Crocker, Loring 1

Birth Name Crocker, Loring 2
Gender male
Age at Death 70 years, 6 days

Notes

Note: 1

"began manufacture of salt on Common Fields, Barnstable, in 1804."

Note: 2

"The geatest advance in salt-making came with Loring Crocker's Common Fields Salt Works at Barnstable. Crocker built a water reservoir which automatically fed the various vats. Three of the seven vats he called the first, second, and third water rooms. The next three were the pickle rooms, and the last, the salt room. Epsom salts and Glauber Salts were both by-products of the process. Prices per bushel went as high as 82 cents, and at one time the sum of two million dollars was invested in the Cape Cod salt works. Outside competition, unfortunately for the Cape's industry, ruined the trade, and one by one the salt works were given up and their lumber sold for building purposes elsewhere."

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1774-03-18 Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   2 1a 3a
Death 1844-03-24     2 1a 3a
Note

DAR and Leonard say 21 Mar 1841

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Crocker, William H1730-12-081819-05-03
Mother Cobb, Mary1731-11-071817-05-20
    Sister     Crocker, Sarah 1765-06-26
    Sister     Crocker, Mary 1766-11-02 1784-02-07
    Brother     Crocker, William 1768-11-19 1844-01-24
    Brother     Crocker, Matthias 1770-07-26
    Brother     Crocker, Ebenezer 1850
         Crocker, Loring 1774-03-18 1844-03-24
 
Father Crocker, William H1730-12-081819-05-03
Knowles, Lydia1733-08-011764-04-16
    Half-sister     Crocker, Abigail 1754-03-15 1835
    Half-brother     Crocker, David 1755-08-23
    Half-sister     Crocker, Temperance 1763-01-02 1833-06-06

Families

Family of Crocker, Loring and Hinckley, Alice
Married Wife Hinckley, Alice ( * 1775 + 1829-02-05 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage       4a 1a 3a
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Crocker, (Given name)1813
Crocker, Alice18041810-05-25
Crocker, Matthiasabout 18051828-08-19
Crocker, Franklinabout 18071830-01-03
Crocker, Loring1809-08-161882-03-06
Crocker, Rebecca1812-03-161882-06-29
Crocker, Aliceabout 18181836-01-18
Crocker, Nathanabout 18211886-01-28

Family of Crocker, Loring and Jenkins, Temperance
Married Wife Jenkins, Temperance ( * 1789 + 1865-03-12 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage       4a 1a

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
Identification Number 14(10)49