William CROCKER (Dea.)
- BIRTH: England
- DEATH: 1692; Massachusetts (now part of USA)
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Family 1: Alice //
- MARRIAGE: 1636
- CHILDREN:
- John CROCKER
- Elizabeth CROCKER
- Samuel CROCKER
- Job CROCKER
- Josiah CROCKER
- Eleazer CROCKER
- Joseph CROCKER
Family 2: Patience COBB
- MARRIAGE: 8 Jan 1656/7
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Notes
Updated May 5, 2025. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):(1) Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts via Ancestry.com: Volume III
"Among the first settlers of Barnstable, Mass., were John and William CROCKER, brothers. Of these John left no family but William's posterity are very numerous... These brothers are said to have come over in 1634, either in the same ship with Rev. Mr. LOTHROP, or in another that sailed about the same time, and they stopped in Roxbury, thence went to Scituate and finally to Barnstable, William going with Mr. LOTHROP and his church in 1639, and John the following spring. William CROCKER, of Barnstable, united with Mr. LOTHROP's church in Scituate Dec. 25, 1636. He built a frame house in Scituate in 1636 -- the forty-fourth built in the town... He was constable of Barnstable in 1644; on the grand jury in 1654-55-57-61-67-75; was selectman in 1668; was deputy to the General Court in 1670-74; and surveyor of highways in 1673. He was one of the leading men in early times and was often employed in the business of the town and in settling the estates of deceased persons. Mr. CROCKER probably settled first in the easterly part of the town, and about the year 1643 removed to West Barnstable. He had a large landed estate, and for many years was, perhaps, the richest man in the town. His sons were all men of wealth. He married (first) in 1636 Alice, who was the mother of all his children, was living in 1683, and died soon thereafter. He married (second) Patience, widow of Robert PARKER, and daughter of elder Henry COBB. He died in the fall of 1692, aged probably about eighty."
- Children: John; Elizabeth; Samuel; Job; Josiah; Eleazer; Joseph
(2) Genealogical Notes of Barnstable [Mass.] Families Volume I, Amos Otis, 1888. Cobb chapter (pages 166-179).
- Probably Patience COBB's second husband.
(3) U.S. and International Marriage Records via Ancestry.com
- Name: William Crocker
- Gender: male
- Spouse Name: Patience COBB
- Spouse Birth Place: MA
- Spouse Birth Year: 1641
- Marriage Year: 1686
- Marriage State: MA