 14 Apr 1909 - Newton, Massachusetts 28
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Crosby (1797-1883)
Mother: Elizabeth Wilkins (1806-1885)
Notes
General:
m Helen A Searle
Gerard R Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1895 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Orville W Crosby (1867-1929)
Mother: Celia H Walker (1868-1948)
Hannah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 27 Sep 1765 - Harwich, Massachusetts 29
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Edmund Crosby (1741- ) 15
Mother: Thankful Myrick (1742- ) 15
Hannah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 22 Sep 1794 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joseph Crosby (1771- )
Mother: Elizabeth Snow (Cir 1773-1853) 5
Spouses and Children
1. *Davis Taylor (6 Oct 1788 - )
Marriage: 18 Feb 1811 - Orleans, Massachusetts 30
Status:
Children:
1. Rozilla Taylor (1811- ) 31
2. Hannah Taylor (1812- ) 31
3. Joseph Taylor (1815- ) 31
4. Davis Taylor (1816- ) 31
5. Anna Hopkins Taylor (1818- ) 31
6. Louisana Taylor (1820- ) 31
7. James Taylor (1822- ) 31
Hannah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1770 - (Harwich, Massachusetts)
Baptism:
Death: 13 Oct 1841 - Brewster, Massachusetts 32
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Mayo (8 Oct 1753 - 1 Aug 1825)
Marriage: 1804 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Status:
Children:
1. Hannah Mayo (1804-1805)
Hannah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1730
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Adonijah Rice (28 May 1727 - After 1771) 33
Marriage: 3 Jul 1751 - Westborough, Massachusetts
Status:
Hannah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Mar 1712 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts 34
Baptism:
Death: After 20 Aug 1778 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Double Date
Parents
Father: Joseph Crosby (1669-1725)
Mother: Mehitable Miller (1670-1743)
Spouses and Children
1. *Thomas Rogers (21 Oct 1710 - 14 Aug 1779)
Marriage: 29 Apr 1763 - Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Status:
Hannah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Oct 1744 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Mar 1757 - Dutchess Co, New York
Burial: in Sears burying ground, Putnam, NY
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Joshua Crosby (1712-1795) 35
Mother: Lydia Hopkins (1713-1781)
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1. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Eastham.
2. Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 48:142. .... George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:134. highly incomplete
3. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:134. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 130.
4. index to Orleans, Massachusetts cemeteries (1970. Excel file at Orleans Historical Society, http://orleanshistoricalsociety.org/collections.html).
5. Robert P Smith, "Historic Records of the Federated Church of Orleans, Massachusetts"
annotated marriage records, 1772-1828 (Mayflower Descendant 46:109-120, 47:21-26, 47:111-116, 48:49-58, 48:141-148), 47:25.
6. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 66 (C).
7. births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 87.
8. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 41 (C).
9. Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).
10. births and marriages 1740-1841, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs), files H01_02a - H01_02g), 181.
11. births and marriages 1740-1841, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs), files H01_02a - H01_02g), 181. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 95.
12. births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 10.
13. Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Worcester MA: Franklin P. Rice
online), 20. "The territory of this town was granted in 1733 to John Bennett, Jeremiah Perley and others, for services rendered in the Indian wars. Joseph Willson and Simeon Houghton were among the early settlers. This town was incorporated April 20, 1754 ; and its name was probably adopted in remembrance of Petersham, in England. Its Indian name was Nitchawog" - Nason & Varney, 1890
14. George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 127.
15. Percy Fielitz Rex, The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D. (1980. William S. Sullwold Publishing. Taunton MA).
16. Percy Fielitz Rex, The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D. (1980. William S. Sullwold Publishing. Taunton MA). .... George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 22.
17. Percy Fielitz Rex, The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D. (1980. William S. Sullwold Publishing. Taunton MA). .... George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 101.
18. Rootsweb.com, :a12754.
19. births and marriages 1740-1841, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs), files H01_02a - H01_02g), 173.
20. births and marriages 1740-1841, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs), files H01_02a - H01_02g), 173. .... births by family 1628-1855, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs). files H01_01a - H01_01g), 95.
21. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003 ff. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.
22. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, "Vital records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (Mayflower Descendant [several sections]), 34:61.
23. J. Everett, "Ancestors of Dorothy Swift Bearse" (2009. email PDf chart).
24. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 4.
25. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 39.
26. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 3, lot 53. Justin T. Lane & Rebecca F. Crosby family. .... Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 17.
27. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 51.
28. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (Massachusetts Archives. [online at AmericanAncestors.org (NEHGS) and FamilySearch.org]), Newton.
29. Louise H. Kelly and Dorothy Straw, compilers; Wynn, Rachel Linnell, author, Vital records, town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 (1982. Harwich MA: Harwich Historical Society), 161. poorly indexed.
Please note: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts is 100 miles from Hardwick, Worcester, Massachusetts. There is no "Harwick."
30. marriages, circa 1761-1844. from Book 2, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute (2 Cds), files H01_04a - H01_04f), 57 (T).
31. births and marriages 1740-1841, in "Vital Records of Eastham and Orleans, Massachusetts" (2002. Oxford, Mass: Holbrook Research Institute (2 CDs), files H01_02a - H01_02g), 218.
32. George Ernest Bowman, editor, Vital Records of the town of Brewster, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (1904. Boston: Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants [online]), 41.
33. Joan Sickles, "Ancestors of Esther Phoebe Betts," Oct 2002.
34. George Ernest Bowman, transcriber, "Yarmouth, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant, in several parts), 5:161.
35. Rootsweb.com, dhoward (Diantha B. Howard).