Joseph
Crosby
Born in Worcester, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Crosby Jr.
and Hannah (Maynard) Crosby
Brother of
Benjamin Crosby, Hannah (Crosby) Howe, Sarah (Crosby) Miller and Catharine (Crosby) Stearns
Husband of
Hannah (How) Crosby
— married
18 Dec 1753 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine Crosby, Willliam Crosby, Elizabeth (Crosby) Barber, Stephen Crosby, Jonathan Crosby, Hannah Crosby, Joseph Crosby, Hannah Crosby and John Crosby
Died before
before age 45
in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Nov 2014
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Biography
Born 16 Aug 1731 in Worcester, son of Joseph and Hannah Crosby.[1]
In 1746, Ephraim Maynard of Marlborough was appointed guardian of Joseph, aged 15 years.[2] In 1750, Ephraim Maynard signed a receipt for Joseph's share of his father's estate.[3]
Married Hannah Howe 18 Dec 1753. They had nine children.[4] He died in Athol before 1803 when his widow died.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Worcester Births
- ↑ "Probate records v. 101-105 1737-1758" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-S1ZC : 6 March 2024), Film# 007704228, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 287, Vol 101, Page 188.
- ↑ "Probate records v. 3 1748-1751, 1793-1837, 1865-1898" database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-F38P-M : 27 March 2024), Film# 007704428, Worcester, Massachusetts, image 164, Vol 3, Page 309.
- ↑ Howe Genealogies, the Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts" by Daniel Wait Howe, 1929 NEHGS Vol. 1 pages=32
- ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Athol Deaths, p190
- "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQX2-1LQ : 15 January 2020), Joseph Crosby, 1731.
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT334319, FTDNA kit #996555
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Crosby-6304 and Crosby-1666 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate info
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Rejected matches › Joseph M Crosby
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