John Cross (abt. 1520 - 1570)

Born about 1520 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

Died Mar 1570 at about age 50 in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

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Biography

Birth

Born: Say 1520. ^[1]

Rough estimate based on when it is believed his children were born.

Marriage and Children

Married: Jacomine Unknown, say 1540 (rough estimate). She married 2nd Thomas Robinson. She was buried 26 August 1610 at Wisbech. ^[1]

Children of John and Jacomine Cross: ^[1]

1. Joan Cross, born say 1542. Married 1st William Drew on 9 May 1564 (2 children named in father's will in 1570). Married 2nd Henry Ansley by 1570.
2. Mary Cross, born say 1543. Married William Scotred on 28 May 1564. They had at least 3 children.
3. Katherine Cross, born say 1545. Married Thomas Edwarde on 11 June 1566. They had at least 5 children. Their son Edward entered a pedigree into the Visitations of Cambridge. ^[2]
4. Thomasine Cross, born c1550 (under age 21 in 1570). Married 1st John May on 27 January 1571/2 in Wisbech. They had five children. He died in July or August 1584. Married 2nd Edward White on 11 January 1584/5 in Wisbech. They had four children. She is the grandmother of Mayflower passenger Dorothy May, and the mother of Mayflower passenger William White.
5. Audrey Cross, baptized 8 March 1559/60. Married Thomas Parke. She was living in 1630.
6. John Cross, baptized 22 February 1562/3

Death

Buried: March 1569/70 at St. Peter's parish in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. ^[1]

Will: of John Cross, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England. ^[1]

Dated 6 March 1569/70; proved on 20 April 1570.

Summary:

Wife Jacomine.

Son John.

Brother Thomas Cross.

Nephew Thomas Cross and his children Anne and Susan.

Children of brother Thomas Cross, John and Lucy.

Daughter Mary Skortred, wife of William Skortred, their children Robert and Emma.

Daughter Katherine Edwarde, wife of Thomas Edwarde, and their children John and Thomas.

Daughter Thomasine Cross (under age 21).

Daughter Audrey Cross.

Daughter Joan Ansley, wife of Henry Ansley.

Grandchildren Anne and William Drewe (children of Joan by her 1st husband William Drew).

Alice Goldwell, his wife's sister.

"Brother" John Baxter (probably brother of John's brother's wife Margaret Baxter, but it could also be that Jacomine's LNAB was Baxter).

"Brother Croe of Brandonferie" (Robert Crowe, husband of wife's sister Elzizabeth).

Kinswoman Katherine Hawes.

Cousin Richard Palmer of Newton

Sources

Footnotes and citations:

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} The American Genealogist, vol. 89 no. 3 (July 2017): 168-188.
2. ↑ Clay. Visitation of Cambridge. (1897): page 83.

Source list:

• The American Genealogist, vol. 89 no. 2 (April 2017): 81-94. The English Origin and Kinship of Mayflower Passengers William¹ White and Dorothy¹ (May) Bradford of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, by Caleb Johnson, Sue Allen and Simon Neal.

• The American Genealogist, vol. 89 no. 3 (July 2017): 168-188. The English Origin and Kinship of Mayflower Passengers William¹ White and Dorothy¹ (May) Bradford of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire (cont.), by Caleb Johnson, Sue Allen and Simon Neal.

• Clay, John W. ed. Visitation of Cambridge made in 1575 and in 1613. (London: Harleian Society Visitation Series, vol. 40, 1897): page 83.