Genealogical notes of Barnstable families - citizen hylbom blog

GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 239
Abigail T. Gorham, daughter of Edward. She died early, and he
soon after died in foreign lands ; but his body lies entombed beside
that of his wife. He left no issue, and having no near relatives, he
devised his estate to the Fraternal Lodge, of which he was an
active member.
(23) Thomas Crocker, son of Dea. Job Crocker, born 19th
Jan. 1674, married '23d Dec. 1701, Elizabeth Lothrop, widow of
"John Lothrop, son of Barnabas Lothrop, Esq." She was the
eldest child of James, son of James G-reen of Charlestown, and
was born Nov. 14, 1662, and was twelve years older than her
second husband, and five older than her first. She died in Hingham
Aug. 1, 1752, aged 89. By her first husband she had a son
and a daughter. The latter died earlj', and the son at 20. Mr.
Thomas Crocker resided in the East Parish, and is styled in the
records "a dealer." He died in 1718, insolvent. His indebtedness
was large, and his creditors received from his estate 2
shillings in the pound, per cent.
were
His children born in Barnstable
91. I. Walley, 30th Julv, 1703, died 2d Oct. 1703-.
92. 11. Thomas, 26th Aug. 1704.
93. III. Walley, 26th June 1706.
His son Thomas married 1, Mehitable, daughter of Joseph
Dimmock, 1727. She died March 13, 1728-9, and he married 2d,
Oct. 20, 1730, Rebecca, daughter of Benjamin Hamblin. Mr.
Thomas Crocker died Dec. 5, 1756, aged 51, and his wife May 9,
1756, aged 46. He resided in the easterly part of the West
Parish. His children were : 1, Walley, born Feb. 28, 1727-8 died
Aug. 23, following; 2, Elizabeth, born 5th Dec. 1731 ; 3, Sarah,
born 26th Feb. 1733-4; 4, Rebecca, 30th Nov. 1735; 5, Hope,
March 1738 ; 6, Thomas, 23d Jan. 1740 ; 7, Esther, 28th Aug.
1743; 8, Barnabas, 26th Oct. 1746; 9, Huckins, 15th March,
1748 ; 10, Mary, 31st Aug. 1753. Elizabeth of this family
married, in 1757, George Conant, and died Sept. 17, 1759 ; Sarah,
married. May 19, 1757, Joseph Blish, Jr. ; Rebecca married Oct.
25, 1757, Lemuel Nye, Jr., of Sandwich; Barnabas married at
Mary died unmarried.
19, March 24, 1765, Ann Smith ;
Walley Crocker, son of Thomas, married, Oct. 22, 1730,
Abigail, daughter of John Annable. He had born in Barnstable :
1, Abigail, Nov. 2, 1731; 2, Temperance, Dec. 18, 1733; 3,
Walley, April 18, 1737. Temperance married April 5, 1759,
Daniel Carpenter.
(25) Dea. John Crocker, son of Dea. Job, born 24, 1683,
married 11th Nov. 1704, Hannah. She died 10th Oct. 1720, and
he married 2d, 22d June, 1721, Mary Hinckley, living in 1731.
It appears that he married a third wife Nancy, her grave stones
record her death July 27, 1744, aged 56. Dea. John Crocker
died Feb. 7, 1773, .aged 89 years and 11 months, (grave stones).