Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register

2. Benjamin, S. of Gilbert (1), m. Elizabeth Dutton 10 Nov. 1657. and had Hannah, b. 3 Sept. 1658, d. 24 Sept. 1658; Sarah, b. 24 Aug 1659; Benjamin, 23 Jan. 1660-61, d. 27 April 1661; Joseph, b. 28 Mar. 1663. Benjamin the f. served in ‘Philip's War,’ under Capt. Beers, and was killed in 1675.

3. Joseph, s. of Benjamin (2), m. Abigail, dau. of John Marrett and widow of Timothy Rice of Concord, 11 May 1698; she d. 6 Jan. 1700-1, and he m. Abigail——. His chil. were Joseph, bap. 19 Mar. 1698-9; Elizabeth, b. 29 Dec. 1700, m. Joseph Hunnewell of Chs. before 1729; Abigail, b. 20 Aug. 1707, m. George MacSparran 2 Ap. 1730, and Solomon Champney (pub. 12 Ap. 1738), and was living his widow in 1767; John, b. and d. 11 Feb. 1708-9, Benjamin, b. 22 Ap. 1710. Joseph the f. was a shoemaker, and owned an estate at the westerly corner of Brattle and Ash streets. He d. about 1738; his w. Abigail survived.

4. Joseph, s. of Joseph (3), was a shoemaker, res. in Watertown, m. Abigail Grant 10 Jan. 1734-5, had Abigail and Lydia, b. 20 Oct. 1735, and removed to Sherburne, where a Joseph Crackbone, perhaps his son, res. in 1793.

5. Benjamin, s. of Joseph (3), was a tanner, and resided on the easterly side of North Avenue, near Roseland Street. This place he sold 1764 to Gideon Frost, and purchased a small lot on the same street near the Common. He m. Hannah, prob. wid. of John Cooper (pub. 30 Sept. 1738), but there is no record of children. He d. 28 Mar. 1767, devising his estate to his w. Hannah.

Crosby, Thomas (otherwise written Crosbee and Crosbie), styled ‘senior,’ 1640, was early in Camb. No record of family. He resided on the westerly side of Ash Street, which estate he sold partly to Edmund Frost, 1649, and partly to Richard Eccles, 1651; at both which dates he resided in Rowley.

2. Simon, perhaps brother to Thomas (1), embarked for New England in the Susan and Ellen 18 Ap. 1634, then a. 26, with w. Ann, a. 25, and son Thomas, a. 8 weeks. (Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc., XXVIII., 26.) His children b. in Camb. were Simon, b. Aug. 1637; Joseph, b.--Feb. 1638-9. Simon the f. was Selectman, 1636, 1638. He resided at the corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square, nearly where the old Brattle house stands. He d.—Sept. 1639, a. 31; his w. Ann m. Rev. William Tompson of Braintree, before 1646, and became a second time a widow at his death, 10 Dec. 1666.

3. Thomas, s. of Simon (1), grad. H. C. 1653, minister in Eastham from 1655 to 1670, where, by w. Sarah, he had Thomas, b. 7 April 1663; Simon, b. 5 July 1665; Sarah, b. 24 Mar, 1667; Joseph, b. 27 Jan. 1668-9; John and another son, twins, b. 11 Feb. 1670-71; William, b. March 1673; Ebenezer, b. 28 Mar. 1675; Anne, Mercy, and Increase, triplets, b. 14 and 15 April 1678; Eleazar, b. 30 Mar. 1680. Thomas the f. d. in Boston 13 June 1702. His posterity on the Cape was both numerous and respectable.

4. Simon, s. of Simon (2), removed early to Billerica, was the first Innholder in that town, and Representative 1691, 1697, 1698. He m. Rachel Brackett, 15 July 1659, and had Simon; Rachel, m. Ephraim Kidder; Thomas, b. 16 Mar. 1665-6; Joseph, b. 5 July 1669, m. Sarah French 7 Jan. 1691-2; Hannah, b. 30 Mar. 1672, m. Samuel Danforth; Nathan, b. 9 Feb. 1674-5; Josiah, b. 11 Nov. 1677; Mary, b. 23 Nov. 1680, m. John Blanchard; Sarah, b. 27 July 1684, m. William Rawson of Braintree. Simon the f. d. about 1725; his wife Rachel and all the before named children were living at the date of his will, 7 June 1717, which was proved 26 Feb. 1724-5.

5. Joseph. s. of Simon (2), settled in Braintree, where he was prob. carried in his childhood by his mother; was Representative in 1690; appointed to assist in laying out the Braintree 6,000 acres in 1673; m. Sarah Brackett 1675, had sons Thomas, Simon, Ebenezer, and perhaps others, and d. 26 Nov. 1695.

Cutler, James, was early in Watertown, and about 1649 removed to Cambridge Farms, where his posterity remain to this day. His w. Anne was buried 30 Sept. 1644, and he m. Mary, wid. of Thomas King, 9 Mar. 1645; she d. 7 Dec. 1654, and he m. Phebe, dau. of John Page of Watertown. His