Constance Bingham
- Born: Abt 1601, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285,295
- Marriage (1): Robert Crosby about 1622 in Brighton, Somersetshire, England 285,1566
- Died: Jan 1684, Rowley, Massachusetts, Bristish American Colonies about age 83 285,295,662,1566
- Buried: 25 Jan 1684, Rowley, Massachusetts, Bristish American Colonies
Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information: 662 Widow Constance Crosby had an acre and a half house-lot, 1643. This lot was later owned by John Pichard, at which time it was called a "two acre lot."
Constance was buried 25 Jan 1683/84. Among the Essex Court files, Vol. 21, 45:
"To this Honoured Court now sitting at Ipswitch: 4, 3, 1674 Constance Crosbie Grandmother to this Orphan Sarah Longhorne understanding that Daniell Wickam is like to be perswaded to accept Gardianship for her: I thinking that she had need of one that hath more experience to oversee her and for other Reasons I am very unwilling & doe desire that such a thing may not be proceeded in or Granted till Thomas Longhorne of Cambridg her uncle Knowes and Gives his Consent: for he takes more Care of the Children then I expected he would have don: not more at psent your poor & huble servant & Handmaide, Constance Crosbie"
~ Early settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, p. 46
• Background Information: 1566 Constance, daughter of Thomas Brigham and Isabel Watson, born at Holme-on-Spalding-Moor abt. 1602, was an administratrix of the estate of her father in 1632. She married, about 1622, Robert Crosby, bap. 30 Oct 1596, died abt. 1640. She came to New England, a widow, with her four daughters, was granted a houselot at Rowley, before 1643, and was buried in Rowley 25 Jan 1684.
The History of the Brighams, Vol. 2 p. 26
• Children: 285,662,1566 • John Crosby b: Jan 1622/1623 in Holme on Spalding Moor, York, England • Jane Crosby b: Apr 1627 in Holme on Spalding Moor, York, England; m. John Pickard, 1644 • Mary Crosby b: Dec 1629 in Holme on Spalding Moor, York, England; m. Richard Longhorne, 16 Nov 1644 • Robert Crosby b: Jul 1632 in Holme on Spalding Moor, York, England • Dr. Anthony, b. abt 1637; m. Prudence Wade • Hannah Crosby b: Oct 1634 in Holme on Spalding Moor, York, England; m. John Johnson
Constance married Robert Crosby, son of John Crosby and Jane Webster, about 1622 in Brighton, Somersetshire, England 285.,1566 (Robert Crosby was born in 1596 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285,295, baptized on 30 Oct 1596 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285,295 and died before 1642 in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, East Riding, Yorkshire, England 285,295.)
|