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Jesse CROSBY

SAR Patriot #: P-141476

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State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A028078

Birth: 18 Mar 1732 Brewster / Barnstable / MA
Death: 24 Feb 1804 Centerville / Barnstable / MA

Qualifying Service Description:

Jesse Crosby was a private in Capt Jacob Lovell's company of Colonel Nathaniel Freeman's Regiment; with service of 6 days on an alarm at Bedford, Dartmouth and Falmouth in Sept. 1778

Additional References:

56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; MA Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 4, pg 150

Muster/payrolls of the Rev War, 1763-1808 of MA and Rhode Island, Volume 35, pg 238 (image 555)

Spouse: Ruth Goodspeed
Children: Lewis; Daniel;

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Burial:

Centerville Ancient Cemetery_(C-0075258)

Location:

Centerville / Barnstable / MA / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

2130820

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

41.654976 / -70.342919

Find A Grave Memorial #:

44592763

Marker Type:

SAR Stake

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

bef 01 Mar 2011

Comments:

Photos displayed courtesy of David C. Schafer, MA SAR

The gravestone of Jesse Crosby is made of slate, and is 20" wide by 32" tall and 2" thick. It is in good condition, with a small amount of lichen on the upper section. The spelling of his name in the gravestone is Jesse Crosbay. The gravestone of his wife Ruth is to the left of Jesse Crosby's gravestone

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The Ancient Cemetery of Centerville is located on Phinney's Lane one-fifth of a mile south of Route 28. It is a relatively small cemetery consisting of .73 acres of sloping ground. It has about 180 gravestones with the earliest being for Jonathan Hamblen, dated June 22, 1743. It has an average elevation of 44 feet above sea level and has a split rail fence on the street side with no other fencing. It is owned and managed by the Town of Barnstable and is an inactive cemetery

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Author: David Crandall Schafer

Jesse Crosby’s great grandfather Thomas Crosby arrived in New England on the ship Susan and Ellen with his father Simon Crosby in 1635. Jesse was the son of Daniel Crosby and his wife Ruth Cole and was born March 18, 1732 in Harwich. His father Daniel died in 1744 and Jesse was sent from the north precinct of Harwich (now Brewster) to Centerville around age 11 to apprentice boatbuilding with his uncle Jesse Lewis, husband of Mercy “Crosby” Lewis, sister to Daniel Lewis.

Jesse Crosby was married to Ruth Goodspeed on November 27, 1760 by Rev. Oaks Shaw of the West Parish of Barnstable. Jesse and Ruth had a family of ten children - Nathan, Mercy, Daniel, James, Jesse, Lewis, Samuel, Deborah, Ruth and Allen.

In September 1778 at the age of 46 and with a wife and eight children, Jesse Crosby as a private in Capt. Jacob Lovell’s company of 44 men from the Town of Barnstable, including his cousins Thomas and David Lewis, responded to the alarms at Bedford, Dartmouth and Falmouth. Coastal raids by British ships had become a necessary part of supplying the British garrisons at Newport and New York because of a serious provisioning crisis in the colonies that began during the fall of 1778 and continued for the rest of the war. Under the command of Maj.-Gen. Charles Grey the British fleet sailed from Newport on September 3rd and made for Bedford and descended upon the town center; setting ablaze over 100 ships moored in the harbor. The fleet was soon spotted off Falmouth and expected to land on any of the Shores in or about Buzzards Bay, causing American Gen. Joseph Otis to move militia troops from across the Cape into Falmouth Center. The British however advanced past Falmouth, landing at Holmes’ Hole on Martha’s Vineyard, where they remained two days harassing their militia forces and returning to Newport on September 15th with thousands of sheep, 300 head of cattle, numerous stores, 52 tons of hay and all the islands arms and military supplies.

From the 1790 Census the household of Jesse Crosby is shown to have 4 free white males of 16 years and upward, 2 free white males under 16, and 3 free white females.

From the Barnstable October 1798 Tax list Jesse Crosby is shown to have his dwelling located on 80 perches (1/2 acre) of land, with a valuation of $200; and an additional 18 acres with a valuation of $309.70.

Jesse Crosby died in his 72nd year in Barnstable on February 24, 1804 and is buried alongside his wife Ruthy who had preceded him in death on May 28, 1797 in the Centerville Ancient Cemetery in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

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