Brief Life History of David
When David Crosby Jr was born on 6 September 1737, in Harwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, David Crosby, was 28 and his mother, Reliance Hopkins, was 27. He married Bethiah Paddock about 1757, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Dutchess, New York, United States in 1790 and Southeast, Dutchess, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 November 1816, in Putnam, New York, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Southeast, Putnam, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- David Crosby Jr, "United States Census, 1790" - Fredericksontown, Dutchess, New York, United States
- David Crosby, "United States Census, 1810" - South East, Dutchess, New York, United States
- David Crosby, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
Spouse and Children
1737–1816 Male
1737–1776 Female
Children (6)
1759–1811 Female
about 1760–1834 Male
1763–1831 Male
1767–1853 Female
1769–1775 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1709–1793 Male
1709–1788 Female
Siblings (9)
1733– Female
1737–1816 Male
1740–1819 Female
1742–1817 Female
1744–1813 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (6)
1776
Age 39
1776
Age 39
1781 · The First Constitution
Age 44
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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