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William was born about March 16th, 1673 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony.  William's father was Thomas Crosby and his mother was Sarah Fitch.  His paternal grandparents were Simon Crosby and Anne Brigham; his maternal grandparents were Sir Thomas Fitch and Anne Stacie. He had eight brothers and three sisters, named Thomas, Simon, Joseph, John, John, Ebenezer, Increase, Eleazer, Sarah, Anne and Mercy.  He was the sixth oldest of the twelve children.  He died in 1755 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Family Details of William's family with Mercy Hinckley

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David Kew, david_kew@@alum.mit.edu, http://capecodhistory.us, Identifying Mercy, Wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, Massachusetts, as Mercy (Bangs) (Hinckley) Cole, The Prolific Pencil. A biography of Joseph Crosby Lincoln, Litt.D., Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans... @ 12 (MD4:31)