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CRARY, PETER, was the first of the name in Conn. He was in New London as early as 1663, and was there when the patent of New London was sanctioned by the Governor and Company, 1701. Ile resided on the Groton side of the river. He married Christobel Gallop, dau'r of John, of New London, in 1677, and had a dau'r Christobel, b. Feb., 1678-9. His other children, found in his will, were Peter, John, William, Robert, Margaret, and Ann. Peter, the father, d. in 1708. (Caulk., p. 351.)
CRARY, CHRISTOPHER, (a grandson of Peter, sen'r, of New London, ) settled first in Voluntown, Conn., and removed from thence
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to Clarendon, Vermont, with his family, viz., his wife, son Ezra, and perhaps others.
CRARY, EZRA, son of Christopher, m. and had children, in Vermont, viz., Nathan, Elias, and Nathaniel, and two dau'rs; Dolly, who m. John Smith, and another dau'r m. Randall Arnold.
CRARY, NATHAN, son of Ezra, was a Methodist minister, and removed into St. Lawrence County, New York. He m. and had children, viz., Edward, Appleton, Nathan, John Westley, and Stephen ; some of his sons were also Methodist ministers.
CRARY, ELIAS, son of Ezra, m. Betsey Palmer, also removed from Voluntown, Conn., with her father, David Palmer, to Vermont. Elias and Betsey had issue, Solomon, Polly, Elias, Jr., Sally, Nathan, Cynthia, Dr. David, and George. They all married. Solomon and Sally live in Pottstown, St. Lawrence County, New York ; Appleton and Polly live in Wallingford, Vermont, where they were born ; Elias, Jr., settled in Illinois ; Nathan, Cynthia, and George, m., had families, and deceased.
CRARY, DR. DAVID, son of Elias, removed from Vermont to Conn., the land of his forefathers ; he is now in a full practice of medicine at Hartford, Conn. He m. 1st, Susan Harris, of Brattle- borough, Vt., dau'r of Calvin Harris, and had issue, David, Frank and Susan. His wife d. in Hartford, 1849, aged 38. He m., 2d, Martha Tryan, of Glastenbury, dau'r of Isaac, d. in 1851, and has issue by this marriage.
CRARY, POLLY, dau'r of Elias, m. Dr. John Fox, of Wall- ingford, Vermont, whose father went from Woodstock, Conn., to Vermont ; he was an eminent physician and surgeon, and frequently a member of the General Assembly of Vermont, in both branches. Dr. Fox had three sons, two of whom were physicians.
THOMAS CRARY was a sharer of Mill Swamp, in Hatfield, Mass., in 1672, with Samuel Gillet, &c.
CRAW, ELIJAH, m. Elizabeth Wakelee, August 3, 1732, at Stratford, and had Jabez Craw, b. at Stratford, February 13, 1733-4, &c.
CRAWFORD. This nanie was at Killingworth after 1700. CRAFORD, (perhaps CRAWFORD,) MORDICA, wife Judith, at Salem, in 1663. This name is now found in Union and other eastern towns in Conn. Craford, has 3 coats of arms ; Crauford, 1, Crawfurd, 28; Crawfurde, 1.
CRAFFORD, TABITHA, of Plainfield, Conn., m. Isaac Gran- ger, of Suffield, Jan. 14, 1731; issue, b. at Suffield, Joseph, b. 65
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1731-2; Josiah, b. 1735; Anna, b. 1742; Tabitha, b. 1748-9. Josiah, d. in the army, Sept. 1, 1756; his wife d. July 30, 1754.
Farmer names Stephen Crawford, Mass., d. before, 1649. It is not found an early name in Conn. The name was at Killingworth not early. One graduated at Dartmouth College, 1807; one at Harvard College, 1761; one at Brown University, 1831 ; and one at Williams College, 1836. This has been an important name in Georgia. Stephen, Mass., d. before 1649. (Farmer.)
CRESSE, CRISSE, NATHANIEL, of Branford, as early as 1682. CRISSY, JOHN, of Stamford, had children, viz., Sarah, b. Sept. 25, 1693; Abigail, b. March 6, 1695 ; John, b. Feb. 2, 1696 ; Deborah, b. Feb. 14, 1698; Nathaniel, b. 1700; Mary, b. 1704; and Moses, b. 1706.
CRISSY, WM., had John, b. May 15, 1665, perhaps others.
CRISSEE, BENJAMIN, owned six lots of land at Watertown, Mass., soon after its settlement. ( Wat. Rec.)
Michael Cresse, in Mass., 1658 ; Mighill Cresse, 1669; Michael Cresse, aged 30, in 1658 ; and Mighill Cressie, aged 40, in 1669, in Mass. A family of this name lived at Southbury about 1730. John, and Mary Crissy, his wife, of Southbury, owned rights in Mine Hill, in Roxbury, Conn., as early as 1730.
Cresse, has 4 coats of arms ; Cressy, 4 ; Cressey or Cressie, has 1. Noah Cressey graduated at Williams College in 1805 ; 2 at Am- herst, 1826-8 ; 1 at Dartmouth College in 1834.
CRIPPIN, THOMAS, of Haddam, and his wife Francis, and Francis his widow. His will, dated May 10, 1705. Inventory dated Jan. 24, 1709-10. Estate, £47, 3s. Children, Catherine Rowley, Mary Corbee, Mercy Crippin, Experience Crippin, Thomas and Jabez. These children were living at the settlement of the estate in 1710. Jabez, above, son of Thomas, was an original pro- prietor of the town of Sharon, Conn. He first located at Colchester, and removed from Colchester to Sharon. He m. Thankful Fuller, at Colchester, July 9, 1707, and had issue, Susanna, b. May 21, 1708; Francis, b. June, 26, 1710; Lydia, b. March 17, 1713; Thomas, b. May 15, 1715; Jabez, b. July, 14, 1717 ; John, b. March 20, 1720 ; Mehitabel, b. July 6, 1722 ; Samuel, b. July 7, 1724 ; Joseph, b. June 7, 1726 ; Thankful, b. April 2, 1728. His sons John, Jabez, Jr., Thomas, Samuel, and Joseph, in 1752 re- moved to Armenia in Dutchess County, New York, at a place called Crippintown. Jabez, sen'r, d. at Manchester, in Vermont, in
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1785. Francis, dau'r of Jabez, sen'r, m. Timothy Carrier, Feb. 26, 1729-30, and had issue, Elizabeth Thankful, 2d Elizabeth, and others. Cripping, or Cropping, has 1 coat of arms. Jabez was a man of some reputation in Sharon, where he was the first selectman elected in the town. A good family in Plymouth Colony.
CRISP, ZACHERY, early at Wethersfield. Crisp has one coat of arms ; Crispe, 7; Crispie, one.
CRITTENDEN, CRUTTENDEN, CRITTINGTON, ABRA- HAM, one of the first settlers of Guilford. The town was purchased Sept. 29, 1639, and Crittenden was one of the grantees in trust in the draft, for the body of settlers in Guilford. The contract was made and signed by the Sachem Squaw, for the Indians, and by Henry Whitefield for the settlers and planters. Abraham Crittenden, sen'r, was assessed in Guilford in the General Assessment in 1642 or 1650, at £100, 16s .; Abraham, Jr., at £82, 13s .; John, at £62, 6s .; Thomas, at £50 ; Isaac Cruttenden, same year, assessed at £67. Abraham Cruttenden, sen'r and Jr., and Thomas Cruttenden, were in the list of freemen at Guilford, Sept. 24, 1669, and Isaac Crittington, of Guilford, propounded for a freeman in May, 1670.
CRITTENDEN, ABRAHAM, m. Susanna Grigson, at New Haven, May 13, 1661. Abraham Crittenden, of Farmington, had children, Stephen, b. April 15, 1755; Levi, b. Nov. 28, 1758; Jason, b. March 30, 1761, &c.
CRITTENDEN, JONATHAN, and Bethiah Chapman, m. at Colchester, May 5, 1762. This name is first found at Guilford in the first settlement of the town, the year after the settlement of New Haven. The patent of Guilford was granted by the Governor and Company, Dec. 7, 1685, to Andrew Leet, Esq., Mr. Josiah Rossiter, Abraham Crittenden, Sergeant Jolin Crittenden, &c., in trust for the other inhabitants of Guilford. William Crittenden, Abraham Crit- tenden, sen'r and Jr., are named in Lambert's first list of settlers at Guilford in 1650, and William Crittenden as one of the original purchasers.
Cruttendon has 1 coat of arms, Cruttendon or Crutendon, 1.
CROCKER, JOHN; (of Barnstable ;) will dated Feb. 10, 1668, mentions his brother William Crocker's children, viz., John, Job, Samuel, Josias, Elisha, and Joseph. His kinsman, Job Crocker, Ex'rs. (See Gen. Reg.) William Crocker and his wife, Alice, of Barnstable, had children recorded there, viz., John, May 1, 1637 ; Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1639, d. 1658; Samuel, b. July 3, 1642 ;
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Job, March 9, 1644 ; Josiah, b. Sept. 19, 1647 ; Eleazer, July 21, 1650 ; Joseph, 1654. (His. Reg.)
Farmer names John Crocker, of Scituate, 1638, and Thomas, of Kittery, freemen, 1652.
CROCKER, THOMAS, purchased a house lot in New London in 1660. He m. Ann Beebe, dau'r of Samuel ; also, Thomas Crocker, m. Rachel, dau'r of George Chappell, sen'r. He d. Jan. 18, 1715-16, resided in New London about 50 years, and about 83 years old at his death. He had children,
1 Mary, b. March 4, 1668-9.
2 Thomas, Jr., b. Sept., 1670.
3 John, b. 1672.
4 Samuel, b. July 27, 1676.
5 William, b. 1680.
6 Andrew, b. 1683.
THOMAS, JR., d. aged 83 years and 7 months. William, the 4th son of Thomas, was styled "Captain of the Scouts." John, son of John, and grandson of Thomas, was a soldier in the French war, and d. Nov. 30, 1746, aged 40. Andrew, son of Thomas, of New London, m. Sarah, dau'r of Thomas Leach, 1706. ( Caulkins and Record.)
CROCKER, JAMES, was early at Colchester, where his chil- dren were born and baptized, viz., Simeon, b. Sept. 19, 1722 ; Abi- gail, b. March 22, 1724; Hannah, b. Jan. 17, 1726; Levy, b. May 19, 1728 ; Jonathan, b. March 16, 1730 ; James, Jr., b. April 20, 1732 ; Thankful, b. Jan. 27, 1733-4; Lydia, b. Jan. 14, 1735-6 ; and Ephram, b. Sept., 1739. James Crocker, Jr., m. Rhoda, of 2d church in Colchester, had James, bap. Dec. 30, 1758; Daniel, bap. Feb. 10, 1760, &c.
CROCKER, JONATHAN, son of James, m. Rachel Skinner, of Colchester, in 1755 ; children, Olive, Amos, David, Jona- than, &c.
CROCKER, ISAAC, appears at Colchester, and his wife Eliza- beth. His first child b. there, Abigail, March 10, 1733, Martha, and perhaps others. Isaac d. in Colchester, August, 1769, aged 77 years. Anne d. in Colchester, March 29, 1772, aged 49.
CROCKER, SIMEON, and DOROTHY, his wife, of Colchester, had Isaac, bap. in 2d church in Colchester, Oct. 12, 1755 ; Timothy, bap. April 16, 1758; William, bap. 1660, also William, bap. 1661; Isaac, son of Simeon and Hannah, bap. June 20, 1784; Dorothy, June, 1784; Simeon, bap. 1785; perhaps two wives, and perhaps two families.
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CROCKER, JOSEPH, and SARAII, his wife, had Isaac, bap. at 2d church in Colchester, April 11, 1756; also Sarah; Lydia. bap. April, 1756 ; Jurdan, bap. Nov. 9. 1766; and Joseph, bap. Dec. 29, 1771. SIMEON CROCKER m. Huldah Williams, both of Colchester, Nov., 1778. This is all I find at Colchester of the families who settled there. ( Records of Colchester and Otis.)
CROCKER, CROAKER, ELIEZA, and his wife, Judith, of Windham, had children, viz., Ebenezer, b. Jan. 2d, 1724-5 ; John, b. August 23, 1727, d. 1727 ; Hannah, b. June 27, 1729; Ruth, b. Dec. 7, 1732, d. 1737; 2d John, b. August 3, 1735; Sarah, b. August 9, 1739. Elieza and his wife Judith, admitted to the church in Hampton, April or Nov. 24, 1723.
SARAH CROCKER had an ear-mark at Lyme for her cattle in 1734. OLIVER CROCKER, of Lebanon, removed to Sharon be- fore the Revolution, and d. there in 1812, aged 81, and his widow d. over 90 years old. He left no sons. ( Sedgwick.)
CROCKER, SETH, and Caleb Holt, of Willington, were mem- bers of the Convention in Conn. in 1788, to ratify the constitution of the United States ; both voted affirmatively.
CROOKER, CROCKER, aged 28 in 1670.
CROCKER, REV. BENJAMIN, graduated at Harvard College, 1713; taught school in Ipswich from 1717 to 1719, and afterward in 1759-60, and left Ipswich in 1764. He preached as early as 1726, and received "one pound, for preaching on Sabbath days, from the treasurer of the town ; " (supposed of Ipswich ; ) father of Deacon Jolin Crocker. William Crocker made the inventory of Thomas Burnam's estate of Barnstable ; will dated May 9, 1663. John Crocker, with Barnabas Lathrop, made the inventory of the estate of Tristram Hull, (Barnstable,) his will dated Dec. 20, 1666. (Hist. Reg.) Thirteen of this name graduated at Harvard College before 1849; six at Yale College before 1835; three at Brown University before 1823.
May 6, 1640, it was ordered at court that William Fowler and John Cracker should have the goods of two men drowned, to satisfy the debt. ( New Haven Colony.)
Crocker has one coat of arms. (See Croaker.)
CROCKER, OLIVER, removed from Lebanon to Sharon, Conn., previous to the war of the Revolution, and d. April 12, 1812, aged 81 years. His widow d. aged 90 years. His name not perpetu- ated by any sons.
CROMBIE, ALEXANDER, in 1663.
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CROMBE, DANIEL, of Westerly, Rhode Island, m. Alice, the widow of Richard Haughton, who had lived in Milford, Wethers- field and New London, and who d. in 1670. (See Haughton.)
Crombie has two coats of arms.
CROMMELINE, CHARLES, in 1715 owned one-fourteenth part of the mines in Simsbury, (or one-third part,) which he pur- chased of Elias Boudinot, merchant, of New York, August 10, 1715. Crommelin has one coat of arms, and Cromlyn one.
CROOKE, SARAH, in 1672, and George Ash, in 1682 were settlers at East Hartford. Sarah owned 2 lots of land in Hartford in 1680, which she sold to William Pitkin in 1685 ; Samuel Crooke, in Conn. in 1664. William Crooke, James Cross, &c., embarked from England for Virginia in the Thomas and John in 1635. Crook has four coats of arms; Crooke five; Crooks one, and Crooks or Crucks, one.
CROOKER, CROAKER, CROKER, WILLIAM, was early at Stratford, but did not long remain there, and others were there with him, viz., Francis Jacocks, William Quimbe, Edward Higby, widow Ramble, John Gregory, John Reader, John Fish, John Jener, Robert Rice, Francis Stiles, Richard Mills from Windsor, and Thomas Thornton, &c., owners of real estate in Stratford, some of whom were residents for a short period only. Quimby went to New Jersey, where the name is yet found. Richard Mills was a first settler at Windsor ; went to Stratford ; from there to Stamford. Perhaps the same Esq. Richard who figured at Westchester in its first settlement, the old schoolmaster, perhaps ancestor of the Mills of Fairfield County.
CROCKER, (DEVONSHIRE.) See Croker, for coats of arms. CROCKER, WM., of Scituate, soon after 1633, also JOHN CROCKER.
THOMAS CROOKER was an early settler at Stratford, and held lands there. He died and left no children. As the name is sometimes spelt Croaker, perhaps it was Crocker. Sarah Crooker, m. Thomas Maycumber, at Marshfield, Jan. 20, 1676. Jonathan Crooker, m. Sarah Allen, in Marshfield, 1714. Francis Crooker, m. Patience Child, in Marshfield, Mass., March 11, 1723-4, (per- haps Crocker.) (His. Reg.)
Coats of arms, of which the name has several. Croker, (London and Batisford, county of Gloucester, ) has one. Croker or Crocker, (original seated at Croker's Hele,) and Crokern, farmer, in Devon- shire, became possessed of Lineham, by marriage with the heiress of
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Churchill. The genealogy of Croker or Crocker, of Lineham, is ac- curately recorded by Prince, Risdon, and Pole, and exhibits a descent of no less than 11 John Crokers in almost uninterrupted succession. The last male of the elder branch was Courtenay Croker, Esq., whose only daughter and heir, Mary, carried the estate of Lineham into the family of Bulteel. But the male line was preserved by the de- scendants of Thomas Croker of Trevillas, the 2d son of the 8th John Croker, of Lineham, &c. Croker, (Ireland, ) founded by the 2d son of the 8th John Croker, of Lineham, Thomas Croker, of Tre- villas, county of Cornwall, who acquired, about 1600, the estate of Ballyanker, county of Waterford, and was ancestor of the Crokers of Tallow, represented by the Right Honorable John Wilson Croker, of the Crokers of Ballynagard, county of Limerick ; and a numerous branch settled in Dublin, of which was Anne, dau'r and heiress of Thomas Croker, and wife of Sir Edward Crofton- bart, created, in 1797, Baroness Crofton, and Thomas Croker, Esq., the well-known writer.) Arms, Crest, and Motto, as Croker of Lineham, and six other coats for this name. (See Burk's Her- aldry.)
CROSBY, WM., the servant or hired man of James Olmsted, of Hartford. In Olmsted's will he gave Crosby £5, and directed him to serve out his time with his son Nehemiah. Will dated Sept. 28, 1640. This was the first of the name in Connecticut. At a much later period there was a Benjamin Crosby at East Iladdam, and at a still later period a Samuel Crosby, of Hadlyme, where he was a Deacon before 1750. The name of Corbe was one of the first pro- prietors of old Haddam, (perhaps Crosby now.) The name of Crosby came into some of the eastern towns of the colony at a late period of the settlement.
CROSBY, EBENEZER, m. Chloe Hooker of West Hartford, June, 1763. Issue, Chloe, bap. Dec. 13, 1765 ; Job, bap. March 10, 1685 ; Ebenezer, bap. June 3, 1785. Harriet Steel, dau'r of widow Britty Crosby, of West Hartford, bap. Sept. 12, 1824. Asaph re- ceived to full communion and baptism, Nov. 10, 1783, at West Hartford.
CROSBIE, HANNAH, m. John Johnson, of Ipswich, 1655. Thomas, early at Eastham, an inhabitant in 1695. Dr. Anthony Crosby m. widow Prudence Cotton, 1673. Anthony, aged 23 in 1659 ; Joseph 25 in 1665 ; widow Prudence, relict of Dr. Anthony, m. Rev. Seaborn Cotton, 1655, maiden name Prudence Ward. Hon. William Crosby, b. at Billerica, 1770, d. aged 80, (Belfast.)
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Oliver, b. at Billerica, of Atkinson, Mass., lawyer at Dover, New Hampshire, 1798 ; removed to Maine, and d. July 29, 1851, aged 82. Anthony, 1659. (Hist. Reg.)
SIMON CROSBY, farmer, aged 26 ; his wife Ann, aged 25, and son Thomas, aged 8 months, came to New England in the Susan and Ellen.
Farmer names Anthony, a chirurgeon, of Rowley, before 1652, and his sons, Nathaniel, b. 1667, d. 1701; Nathan, b. 1669. His widow, 2d wife of Rev. Seabord Cotton. Joseph, of Braintree, probably son of Simon, of Cambridge, Rep. 1690, d. 26 Nov., 1695, m. Sarah Bracket, 1675; sons Thomas, Simon, Ebenezer, &c. Simon, Cambridge, 1635, free 1636, selectman 1636-8. His son Simon first innholder in Billerica, representative in 1691-7-8, m. Rachel Bracket, July 15, 1659, and had several sons. Thomas, probably an elder brother of the preceding, graduated at Harvard College, 1653, settled at Eastham, and living in 1698. His children were Simon, b. July 5, 1665 ; Sarah, b. 1667; Joseph, b. Jan. 27, 1669 ; John, and perhaps others.
THOMAS CROSBY, early at Cambridge and Rowley. This was an early name in Mass., and not so in Conn., except William the servant of James Olmsted, at Hartford. Crosbey has 1 coat of arms, Crossbie 6, Crosby 6, Crossby 2. Minot Sherman Crosby graduated at Amherst College in 1850. Joshua graduated at Brown University, 1792. Five graduated at Yale College before 1824; 14 graduated at Dartmouth College before 1855; 10 grad- uated at Harvard College before 1805.
CROSWELL, REV. ANDREW, graduated at Harvard College, 1728, and ordained at North Groton, the 4th settled minister, 1729, or Oct. 14, 1736 ; he had more zeal than prudence, and an anxious and fervid supporter of Whitefield. He remained their minister until 1746, when he left the society and went to Boston and became the first pastor of the 11th Congregational church in Boston, and was installed Oct. 5, 1748, and continued until he d., April 12, 1785, aged 76. (See Caulk. Hist. New London.) The north society of New London was embodied in church estate in 1729.
CALEB CROSWELL, of West Hartford, m. Hannah Kellogg, Feb. 26, 1767. The manuscript of this family is either mislaid or lost. Three of the name had graduated at Harvard College in 1798, and three at Yale College in 1822.
DR. CROSWELL of New Haven is supposed a descendant of the West Hartford family. Little is found of the early
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family of this name. It has proved too good a family to lose its ancestors.
CROSS, WILLIAM, of Windsor, was an early settler there, he also owned several lots of land in Wethersfield as early as 1644. He was fined 40s. in 1644-5 for having wine sold in his shop with- out a license. He was defendant in court in Hartford at the suit of Richard Butler, for £6, in 1649. William Cross appears to have been a seafaring man. He died at Fairfield, and the inventory of his estate was presented in court at Fairfield, Oct. 25, 1655. He left a widow, and perhaps children. William Cross, of Fairfield, was sued by Thomas Olcott, of Hartford, for £60, in 1650.
CROSS, SAMUEL, of Windsor, supposed son of William of Fairfield, m. Elizabeth Chapman, widow of Edward Chapman, de- ceased, of Windsor, July 12, 1677, and had children, Hanna, b. June 11, 1678, d. July 7, 1680 ; Samuel, b. Dec. 10, 1679, d. the same day, and other children. He purchased land in Windsor of Jacob Gibbs, in 1678. He also had 40 acres allotted to him in Suf- field, May 16, 1671, it being the ninth recorded land in Suffield. He d. in 1707. He had sons-in-law, Simon Chapman, who was cousin to John, Samuel, and Jonathan Bates. The following shared in his estate, Sarah Ketchum, Jonathan Jagger, Hannah Welch, James Picket, Mary Hoyt, and Ephraim Phelps.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL CROSS, of Windsor, and wife Elizabeth, had children, as appears by the will of his son-in-law, Simon Chap- man, who calls John and Nathaniel Cross his brothers, and gave his cousins John Bates £3, Jonathan and Samuel Bates each £3, his cousin Sarah Ketchum £3, and his cousins Jonathan Jagger, Han- nah Webb or Welch, James Picket, Mary Hoyt, each £3, and Ephraim Phelps £5 when of age, with the prefix of cousin to each of them ; and gave his son-in-law, Simon Chapman, all his lands at the swamp next to Hoit's meadow, and ten acres Mr. Cross pur- chased of John Eliot, Esq., near Gravelly Hill in Windsor, his cart, &c., and provided for his brothers John and Nathaniel Cross's sons, provided they had sons live to be of age. IIis will dated July 1, 1707. Samuel Cross, of Windsor, June 11, 1676, gave 2s. and 6d. to the poor of other colonies in the great contribution there for this purpose.
CROSS, NATHANIEL, of Stamford, and his wife Abigail, had issue b. there, viz., Hannah, b. July 23, 1687 ; Abigail, b. April 8, 1694. By his second wife, Hannah, he had Deborah, b. Jan. 17, 66
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1701-2; Nathaniel, b. April 13, 1703; 2d Abigail, d. Sept. 6, 1707 ; 3d Abigail, b. Sept. 5, 1710; John, and perhaps others.
CROSS, PETER, and his wife Mary, of Windham, (from Ips- wich,) had children, viz., Mary, b. April 20, 1679 ; Stephen, b. May 15, 1681 ; Elizabeth, b. June 14, 1683 ; Peter, Jr., b. Nov. 8, 1685; Daniel, b. March 8, 1688; Experience, b. Dec. 1, 1691 ; Abigail, b. June 23, 1694; Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1695, d. same day ; 2d Mary, b. 1697, and Wade, b. Dec. 15, 1699. One Mary and Wade by his 2d wife. His wife Mary, d. Dec. 9, 1695, in child- bed. Some of his children were probably born before he settled at Windham.
CROSS, JOHN, of Windsor, son of Samuel, m. Mary Grant, Nov. 3, 1686. He had a dau'r Hannah, b. at Windsor, April 10, 1694, and probably others. He d., and distribution of his property, in 1721; widow Mary ; children, Nathaniel, Mary Picket, Hannah Jagger, and Sarah Bates.
CROSS, MR. JOHN, secured his farm near Rowley, " for ten shil- lings yearly toward a free school in Dec., 1650," &c. He did much for the Ipswich grammar school. John Cross lost his wife Mary ; buried in Boston in 1640. Captain Ebenezer Cross, of Portland, Maine, d. Jan. 9, 1851-2, aged 88. Robert Cross, son of Stephen, 1660. John, sen'r, of Ipswich, 1647. Isaac, of Exeter, 1651. In- ventory of John, 1652. Stephen, of Ipswich, 1667. Robert m. Jordan, 1671. Robert, aged 24, in 1666. Robert of Ipswich had sons Stephen and Robert, 21 in 1667. William Durkee m. Martha Cross, dau'r of Robert, in 1664. (His. Gen. Reg.)
CROSS, HUMPHREY, d. at Hatfield, May 25, 1663.
JAMES CROSS, William Crooke, &c., embarked in the Thomas and John, for Virginia, from England, Jan. 6, 1635. ( Somerby.)
Cross has 7 coats of arms, Cross or Crosse 3, Crosse 16 coats of arms. Farmer names John of Watertown, d. Sept. 15, 1640. John of Ipswich, 1635. Hampton, freeman, 1639, rep., 1640, d. about 1652. Robert Ipswich, 1639, a Pequod soldier. Few if any of this name are now found in Conn. Peter Cross was settled early at Norwich. Three of the name had graduated at Harvard College before 1843, three at Dartmouth College, one at Amherst College in 1838.
CROUCH, WILLIAM, a Scotchman, was one of the first set- tlers of Stafford, Conn. A Scotch name.
CROUCH or CROUTII, ARTHUR, a settler at Saybrook be- fore 1660.
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ROBERT CROUCH, aged 15, embarked in the Globe of Lon- don for Virginia, August 7, 1635.
CROUCHE or CROWCHE, has one coat of arms, CROWCH has seven, Crowch or Couch 1.
SIMON CROWCH, of Fairfield, was accepted to be made free in Coun., 1664. (See Couch.)
COUCH or COUCHE, has one coat of arms. Or. two plates, gu. a canton sa. Crest .- A semi bear ramp.
CROW, MR. JOHN, was one of the early and most respectable settlers of Hartford, though young when first here, he drew 20 acres in the first land division at Hartford, in 1639, and had 590 acres in the division of land in East Hartford, in 1666. He is not known to have been a relative of John Crow, of Charlestown, Mass., who was one of the original proprietors of Yarmouth ; as the genealogy of John, of Barnstable, has been traced, (so says Otis.) John, of Hartford, became the largest land-holder in Connecticut, and received many of the honors of the Colony ; juror at Hartford, May, 1647-49. He appears to have settled in East Hartford, where two of his sons also settled, after John, sen'r removed to Hadley, Mass.
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