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Reliance (Hopkins) Crosby (1709 - 1788)

Reliance Crosby formerly Hopkins
Born in Harwich, Barnstable, Massmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 26 Sep 1735 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 78 in Southeast, Dutchess, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

Reliance Hopkins was born on 17 November 1719 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Rich) Hopkins. [1] [2] She is mentioned in the 1749 will of her father Samuel Hopkins as Reliamce Crosbe. [3] David Crosby and Reliance Hopkins married on 27 Dec 1734 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts[4] and they had the following children [5]:

  • David Crosby
  • Susanna Crosby
  • Reliance Crosby
  • Abner Crosby
  • Sarah Crosby
  • Eli Crosby
  • Moses Crosby
  • Huldah Crosby

She died in what was then Dutchess County, but now is Putnam County, and is buried in Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Putnam County, New York [6]

Reliance Hopkins. [7]

Born 17 Nov 1709. [8]

Died 25 February 1788. Putnam County, New York, USA. Age: 78.

Reliance was a Mayflower Descendant

Citation: Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015, Vol. 6, pp. 350-351. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48707/350/69634512

Name: Reliance HOPKINS
Marriage: 6/19/1735
Location: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text: Gen. 5: 375 RELIANCE HOPKINS5 (Samuel Hopkins4, Stephen Hopkins3, Giles Hopkins2, Stephen Hopkins1)
Spouse: David Crosby
Father: Samuel Hopkins
Volume Name: Hopkins, Stephen (Vol. 6)
Page: 350

Sources

  1. Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). See an image of the document at Ancestry.com (requires logging in).
  2. New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vol No. 102, P. 53.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=scIUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=rebekah+bangs+1659..1700&source=bl&ots=2IPF_-5t_i&sig=ACfU3U1h6ZkVi5UtIBQBW2dyJUasXsBj0g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3oILX8vXnAhUCLqwKHZjpDZcQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=Hopkins&f=false
  4. Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. See an image of the document at Ancestry.com (requires logging in).
  5. Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. See an image of the document at Ancestry.com (requires logging in).
  6. Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 22 Feb 2016), memorial page for Reliance (Hopkins) Crosby (1712 - 1788), Find A Grave Memorial no. 1,6829,536, citing Old Southeast Church Cemetery, Putnam County, New York; the accompanying photographs by Chip Rowe are materially informative, with the Inscription: in 75th yr, wife of David. Find-a-Grave Memorial
  7. Source: #S1114163690
  8. Source: #S1114163690

See also:

  • family papers-1
  • family papers-2
  • family papers-3
  • Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Volume: 83. Page Number: 369 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.): 23 Oct 1905, 8270; 1 Nov 1905, 8270; 31 Jul 1918, 7108.
  • Source: S1114163690 Repository: #R1100812944 Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.




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Hopkins-5626 and Hopkins-3829 appear to represent the same person because: When duplicates are found, they should be merged rather than cut off and left flosting as empty profiles. Please merge.
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