William Hector Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 7 Oct 1884 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 2
Baptism:
Death: 1955
Burial: in Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Carmi A Crosby (1854-1931) 3
Mother: Rebecca MacRae (1851-1886) 4
William Taylor Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 21 Mar 1831 - Brewster, Massachusetts 5
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Elisha Crosby (1772-1857)
Mother: Betsey Buck (1795-1868)
Spouses and Children
1. *Ellen Day (Est 1834 - )
Marriage: 1 Jun 1853 - Boston, Massachusetts
Status:
Wilton Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1856 - Osterville (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: May 1935 - Osterville (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Horace S Crosby (1826-1894)
Mother: Lucy A Backus (1835-1921)
Wilton B Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1899 - Osterville (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Horace M Crosby (1871-1958)
Mother: Velina P Ames (1871- )
Wilton B Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1923 - Hyannis (Barnstable), Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 Jul 2006 - New Smyrna, Florida
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
Barnstable Patriot obit:
Wilton B. Crosby, 83
New Smyrna Beach, Fla., Wilton Bradford "Bill" Crosby, 83, died July 25, 2006.
He was the husband of Barbara Edwards Crosby and was the former husband of the late Elizabeth J. (Underwood) Crosby.
Mr. Crosby was born in Hyannis and was a graduate of Barnstable High School, Luscomb School of Aeronautics in Trenton, N.J., and Emery Riddle Flight School in Florida. He joined the Air Force at the end of World War II and flew F-86 Saber Jets with the 51st Fighter Wing in Korea in 1952. He served in the Air Force Reserves for many years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
After returning from Korea, he worked at the family business, Crosby Yacht Building and Storage Co. Inc., in Osterville. He operated a branch of that business in Hyannis for a time. He was one of five co-owners of the boatyard, operated by the Crosby family in Osterville since the early 1800s until it was sold in 1972. He continued to work for Crosby Yacht Yard until his retirement in the 1980s.
He was involved in all aspects of the business, including the design of several power boats built at the yard, and was involved in construction and care of the Wianno Senior sailboats and Crosby Stripers for many years. In the late 1960s he was involved in the design and construction of the first Crosby catboats built by the yard since 1935, which proved to be the last two wooden Crosby Catboats built in Osterville.
He loved boating, participating in Newport-to-Bermuda races and in schooner races off Gloucester and Nova Scotia as well as regattas around the Cape and Islands.
He was on the board of directors for the Hyannis Cooperative Bank for many years, and he was a founding member of the Catboat Association and a member of the Saber Jet Pilots Association.
He was a longtime resident of Osterville and Barnstable before moving to Florida in 1988.
Besides his wife, survivors include a son, Britton William Crosby of Osterville; a stepson, Richard Shultz of Columbus, Ohio; a stepdaughter, Martha Alberti of Marietta, Ga.; and six grandchildren.
A funeral was held at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Osterville. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery in that village.
Memorial donations may be made to Osterville Historical Society; or to Hospice of Volusia/Flagler, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange, FL 32129.
Winthrop Morse Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 12 Jun 1840 - Orleans, Massachusetts 6
Baptism:
Death: 13 Feb 1912 - Orleans, Massachusetts 7
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 8
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joshua Crosby (1809-1888) 9
Mother: Thankful Baker (1811-1869) 10
Spouses and Children
1. *Etta F Ryder (8 Sep 1847 - 1926)
Marriage: 8 Nov 1865 - Orleans, Massachusetts 7
Status:
Children:
1. Orville W Crosby (1867-1929)
Notes
General:
1865 marble worker, OrleansMarriage Notes (Etta F Ryder)
"Winthrop M. Crosby, born in 1840, is a son of Joshua, grandson of Joshua, and great-grandson of Joshua Crosby. He has been a marble and granite worker at Orleans since 1860. He has been a member of the board of selectmen since 1882. He married Etta F., daughter of Jabez C. Ryder. They have one son, Orville W." 11
Zedda W Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 25 Jul 1873 - Orleans, Massachusetts 7
Baptism:
Death: 18 Oct 1907 - Rutland, Massachusetts 12
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 8
Cause of Death: pulmonary tuberculosis
Parents
Father: William Crosby (1842-1908) 13
Mother: Ann Eliza Rogers (1845-1894)
Notes
General:
1894, res CambridgeMedical:
1900 salesman, single, Cambridge Ma
[follows boarder Clinton L Crosby, b dec 1871]
age 34-3
single
salesman, Boston
b Orleans
s/o William Crosby & Ann E Rogers, b Orleans & South Orleans
bur Orleans
informant: brother 12
Captain Zenas Crosby
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Feb 1817 - Brewster, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: in La Paz, Baja California
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nathaniel Crosby (1782-1867)
Mother: Ruby Foster (1783-1855)
Spouses and Children
1. *Fannie Crosby Foster (2 Mar 1825 - 18 Oct 1855)
Marriage: 26 Dec 1845 - Bostonr, Massachusetts 14
Status:
Notes
General:
1845 mariner, BrewsterMarriage Notes (Fannie Crosby Foster)
Barnstable Patriot, 22 jan 1856
"Arrivals, Clearances, &c.
Sld from Canton Oct 17, ship Kingfisher, Crosby, London"
Barnstable Patriot, 5 feb 1856
"Spoken
Dec 10, lat 31 16 S, lon 10 20 N, ship Kingfisher, Crosby, fm Canton for London"
ZENAS CROSBY.
Born in Brewster, February 3, 1817. Among other ships that he commanded was the "Kingfisher." A relative writes as follows ;
Once while crossing the Atlantic in the "Kingfisher," in a severe northwest gale, as he and his mate were taking the sun, they were struck by a heavy sea, which carried them both
overboard. The mate sank from sight at once, but Captain Crosby, when being carried over the side, grasped a rope and took a double turn around his arm as he was going into the
sea. The man at the wheel saw what had happened and rang the bell ; the watch rushed aft, caught the other end of the rope and hauled him on board. He was severely wrenched, so that he was unable to stand on deck, and he was lashed to deck-house that he might direct the sailing of the ship all that
afternoon. This occurred on the voyage from 1851 to 1853. He died at La Paz, Lower California, while in command of ship "Kingfisher." 15
1855 Mass. census, Brewster
Zerviah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 29 Nov 1741 - Harwich, Massachusetts 16
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Eliezer Crosby (1680-Abt 1760) 17
Mother: Hester Rider (1699-1729)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonathan Hopkins (24 Sep 1731 - )
Marriage: 25 Nov 1773 - Harwich, Massachusetts 18
Status:
Zerviah Crosby
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Apr 1780
Baptism:
Death: 9 Apr 1861 - Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial: in Orleans Cemetery 8
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Mark Crosby (1755- )
Mother: Mary Clark (Est 1758- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Jonathan Snow (24 Jun 1779 - 16 Jun 1823)
Marriage: 24 Sep 1801 - Orleans, Massachusetts 20
Status:
Children:
1. Lucinda Snow (1807-Bef 1817)
2. Mark Crosby Snow (1808-1901) 21
3. Winsor Snow (1810-Bef 1812) 21
4. Winsor Snow (1812-1882) 22
5. Jonathan Snow (1814-1889)
6. Lucinda Snow (1817-1848) 21
7. Sally Snow (1819-1887) 21
8. Olive Snow (1821-1881) 21
Elizabeth Crosby*
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1772
Baptism:
Death: 31 Jan 1842 - Orleans, Massachusetts 7
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
Medical:
age 69
Mrs Elizabeth Crosby
Samuel Croshoman
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1720 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Darkis Wickonut (Est 1722 - )
Marriage: 13 Feb 1745 - Harwich, Massachusetts 23
Status:
Abidah Cross
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1746 - Providence, Rhode Island
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Cushing (1 Jun 1742 - ) 24
Marriage: 14 Apr 1764 - Providence, Rhode Island
Status:
Abigail Cross
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 4 Mar 1753 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Cross (1709-Bef 1795)
Mother: Mary Hopkins (1722-1795)
Abigail Cross
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 24 Apr 1755 - Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John Cross (1709-Bef 1795)
Mother: Mary Hopkins (1722-1795)
Annie K Cross
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 1852 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Cross (1814-1894)
Mother: Rhodica Palmer (1818-1902) 25
Notes
General:
6 Jan 1880 m Ethan Lovell in Provincetown
Ethan was 30, a clerk, b Marion, res Spencer
(also in Spencer VR)
1894 Mrs Annie Lovell of Spencer
Daniel Cross
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1 Jun 1795 - of Provincetown, Massachusetts 26
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Notes
General:
Daniel's birth is listed with the family of Ephraim and Rebackah Cook; he was their servant. It is unclear whether he was born in Provincetown.
Ezra A Cross
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 3 Oct 1834
Baptism:
Death: 22 Dec 1912 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death: gastric entritis 28
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha A Gunter (1836 - 1915) 29
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Permelia E Cross (1857-1939) 29
2. George P Cross (1860-1933) 29
Notes
Medical:
age 78-2-19
George N Cross
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1855 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 11 Mar 1922 - Connecticut
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Captain Joseph Cross (1814-1894)
Mother: Rhodica Palmer (1818-1902) 25
Notes
General:
1880, 1894 of Norwich, Conn.
George P Cross
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1860
Baptism:
Death: 1933 - Watertown, Massachusetts 30
Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ezra A Cross (1834-1912) 27
Mother: Martha A Gunter (1836-1915) 29
Spouses and Children
1. *Sarah L (1862 - 1935) 29
Marriage:
Status:
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2. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 29.
3. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Marriages 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 58.
4. Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 16.
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24. Warren Cushing, Cushing family (Rootsweb :2294173).
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28. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1912.
29. 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), lot 415. Cross family.
30. Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1933 (brought to Wellfleet for burial).