Ebenezer Crosby (1747 - 1826)

Born 26 Aug 1747 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Robinson) Crosby — married about 1771 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1826 at age 78 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Ebenezer Crosby was born 26 Aug 1747, the son of Jonathan Crosby and Hannah Hamblin of Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts^{[1] [2]}

Ebenezer moved with his family to Yarmouth Nova Scotia in June 1761^{[3] [4]}

The genealogy indicates that Ebenezer was married twice. His first wife is not known and there may have been no children. Second, he married Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Jabez Robinson^[1]. Their children included:

1. Ebenezer 2nd, born in 1772, who married Sarah Richardson, daughter of Reuben Richardson, and who died December 1863^[1] (see Findagrave Memorial#109014554)
2. Edmund, born February 8, 1775, who married Lydia Ring, daughter of George^[1]
3. Jonathan 3rd, born April 25, 1776, who married Mary Churchill, daughter of Ezra^[1]
4. Stephen, born July 17, 1777, who died unmarried^[1]
5. Hannah, born September 16, 1779, who married Amasa Durkee Jr^[5], and who died October 3, 1866^{[1] [6]} {See Findagrave Memorial #179645589)
6. Abiel, born December 3, 1780^[1]
7. Benjamin, born April 13, 1782, who married Phoebe Scott^{[1] [7]}
8. Nathan, born August 21, 1783, who married Margaret Simms daughter of Robert, and then married Hannah Hilton, daughter of Amos 2nd^[1]
9. Samuel, born December 21, 1785^[1]
10. Dorcas, born June 18, 1787, who married William Hammond Jr; then married John Savage^[8]; and third married Matthew Wyman, son of Ephraim; and who died November 11, 1866^[9][1]
11. Rebecca, born December 19, 1789, who married Comfort Haley, son of Comfort.^{[1] [10]}

Ebenezer Crosby died February 26, 1826^[1]

Sources

• Smith, Leonard Howard, and Norma H. Smith. Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub., 1992. Print.
• https://www.wyman.org/Genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I38816&tree=Wyman

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; page 28, 29
2. ↑ Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Topics Registers of births, etc.--Massachusetts--Cape Cod, Sturgis Library (Barnstable, Mass.), Marriage records--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Barnstable (Mass.)--Genealogy, Cape Cod (Mass.)--Genealogy; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson; Collection sturgislibrary; regionaldigitizationmass; americana; Digitizing sponsor Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners; Contributor Sturgis Library; Volume Vol. 14 (Crispe to Crosby); Handwritten : loose-leaf. See page 220.
3. ↑ A history of the county of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia by Campbell, J. R. (John Roy), 1841-1928; Publication date 1876; Publisher Saint John, N.B. : J. & A. McMillan; collection americana; Digitizing sponsor Google; Book from the collections of Harvard University
4. ↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; a sequel to Campbell's History; by Brown, George S. (George Stayley); Topics Yarmouth (N.S.); Publisher Boston, Rand, 1888; Collection robarts; toronto
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7RG-P7G : 10 December 2014), Hannah Crosby in entry for Samuel Durkee, 09 Mar 1891; citing Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, v 418 p 421, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,503.
6. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing Hannah Durkee, died 1866 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth County can be found in Registration Year: 1866 - Book: 1818 - Page: 16 - Number: 14
7. ↑ Nova Scotia Vital Records showing George Frederick Crosby, son of Benjamin and Phoebe, born 1866 in Yarmouth, Yarmouth County can be found in Registration Year: 1866 - Book: 1823 - Page: 16 - Number: 208
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N47Z-S79 : 30 July 2017), Dorcas Crosby in entry for John Savage and Amelia J Atwood, 05 Dec 1895; citing , Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,244.
9. ↑ "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PX-38S : 28 November 2014), Crosby in entry for Dorcas Hyman, 08 Nov 1866; citing Cemetery, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, reference p17 line22; FHL microfilm 1,298,862.
10. ↑ "Canada Marriages, 1661-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2KZ-X2V : 5 December 2014), Rebecca Haley in entry for Wilson A Haley and Eliabeth M. Cook, 13 Jul 1871; citing Cheboque, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, reference pg 52 ln 92; FHL microfilm 1,298,995.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Crosby-415 created through the import of Overstreet Family GEDCOM.ged on Aug 13, 2011 by Alanover X. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Alanover and others.

• WikiTree profile Crosby-735 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Pam and others.