Crosby Simon b. 1608 Holme On, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, U.K. d. SEP 1639 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

1608 - 1639

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Birth 1608 Holme On, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England, U.K. [1]

Gender Male

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Died Sep 1639 Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA [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. , d. 1639

Children

1. Crosby Simon, b. 06 Aug 1637, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

, d. 26 Jan 1725/26, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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.

[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).