Thomas Crosby 
Thomas was born about February 26th, 1635 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England.1 Thomas' father was Simon Crosby and his mother was Anne Brigham. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Crosby and Jane Sotheron; his maternal grandparents were Thomas Brigham and Isabel Watson. He was an only child. He died on June 13th, 1702 in Boston, Massachusetts.General Notes
Rev. Thomas, bapt. in Holme-on-the-Spalding-Moor, 26 Feb. 1634/35, named for his grandfather, was brought to New England in infancy by his parents, and graduated at Harvard College in 1653. Two years later he was engaged at an annual salary of L50 to preach at a church in Eastham, Mass., and, although never ordained and settled as a pastor, he continued as a minister there until 1670. Later, he became a merchant at Harwich, Mass., and while on a business trip to Boston was found dead in bed there, 13 June 1702, aged sixty-seven years. His inventory totalled £1091-16-0 with debts of £717-16-0, leaving a net estate of £374-0-0. His heirs divided his property by agreement, 8 Aug. 1705.
Marriage 2 Sarah FITCH b: in Mass.1662
Children
Thomas CROSBY, Jr. b: 7 APR 1663
Sarah CROSBY b: 24 MAR 1666/67
Joseph CROSBY b: 27 JAN 1668/69
John CROSBY b: 4 DEC 1670 in Eastham, Massachusetts
William CROSBY b: 16 MAR 1672/73
Ebenezer CROSBY b: 28 MAR 1675
Anne CROSBY b: 14 APR 1678
Mercy CROSBY b: 14 APR 1678
Increase CROSBY b: 14 APR 1678
Eleazer CROSBY b: 31 MAR 1680
When Thomas was eleven years of age and his brother Joseph was seven, they removed with their Mother to Braintree, a Village on the south side of Boston, Mass. now Quincy, after her marriage to the Rev. William Tompson.
After attending District School, with the assistance of Doctor Tompson, entered Harvard College, graduating in 1653, and was ordained a clergyman. He was minister at Eastham, Mass. from 1655 to 1670. He seems to have been engaged as a religious teacher to carry on the Sabbath Service at a salary of 50 pounds.
While at Eastham, he was engaged in a trade. He resided near the burying ground, a place he bought of Jonathan Sparrow in 1665. He removed to Harwich, about 1670, here he was also engaged in a trade.
He was one of the eight who organized the church here in 1700. He died in Boston, while on a business trip, June 13, 1702. His widow, Sarah, the mother of his 12 children, m. Apr. 28, 1703, John Miller, of Yarmouth. He died in 1702 and has many descendants living in the vicinity of Cape Cod, Mass. He had a half-sister Anna, born in 1648.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1483 in Shipton, Yorkshire, England d.> 1510
- b.~ 1510 in Shipton, Yorkshire, England d.~16 Mar 1558 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1545 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1599 in Gripthorpe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1512 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.09 May 1569 in Gripthorpe, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1575 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.16 May 1661 in Rowley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- b.~ 1519 in Bubwith, York, England
- b.~ 1549 in Budwith, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1570
- b.~ 1608 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.Sep 1639 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
- b.~ 1470 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1524 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1500 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1547
- b.~ 1470
- b.~ 1545 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.12 Oct 1619 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1500 d.~ 1585
- b.04 Mar 1581 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.02 May 1662 in Rowley, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- b.< 1495
- b.~ 1510 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~12 Jan 1560 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.>14 Nov 1622 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~26 Feb 1635 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.13 Jun 1702 in Boston, Massachusetts
- b.~ 1494 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.06 Mar 1560 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1525 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1560 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1504 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1573 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.05 Mar 1550 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.08 Nov 1586 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1503 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.03 Oct 1537 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1526 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.21 Jan 1586 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1494 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.21 May 1576 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~19 Mar 1632
- b.~ 1528 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.1558 d.1586 in Yorkshire, England
- b.1606 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.11 Oct 1675
- b.~ 1472 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1521 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1500 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.~Aug 1568 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1530 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.>10 Jul 1615
- b.~ 1502 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
- b.21 Feb 1561 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England d.25 Jun 1634 in Holme-On-Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
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Details of Thomas' family with Sarah Fitch
1 The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D.
Further sources/citations:
Simon Crosby The Emigrant: His English Ancestry, and Some Of His American Descendants by Eleanor Davis Crosby - 1914, David Kew, david_kew@@alum.mit.edu, http://capecodhistory.us
Further sources/citations:
Simon Crosby The Emigrant: His English Ancestry, and Some Of His American Descendants by Eleanor Davis Crosby - 1914, David Kew, david_kew@@alum.mit.edu, http://capecodhistory.us