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John Crosby
(Abt 1470-After 1511)
Thomas Crosby
(Abt 1505-Bef 1555)
Jennet
Richard Crosby
(Abt 1532-Bef 1586)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret Stennson ?

Richard Crosby

  • Born: Abt 1532, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285
  • Marriage (1): Margaret Stennson ? about 1555 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285
  • Died: Bef 6 Jul 1586, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: 285
Richard Crosby, son of Thomas, son of John, who was the son of John, was born in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor about 1532. He married a woman named Margaret about 1555. Margaret was buried in Holme 20 Oct 1591. Her maiden named may have been Stennson, for she bequeaths clothers to "Sis Stennson, my sister."

Chidren of Richard and Margaret Crosby identified by their wills:

John, born about 1556
Elizabeth, b. abt 1558; d. unmarried and buried in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, 1 Feb 1587. Here will of that date, proved 30 Jan 1588, named her mother Margaret and brothers Thomas, John and Robert, among others. [Prerogative and Exchequer of York Wills, vol. 21 p. 632]
Thomas, b. abt 1560. He made a will in 1597 and left a widow named Alice.
Robert, bap. 19 Jul 1562; m. Anne. He made a will in 1597 and was buried in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor 7 May 1597.

"Yorkshire Ancestry of the Three Crosby Sisters," NEHGR, 1965, Vol 119, pages 244-250

• He signed a will. 285
Written on 10 April 1586 and proved on 6 July 1586.

"To be buried in church yard. To son Thomas Crosby, a yoke of drawne stotts. To son Robert Crosby, a yoke of stotts undrawn. To wife Margaret Crosbye, two old oxen. To daughter Elizabeth Crosbie, two drawne stotts, and a brown mare I bought of John Wetherall, etc. To said daughter Elizabeth 2 acres of land in more ridge and in east ynge on Holme (and other lands). To son Robert Crosbie, land in Holme called Rowlay, and to his heirs, and if none to Thomas Crosbie and John Crosby my sons (other land to them). To Peter and Margaret Crosbie, children of my son John Crosbie, lambs, etc. To the children of Henry Smith of Brighton and the first child of Katheren Granger, lambs, etc. To wife Margaret Crosby and sons Thomas and Robert Crosbie, the lease of the farm where I swell and residue of goods, they to be executors. Witnesses: Willm Lambart, Henry Hatton, Miles Wright, Peter Granger, Willm Howlaye." [Prerogative and Exchequer of York Wills, vol. 23 p. 231]

"Yorkshire Ancestry of the Three Crosby Sisters," NEHGR, 1965, Vol 119, pages 244-250


Richard married Margaret Stennson ? about 1555 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England.285 and was buried on 20 Oct 1591 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285.)


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