Rachel Crosby

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Rachel Higgins 18 August 1767–about 1827 (Age 59) Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Rachel

When Rachel Higgins was born on 18 August 1767, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Higgins, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Bassett, was 31. She married Joshua Crosby on 1 May 1796, in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died about 1827, at the age of 60.

Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860 1880 1900

Joshua Crosby

1764–1824 Rachel Higgins

1767–1827 Marriage: 1 May 1796

Obed Crosby

1797–1864 Polly Crosby

1798–1857 Mark Crosby

1801–1867 Isaac Crosby

1803–Deceased Pamelia Crosby

1807–Deceased Temperance or Tempa K. Crosby

1809–1894

World Events (8) 1776

Age 9 Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · The Declaration to the King

Age 9 """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.""""""" 1783 · A Free America

Age 16 The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Parents and Siblings

Samuel Higgins

Male 1730–1813

•  Male

Elizabeth Bassett Female 1736–1793

•  Female

Siblings (8)

Mary Higgins Female 1760–Deceased

•  Female

Mary Polly Higgins Female 1760–1839

•  Female

Phebe Higgins Female 1762–1824

•  Female

Lydia Higgins Female 1764–1804

•  Female

Rachel Higgins Female 1767–1827

•  Female +3 More Children

Sources (3)

Rachel Crosby in entry for Obed Crosby and Deborah Lincoln, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Rachel in entry for Tempy K Crosby, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"

Rachel in entry for Mark Crosby, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"