Desire Crocker

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Desire Thatcher (1688 - 1722)

Desire Thatcher

Born 24 Dec 1688 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Daughter of John Thacher and Lydia (Gorham) Thacher

Sister of Peter Thacher [half], Josiah Thacher [half], Rebecca (Thacher) Sturgis [half], Bethiah (Thacher) Paine [half], Elizabeth (Thatcher) Hatch [half], John Thatcher [half], Lydia (Thacher) Freeman, Mary (Thacher) Gorham, Hannah (Thacher) Otis, Mercy (Thatcher) Thacher, Judah Thatcher, Mercy Thacher Second, Ann (Thacher) Lothrop, Joseph Thatcher, Benjamin (Thatcher) Thacher, Mercy (Thacher) Harris and Thomas Thatcher

Wife of Josiah Crocker II — married 10 Apr 1718 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Mother of Josiah Crocker III and Desire (Crocker) Crossman

Died 6 May 1722 at age 33 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Thatcher-6 created 12 Sep 2010 | Last modified 22 Mar 2022

Biography

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Marriage:
Date: 1 Jan 1683
Place: Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Page: Birth year: 1661; Birth city: Barnstable; Birth state: MA.
Text: Birth date: 16 November 1661Birth place: Barnstable, Barnstable Cy, MADeath date: 2 August 1744Death place: Yarmouth, Barnstable Cy, MAMarriage date: 1 January 1683Marriage place: Yarmouth, MA
Genealogical Records

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Published Genealogical Information

Secondary Source, John R. Totten; Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy, [1] Data Extract:
) Thatcher Genealogy; page 92, 93; Honorable Colonel John Thatcher, b. Marblehead (then Salem) Massachusettts 17 March 1638-9; died at Yarmouth, Mass. 8 May 1713. Married (first) 6 Nov 1661 to Rebecca Winslow at Marshfield, Mass. They were the parents of three sons and five daughters. Married (second) 1 Jan 1683-4 Lydia Gorman, daughter of Col John Gorman and Desire Howland , as Yarmouth, Mass. Parents of four sons and eight daughters:
) Desire Thatcher (48); b. 24 Dec 1688; d. 6 May 1723; married Josiah Crocker.
) Thatcher Genealogy; page 133; Desire Thatcher (48), daughter of Hon. Col. John Thatcher was born at Yarmouth, Mass on 24 Dec 1688; died at Yarmouth on 6 May 1722 (Sabbath Morning); buried at Yarmouth in the old burying grounds. Gravestone inscription " Desire, wife of Ensign Josiah Crocker, died May 6th , 1722 in her 34th year." She married at Yarmouth (presumably) 10 April 1717 (0r 1718), to Captain Josiah Crocker, born at Barnstable, Mass. 8 Feb 1684. He resided at Barnstable, Mass.; he was a sea captain and an Ensign in the Military Service. He died at Nauset, according to the records, or at Annapolis, Rial, St. Mary's Harbor, on 10 Oct 1721, aged 37. He is supposed to be buried at Annapolis Royal, but a stone to his memory is erected in Old Burying Ground at Yarmouth thus enscribed, "Ensign Josiah Crocker died at sea October 10th, 1721 and was buried at Port Royal" (on the gravestone of his wife). He was a son of Josiah Crocker; (b. 19 Sept 1647; d. 2 Feb 1714-5) who married 23 Oct 1668 Meletiah Hinckley (b. ____; d. 2 Feb 1714/5), daughter of Gov. Thomas Hinckley.
) Children of Josiah Crocker and Desire Thatcher:
) Josiah Crocker (129): b. 30 Oct 1719; d. 28 Aug 1774; m. Rebecca Allyn; m (2nd) Hannah Cobb.
) Desire Crocker (130): b. 17 Dec 1721.
) Captain Josiah Crocker was a sea captain and while on a voyage to Nova Scotia he was betrayed out of his course by an Irishman who pretended to be a pilot. He and all the crew were sick at the time. He died on board his own vessel at St. Mary's Harbor; Annapolis, Rial, October 10 1721 and was buried at Port Royal Oct 14, 1721, age 37.
Sources

↑ Totten, John R.; Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1910. Public Domain.
Birth of Daughter:

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCHX-TMF : 14 January 2020), Desiar in entry for Desiar Crocker, 1721.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50042925/desire-crocker : accessed 02 December 2021), memorial page for Desire Thatcher Crocker (24 Dec 1688–6 May 1722), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50042925, citing Ancient Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by happi (contributor 47230744) .
Thacher - Thatcher Genealogy : Part 1 : Coat-of-Arms; North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Web based Genealogies

FamilySearch profile for Desire (Thatcher) Crocker

Desire Thatcher (1688 - 1723)

Desire Thatcher

Born 24 Dec 1688 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

ANCESTORS

Daughter of John Thacher and Lydia (Gorham) Thacher

Sister of

Peter Thacher [half], Josiah Thacher [half], Rebecca (Thacher) Sturgis [half], John Thatcher [half], Bethiah

Thacher [half], Lydia (Thacher) Freeman, Mary (Thacher) Gorham, Hannah (Thacher) Otis, Mercy Thatcher,

Judah Thatcher, Mercy Second Thacher, Ann Thacher, Joseph Thatcher,

Benjamin Thatcher, Mercy (Thatcher) Harris and Thomas Thatcher

Wife of Josiah Crocker I — married 10 Apr 1718 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts

DESCENDANTS

Mother of Josiah Crocker II and Desire (Crocker) Crossman

Died 6 May 1723 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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Profile last modified 7 Dec 2017 | Created 12 Sep 2010

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