Eleazer Crosby (abt. 1680 - 1760)

Born about 31 Mar 1680 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Freeman) Crosby — married 24 Oct 1706 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Hester (Rider) Crosby — married 16 Jun 1733 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1760 at about age 80 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

The will of Eleazer Crosby of Harwich, dated 23 October 1759 and proved 17 Dec 1759, named his (second) wife "Easter;" daughters Rebecca Hopkins, Phebe Clark and Sarah Yeats/Yates, Patience Paine, Zerviah Crosby; granddaughter Keziah Baker; sons Eleazer, Isaac, Prince and Silvanus Crosby; Eleazer to be executor.^[1]

Name

Name: Eleazer /Crosby/^[2]

Birth

Date: 28 Mar 1675

Place: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Source: #S-1988887953

Text: Birth date: 1675 Birth place: Massachusetts

APID: 3599::2393781

Marriage

His first wife was Patience Freeman, the daughter of John Freeman and Sarah Merrick^{[3] [4]}

His second wife was Esther (Rider) Smith, widow of Dean Smith^[3]. Their intentions were published on June 16, 1733 in Harwhich, Massachusetts^{[5] [4]}

Eleazer and Esther (Rider) Smith Crosby's children included:

1. Prince Crosby^{[3] [4]}
2. Sylvanus Crosby^{[3] [4]}
3. Zerviah Crosby^{[3] [4]}

Esther was alive when Eleazer died, and received dower rights when his estate was administered on July 20 1760^[3].

Source

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCQ8-Y5H : 4 December 2014), Eliezer Crosby, 31 Mar 1680; citing , EASTHAM, BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS, 2:179F2GG; FHL microfilm 905,406.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6L-BXW : 4 December 2014), Eliezer Crosby in entry for Rebekah Crosby, 12 May 1709; citing HARWICH,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0001250 V. 2, 0001251 V. 4, 0001251 V. 5, 0161967 V. 11, 0161967 V. 6, 0161967 V. 7, 0161967 V. 8, 0161969 V. 13, 0161971 V. 19, 0161971 V. 20, 0161972 V. 23, 0161972 V. 24, 0161975 V. 33, 0161975 V. 34.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MVKZ-354 : accessed 2017-01-05), entry for Eleazer Crosby.

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Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.

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Title: Ancestry Family Trees

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Eleazor was born in 1680. He passed away in 1760.

Sources

1. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 7:81; 9:441; 12:81, 396; 13:253-254.
2. ↑ Source: #S58
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} "The John Riders of Yarmouth, Massachusetts" by Martin E Hollick, in The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005) Vol 80, p 130.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Esther's marriages with Dean Smith and Eleazer Crosby, and Eleazer's marriage with Patience Freeman is also discussed in Mayflower Families in Process: William Brewster of the Mayflower and the Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience; Author: Barbara Lambert Merrick; General Society of Mayflower Descendants.; Publisher: [Plymouth, Mass.] : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 on pages 33-35
5. ↑ Vital Records, Town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 Editors Louise H. Kelley, Dorothy Straw; Contributor Harwich Historical Society; Publisher Harwich Historical Society, 1982; ISBN 0884920402, 9780884920403; Length 603 pages. see page 56 for Esther Rider and Eleazer Crosby's marriage

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