House of Plantagenet Descent of Roy Crosby
For more than 330 years Plantagenet monarchs ruled over England. The chart below shows Roy Crosby’s descent from Geoffrey Plantagenet. Recently (Feb. 2021) I discovered …
Category: Crosby Family
Kings, Queens, Scientists, Poets and Grandfather Thorndike?
Today marks the 350th anniversary of the burial of John Thorndike, my 9th-great grandfather on the Crosby side. On November 3, 1668, John was buried in …
Arrival of My Folk in North America
Below are some tables showing when my ancestors arrived in America. I was surprised to see that the 17th century belonged exclusively to my Crosby …
When Up is the Only Way To Go
Biles Island. Even the name sounds wretched. It sounds like a fictional place from a Dashiell Hammett novel; a metaphor for living at rock bottom. …
Deireadh na Tòiseachaidh — The End of the Beginning
Saint Margaret of Scotland is a small Catholic church in River Denys, Nova Scotia. Built in 1841 by settlers from the Scottish highlands, some of …
Crosby Ancestors in Prime Time
Eleanor Billington: “The matriarch of one of America’s most troublesome first families.” Well, National Geographic Channel is going to be putting some of my family’s …
John Rosse at Dunbar, 1650
John Rosse was my 8th-great grandfather on the Crosby side. In 1650, during the Third English Civil War, John Rosse fought at the Battle of …
The Mayflower Ancestors of Roy Crosby
Roy Crosby, my grandfather, marks the joining of multiple Mayflower lines. His father was descended from eight Mayflower passengers; his mother was descended from …