The lineage begins with the Crosby family in 13th Century England.
Charles Crosby
1200– BIRTH 1200 • Lancashire, England, United Kingdom DEATH Unknown |
Sir Simon DeCrosby
1220– BIRTH 1220 • England DEATH uk |
SIR Odo DeCrosby
1390– BIRTH 1390 • York, UK DEATH York, UK |
Sir Pierce Crosby
1415–1476 BIRTH 1415 • York, UK DEATH 1476 • UK |
John D Crosby I
1440–1502 BIRTH 1440 • prob Stillingfleet and Alne in Yorkshire, England DEATH JUNE 8, 1502 • Stillingfleet or Anhe, Yorkshire, England |
Miles Crosby
1483–1538 BIRTH 1483 • Alne, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom DEATH 1538 • Stillingfleet?, York, England |
Thomas Crosby Sr
1505–1555 BIRTH 1505 • Shipton, York, England DEATH AUGUST 4, 1555 • Holme on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
Anthony Crosby
1545–1599 BIRTH 1545 • Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, York, England DEATH 1599 • Leonard Scayles Close, Wheldrake, York, England |
Thomas Crosby II
1575–1661 BIRTH 1575 • Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England DEATH MAY 16, 1661 • Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts *** Emigrated to America in 1638 *** |
William Crosby III
1606–1636 BIRTH 1606 • Moor, Yorkshire, , England DEATH JUNE 1636 • Holm On Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, , England *** Died two years in England before his father emigrated to America in 1638 *** |
Anthony Crosby
1635–1672 BIRTH OCTOBER 5, 1635 • Holme-onspalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England DEATH JANUARY 16, 1672 • Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA *** Born three years before his his grandfather emigrated to America in 1638.Thomas probably took his grandson with him to America. *** |
Nathaniel Crosby
1668–1700 BIRTH SEPTEMBER 27, 1668 • Rowley, Essex, MA, USA DEATH MARCH 7, 1700 • Rowley, Essex, MA, USA |
Nathaniel Crosby II Married Hepzibah (Pearson) Crosby
1699–1770 BIRTH AUGUST 21, 1699 • Rowley, Essex, MA, USA DEATH AUGUST 24, 1770 • Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut |
STEPHEN CROSBY
Biography
1734–1776
Captain Stephen Crosby was b. in Thompson, Connecticut, 5th January, 1734; d. on the retreat from New York, 15th September, 1776; Capt. Stephen Crosby was one of the most prominent men of his day in Thompson and represented his town in the Legislature of 1776 as Representative; at the first call of the Lexington Alarm he went out as Sergeant of Captain Elliott's Company, and in June, 1776, was commissioned Captain in Wadsworth's Brigade, 3d Regiment, Col. Comfort Sage. On the retreat through Harlem, General Putnam's Division suffered sorely, and Captain Crosby was one of those who died. His body was never sent home, but a monument is erected to his memory in the cemetery at West Thompson, Connecticut; m. 16th February, 1755, Hannah Carroll dau. of John and Rebecca Carroll, b. 24th August, 1736, d. in Thompson, Connecticut 27th December, 1813, she m. (secondly) 8th May, 1783, Jacob Mascraft. CONNECTICUT'S RESPONSE TO THE LEXINGTON ALARM Following the Patriot confrontation with British troops at Lexington and Concord on Wednesday morning April 19, 1775. "An alarm was immediately spread in every direction, so that on the 27th of April it had reached the principal points as far as Baltimore, and by the 11th of May was posted at Charleston, S.C. Throughout New England, the news was rapidly carried by horse expresses from town to town. It was dispatched to Connecticut by the Massachusetts Committee of Safety at Watertown during the progress of the fighting, or near ten o'clock of Wednesday morning, April 19th: The bearer, Israel Bessel, is charged to alarm the country quite to Connecticut, and all persons are desired to furnish him with fresh horses as they may be needed."1 "The alarm which was carried by a man with a drum on horseback, found Putnam ploughing in the field. Putnam merely unyoked his team from his plough, and bidding his boy to go home, and tell his mother where he was gone, mounted his horse, and dashed away down the road towards Boston. In twenty-four hours he was there, a distance in those days, of nearly one hundred miles." BIRTH 5 JAN 1734 • Thompson, Windham, Connecticut DEATH 15 SEP 1776 • Harlem, New York .... Captain in Revolutionary War. Died during retreat of the Battle of Harlem Heights, September 15, 1776 .... Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, Lexington Alarm, Joseph Elliot’s company, .... 3rd Battalion, Wadsworth Brigade, commanded 5th Company, KIA September 15, 1776 .... Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783
Captain Stephen Crosby - Third Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade
*** Stephen Crosby married Hannah Carroll who was pregnant with Sarah when he died.
Captain Crosby's Company Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783 *** There is speculation that Sarah Crosby and Wyman Carroll may be first cousins based on the image below. ![]() |
WikiTree - Stephen Crosby (1734 - 1776)
CTGenweb Project -CEMETERY INSCRIPTIONS - HALE COLLECTION - Headstones at “West Thompson Cemetery” in Thompson, Ct., located in West Thompson.> Stephen Crosby Memorial Monument at “West Thompson Cemetery” in Thompson, Ct., located in West Thompson |
Sarah Crosby
1776–1854 BIRTH 20 NOV 1776 • Killingly, Windham, Connecticut, USA DEATH 22 DEC 1854 • Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA **MARRIED **
Wyman Carroll
1765–1827 BIRTH 1765 • Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA DEATH 1827 • Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA |
The lineage now follows Wyman Carroll until the present date
Arthur Carroll
1796–1834 BIRTH 27 FEB 1796 • Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA DEATH 16 JUN 1834 • Thompson, Windham, Connecticut, USA |
George Henry Carroll
1825–1889 BIRTH 02 APR 1825 • Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA DEATH 20 DEC 1889 • Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA |
Arthur Albert Carroll
1875–1954 BIRTH 10 JUN 1875 • Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA DEATH 26 AUG 1954 • New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Ethelda Jane Carroll
1907–1978 BIRTH 03 MAR 1907 • Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut, USA DEATH 28 NOV 1978 • North Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Betty Ann Boehner
1940– BIRTH 17 SEP 1940 • New Haven, Connecticut, USA DEATH Living |
James Robert Moore
1965– BIRTH 06 SEP 1965 • New Haven, Connecticut, USA DEATH Living |