CROCKERS of Barnstable by Steven Kindred Sat Sep 29 1990 ------------------------------- The following is my transcription of a set of photocopies of handwritten sheets in the CROCKER file in the Town Clerk's Office in LeRoy, NY. Author unknown as yet. "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families." Being a reprint of the Amos Otis Papers originally published in "The Barnstable Patriot". Revised by C.F.Swift, largely from notes made by the author. Vol.I, Chapter "Crocker". Introduction by Amos Otis, dated Yarmouth, Nov. 15, 1861 F.B. & F.P. Goss, Publishers and Printers (The Patriot Press) 1888 ===================================================================== The brothers, John and William Crocker, were among the first settlers in Barnstable. William came with Mr. Lathrop and his church Oct. 21, 1639, and John the following spring. John Crocker, the elder brother, left no family; but William's posterity are very numerous. Perhaps no one of the first comers has more descendants now living. A larger majority of all in the United States and in the British Provinces, of the name, trace their descent from Dec. William of Barnstable. It is said, on how good authority I have not ascertained, that John and William Crocker came over in 1634, either in the same ship with Rev. Mr. Lathrop, or in another that sailed about the same time, and that they stopped in Roxbury before they settled in Scituate. They did not remain long in Roxbury for their names do not appear on the Massachusetts Colony records. Crocker, or Croker as the name is usually written in England, is very ancient. An old proverbial distich records that "Crosker, Crewys, and Capplestone, When the Conqueror came, were at home." The family of Crocker originally seated at Crocker's Hole and Crokern. For in Devonshire became possessed of Lineham by marriage with the heirs of Churchill. The genealogy of the Crocker's of Lineham is accurately recorded and exhibits a descent of eleven John Crocker's in almost uninterrupted succession. ===================================================================== John Crocker was an inhabitant of Scituate in 1636, and it is known certainly that he was in Barnstable in 1643. He died in 1669 leaving a wife but no children. William Crocker, a younger brother of John, joined Mr. Lathrop's church in Scituate Dec. 25, 1636. He came to Barnstable Oct. 21, 1639, and his daughter Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 22, 1639, is the fourth on the list, showing that he was among the first who came. He built a frame house in Scituate, the forty-fourth built in that town. He probably settled first in the easterly part of town and removed to West Barnstable about 1643. Dea. William married in 1636 Alice ----. She was the mother of all his children, and died soon after 1683. He married second, Patience, widow of Robert Parker, and daughter of Elder Henry Cobb. He died in the fall of 1692, probably about 80 years of age. Children of Dea. William Crocker I John - born in Scituate May 1, 1637. - baptized June 11, 1637 II Elizabeth born in Scituate Sept. 22, 1639. - baptized in Barnstable Dec. 22, 1639. - was only daughter and died unmarried in May 1658. III Samuel born in Barnstable June 3, 1642. - baptized same day. - died in Dec. 1681. IV Job - born March 9, 1644-5. - baptized same day. V Josiah born Sept. 19, 1647. - baptized same day. VI Eleazer born July 21, 1650. VII Joseph born in 1654. John Crocker as born in Scituate on May 1, 1637, and came to Barnstable with his father in 1639. He married in 1659, Mary, daughter of Robert Bodfish. She died in Dec. 1662, and he married April 25, 1663, for his second wife, Mary, daughter of John Bursley. He died in May, 1711, aged 74. His children born in Barnstable were: I Elizabeth born Oct. 7, 1660. - died Jan. 15, 1716, aged 56. II Jonathan born July 15, 1662. - died Aug. 24, 1746, aged 84. III John - born Feb. 17, 1663-4. IV Hannah born Oct. 10, 1665. V Joseph born March 1, 1667-8. - married Sept. 18, 1691, Ann, daughter of Lieut. John Howland. VI Benjamin probably died young as he is not mentioned in his father's will dated 1706, or in the division of his brother's estate in 1700. VII Nathaniel born in 1673. - died Feb. 11, 1740-1, in 69th year. VIII Experience born in 1674. - died April 17, 1740-1 IX Jabez - died in 1700. X Mary - married Feb. 11, 1702, John Bursley Jr. XI Abigail Birth not recorded. - died young. XII Bathshua died young. ====================================================================== Jonathan Crocker was born July 15, 1662. He married May 20, 1686, Hannah, daughter of Lieut. John Howland (notation inserted: Our Mayflower Ancestor). She was the mother of all his children. After her death he married in Feb. 1710-11, Thankful, widow of Mr. John Hinckley Jr. and daughter of Thomas Trott of Dorchester. He died Aug. 24, 1746, aged 84, and is buried in West Barnstable graveyard. His children born in Barnstable were: I Lydia - born Sept. 26, 1686. II Hannah born March 26, 1688. - married July 10, 1708, Shubael Fuller of East Haddam and removed thither. III Thankful born March 6, 1690. - died young. IV Isaac - born April 4, 1692 - In 1729 removed to Westchester in town of Colchester - died Aug. 8, 1769 aged 77 yrs, 4 mos.(8 days) V Reliance born June 28, 1694. - died May 4, 1704. VI Jonathan born May 28, 1696. died Sept. 21, 1725. VII James - born Sept. 3, 1699. - died Nov. 7, 1785, aged 86. VIII Ephraim born April - 1702. - died May 1, 1704. James Crocker was born Sept. 3, 1699. He married Nov. 21, 1721, Alice Swift who was born in Sandwich July 23, 1698. About the year 1724 he removed to Colchester, Conn. and built a house near the Colchester and East Haddam turnpike. He died Nov. 7, 1785, aged 86. Children of James Crocker I Simeon Barnstable records say born in Barnstable on March 22, 1722. Colchester records say born in Colchester on Sept. 19, 1722. (Latter probably accurate) - He married March 7, 1751, Dorothy Williams. - He died at Westchester Feb. 13, 1778. His wife died Aug. 4, 1818 aged about 95. II Abigail born - Barnstable record Sept. 19, 1724. - Colchester " Mar. 25, 1724. - died in 1771 III Hannah born Colchester Jan. 17, 1726. IV Levi - born May 11, 1728. V Jonathan born March 16, 1730. VI James - born April 20, 1732. VII Thankful born Jan. 27, 1733-4. (m. 1760 Timothy Scoville) VIII Lydia - born Jan. 14, 1735-6. IX Ephraim born Sept. 21, 1739. Copied from "Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families" in the Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Conn., Aug. 20, 1937. Date: Sun Apr 14 1991 22:33:18 From: Steven Kindred To: Richard Heyduck Subj: CROCKER in England Attr: genealogy ------------------------------- Richard, No, I'm afraid I have no further evidence in support of the family tradition that my wife's branch of the CROCKER family sprang from Devonshire. I might suggest that you try my wife's cousin who has done an enormous amount of work on the line. Her address: Mrs. Alice Carey (Winter) Box 453 1137 E. Willow Run Dr. Bemis Point, NY 14702 Port Orange, FL 32119 Best of Luck! *==================================================================* * Steven G. Kindred/6755 Townline Rd./Byron, NY 14422/716-548-7733 * * Researching: MANNIX RAY MINIER CROCKER RUSSELL BARTHOLOMAY * * LAMEY CRILLY CRELLY MCKENNA LOUGHRAN LOCHREN VOLKMAR VOLKMANN * * NICHOLSON EISENHAUER HETZLER ..................... 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