A grandson of Thomas who went to Nova Scotia was Jonathan Crosby, b Nov 7,1705. My records say 'In 1761, they sailed from Saybrook to Chebogue Harbor, NS, with six other families and settled there. His will is dated July 11, 1781, and it is unclear if he knew whether his sons were still living. He was a loyalist and some of his sons were in the Revolutionary War as American soldiers. He died July 2, 1782, and is buried with Hannah at Chebogue, NS.' Abby On Mar 11, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Betty wrote: > Hello, > > Something which has been on my genealogy-to-do-list for a long time is > finding the time to type up a brief summary of the life of my > ancestor, > Simon CROSBY, of 1600's Billerica, MA. I "finally" did it this > week. > While taking bits and pieces of information from the "Simon CROSBY > book," I > noticed something about his brother's family. > > To start with, it was Simon's father, Simon CROSBY, who was the > patriarch of > the family in the 1630's (sort of). Simon (father) had arrived > in the > Colonies on the "Susan and Ellen" in 1635, but his father, Thomas > CROSBY, > came over and lived him shortly after that. Unfortunately this > Simon > died in Cambridge in 1639. Thomas lived with his widowed daughter- > in-law > until she remarried in 1645 to Rev. William THOMPSON of Braintree. > She > moved her children to Braintree. They were Thomas, Simon, and > Joseph. > > The first child became Rev. Thomas CROSBY and lived in Eastham, MA > (Cape > Cod), and had many descendants, most of whom remained on Cape Cod. > However, I spotted the following note: "About 1780, some of them > went to > Yarmouth, Nova Scotia." > > (Another note? Among the many children of Thomas and Sarah (?) > CROSBY > were twins (one died at birth), and -- triplets ! This was > 1678 ! ) > > Joseph CROSBY remained in the Braintree area. He has been > discussed on the > MA Lists before. > > Simon CROSBY, b1638/9, was the one who moved to Billerica, MA, > married > Rachel BRACKETT, and had many children. He is the more well- > known of > this extended family. > > Just an FYI for you. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > > > (The father, Thomas CROSBY, arriving in MA/US between 1635 and 1639, > moved > to Rowley, MA, ~1645. And one of his grandsons moved there, > also. Back > in England, this Thomas had sons: Anthony, Thomas, William, and > Simon.) > > > (About a year ago I believe I solved a mystery about this family. > No one > had definite proof of who the parents were of my ancestor, Simeon > CROSBY, > who married in Cambridge, MA, in 1787. I spent a month > investigating and > several researchers had the wrong parents (a Shrewsbury family). > I found > out Simeon was probably "the son" of Jessaniah CROSBY in > Billerica. The > "records" only mention "a son" but I believe that was Simeon, b1761 in > Billerica. And the marriage record, I'm told, said that Simeon > was "of > Billerica." Simeon married Lydia Harrington FROST, and they > reportedly > only had one son, John CROSBY, b1797.) > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENMASSACHUSETTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message