Crossman (Y-DNA)
Contents
Status summary
Completed as of January 31, 2022:
- Profile created for Crossman family
Still to do as of January 21, 2022
- Discover whether any patrilineal (all male-line) Joseph Crossman descendants are still living. Any such Y-DNA descendants can contact MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
Biography
First Generation
Joseph Crossman, son of Robert Crossman and Sarah Kingsbury, was born Taunton 29 Apr 1759 and died there bef 29 Jun 1696. He married Taunton 24 Nov 1685 Sarah Alden and they had four children (Taunton): Sarah (1686), Lydia (c1688), Joseph (c1690) and Mary (1691).
Second Generation
Joseph Crossman (II)] was born Taunton abt 1690 and died Easton 14 Mar 1776. He married twice, first Easton 8 Mar 1716 Deborah Pratt and second Bridgewater 20 Aug 1752 Elizabeth (Leonard) Washburn (no children). By his first wife Joseph had seven children (Easton): Eleazer (1717 not found aft 1736), Joseph (1718), William (1718 no further record), Daniel (1720 no further record), James (1721), Sarah (1721) and Deborah (1728/9).
Third Generation
Joseph Crossman (III)] was born Easton 5 Sep 1718 and died there 9 Feb 1775. He married twice, first Bridgewater 18 Feb 1747 Mary Cary and second Bridgewater 26 Feb 1756 Margaret Turner. By his first wife he had five children (Easton): Daniel (1748-1748), Mary (1750), infant son (c1752-1754), Abigail (1753) and William (1754 no further record). By his second wife Joseph had three more children (Easton): Daniel (1757 no further record), Sarah (1760) and Joanna.
James Crossman was born Easton 12 Jul 1721. He married twice, first Dorchester 18 Jun 1745 Sarah Ryford and second Lancaster 23 Mar 1722 Mary Priest. By his first wife he had three children: James (1746 m Rebecca Proctor), Sarah (1748) and Asa (1765 m Patience Oliver). By his second wife James had three more children: Elijah (1769 no further record), Jonathan (1769-1769) and Eunice (1772).
DNA results TBD
Family Tree DNA currently does not have a Crossman surname DNA Project.
Further needed testing
We need to discover whether any patrilineal (all male-line) descendants of Joseph Crossman are still living and WGS/NGS test to identify the haplogroup placement.
