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William Crocker Jr.

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William Crocker Jr.

Birth
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
17 Aug 1791 (aged 80)
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
West Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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William Crocker, Jr., eldest s. of William Crocker [son of Sgt. Joseph) and Mary Crocker (dau. of Josiah), b. Sept. 9, 1710 at Barnstable, Mass. where he d. Aug. 17, 1791, Æ 81.

On Mar. 15, 1743/44 at the Scotland Cong. Chh. at Windham, Conn., William m. Hannah Baker, youngest ch. of Dea. John Baker and Anna Annable, formerly of Barnstable, Mass. Hannah was b. Mar. 24, 1718/19 at Barnstable where she d. Mar. 4, 1787, Æ 68.

William and Hannah had thirteen children all b. or baptized of record at the Barnstable 1st Chh. Amos Otis in 1860 claimed there were only twelve children, but combined the first two into one child. Only four of the eldest five children have actual birth entries in the Barnstown town records and it is unclear how many of the children survived beyond childhood to marry. The children were: Mary, Mercy (d.y.), William (d.y.), Martha (Crocker) Crocker, Temperance (Crocker) Nye, Hannah, Josiah (d.y.), William, Alice, Mercy, Josiah, Ephraim and Calvin.
William Crocker, Jr., eldest s. of William Crocker [son of Sgt. Joseph) and Mary Crocker (dau. of Josiah), b. Sept. 9, 1710 at Barnstable, Mass. where he d. Aug. 17, 1791, Æ 81.

On Mar. 15, 1743/44 at the Scotland Cong. Chh. at Windham, Conn., William m. Hannah Baker, youngest ch. of Dea. John Baker and Anna Annable, formerly of Barnstable, Mass. Hannah was b. Mar. 24, 1718/19 at Barnstable where she d. Mar. 4, 1787, Æ 68.

William and Hannah had thirteen children all b. or baptized of record at the Barnstable 1st Chh. Amos Otis in 1860 claimed there were only twelve children, but combined the first two into one child. Only four of the eldest five children have actual birth entries in the Barnstown town records and it is unclear how many of the children survived beyond childhood to marry. The children were: Mary, Mercy (d.y.), William (d.y.), Martha (Crocker) Crocker, Temperance (Crocker) Nye, Hannah, Josiah (d.y.), William, Alice, Mercy, Josiah, Ephraim and Calvin.

Inscription

In memory of Mr.
William Crocker
he died Agst 17th
1791 in ye 81st
year of his age.

On the day William died he was 80 years old, and Aetatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 81.



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