John Crosby II
The Yorkshire village of Stillingfleet is about five miles due south of the city of York. This John Crosby of Stillingfleet, our ancestor, we are designating as "the Second." There are no records available of the name of John Crosby II's wife, her birth, her death, or the date of the marriage. There is no copy of John's will nor the probate of a will.
It is very probable, though not apparent from the article of genealogist Paul W. Prindle, that sometime during his life, John moved about ten miles eastward to Holme upon Spaulding Moor. Three of John's son's are listed on the 1528 rental list as residing in Holme upon Spaulding Moor: Alan, James, and our ancestor, Thomas. Prindle did note that he had only a "brief time available" for his research, so it is possible that the Bartlett Collection has more information.
John was part of the adaptive Humanist Generation. His father was part of the heroic, civic-minded Arthurian Generation. His children were part of the idealistic Reformation Generation.
| Birth of John Crosby II | |
| Born: | About 1470 |
| Birthplace: | Probably Alne or Stillingfleet, Yorkshire, England |
| Parents | |
| Father: | John Crosby I, 1440-1502 (our ancestor) |
| Mother: | No information available |
| Siblings | |
| Brother: | William Crosby |
| Brother: | Miles Crosby |
| Brother: | Richard Crosby |
| Sister: | Emme Crosby |
| Sister: | Agnes Crosby |
| Brother: | Robert Crosby |
| Spouse and children | |
| Wife: | No information available |
| Son: | Robert Crosby, b. about 1495 On the 1524 subsidy list [The Bartlett Collection at NEHGS probably has more information.] |
| Son: | Alan Crosby On the 1528 rental list for Holme-upon-Spaulding-Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Son: | James Crosby On the 1528 rental list for Holme-upon-Spaulding-Moor, Yorkshire, England [The Bartlett Collection at NEHGS probably has more information.] |
| Son: | Thomas Crosby, 1505-1555 (our ancestor) |
| Son: | Richard Crosby b. about 1508, will dated 1545 |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | Yeoman farmer? |
| Religion: | Probably Roman Catholic or whatever was legal at the time |
| Death of John Crosby II | |
| Died: | No information available |
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Source for this page: John Crosby of Styllingfleet, Yorkshire, England, b. about 1440, constructed by William Lander, 176 Gieger Rd., Cleveland, TN. 37312 (E-mail: WLander@aol.com), � 1998 by William C. Lander. Mr. Lander provided these sources:
- NEHGS - Bartlett Collection, SG/BAR/86, carton 3. Primary source for the English research in Simon Crosby the Emigrant and Prindle's NEHGR article.
- Paul W. Prindle, NEHGR, v. 119, 243, 248, Oct 1965, The Yorkshire Ancestry of the Three Crosby Sisters of Rowley, Mass.
- Children- Eleanor Davis Crosby, Simon Crosby the Emigrant, 1914, p. 5, derived from Bartlett's research.
- Will - Perorogative and Exchequer of York Wills, v. 6, p. 29, copy in Bartlett Collection.