Jefferson County, NY Pioneers


PIONEER CROSBY FAMILY



1. ELISHA CROSBY was born c 1781. The 1810 census shows ELISHA CROSBY in Jefferson County in the Town of Adams. By 1820 he had moved to the Town of Henderson, where he bought land. He died 25 Jul 1846 at the age of 65 and was buried in Union Cemetery, Adams Center, Jefferson County.

He married (1)
SALLY or SARAH (---), b 1786, d 4 Aug 1834 at the age of 48 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Adams Center.

Children, CROSBY:

2 i SAMUEL CROSBY married LUCRETIA GREEN

3 ii SALLY CROSBY

4 iii LYDIA CROSBY married ALVA G. GREEN, son of CALEB GREEN

5 iv CHARLES CROSBY d.y.

6 v MARY CROSBY married RANSOM COON

7 vi HENRY CROSBY married ARVILLA (---)

8 vii SARAH CROSBY married GARDINIER SAUNDERS

ELISHA CROSBY married (2)
CHARLOTTE (---) who died 10 Sep 1854 at the age of 67 years and was buried in Union Cemetery, Adams Center.

2. SAMUEL CROSBY (son of ELISHA and CHARLOTTE (---) CROSBY) was born c1802. He was probably in Town of Adams, Jefferson County, with his parents by 1810. The 1835 state census lists him as a head of household in Adams, living next door to CHARLES GREEN. In 1835, CHARLES GREEN and SAMUEL CROSBY built a sawmill on the brook flowing through Green Settlement. By 1840 he had moved to Oswego County. He died c1855.

He married 25 Dec 1834
LUCRETIA GREEN, (daughter of CHARLES and AMY (SHELDON) GREENE. She was born 24/27 Jul 1816 at Green Settlement, Adams, Jefferson County, and died 29/26 Aug 1897 at the age of 81 years and 12 days, at Adams Center. She married (2) 23 May 1861 MYRON CONKLIN at Chatfield MN. She lived at Springvalley, Fillmore County MN in 1891.

Children, CROSBY:

9 i HENRY HINCKLEY CROSBY married JULIET HULL

10 ii EPHRAIM CURTIS CROSBY married LUCRETIA BABCOCK

11 iii ELVIRA JENNETTE CROSBY married LEONARD C. MORSE

12 iv ALZINA KEZIAH CROSBY married ALBERT GLASS

13 v VIRGIL MONROE CROSBY

14 vi ALMA CHARLOTTE CROSBY married GERRIT B. SMITH


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