General Deacon Abel Crocker

Descendant of Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley.

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Deacon Abel Crocker 15 June 1695–17 July 1781

Birth • 3 Sources 15 June 1695 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Age 86 Death • 1 Sources 17 July 1781 Plympton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Abel Crocker, "Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Deacon Abel Crocker 1695-1781

Marriage: 16 Apr 1718 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Mary Isham 1697-1782

Children (8)

Rebeckah Crocker 1719-1798

Eleazer Crocker 1722-

Daniel Crocker 1722-1787

Eleazer Crocker 1725-1784

Mary Crocker 1727-

Elejah Crocker 1729-

Sarah Crocker 1733-1813

Joseph Crocker 1737-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS

Eleazer Crocker 1650-1723

Marriage: 7 April 1682

Ruth Chipman 1663-1698

Children (10)

Benoni Crocker 1682-1701

Bethiah Crocker 1683-1766

Nathan Crocker 1685-1750 Daniel Crocker Daniel Crocker 1686-1723

Sarah Crocker 1689-1743

Theophilus Crocker 1691-1734

Eleazer Crocker 1693-1724

Ruth Crocker 1693-1727

Deacon Abel Crocker 1695-1781

Rebekah Crocker 1697-1744

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Abel Crocker was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

Abel Crocker was born June 15, 1695, the son of Eleazar Crocker and Ruth Chipman of Barnstable, Massachusetts[1] [2][3] [4]

He was descended from Mayflower Passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley through his mother, Ruth Chipman.

On April 16, 1718, he married Mary Isham[5] [4], and their children included:

Rebecca, born July 15, 1719[6], and baptized February 1723/4[7], who married Deacon Silvanus Dunham
Daniel, baptized August 28,1722[8], who married Susanna Dunham and Abigail Roberts
Eleazar, born July 15, 1725[6], and baptized October 10, 1725[9], who married Hannah Cobb
Mary, baptized July 25, 1727[6], who married Deacon Thomas Savery
Sara, baptized June 12, 1733[6], who married Elijah Perry of Middleborough
Elijah, May 8, 1729[6]
Joseph, born September 25, 1737[6]

The family moved from Barnstable to Plympton in 1723[10] and evidently returned. In 1757 Abell Crocker and his wife were dismissed to Plympton again[11]

Deacon Abel Crocker, the husband of Mary, died in Carver, Mass., on 04 July 1781 in his 86th year.[12] [13]. He was buried in Lakenham Cemetery in Carver. A photo of his gravestone can be viewed on Findagrave.com Memorial #42288685.[14]

Abel Crocker (1695 - 1781)

Abel Crocker

Born 15 Jun 1695 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of Eleazer Crocker and Ruth (Chipman) Crocker

Brother of Benoni Crocker, Bethia (Crocker) Whiton, Nathaniel Crocker, Daniel Crocker, Sarah Crocker, Theophilus Crocker, Ruth (Crocker) Fuller, Eleazer Crocker, Rebecca (Crocker) Robbins and Mercy (Crocker) Hatch [half]

Husband of Mary (Isham) Crocker — married 16 Apr 1718 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Father of Rebecca (Crocker) Dunham, Daniel Crocker, Eleazer Crocker, Sarah (Crocker) Perry and Joseph Crocker

Died 17 Jul 1781 at age 86 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Barnstable Volume 1, page 404, also shown in NEHGS, which states Eleazar Crocker and Ruth Chipman Married 7 April 1682 ... [their children] ... Abel born 15 June 1695
↑ The Crocker Family Schenectady Digital History Archive. . updated July 30, 2009. Copyright 2009. Accessed 19 June 2014 from the Schenectady County Public Library
↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:404. "Eleazer Crocker and Ruth Chipman [their children] ... Abel born 15 June 1695 ..."
↑ 4.0 4.1 Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; Publication date 1967; Publisher Lydia B. Brownson. This open source shows information that may otherwise be behind a paywall. see Vol. 14 (Crispe to Crosby), page 69 for Abel and Mary
↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:389, which states Abel Crocker & Mary Isum Married 16 of April 1718 pr Esq Parker.
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Massachusetts Vital Records Plympton Births, page 78, which states CROCKER:
Eleizer (h. Hannah Cobb) ch. Abell and Mary ... July 15, 1725;
Elejah ch. Abell and Mary ... May 8, 1729;
Joseph, ch. Abell and Mary ... Sept 25 1737
"'Mary (w. Dea. Thomas Savery) ch. Abell and Mary ... July 25, 1727
Rebeckah (w. Dea. Silvanus Dunham) ch. Abell and Mary ...July 15, 1719
Sarah (w. Elijah Perry of Middleborough) ch. Abell and Mary ... June 12, 1733
↑ Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892, page 124 Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.), which states Rebecca of Mary, wife of Abel Crocker, Feb 1723/4
↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Plympton Births, page 78, which states CROCKER: Daniell (Daniel h. Susanna Dunham qv h. Abigail Roberts) ch. Abell and Mary (Isham) of Barnstable ... August 28, 1722
↑ "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892.", page 126 Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.), which states Eleazar of Mary, wife of Abel Crocker, October 10, 1725
↑ "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892." Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
↑ "Barnstable, MA: Church Records, 1639-1892." Records of Barnstable, Massachusetts. CD-ROM. Boston, MA.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.)
↑ Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 found on NEHGS (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1911), p. 152. "Crocker, Abel, Dea. [h. Mary], July 4, 1781, in 86th y. G.R.1."
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 Plympton Volume 1, page 466 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), which states {Abel, Dea., h. Mary (Isham) of Barnstable, July 17, 1781, in 86th y., in Carver, then P[lympton].}
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #42288685
See also:

Phinney, Mary Allen. Isham Genealogy, A Brief History of Jirah Isham (Tuttle Pub. Co., Rutland, Vt., 1940) Page 9
Chute, William. A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America (Salem, Mass, 1894) p. xxviii.
Ancestry Family Trees ( Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA) Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15043181&pid...

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Abel Crocker was born on 15 Jun 1695 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States to Eleazer Crocker and Ruth (Chipman) Crocker. he is the brother of Benoni Crocker, Bethia (Crocker) Whiton, Nathaniel Crocker, Daniel Crocker, Sarah Crocker, Theophilus Crocker, Ruth (Crocker) Fuller, Eleazer Crocker, Rebekah Crocker and Mercy (Crocker) Hatch [half]. He married Mary (Isham) Crocker on 16 Apr 1718 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He is the father of Rebecca (Crocker) Dunham and Daniel Crocker. Abel died on 17 Jul 1781 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Profile manager: Lynden Rodriguez Crocker-176 created 29 May 2011 | Last modified 2 Oct 2016

Biography

The Crocker family first appeared in New England at Scituate and Barnstable, Massachusetts, where William and John Crocker, brothers, resided.They are said to have come to America in 1634. William united with the church in Scituate, December 25, 1636. He was of Barnstable in 1639. He was deputy and a man of importance. He married Alice ————;

Children of William Crocker and Alice __________:

1. John, b. May 11, 1637, at Scituate; 2. Elizabeth, baptized December 22, 1639, at Barnstable, died at the age of eighteen; 3. Samuel, b. July 3, 1642; 4. Job, March 9, 1645; 5. Joseph, b. September 19, 1649; 6. Eleazar, b. July 21, 1650; 7. Joseph, b. 1654. 8. (II) Eleazar, son of William and Alice Crocker, was born at Barnstable, Massachusetts; and married Ruth Chapman in April 7, 1681, daughter of John Chapman; and died April 8, 1698. Children:

1. Benoni, b. May 13, 1682, died at the age of nineteen;

2. Bethel, September 23, 1683;

3. Nathan, April 27, 1685;

4. Daniel, b. March 23, 1687;

5. Sarah, b. March 23, 1688;

6. Theophilus, b. March 11, 1691;

7. Eleazar, b. August 3, 1693;

8. Ruth, twin of Eleazar;

9. ABEL, b. JUNE 15, 1695;

10. Rebecca, b. December 10, 1697.

Some of this generation settled in Tolland County, Connecticut.

(IV) Eleazar, grandson of Eleazar and Ruth (Chapman) Crocker,

was born April 10, 1754, died in Washington county, New York, September 10, 1820.

He left Connecticut in 1787 and settled on a large tract of wild land,

covered with forest, lying in the town of White Creek, Washington county, New York.

This was cleared, improved and cultivated during his lifetime.

He was one of the organizers of the Presbyterian church in the town and a Whig in politics.

He married Susanna Hinkley, also of Connecticut, born November 30, 1755, died June 28, 1836.

Children:

1. Eleazar, (also spelled Eleasor);

2. Benjamin, of whom further;

3. Colonel Francis;

4. Rowena, married William Aikin;

5. Elizabeth.

(V) Benjamin, son of Eleazar and Susanna (Hinkley) Crocker,

was born in Willington, Tolland county, Connecticut, July 4, 1788, died March 10, 1874.

He was an infant in arms when his parents migrated to New York state, where he was educated and grew to manhood. His father gave him a farm containing between two and three hundred acres which he cultivated, being principally a wheat grower. He was prosperous and influential in his town. For many years he was justice of the peace; was supervisor and member of the state legislature. He was an elder of of the Presbyterian church and actively interested in its advancement. He married, June 13, 1811, Cyllinda Norton, died March 9, 1882, aged eighty-nine years, daughter of William Norton, of White Creek, an officer of the American Revolutionary War. She traced her descent to Thomas of Waters, born 1582, died 1648. The line traces through George (II), died 1659; George (III), born 1641; George (IV); George (V), born March 6, 1697; George (VI), born September 12, 1724, served in the American Revolutionary War; wounded at the Battle of Trenton, New Jersey, 1776, died February 15, 1777. William (VII), born April 13, 1754, also a soldier of the American Revolutionary War, married Lurana Kimberly, widow of a Mr. Morehouse. Their daughter, Cyllinda, of the eighth generation, married Benjamin Crocker.

Children: 1. Nathaniel Scudder Prime, b. May 19, 1814, d. October 30, 1889; he married (first) January 4, 1837, Sarah Jane Day; (second) October 3, 1843, Helen Jeanette Wilder; (third) Elizabeth Norman (Mary Wood, of whom further). 2. Benjamin P., b. July 22, 1817, d. January 22, 1896; a merchant of Cambridge, Washington County, New York; postmaster for sixteen years, an organizer and director of the village bank and prominent in the church. He married, June 18, 1868, Sarah Josephine Weston, of Cohoes, New York, born in New Hampshire. 3. Rufus King, b. August 16, 1819, d. November 2, 1891; a lawyer and editor and member of the New York legislature. He married (first) Sarah J. Meyers, October 18, 1848; he married (second), October 22, 1874, Abbie Sherman Taylor. 4. Celinda Ann, b. April 27, 1822, d. March 2, 1894. 5. Harriet Maria, born October 31, 1824; married, September 6, 1865, Frederick Julian. 6. James Norton, b. May 13, 1827, married, June 17, 1852, Mary Ann Dillon. 7. William Harvey, b. April 1, 1830, d. October 24, 1831 (VI) Mary Wood, daughter of Benjamin and Cyllinda (Norton) Crocker, was born in the town of White Creek, Washington county, New York, November 24, 1815, died June 24, 1896. She married, October 18, 1837, Nelson Reid Simpson, born September 17, 1806, son of David and Rachel (Reid) Simpson.

David Simpson was born October 26, 1762, Rachel born December 3, 1773. Nelson Reid Simpson was a farmer of Washington county, an elder of the Presbyterian church and a man of high character.

Children: 1. Hetty Cornelia, of whom further; 2. Mary Francis, married Alexander Marshall Sherman; 3. Annie Harriet, deceased. (VII) Hetty Cornelia, daughter of Nelson Reid and Mary Wood (Crocker) Simpson, married William Stanley Gilbert, born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1841, died August 18, 1885 in Cohoes, New York. He was a graduate of Beloit College, Wisconsin. He served in the civil war in Company D, Forty-ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was one of the "forlorn hope" that made the charge on the Confederate works at Port Hudson that resulted only in the loss of many brave men. He ranked as sergeant and came through without serious injury.

After the war he was in business for several years at Cohoes, New York, a member of the manufacturing firm of J. H. Parsons & Company. He was a Republican in politics and served as alderman for several terms. He was a member and most generous supporter of the Dutch Reformed church. He stood high in his community as an able business man and exemplary citizen. His widow resides in Cambridge, New York.

Schenectady Digital History Archive. The Crocker Family. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/crocker.html updated July 30, 2009. Copyright 2009. Accessed 19 June 2014. — a service of the Schenectady County Public Library —

Sources

WikiTree profile Crocker-176 created through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on May 29, 2011 by Kennon Edwards. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kennon and others. Source: S1730862093 Repository: #R1730539867 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15043181&pid... * Repository: R1730539867 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com See also:

FindaGrave.com memorial #42288685 Biography

Abel Crocker was born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay on 15 Jun 1695 the son of Eleazer and Ruth (Chipman) Crocker.[1] "Abel Crocker & Mary Isum Married 16 of April 1718 pr Esq Parker."[2]Deacon Abel Crocker, the husband of Mary, died in Carver, Mass., on 04 July 1781 in his 86th year.[3] He was buried in Lakenham Cemetery in Carver. A photo of his gravestone can be viewed on Findagrave.com Memorial #42288685.[4]

↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:404. "Eleazer Crocker and Ruth Chipman [their children] ... Abel born 15 June 1695 ..." ↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:389. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1911), p. 152. "Crocker, Abel, Dea. [h. Mary], July 4, 1781, in 86th y. G.R.1." ↑ Findagrave.com Memorial #42288685 See also:

William Edward Chute, A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America (Salem, MA: self published, 1894), p. xxviii.

http://graysonfamily.org/FamilyTree/drgg176.htm#4873

'Abel Crocker

-4873 was born on Jun 15 1695 in Barnstable Barnstable Massachusetts.

He died on Jul 17 1781 in Carver Plymouth Massachusetts.

Abel married (MRIN:1778) Mary Isum (Isham?)-4874

on Apr 16 1718 in Barnstable Barnstable MA.

Crocker Family Genealogy, James Russell Crocker, 1952.

Mary Isum (Isham?)-4874 was born in Barnstable Barnstable Massachusetts.

She died on Nov 15 1782 in Carver Plymouth Massachusetts.

Mary married (MRIN:1778)

Abel Crocker-4873 on Apr 16 1718 in Barnstable Barnstable MA.

Crocker Family Genealogy, James Russell Crocker, 1952.

They had the following children.

		M	i	 Lt. Daniel Crocker-4875 was born on Aug 28 1722. 

He died on Mar 24 1787.

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'Abel Crocker (1695 - 1781)

Abel Crocker

Born 15 Jun 1695 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Son of Eleazer Crocker and Ruth (Chipman) Crocker

Brother of Benoni Crocker, Bethia (Crocker) Whiton, Nathaniel Crocker,

Daniel Crocker, Sarah Crocker, Theophilus Crocker, Ruth (Crocker) Fuller,

Eleazer Crocker, Rebekah Crocker and Mercy (Crocker) Hatch [half]

Husband of Mary (Isham) Crocker —

married 16 Apr 1718 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Province of Mass. Bay

Father of Rebecca Crocker and Daniel Crocker

Died 17 Jul 1781 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

The Crocker family first appeared in New England at Scituate

and Barnstable, Massachusetts, where William and John Crocker, brothers, resided.

They are said to have come to America in 1634. William united

with the church in Scituate, December 25, 1636. He was of Barnstable in 1639.

He was deputy and a man of importance.

He married Alice ————; 

Children of William Crocker and Alice __________:

1. John, b. May 11, 1637, at Scituate;

2. Elizabeth, baptized December 22, 1639, at Barnstable, died at the age of eighteen;

3. Samuel, b. July 3, 1642;

4. Job, March 9, 1645;

5. Joseph, b. September 19, 1649;

6. Eleazar, b. July 21, 1650;

7. Joseph, b. 1654.

8. (II) Eleazar, son of William and Alice Crocker,

was born at Barnstable, Massachusetts;

and married Ruth Chapman in April 7, 1681, daughter of John Chapman;

and died April 8, 1698.

Children:

1. Benoni, b. May 13, 1682, died at the age of nineteen;

2. Bethel, September 23, 1683;

3. Nathan, April 27, 1685;

4. Daniel, b. March 23, 1687;

5. Sarah, b. March 23, 1688;

6. Theophilus, b. March 11, 1691;

7. Eleazar, b. August 3, 1693;

8. Ruth, twin of Eleazar;

9. ABEL, b. JUNE 15, 1695;

10. Rebecca, b. December 10, 1697.

Some of this generation settled in Tolland County, Connecticut.

(IV) Eleazar, grandson of Eleazar and Ruth (Chapman) Crocker,

was born April 10, 1754, died in Washington county, New York,

September 10, 1820.

He left Connecticut in 1787 and settled on a large tract of wild land,

covered with forest, lying in the town of White Creek, Washington county, New York.

This was cleared, improved and cultivated during his lifetime.

He was one of the organizers of the Presbyterian church

in the town and a Whig in politics.

He married Susanna Hinkley, also of Connecticut,

born November 30, 1755, died June 28, 1836.

Children:

1. Eleazar, (also spelled Eleasor);

2. Benjamin, of whom further;

3. Colonel Francis;

4. Rowena, married William Aikin;

5. Elizabeth.

(V) Benjamin, son of Eleazar and Susanna (Hinkley) Crocker,

was born in Willington, Tolland county, Connecticut, July 4, 1788, died March 10, 1874.

He was an infant in arms when his parents migrated to New York state,

where he was educated and grew to manhood. 

His father gave him a farm containing between two and three hundred acres

which he cultivated, being principally a wheat grower. 

He was prosperous and influential in his town.

For many years he was justice of the peace;

was supervisor and member of the state legislature.

He was an elder of of the Presbyterian church and actively interested in its advancement.

He married, June 13, 1811, Cyllinda Norton, died March 9, 1882,

aged eighty-nine years, daughter of William Norton, of White Creek,

an officer of the American Revolutionary War.

She traced her descent to Thomas of Waters, born 1582, died 1648.

The line traces through George (II), died 1659; George (III), born 1641;

George (IV); George (V), born March 6, 1697; George (VI), born September 12, 1724,

served in the American Revolutionary War;

wounded at the Battle of Trenton, New Jersey, 1776, died February 15, 1777.

William (VII), born April 13, 1754, also a soldier of the American Revolutionary War,

married Lurana Kimberly, widow of a Mr. Morehouse. Their daughter, Cyllinda,

of the eighth generation, married Benjamin Crocker.

Children:

1. Nathaniel Scudder Prime, b. May 19, 1814, d. October 30, 1889; he married (first) January 4, 1837, Sarah Jane Day; (second) October 3, 1843, Helen Jeanette Wilder; (third) Elizabeth Norman (Mary Wood, of whom further). 2. Benjamin P., b. July 22, 1817, d. January 22, 1896; a merchant of Cambridge, Washington County, New York; postmaster for sixteen years, an organizer and director of the village bank and prominent in the church. He married, June 18, 1868, Sarah Josephine Weston, of Cohoes, New York, born in New Hampshire. 3. Rufus King, b. August 16, 1819, d. November 2, 1891; a lawyer and editor and member of the New York legislature. He married (first) Sarah J. Meyers, October 18, 1848; he married (second), October 22, 1874, Abbie Sherman Taylor. 4. Celinda Ann, b. April 27, 1822, d. March 2, 1894. 5. Harriet Maria, born October 31, 1824; married, September 6, 1865, Frederick Julian. 6. James Norton, b. May 13, 1827, married, June 17, 1852, Mary Ann Dillon. 7. William Harvey, b. April 1, 1830, d. October 24, 1831 (VI) Mary Wood, daughter of Benjamin and Cyllinda (Norton) Crocker, was born in the town of White Creek, Washington county, New York, November 24, 1815, died June 24, 1896. She married, October 18, 1837, Nelson Reid Simpson, born September 17, 1806, son of David and Rachel (Reid) Simpson.

David Simpson was born October 26, 1762, Rachel born December 3, 1773. Nelson Reid Simpson was a farmer of Washington county, an elder of the Presbyterian church and a man of high character.

Children: 1. Hetty Cornelia, of whom further; 2. Mary Francis, married Alexander Marshall Sherman; 3. Annie Harriet, deceased. (VII) Hetty Cornelia, daughter of Nelson Reid and Mary Wood (Crocker) Simpson, married William Stanley Gilbert, born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, January 21, 1841, died August 18, 1885 in Cohoes, New York. He was a graduate of Beloit College, Wisconsin. He served in the civil war in Company D, Forty-ninth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He was one of the "forlorn hope" that made the charge on the Confederate works at Port Hudson that resulted only in the loss of many brave men. He ranked as sergeant and came through without serious injury.

After the war he was in business for several years at Cohoes, New York, a member of the manufacturing firm of J. H. Parsons & Company. He was a Republican in politics and served as alderman for several terms. He was a member and most generous supporter of the Dutch Reformed church. He stood high in his community as an able business man and exemplary citizen. His widow resides in Cambridge, New York.

Schenectady Digital History Archive. The Crocker Family. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/crocker.html updated July 30, 2009. Copyright 2009. Accessed 19 June 2014. — a service of the Schenectady County Public Library —

Sources

WikiTree profile Crocker-176 created through the import of Edwards Family Tree.ged on May 29, 2011 by Kennon Edwards. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kennon and others. Source: S1730862093 Repository: #R1730539867 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15043181&pid... * Repository: R1730539867 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com See also:

FindaGrave.com memorial #42288685 Biography

Abel Crocker was born in Barnstable, Barnstable County, (then) Province of Massachusetts Bay on 15 Jun 1695 the son of Eleazer and Ruth (Chipman) Crocker.[1] "Abel Crocker & Mary Isum Married 16 of April 1718 pr Esq Parker."[2]Deacon Abel Crocker, the husband of Mary, died in Carver, Mass., on 04 July 1781 in his 86th year.[3] He was buried in Lakenham Cemetery in Carver. A photo of his gravestone can be viewed on Findagrave.com Memorial #42288685.[4]

↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:404. "Eleazer Crocker and Ruth Chipman [their children] ... Abel born 15 June 1695 ..." ↑ Records of Barnstable, MA, from the Gustavus A. Hinckley Collection, (NEHGS, Boston, MA: 2001) citing BVR Vol. 1:389. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Carver, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, 1911), p. 152. "Crocker, Abel, Dea. [h. Mary], July 4, 1781, in 86th y. G.R.1." ↑ Findagrave.com Memorial #42288685 See also:

William Edward Chute, A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America (Salem, MA: self published, 1894), p. xxviii.

http://graysonfamily.org/FamilyTree/drgg176.htm#4873

'Abel Crocker

-4873 was born on Jun 15 1695 in Barnstable Barnstable Massachusetts.

He died on Jul 17 1781 in Carver Plymouth Massachusetts.

Abel married (MRIN:1778) Mary Isum (Isham?)-4874 on Apr 16 1718 in Barnstable Barnstable MA.

Crocker Family Genealogy, James Russell Crocker, 1952.

Mary Isum (Isham?)-4874 was born in Barnstable Barnstable Massachusetts.

She died on Nov 15 1782 in Carver Plymouth Massachusetts.

Mary married (MRIN:1778) Abel Crocker-4873 on Apr 16 1718 in Barnstable Barnstable MA.

Crocker Family Genealogy, James Russell Crocker, 1952.

They had the following children.

		M	i	 Lt. Daniel Crocker-4875 was born on Aug 28 1722. He died on Mar 24 1787.

Reference: ancestry.com:

'Abel Crocker

Born in Barnstable Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA on 10 Jun 1695

to Eleazer Crocker and Ruth Chipman.

Abel married Mary Isham and had 7 children.

He passed away on 17 Jul 1781 in Carver, Massachusetts, USA.

Family Members

Parents

Eleazer Crocker 1645-1704

Ruth Chipman 1663-1698

Spouse(s)

Mary Isham 1692-1782

Children

Rebecca Crocker 1720-1798

Daniel Crocker 1735-1782

Eleazer Crocker 1725-1784

Mary Crocker 1727-1796

Elijah Crocker 1729-1784

Sarah Crocker 1731-1813

Joseph Crocker 1737-Unknown

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