He is mentiooned in his father's will.
He was living in Dutchess, New York in 1800. [2] This is the same area the Crosby family settled, David Crosby and Reliance Hopkins.
Buried
Putnam, Washington, New York, United States.
FSFTID L4YR-X6H.
Marriage
Status: MARRIED.
Husband Eli Crosby.
Wife Rebecca Sears.
Marriage
WFT Est. 1766-1799.
Personal Statement
First cousin to Enoch Crosby, who was "The Spy" in the novel of the same name. I have an artifact carved from walnut by Eli Crosby, handed down through fathers to sons. It is a fishing spindle (holds line wrapped around it, with a hole into which the hook is fastened).
Sources
↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Volume: 37 Page Number: 302 Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 2 Jun 1913, 3361.
↑ Year: 1800; Census Place: Rhinbeck, Dutchess, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 21; Page: 166; Image: 171; Family History Library Film: 193709
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 22 Feb 2016), memorial page for Eli Crosby, Sr. (1749 - 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #16829484, citing Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Putnam County, New York; the accompanying photographs by KimPS are materially informative, but do not provide a legible image of the inscribed data.
See also:
Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1901) - Extracts; Publication Place: New York; Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; Page Number: 172
Year: 1790; Census Place: Fredericksontown, Dutchess, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 2; Image: 144; Family History Library Film: 0568146.
Year: 1810; Census Place: Patterson, Dutchess, New York; Roll: 30; Page: 194; Image: 00137; Family History Library Film: 0181384
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Patterson, Putnam, New York; Page: 36; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 126
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