Mary Sinclair (Barrett) Cross (1707 - abt. 1746)

Born 1707 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of John Royston — married 1 Nov 1721 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Wife of Henry Cross — married 1739 in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Descendants

Died about 1746 at about age 39 in Maryland, British Colonial America

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Biography

Mary Sinclair Barrett was born in 1707, in Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of John Barrett and Alice Bryen. ^[1] Mary married John Royston, II born circa 1692, in Baltimore, a son of John Royston, 1655-1699, and Ann Thornborough. ^[2] Mary and John attended the Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Baltimore, where the births of their children are recorded under variant spellings of the surname as Rystone, Reystone, Ristone, Ryston, and Royston.

• John Rystone, II born December 5, 1722 ^[3]

• Robert Rystone, born September 21, 1724 ^[4]

• Thomas Reystone, born March 9, 1726 ^[5]

• Mary Ristone, born September 19, 1729 ^[6]

• Rechal Reystone, born June 8, 1732 ^[7]

• Benjamin Ryston, born May 23, 1735 ^[8]

• Abraham Royston, born July 10, 1737 ^[9]

John Royston, II died between 1737 and 1739 and the administrator of his estate was Henry Cross, who made payments to creditors from the estate on April 29, 1740, August 6, 1740 and December 5, 1741. ^[10] Mary, with six young children, married Henry Crosse, a son of John and Rachel Crosse. ^[11] The children of Mary and Henry are recorded at the Saint Paul Episcopal Church in Baltimore, under the surname of "Cross:"

• Henry Cross, born December 12, 1739, in Baltimore ^[12]

• Rebecca Cross

• Solomon Cross, born May 29, 1745, in Baltimore ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7P1-PSN
2. ↑ https://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/trees/592248/I375740/john-royston/individual
3. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGX-VY3Z : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Jno. Rystone, 1722
4. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGD-RNT2 : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Robt. Ryston, 1724
5. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGC-6SMM : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Thomas Reystone, 1726
6. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGF-22T2 : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Mary Ristone, 1729
7. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYG6-XWW2 : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Rechal Reystone, 1732
8. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGF-4R2M : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Benjamin Ryston, 1735
9. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYGX-WJMM : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Abraham Royston, 1737
10. ↑ https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I63800&tree=Tree1
11. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/henry-cross-24-252vz8w
12. ↑ "Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HYG6-8GZM : 12 February 2020), Mary in entry for Henry Cross, 1739
13. ↑ Barnes, Robert William, Baltimore County families, 1659-1759, Call number F187.B2 B322 1989, (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1989. xii, 924 p. ; 23 cm.)