This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xh.2ADE/536.1.1 Message Board Post: There is most likely a connection, though it would be a distant one. The Samuel I was looking for more than likely is a descendant of Joseph Crosby. Joseph would be the brother of William, both sons of John and Nancy Peters Crosby. After Jacob married Eleanor Osborn, they moved to Putnam Co and are the ancestors of most of the Crosbys in Putnam Co.