William Bedlow Crosby

William Bedlow Crosby

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William Bedlow Crosby papers, ca. 1686-1892
William Bedlow Crosby, born on February 7, 1786 in New York, New York, died on March 18, 1865 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York,Married February 7, 1807, New York, New York, to Harriett Ashton Clarkson, born September 23, 1786 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, died on December 13, 1859 in New York, New York aged 73 years old (Parents: Rev. William Clarkson 1763-1812 & Catherine Floyd 1767-1832) with ...

1. John Player Crosby 1810-1876 Married May 15, 1840, New York, New York, to Margaret Barker Butler 1819-1894 with

  - Henry Ashton Crosby 1843-1917 Married November 21, 1878, New York, New York, to Mary Leavitt 1847 with:

      - Henry Ashton Crosby 1886-1930

2. Clarkson Floyd Crosby 1817 with Angelica Schuyler with

      - John Schuyler Crosby 1839-1914 Married April 26, 1863, Albany, Albany County, New York, to Harriett Van Rensselaer 1838-

3. Edward Nicoll Crosby 1821-1865 With Elizabeth Van Schoenhoven with

     - Frederick van Schoenhoven Crosby 1860-1920 With Julia Floyd Delafield 1874-1952 with :

         - Floyd Delafield Crosby 1899-1985

4. Howard Crosby 1826-1891 With Margaret Evertson Givan 1829-1907 with

    - Ernest Howard Crosby 1856-1907 Married in 1881 to Fanny Kendall Schieffelin

Authors:William Bedlow Crosby, Benjamin Allen, Hannah F. Clarkson, Wm Clarkson, Catherine C. Crosby, Mary Crosby, William Henry Crosby, Samuel Hazard, Robert Hudson, Robert Ralston, Henry Rutgers

Summary:Correspondence, deeds, releases, certificates, poems, etc., ca. 1686-1892, pertaining to William Bedlow Crosby of New York City and various other members of the Crosby, Clarkson, and related families. Correspondence includes 104 letters received by William Bedlow Crosby during 1802-1830, including 30 letters from Robert Ralston of Philadelphia, 7 from Matthew C. Ralston, 7 from Robert Hudson, and others from Edward Carroll, Kingston, Jamaica; Paul Fearing, Marietta, Ohio; Benjamin Allen, Hyde Park, New York; and William Bedlow Crosby's father-in-law, Rev. William Clarkson. Letters concern family matters, business, title to lands, etc.

Additional items of family correspondence include 17 letters, 1793-1799, by William Clarkson to his brother-in-law, Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge of Litchfield, Connecticut in which Clarkson writes of personal and family matters, religion, mutual acquaintances, health, etc.; series of 7 lengthy letters written by William Henry Crosby to his wife at Rutgers Place, New York City, while on shipboard and travelling abroad in Europe; 3 letters from Hannah F. Clarkson to her sister, Mrs. Harriet Ashton Crosby, and dated from Charleston and Wadmalaw, South Carolina, 1810 Dec. 3-1811 Jan. 29, in which Ms. Clarkson describes in detail her stormy and perilous voyage to Charleston, conditions on shipboard, fellow passengers, social life in Wadamar, news and gossip concerning friends, family, neighbors, etc.; and other items of personal and family correspondence of various members of the Crosby and Clarkson families.

Also included is a personal diary, 1842 Sep. 19-1843, kept at the family home, Rutgers Place, New York, by William's daughter, Mary Crosby, describing her daily life and activities. The diary is accompanied by a volume of reminiscences of Rutgers Place, written by Mary Crosby, recounting family and social life at Rutgers Place during the first half of the 19th century. Also included are assorted poems and translations, a commonplace book kept by Catherine C. Crosby containing poems and extracts inscribed to her by friends, 1824-1827, and family certificates, deeds for New York City properties, releases, and various land, estate, and legal papers 1686-1868