Crosby Simon
Male 1608 - 1639

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  • Birth  1608  Holme On, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, U.K. Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender  Male 
    _UPD  07 OCT 2009 18:44:21 GMT-5 
    Died  Sep 1639  Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID  I5410  Alan Donald Vibber
    Last Modified  08 Dec 2009 
     
    Family  Brigham Ann,   b. 1619, Holme On, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, U.K. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1639 
    Children 
     1. Crosby Simon,   b. 06 Aug 1637, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1725/26, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2326  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Simon Crosby, the immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1608. He embarked for New England in the ship "Susan and Ellen," April 18, 1634, with his wife Ann, aged twenty-five years, and son Thomas, aged eight weeks. He was a prominent citizen of Cambridge. Massachusetts, where he was selectman in 1636-38. He resided at the corner of Brattle street and Brattle square near the site of the old Brattle House. He died September, 1639. His widow Ann married (second), the Rev. William Thompson, of Braintree. before 1646, surviving her second husband, who died December 10, 1666. Thomas Crosby, believed to be his brother, was in Cambridge as early as 1640. residing on the westerly side of Ash street, removing thence to Rowley, Massachusetts. Children : i. Thomas, born February, 1634, graduate of Harvard in 1653, minister in Eastham, Massachusetts. 2. Simon, Jr., born in Cambridge, August, 1637, mentioned below. 3. Joseph, born February 1638-39, settled in Braintree, where many descendants have lived: married Sarah 'Brackett.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S230] Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: Lewis historical publishing company, 1908;), 1258 (Reliability: 3).