ELLEN P.
dau. of
Hatsel and J. H.
CROSBY
died Oct. 18, 1840
AEt. 3ys. 8 ms.
I saw this little tombstone when I was looking for CROSBY
ancestors at the Ancient Burying Ground in Brewster, Massachusetts. This one intrigued me with the name “Hatsel”. Who was Hatsel Crosby? I couldn’t wait to get home to find out!
A google search led me to the Google Book search and the
book History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620 – 1890, edited by Simeon
L. Deyo. On Pages 491 and 492 was this
paragraph:
Hatsel Crosby, born in
1807, is the only surviving child of Abijah and Desire Crosby, and grandson of
Elisha Crosby. He was a shoemaker in
Brewster for fifteen years, prior to 1848, when he came to South Yarmouth,
where he was engaged in salt making until 1883.
He was married in 1836 to Jerusha S. Homer, who died in 1854, leaving
five children: Susie, Abbie, Hattie E., Herbert F., and Nellie P., who died
November 2, 1864. Mr. Crosby was married
in 1856 to Elizabeth S. Bangs who died the same year. He was married in 1858 to Hannah, daughter of
Jabez Nye. They have two sons: Benjamin
B. and Chester L..
From this little family sketch I was able to figure out how Hatsel Crosby and his little daughter Ellen fit into my Crosby family tree.
History of Barnstable County, Massachusetts: 1620 - 1896, edited by Simeon L. Dayo, New York: Blake, 1890, preprinted by Higginson Company, Salem, Massachusetts, available to read online at Archive.org and through the Google Book search.
Our kinship:
Simon Crosby (1609 - 1639) m. Ann Brigham (1606 - 1675)
Thomas Crosby m. Sarah Unknown
John Crosby m. Hannah Bangs
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Thomas Crosby m. Mary Crosby John Crosby m. Hannah Bangs
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Elisha Crosby m. Pheobe Hopkins Jonathan Crosby m. Hannah Hamblin
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Abijah Crosby m. Desire Crosby Ebenezer Crosby m. Elizabeth Robinson
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Hatsel Crosby m. Jerusha S. Homer Rebecca Crosby m. Comfort Haley
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Ellen P. Crosby Joseph Edwin Healy m. Matilda Weston
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Mary Etta Healey m. Peter Hoogerzeil
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Florence Etta Hoogerzeil m. Arthur Hitchings
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Gertrude M. Hitchings m. Stanley E. Allen
(my grandparents)
P.S. Mary Crosby and Desire Crosby above, both wives of men named Crosby, are also descendants of Thomas Crosby (1656 - 1702), the ancestor born in Holme-on-Spaulding-Moor, Yorkshire, England who removed to Boston when he was 8 weeks old with his parents, and is buried in the Granary Burying Ground.
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Good work Heather. Now, whose headstone can I post today?
ReplyDeleteI recently found my connection to the immigrant Simon Crosby and his son Simon Crosby (1637-1725) - I am descended from him two ways. Another cousin connection!
ReplyDeleteHello, cousin! Love your blog. I am descended from Simon and Anne Brigham too, through their son Thomas and two of his children, Sarah and Joseph. Sad, sweet little grave you found there.
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