1. | Sarah Crosby was born on 24 Mar 1666/67 in Eastham, New Plymouth Colony (daughter of Thomas Crosby and Sarah (wife of Thomas Crosby) [?]); died on 20 Mar 1705/06 in Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Notes: Eastham In November of 1620 a hunting expedition from the Mayflower landed in the area on Cape Cod that became known as Eastham. This led to the "First Encounter": the Pilgrims and the local Nauset Native American tribe. However, the area, then known as Nauset, would not be settled by Europeans until 1644. By that time the settlers had become disenchanted with Plymouth with William Bradford writing of "the straightness and barrenness of the land" and commenting on the desire of many colonists to find a better location. A committee of seven freemen, led by Thomas Prence, was sent to evaluate Nauset and it was determined it was too small and remote to accommodate the entire population of Plymouth. Nonetheless, those seven men and their families, 49 hardy souls in all, remained and formed the new settlement with a strip by the harbor at the east side reserved for the Nausets to grow corn. Nauset continued as a settlement until 1646, when the General Court of Plymouth incorporated it as a town. The name of the town was changed to Eastham in 1661. Sarah married Silas Sears about 1692 in Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Silas (son of Silas Sears and Anna Bursell) was born about 1661 in Yarmouth, New Plymouth Colony; died about 1732 in Probably Yarmouth, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Notes: Married:Children:
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2. | Thomas Crosby was born about 1633-1634 in England; was christened on 26 Feb 1633/34 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England (son of Simon Crosby and Living); died on 13 Jun 1702 in Boston, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts; was buried in Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts. Notes: Simon Crosby and Anne (Brigham) Crosby brought [Thomas Crosby] to New England, arriving in "The Susan & Ellen" which put into Boston in the month of July, 1635. They settled in Cambridge... Thomas married Sarah (wife of Thomas Crosby) [?] before 1663 in Eastham, Barnstable Co, Massachusetts. Sarah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Sarah (wife of Thomas Crosby) [?] and died. Notes: May p233: "...it is possible that [Thomas Crosby] returned to England to select his bride. Or she may have come from one of the neighboring colonies. Many people have tried to identify her, but without success. We know that her name was Sarah ------- and that she bore her first child in 1663."
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4. | Simon Crosby was born in Probably England; died about 1639 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Notes: Simon Crosby and Anne (Brigham) Crosby brought [Thomas Crosby] to New England, arriving in The Susan & Ellen which put into Boston in the month of July, 1635. They settled in Cambridge... - New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Simon married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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