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The CROSS Family of Ipswich, Essex, MA
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ROBERT CROSS (b. abt
1613) of Ipswich
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SARAH CROSS (m. 1675), wife
of William Butler
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Generation 1
ROBERT CROSS (b. abt 1613) of Ipswich
Parents:
Robert Cross was born about 1613. His wife died on 29 Oct 1677 in Ipswich. [Ref]
John Fuller sued Robert Cross at the 29 (1) 1642 court in Ipswich. [Ref] Robert was "admonished for words" at the 13 (9) 1649 court at Ipswich. [Ref]
Robert is on a 19 Dec 1648 list of taxpayers in Ipswich. [Ref]
The 29 Sep 1668 court at Ipswich heard the case of William Coggswell v. John Burnam. Coggswell sued Burnam for letting his swine trespass in his barley. Robert Cross, Sr, age about 55, and his son Robert deposed that Cogswell had asked them to see the damage. William Butler deposed that he had seen the hogs in the barley. [Ref]
The Chebacco church was established in 1683 on land donated by William Cogswell. William Butler and Robert Cross, Sr. signed the 1678 and 1679 petitions of inhabitants of Chebacco requesting a meeting house. [Ref]
Children of Robert Cross:
Generation 2
Parents: Robert Cross
Sarah Cross married William Butler in 1675. [Ref]
References:
Dow, George Francis, Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex
County, Essex Institute, 1911, online at
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/Essex
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850. Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007 ).
Wait, Luther, trans., "Ipswich Proceedings," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2, 1848, 50-53.