Savage, Hannah (b. ABT 1620, d. 25 MAY 1662)

Death: 25 MAY 1662 Dorchester, MA

Death: 8 JUN 1690 Dorchester, Suffolk, MA

Death: 18 SEP 1693 Beverly, Essex, MA

Death: 1710 Preston, New London, CT

Death: 1671

Death: 22 MAY 1662 Milton, Norfolk, MA

Death: 1676

Death: 3 JUL 1737 Milton, Norfolk, MA

Death: 25 MAR 1743 Milton, Norfolk, MA

Death: 1 JUN 1760 Milton, Norfolk, MA

Death: 1 OCT 1804 Milton, Norfolk, MA

Death: 10 JAN 1667/68 Milton, Norfolk, MA

Note: He emigrated on 24 May 1634 to Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Came on the Mary and John, which left Southampton, England 24 Mar 1633/34. He was accompanied by his soon-to-be bridge Anna JORDAN and her parents Stephen and Susanna JORDAN. He Granted six acres of land adjoining that of his father-in-law Stephen Jordan in 1635 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. He served as a soldier in 1637 in Pequot Indian War He Granted a small lot of marshland for his services in the war in 1639 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He appeared in court in 1649. Robert believed that the magistrates were against him and in the is year he was admonished for his word. He moved on 19 Mar 1649/50 to Chebacco (later southern Ipswich), Massachusetts Bay Colony. He moved to a 40 acres farm purchased from John Burnham, whom he later brought suit. He appeared in court in 1657. In this year, Stephen JORDAN and Robert CROSS were both sued by Gov....... Bradstreet. He had previously entrusted them with the care of 30 sheep. Their care seems to have been taken over by the sons of Robert who were careless and may have allowed the death of many of the sheep. He took the oath of a freeman in 1658 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He appeared in court in 1663. Robert was further embittered with the magistrates when two of his sons were jailed and set in stocks for training day misbehavior that Robert called "nothing." He appeared in court in 1664. Cross was not happy with Martha because she had developed a relationship with William Durkee. Martha left home to live with her sister Elizabeth. Elizabeth consulted Goodman Story, who advised Cross told her Robert that Martha was in a sorrowful condition to and advised him to permit her to marry. Cross not only disapproved but sued William Durkee for abusing his daughter. Durkee counter sued that Cross had withdrawn his consent after giving it. Whatever the result of the suits, William and Martha married anyway. He Slave or indentured servant owner Owned 2 servants, N. Vauden & L. Clinton. Vauden was fined £40, branded/collared for running away. about 1670 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. According to Cross , "Robert Cross had two bound servants, Nicholas Vauden and Lawrence Clinton. Vauden ran away several times, each time being pursued, captured and returned, and in 1670 he was fined 40 pounds, branded on the forehead and forced to wear a collar. Clinton married an aging spinster who bought off his remaining time. Her family sued Cross, saying that he had connived with Clinton to get her money. They won the case but when Cross appealed he matter he won the review. Clinton meanwhile departed happily to Rhode Island and Connecticut for greener pastures!!" He appeared in court before 1685. He successfully sued Thomas Wells for slander after Wells called Cross a "cheating knave." He appeared in court in Jun 1693 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. According to Guilford, Robert CROSS Sr had purchased 40 acres of farmland from John BURMAN Jr. The bounds became disputed and, following several disputes, CROSS sued BURMAN and for neighbors for trespass and "the recovery of 30 acres of land at Ipswich." Robert won, the case was appealed, and the sentence was upheld. He appeared in court in May 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. According to Guilford, John BURMAN Jr appealed the suit he lost to Robert CROSS concerning ownership of 30 acres of land at Ipswich but the case was upheld. He died between May 1694 and 4 Dec 1710 in Ipswich, Essex, MA. There is no doubt that Robert CROSS lived to a good old age, but whereas Cross says he died 8 feb 1692/93, Giulford says that in court in either 1693 or 1694, he testified that "I am the ancientest man of the first proprietor that ever lived on the south side of the Chebacco River." He Cross bcame "paranoid" that the Ipswich court was acting unfairly agasit him. in Ipswich, Essex, MA. According to Guilford, over the years, Cross had several run ins with the Ipswich court and believed that he was mistreated: fined necessarily, that the authorities were keeping the court fees, and that his sons were 'set in stocks and punished for nothing."

Death: 8 FEB 1692/93 Ipswich, Essex, MA

Death: 29 OCT 1677 Ipswich, Essex, MA

Death: 1658

Note: John was born in 1584 in London, England. He was christened on 5 Jun 1584 in Saint Michael, London, England. His returned to England between 1633 and 1638. He emigrated about Jun 1634 to Massachusetts Bay. John (age 50) came on the "Elizabeth" with Wife Ann (age 38). Son Henry (age 20) came on the "Increase" in 1635. The "Elizabeth" sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk, mid-April 1634, bound for New England.

Death: 15 SEP 1640 Boston, Suffolk, MA

Note: Sir Captain Robert CROSSE was born about 1552 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England. He served as a Captain CROSSE served under both Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raliegh between 1572 and 1592 in The Seven Seas?

1572-1573: CROSSE was one of Queen Elizabeth's 500 Berwick soldiers dispatched of to take Edinburgh Castle. A bombardment of the castle began on May 21 and continued for six days until the 160 men inside surrendered. According to on-line historical sources, the "Lang siege" was the most destructive episode in the history of Edinburgh Castle. Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange, a supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, refused to surrender the castle to the Regent Morton. Morton sought assistance from England and received heavy guns from Berwick. Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange defended Edinburgh Castle until his surrender in May 1573. He was executed; hung for treason.

1585-1586: CROSS was a Captain aboard Sir Francis Drake's fleet of 29 ships and 2300 infantry. They left Plymouth, England 14 Sep 1585. On 1 Oct 1585, Voice Admiral Martin Frobisher entered into negotiations with the Spanish commander of the Bayona Islands to During this time, he held two Spaniards hostage; likewise he sent two two of his own men, Captain CROSSE and Captain Sampson to Bayona as hostages. After 5 days of negotiations, an agreement was reached to end English-Spanish hostilities in the West Indies and Captains CROSSE and Sampson were released. On 31 Dec 1585, Drake attacked Santo Domingo and captured the city the next day. A month later, Drake captured Cartagena and a booty of treasure and provisions. Some time in April, Drake attacked the Spanish fort at San Augustine in Florida, picked up some English colonials who had given up on the idea of a settlement on Roanoke island, and returned to England in June 1586.

1587: Served as one of 8 Captains under Sir Francis Drake who commanded 21 ships including four of the Queen's ships. Each captain commanded his own ship and was assigned a lieutenant, and ensign, two sergeants and four corporals. On 19 Apr 1587, In a surprise attack of the Spanish fleet at Cadiz, Spain, Drake destroyed 24 Spanish ships, many large. Drake soon sailed to Cape St. Vincent in the West Indies and captured the castle there that effectively prevented a planned invasion of England by the Spanish Armada. Drake then sailed to the Azores and, despite his fleet being separated by storm, captured a Portuguese ship valued at £140,000. The fleet returned 7 Jul 1587.

1588: Captain CROSSE served as rear admiral of Sir Francis Drake's ships in the historic Battle of Gravelines in the English Channel where the English won a decisive battle against the larger Spanish Armada. Drake's fleet engaged the Spaniards at dawn on 29 Jul 1588 in a close cannon battle that raged until the afternoon. CROSSE commanded the Queen's ship "The Hope," which was one of the few ships to sink a Spanish vessel with its cannons (the 272-man 24-cannon La Maria Juan). Most of the Armada were caught in a storm and blown into the North Sea. In the end, English looses were minor but 1500 Spanish were killed or drowned and another 800 were wounded.

1589: As Provost Marshall for of Sir Francis Drake, CROSSE was in charge of provisioning the 15 supply ships that supported the attack on Lisbon by Drake's 180 ships and their 20,000 men. Drake lost 10,000 men to disease and failed to defeat Lisbon causing Queen Elizabeth to scale back the undeclared war with Spain to privateering of Spanish shipping, but the strategy yielded many rewards.

1592:
He appeared in court in Jul 1587 in England. CROSSE testified at the trial of Captain William Borough who was accused of deserting his fleet at the Battle of Cadiz. He died in 1611 in Charlinch, Somersetshire, England. He was buried on 11 Aug 1611. His body was interred in Molsham Hall, suggesting that the CROSSes and MOUSONS were related. He was an A career naval officer, Captain of ships commanded by both Sir Francis Drake abd Sir Walter Raliegh in The Seven Seas?. In 1578, Robert's sister Elizabeth married Thomas Sydenham. His nephew's daughter Elizabeth married Sir Francis Drake. Seven years later, Robert is hired as Captain by Sir Francis Drake in his 1585 expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies.

Death: 1611 Charlinch, Sommerset, England

Death: AFT 1587

Note: He emigrated on 24 May 1634 to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Came in the Mary and John which left Southampton, England 24 Mar 1633/34. He moved before 1636 to Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Death: 8 FEB 1668/69 Newbury, Essex, MA

Note: Killed by Indians along with her daughter Elizabeth and several other relatives.

Death: 3 JUL 1706