Charles Huckins Crosby (1757 - 1828)

Born 1757 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 17 Mar 1828 at about age 71 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Charles Huckins "Huckins" Crosby was born February 26, 1758, the son of Jonathan Crosby and Hannah Hamblin of Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts^{[1] [2]}. There appears to be no birth record in Massachusetts, so some family trees indicate he was born occurred in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, however this is not possible, as Jonathan and Hannah were among the first settlers of Yarmouth, arriving on Thursday, June 13, 1761^{[3] [4]}, after Huckins was born. It is more likely that the birth record was destroyed. Familysearch notes that many records for events before 1841 in Barnstable were lost due to fire(s), and provides the genealogical notes here as a reliable resource.

In 1785 Charles Huckins Crosby married Miriam Saunders, daughter of Joseph Saunders and Sarah Hill ^{[2] [1]}, and their children included:

1. Abijah, born December 25, 1786^[1], who married Mary Jordan of Portland Maine, and who died November 30, 1843^[2]
2. William, born August 23, 1788^[1], who married Lydia Crocker daughter of Eleazer Crocker on January 6, 1811; and then married Martha Porter widow of John T Porter of Yarmouth, and who died April 4, 1872^[2]
3. Deborah, born 1792, who married Deacon Thomas Crosby, son of Edward on November 2, 1834; and who died October 17, 1881^{[5] [2] [6]}
4. Matilda, born September 1795^[1] who married Knowles Crosby, son of James, and who died September 28, 1880^{[2] [7]}
5. Sarah^[1], who married Joel Raymond, son of Daniel in 1830, and who died in 1844^[2]
6. Hannah, born February 18, 1801^[1], who married John Knowles Crosby, son of Lemuel on August 2, 1837^[2], and who died July 21, 1841 (See Findagrave #71305244)
7. Miriam^[1]

Charles Huckins Crosby died March 17, 1828^{[2] [1]}. His wife Miriam died December 22, 1852, at age 92 years 11 months and 11 days.^[2]. They are buried in the Brookside Cemetery in Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia^[8]

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Topics Registers of births, etc.--Massachusetts--Cape Cod, Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.), Marriage records--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Barnstable (Mass.)--Genealogy, Cape Cod (Mass.)--Genealogy; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Collection sturgislibrary; regionaldigitizationmass; americana; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume Vol. 14 (Crispe to Crosby); Handwritten : loose-leaf. See page 220 for Jonathan and Hannah's family, and page 192 for Charles and Miriam.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 28, 29
3. ↑ A history of the county of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia by Campbell, J. R. (John Roy), 1841-1928; Publication date 1876; Publisher Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan; collection americana; Digitizing sponsor Google; Book from the collections of Harvard University
4. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History; by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Topics Yarmouth (N.S.); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD3V-SXK : 12 April 2016), Deborah Crosby in household of Abraham D Wyman, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 120, family 1015, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,139
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66H-VRP : 14 August 2017), Deborah Crosby in household of A D Wyman, Savannah, Andrew, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 41, sheet 265C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0671; FHL microfilm 1,254,671.
7. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M481-VJH : 2 April 2016), Matilda Crosby in household of Knowles Crosby, Ohio, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing p. 29, line 15; Library and Archives Canada film number C-10546, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,229,134.
8. ↑ Findagrave Memorial #71305237 showing a photo and the inscription on the gravestone

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