Benjamin Crocker

1696 - 1757  (61 years)

• Name	Benjamin Crocker  [1, 2]
  Birth	5 Apr 1696	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Jun 1757	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [4]
  Burial	West Barnstable Cemetery, West Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [4]
  Person ID	I43907	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Crocker,   b. 10 Mar 1668, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 12 Jan 1742, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Anne Howland,   b. 9 Sep 1670, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 19 Apr 1750, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	18 Sep 1691	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F25653	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Hall,   b. 28 Mar 1692, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 19 Dec 1779, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	17 Sep 1719	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [5]
  Children	+ 1. Desire Crocker,   b. 9 Aug 1727, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 22 Jan 1804, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F25649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Mentioned in the will of his father Joseph Crocker.

  
  

• Sources

  [S636] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume 12, Francis Cooke of the Mayflower by Ralph V. Wood, Jr. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996; revised edition, 2014. [S4173] Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale by Mary Audentia Smith Anderson. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929. [S2717] Massachusetts births and christenings, 1639-1915, on familysearch.org. [S8708] Find a Grave page for Capt Benjamin Crocker. [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org. [S1739] Mayflower Increasings: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants by Susan E. Roser. 2nd edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995. [S4173] Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale by Mary Audentia Smith Anderson. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929., date only.