Cross family.

The Cross family originally settled in Nottingham, N.H. Around the year 1760, three brothers, Joseph (1785-1815), Thomas ( - ), and Nathan ( -1842), removed to Swanzey, N.H., and settled near each other in the northwest corner of the town. Joseph married, on 10 March 1785, Hannah Olcott (1764-1817). They had nine children. Their fifth child, Benjamin (1793-1846), married, on 2 February 1816, Susanna Foster (1798-1878). They had ten children: Hannah, Joseph, Augusta, Levi, Philemon W., Sarah, Benjamin, Martha J., Ira, and George H.

Around 1841, Benjamin removed, along with other members of his family, including his second child, Joseph (1818-1896), to Manchester, N.H. Joseph bought a farm and also worked as a watchman for the Amoskeag Corporation.

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