Capt. Jonah Gross

1683 - 1745  (61 years)

• Name	Jonah Gross  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	2 Aug 1683	Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1745	Cape Breton, Nova Scotia   [3, 6, 7]
  Burial	Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [6]
  Person ID	I30446	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Simon Gross,   b. 1650, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 26 Oct 1696, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Mary Bond,   b. 16 Dec 1657   d. 12 Oct 1732, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1675	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts   [5, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F18176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Howard,   b. 18 Dec 1699, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d. 24 Nov 1762, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	13 Mar 1718	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut   [2, 10]
  Children	+ 1. Lucretia Gross,   b. 21 Aug 1724, Hartford County, Connecticut d. 13 Sep 1772 (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F18175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  From his Find a Grave page: He bought land in Hartford in the colony of Connecticut in 1708 from John Butler. He was one of the most prominent sea captains in Hartford. On May 30, 1741, during one of his voyages, he was taken prisoner by the Spanish, being held prisoner for almost a year at Crokus before he was released and returned home. His last voyage took place when the colonies and Capt. Jonas sailed his sloop Rebeckah on the Cape Breton expedition. In his will which was written before the voyage, he committed his "body to the grave either in the land or sea…" and it was during the voyage that he died in about 1745. From A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records (citation details below), volume 3, page 562: Gross, Capt. Jonah, Hartford. No inventory found. Will not dated. I, Jonah Gross of Hartford, do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made and done: First, recom mending my soul unto the hands of God, and my body to the grave either in the land or sea, hoping for the pardon of all my sins through ye merits of Jesus Christ, not doubting of the resurection of my body on the last day, and touching my worldly goods God has given me: First and prin cipally, I give my well-beloved wife Susannah Gross my house and land in Hartford, to be to her and her heirs and assigns forever, she paying my just debts and legacies. And also I give to my sd. wife my interest in the sloop Rebeckah, and all my moveable estate of what kind soever, to be to her and her heirs forever. I give to each of my children, Samuel, Susan nah, Lucretia, Rebeckah and Lorenzo, each of them 20 shillings money, to be paid them by my wife. It is my will that my wife do her best en deavor to bring up my children until they arrive to be able to shift well and get a living for themselves. And I do hereby constitute and appoint my wife Susannah Gross to be sole executrix to this my last will and testa ment. As witness my hand and seal this day. JONAH GROSS, LS. Signed, sealed, delivered, published and declared by Capt. Jonah Gross to be his last will, before us: John Austin, Abigail Howard, Ruth Howard. Court Record, Page 1 — 3 December, 1745: The last will and testament of Capt. Jonah Gross, late of Hartford, was now exhibited by Susannah Gross, widow and executrix. Will proven. Page 5 — 26 February, 1745-6: Lorenzo Gross, a minor, 16 years of age, son of Capt. Jonah Gross decd, (at Cape Breton), now before this Court made choice of his mother Susannah Gross to be his guardian. Recog., £500.

  
  

• Sources

  [S180] Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, on familysearch.org. [S3050] George E. McCracken, "A Hartford Miscellany: Howard, Stone, Adsit-Edgett." The American Genealogist 36:29, Jan 1960. [S4420] Find a Grave page for Capt Jonah Gross. [S2254] Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut by Lucius Barnes Barbour. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977., date only. [S4428] Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut by William Richard Cutter. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911. [S2254] Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut by Lucius Barnes Barbour. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977. [S4423] A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records compiled by Charles William Manwaring. Three volumes. Hartford, Connecticut: Peck & Co., 1904-06. [S4424] Find a Grave page for Mary Pond Gross., date only. [S3436] Massachusetts marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924, on familysearch.org. [S4421] Find a Grave page for Susannah Howard Gross.