Hannah (Ross) Crosby (1702 - 1756)

Born 13 May 1702 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of William Crosby — married 1720 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1756 at age 54 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Ross was born 13 May 1702 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. She is the daughter of Thomas Ross (Jr.) and Sarah (Unknown) Ross.^[1][2][3] Hannah Married William Crosbey (aka Crosby) in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[4]

Hannah Ross, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Ross of Billerica, was b. in Billerica 13 May 1702 and d. 4 Nov 1756.

Hannah was of Scottish descent. It is possible that she was the grand-daughter of a Scottish prisoner deported to America in a group of soldiers sold into servitude in the war that Charles (son of Charles I, executed in 1649) waged in 1651 when he tried to recover the throne of England by invading the country with an army of Scottish Highlanders. Mrs. Crosby in her book gives an account furnished by a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. This account states that many errors were made in recording the unfamiliar Scottish names. In a list several persons by the name Ross are listed, including "Jonas". The account states that all these men are found later in New England records except Jonas, that the name was so illegible in the original that it may well have been the grandfather of Hannah.

Mrs. Crosby tells us that this Thomas Ross was a servant of Edward Winship in 1656, and that he married 16 Jan 1661 Seeth Holman, the daughter of William and Winifred Holman. Winifred underwent a "long and ardous trial for witchcraft in Cambridge in 1659, from which she was finally acquitted. Seeth Holman was killed by Indians in Billerica 5 Aug 1695.

Children:

1. Hannah, b 6 Jan 1721/2; m. in Boston 1 May 1744/5 Rev. Robert Cutler who graduated from Harvard in 1741
2. William, b. 27 Aug 1723, and d.as an infant
3. Martha, b. 12 Jan 1724-5.
   1. m.(1) at Billerica, MA, 26 Dec 1745 Jacob Danforth,
   2. m.(2) at Billerica, MA, 23 Jan 1754 Matthew Mead
4. Prudence, b. 1726, Nov. 28.
5. Jesseniah, b. 1728, Oct. 7.
6. Sarah, b. 1730, June 27; m. Swan.
7. Peletiah, b. 1731-2. March 10. and d. March 25.
8. Hezekiah, b. 1732-3, Jan. 31.
9. Seth, b. 1734. Aug. 8.
10. William, b. 1737, May 9, and d.
11. Rebecca, 1738. July 31; m. 1770, Nov. 6. Samuel Lampson.
12. William, b. 1739, Jan. 4; settled in Townsend.
13. Rhoda, b. 1740, Nov. 30.
14. Mary, b. 1742, April 26.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-4C8L?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-YWR%3A353350601%2C353834301%2C353834302 : 22 October 2020), Middlesex > Billerica > Births, marriages, deaths 1627-1834 > image 33 of 276; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ Event Type: Birth Event Date: 13 May 1702 Event Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Name: Hannah Ross Sex: Female Father's Name: Thomas Ross Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Sarah Mother's Sex: Female Source Reference: Item 1 Digital Folder Number: 007578876 Microfilm Number: 873758 Originating System: ODM Indexing Batch: C50058-1 Citing this Record "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD1-KJJ : 15 January 2020), Hannah Ross, 1702.
3. ↑ Event Type: Birth Event Date: 13 May 1702 Event Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Event Place (Original): Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Name: Hannah Ross Sex: Female Father's Name: Thomas Ross Father's Sex: Male Mother's Name: Sarah Mother's Sex: Female Page: 73 Digital Folder Number: 007009657 Microfilm Number: 901881 Image Number: 00174 Indexing Batch: I00977-1 Citing this Record "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VH-NFS : 10 November 2020), Hannah Ross, 13 May 1702; citing Birth, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009657.
4. ↑ "Vital records of Billerica, Massachusetts to the year 1850" by Billerica (Mass.) Publication date 1908. Marriages Pg. 238. https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofbi00bill/page/238/mode/2up

• http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=120789476&pid=624

See also:

• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Image

Hannah Ross

Birth Date: 13 May 1702

Birth Place: Billerica, Massachusetts

Father Name: Thomas Ross

Mother Name: Sarah Ross

• "The family of Willis Vernon Farr, past and present : including descendants of his grandfather, Ivah Newton Farr and a number of female lines. Part II. Crosby"; Lisbon Falls, Me.: Jayne E. Bickford, 1977.