David Crosby (1709 - 1793)

Born 13 Apr 1709 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Reliance (Hopkins) Crosby — married 26 Sep 1735 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1793 at age 84 in Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

David Crosby was born on 13 April 1709 in Harwich, John CROSBIE's Son Daved baptized 22 May 1709 [[2]]

Massachusetts. He was the son of John Crosby and Hannah Bangs. ^{[1] [2]}

David Crosby and Reliance Hopkins marriage intention on 27 Dec 1734 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts^[3] and they had the following children ^[4]:

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

The children appear in David's will (see attached) and Eli, Moses, and Huldah appear in U.S. Federal Census data in Putnam County and are buried with the family in Old Southeast Church Cemetery in Putnam County, New York. ^[5]

David died 20 October 1793 in what was then Dutchess county, but now is Putnam County, and is buried in Old Southeast Church Cemetery in Putnam County, New York. Inscription:^[6]

In Memory of

David Crosby

the Elder

who departed

this life

Oct. 20th 1793

in the 85th year

of his age.

The will of David Crosby of Fredericks Precinct was dated 29 Aug. 1782;^[7] signatures see source photo pdf were acknowledged 14 May 1794, and the will was proved 1 July 1794. wifeReliance; daus . Susanna Garrison, Reliance Burges, Sarah Towner,clearly legible, Huldah Youngs, sons David, Abner, Eli, Moses. See attached photo for transcription.

Research Notes

It was previously stated on this profile that David served in the American Revolution, but that is inaccurate. David's name appears in at least two applications for the Sons of the American Revolution, but his name does appear in at least two applications as the father of soldiers who did: Moses Crosby^[8][9] Abner Crosby.^[10][11] David Crosby, Jr. was also a soldier and Richard Allen Baxter (SAR #159702) applied for SAR membership with David, Jr. being his Revolutionary War ancestor.^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
2. ↑ Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Gen. Volume: 37. Page Number: 299 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.): 1 Nov 1905, 8270; 22 Jan 1906, 8413; 19 Mar 1906, 8543; 16 Apr 1906, 8543; 25 Apr 1906, 8543; 7 May 1906, 8543; 28 May 1906, 8543; 15 May 1916, 5180; 22 Mar 1922, 1216; 2 Sep 1924, 1216
3. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
4. ↑ 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.
5. ↑ 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 no.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.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com : accessed 23 Feb 2016), memorial page for David Crosby, Sr. (1709 - 1793), Find A Grave Memorial no. 1,6829,470, citing Old Southeast Chur:ch Cemetery in Putnam County, New York.; the accompanying photographs by Gary Boughton are materially informative including the legible image of the inscribed data. [1]
7. ↑ "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (28 May 2014), Dutchess > Wills 1751-1796 vol AA and A > image 378 of 465; county courthouses, New York. Ducess County Probate Records Vol. A, pp. 397-399
8. ↑ Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Microfilm, 508 rolls, ID: 255; "Application for Herman Vanderwart", national # 53212, state # 3880, image 24 of 487, by subscription at Ancestry.com.
9. ↑ "Moses Crosby, SAR Patriot #: P-141495 at Patriot Research System.
10. ↑ Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution; Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Microfilm, 508 rolls, ID: 255; "Application for I. Wixom Whitehead", image 176 of 567, by subscription at Ancestry.com.
11. ↑ "Abner Crosby, SAR Patriot #: P-141448 at Patriot Research System.
12. ↑ "David Crosby, SAR Patriot #: P-141454 at Patriot Research System.