Joseph Crosby was born 5 June 1669 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States to Simon Crosby (1637-1725) and Rachel Brackett (1639-1725) and died 1759 Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of unspecified causes. He married Sarah French (1671-1727) 6 May 1691 in Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Key Documents
1736 Court Petition
Middlesex County Court, August 31, 1736, p. 35.
A petition of Joseph Crosby of Billerica, in the County of Middlesex, Taylor, showing that the petitioner is aged 68 and upward, and has for some time past been unable to support himself by business of any sort. That he has five sons now living, viz: David Crosby of Shrewsbury, Joseph of Worcester, both of the County of Worcester, William and Thomas, both of the town of Billerica, and Robert of Northtown, all living in the County of Middlesex; as also six daughter now living, viz: Sarah, the wife of Ephraim Abbot of Andover, in the County of Essex; Rachel Crosby (1695-1757), the wife of Thomas Wyman Billerica aforesmentioned; Mary, the wife of Eleazer Ellis of Dedham; Prudence, the wife of Jeremiah Fisher of Needham, both in the County of Suffolk; Deborah the wife of Peter Russell of Andover aforesaid, and Hannah the wife of ----Watts of Boston, to amongst whom to set them well forth in the world the Petitioner has distributed his lands and estate to the value of several thousand of pounds as he accounts, not reserving to himself anything competent for his subsistence, nor being able to do it by his own work and labour; and therefore praying this Court would take the premises into their consideration and to direct that the Petitioner may be maintained and relieved by his respective children or their husbands (being of sufficient ability), as the Province Law therein directs and that they may be respectively asscessed thereto as the Court in their great wisdom shall see meet, and in order thereto they be properly cited to appear before this Court to answer the premises, etc.
Children
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Rachel Crosby (1660-1721) | |||
| Simon Crosby (1665-1718) | |||
| Thomas Crosby (1666-1737) | |||
| Joseph Crosby (1669-1759) | 5 June 1669 Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | 1759 Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States | Sarah French (1671-1727) |
| John Crosby (1670-1714) | |||
| Hannah Crosby (1672-1752) | |||
| Nathan Crosby (1674-1749) | |||
| Josiah Crosby (1677-1745) | |||
| Mary Crosby (1680-1748) | |||
| Sarah Crosby (1684-1734) | |||
| Joseph Crosby (1692-1744) | |||