Benjamin Crispe

Seen as child of Richard Crispe, Jr. and Dorathie Crispe without supporting evidence.

Benjamin Crispe was disconnected from his parents Richard Crispe and Dorathie (Thompson) Crispe by Erica Howton. Feb 18, 2021 at 4:34 PM

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Benjamin and 1st wife Bridget (Unknown), had 8 children.
1. Elizabeth, b. Jan 8, 1637 m. George Lawrence
2. Mary, b. May 20, 1638 m. William Green
3. Jonathan, b. Jan 29, 1640 and died unmarried before Oct 25, 1680
4. Eleazer, b. Jan 14, 1642 and might have married Elizabeth (Unknown) and maybe died in Groton after Apr 10, 1726
5. Zachary or Zachariah, b. probably 1644, did not marry but had a freeborn child with Mary Stanwood
6. Mehitable, b. Jan 21, 1646 No further record
7. Mercy, b. probably 1648 and married Robert Parish (or Parris) 11 Apr 1667 in Chelmsford
8. Deliverance, b. near 1650 and married William Longley Jr. of Groton.

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Benjamin Crispe was a mason by trade, a servant of Maj. Edward Gibbons, and a proprietor of Watertown, Massachusetts.

Crispe arrived in the colonies in 1629 to serve as a servant to Maj. Gibbons in 1629. He was likely part of the major's 1635 expedition to explore the mouth of the Connecticut River, which resulted in the founding of the Saybrooke Colony, later part of the Connecticut Colony and in the area now known as Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Crispe owned land in both Groton and Watertown, Massachusetts. On May 24, 1681, the selectmen of Watertown chose him to be caretaker of the meetinghouse as well as poundkeeper, at a salary of 4 10 s.

BIRTH: About 1610 (deposed aged forty-five in 1656, fifty-two in 1662 and seventy-seven in 1683). Mason who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1631. First settled in Watertown MA, moved to Groton CT 1666, & back to Watertown by 1681. Died in Watertown between 5 November 1683 and 21 December 1683 (Frederick C. Warner suggests this range of dates because on the latter date Crisp was replaced in his duties about the meetinghouse, but on the former date at a town meeting no mention was made of the need for such a replacement); certainly he is seen in no record after 31 October 1682 when he sold his son Jonathan's property).

Married: (1) By 1636 Bridget _____; she d. Groton about the time of King Philip's War, and perhaps in consequence of the raid on Groton during that conflict.

(2) After 29 November 1680 Joanna (Goffe?) Longley, widow of William Longley Sr. [ TAG 62:26]; she died at Charlestown 18 April 1698, aged 79. She settled her estate on her Longley children.

A "Mr. Crispe" came on the Plough in 1631 and settled briefly at Watertown, the same year and place where BENJAMIN CRISP is first seen. This is suggestive, but may be mere coincidence.

References

• Great Migration Begins, Vol 1, A-F (2005). “Benjamin Crisp.“ Page 493 - 496. AncestryImage
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_193.html#P18056
• Davis, W. Goodwin. (1958). The ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857: wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press. “Crispe.” Page 55 - 58 Hathitrust
• https://minerdescent.com/2010/06/22/benjamin-crispe/ (has some errors)
• The American Genealogist, January 1987. “Benjamin Crispe (1607-1683)” AncestryImage full article at
• The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) Whole Number 245, Volune 62, No. 1. January 1987. “Benjamin Crisp.” AmericanAncestors
• https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2012/12/surname-saturday-cri... cites
• Massachusetts and Maine Families, by Walter Goodwin Davis, Volume 1, pages 318 – 321.
• “Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston: To which is Appended the Early History of the Town.” Henry Bond. Page 188. GoogleBooks CRISPE-BENJ. CRISPE, b. about 1611; servant of Maj. Gibbons, 1630, or '31, and probably came over with him, 1629; proprietor of Wat., 1636–7; admitted freeman, May 6, 1646; by wife BRIDGET, had, 1. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 8, 1636–7; m., Sept. 27, 1657, GEORGE LAWRENCE. [Lawrence, 1.] 2. MARY, b. May 20, 1638. 3. JONATHAN, b. Jan. 29, 1639-40, an early proprietor of Groton; his estate admin. by his father Benjamin, Oct. 25, 1680. 4. ELEAZER, b. Jan. 14, 1641–2. 5. MEHITABEL, b. Jan. 21, 1645-6. 6. ZACHARIAH, impressed as a soldier by Capt. Mosely, of Boston, about 1673. (See Court File, 1674.] Sept. 21, 1666, Benjamin Crispe, of Wat., a mason, and wife Bridget, sold to Thomas Boyden, of Groton, a dwelling-house, &c., with 7 acres, and several other parcels of land, amounting to 92 acres. He probably moved to Groton about that time. The Will of Joanna Crispe, of Groton (? wid. of Jonathan), mentions her daughters Mary Lemon, Sarah Rand, and Lydia Nutting, gr. dr. Sarah Nutting, gr. chil. Lydia, Elizabeth and William Longley, gr. dr. Anna Lawrence, gr. drs. Mary and Elizabeth Shaddock, and three gr. chil. in captivity.

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"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F465-TVN : 20 May 2022), Benjamin Crispe in entry for Elizabeth Crispe, 8 Nov 1636; citing Birth, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009514.

Birth: 1610 - Frisby, Lincolnshire, England, Firsby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: Nov 5 1683 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Parents: Richard Crispe Chrisepye, Dorathie Crispe (born Thompson)
Wife: Bridget Crispe (born Harris)
Children: ...reen (born Crispe), Jonathan Crispe, Eleazor Crispe, Mehitable Crisp, Zachariah Crispe, Mercy Marcy Paris (born Crisp Crispe, Parish), De...