Descendants of John Blanchard
Jenks Lineage
1. John Blanchard married (?).
Children:
+2. i Alison (Allison) Blanchard born c. 1549.
Second Generation
2. Alison (Allison) Blanchard (1.John1) born c. 1549, Bubwith, Yorks, England, married c. 1570, Anthony Crosby, born abt 1545, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., (son of Thomas Crosby and Jannetta Bell) died c. 1599, Leonard Scayles Close, Wheldrake, Eng.
Children:
3. i Ellen Crosby born c. 1571, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., married 1601, George Westobie. Ellen died c. 1606/66.
+4. ii Thomas Crosby born c. 1575.
Third Generation
4. Thomas Crosby (2.Alison2, 1.John1) born c. 1575, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., married Oct 19, 1600, in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., Jane (Sothern) Sotheron, born Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., baptized: Mar 4, 1581/2, (daughter of William Sotheron and Constance Lambert) died May 2, 1662, Rowley, Essex, MA. Thomas died May 16, 1661, Rowley, Middlesex, MA. Possible Colonial Clergy link. There is mentioned a Thomas Crosby in Mayflower Quarterly (May 1979) as having been a Harvard graduate, settling in Eastham. Additional Reference: Marshall. He came to America in 4/18/1638-9 on the JOHN OF LONDON Jane: Marshall says "abt 1639 to Cambridge MA".
Children:
5. i Anthony Crosby born c. 1602, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., died June 23, 1632, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng.
6. ii Thomas Crosby born c. 1604, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., married c. 1633, in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., Prudence Belt. Thomas died Dec 28, 1656, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng.
7. iii William Crosby born c. 1606, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., married Apr 2, 1633, in Seaton, Yorkshire, England, Anne Wright. William died c. July, 1639.
8. iv Simon Crosby born 1608/9, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., occupation Surveyor, constable, selectman, Married Apr 21, 1634, in Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., Anne Brigham, born c. 1606, Holme-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, Eng., (daughter of Thomas Brigham and Isabel Watson) died Oct 11, 1675, Braintree, MA. Simon died Sept 1639, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA. Other references: Crandall, Marshall. The history of the Crosbys can be traced in an unbroken line from 1440 down to Simon, who came to New England on the Susan & Ellen in 1635. He settled in Cambridge, MA where he died 4 years later. He arrived age 26, with wife Anne, 25 and son Thomas 8 weeks. Anne: other references: Crandall, Marshall