AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT

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FATHER

Robert Crosby

MOTHER

Constance Brigham

HUSBAND

Capt. John Johnson

CHILDREN

1. Hannah Johnson
    b. 20 Sep 1656
    m. 09 Jan 1676 Thomas Palmer

2. Elizabeth Johnson
    b. 16 Jan 1659/60
    m. 12 May 1680 James Bailey

3. John Johnson
    b. 3 Feb 1665
    buried: 12 Apr 1666

4. John Johnson
    b. 31 Jan 1667/8
    buried: 7 Oct 1670

5. Samuel Johnson
    b. 09 Jul 1671
    m. Frances Wicom

Hannah Crosby
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2023

Hannah Crosby was christened on 31 Oct 1634 in Holm-On-Spalding, Moor, Yorkshire, England, with her father listed as "Roberti."  (1)  Her parents, Robert Crosby and Constance Bringham had married about 1622 and Hannah was their fifth and last child.  Her father died in Yorkshire, England about 1640 when she was six years old.  Her mother, as a widow with three daughters, came to Rowley before 1643 when Hannah would have been about 9 years old. (2)  When she was 21 she married John Johnson in Rowley on 6 Dec 1655. (3)
Hannah and John Johnson had five children.  He died intestate on 29 Jan 1685/6 in Rowley when her youngest son was 14.  She was named executor and received one third of his estate.  Her children reached an agreement on the estate in 1703. (4) 
Hannah wrote her own will naming her son Samuel Johnson, and grandsons Samuell Palmer and John Palmer.  She also named her two daughters Hannah Palmer and Elizabeth Bailey and her grandchildren Hannah and Elizabeth Bailey. (5) According to her tombstone Hannah Crosby Johnson died 25 Dec 1717. (6) 

Sources

(1) Christening of Hanna Crosbye filia Roberti
31 Oct 1634 Holm-On-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England

Bassett-Preston Ancestors  by Belle Preston, 1932  pg 72

Simon Crosby the emigrant : his English ancestry, and some of his American descendants by Eleanor Davis Crosby, 1914

Early Settlers of Rowley MA by George Brainard Blodgette, 1935

(3) Marriage Record 
Rowley Marriages
"John Johnson & Hanah Crosbie married 6th Dec 1655"

(4) Settlement of Estate
Vol 308   80-82
FHL film 875125  image 306 and 307
"John Johnson Children Agreement"
23 May 1703

Captain John Johnson died intestate.  His wife Hannah was made executor.  Children named: Hannah married to Thomas Palmer, Elizabeth married to James Bailey and Samuel Palmer

(5) Will of Hannah Crosby Johnson 
Essex MA Probate Doc 312 pages 310-11
FHL film 875127 image 424
"Hannah Johnson widow of Capt. Johnson of Rowley."
Named: son Samuel Johnson, Grandsons Samuel and John Palmer, daughters Hannah Palmer and Elizabeth Bailey, Grandchildren Hannah and Elizabeth Bailey

Estate of Hannah Johnson
12 Mar 1718
Signed by Samuel Johnson, Thomas Palmer, Hannah Palmer and Elizabeth Bailey

(6) Death record from inscription on tombstone

HERE LYES Ye BODY OF
Mrs HANNAH JOHNSON
WIDDOW OF CAPt JOHN
JOHNSON WHO DIED
DECEMBER Ye 25 1717
AGED 83 YEARS