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1. HENRY3 CRANE (JOHN2, VINCENT1) (Source: A Genealogy of the Crane Family Vol I by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1895.) was born 1635 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, and died Apr 22, 1711 in New London, New London, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Crane Family Vol I by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1895.). He married (1) DEBORAH CHAMPION. He married (2) CONCURRENCE MEIGS 1663 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, daughter of JOHN MEIGS and THOMASINE FRY. She was born Bet. 1637 - 1643 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, and died Oct 9, 1709 in Killingworth,Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:80, via A. Shuman.).

Notes for HENRY CRANE:

Settled area of Killingworth, (now Clinton) in 1663.

From Document at FTM, Marvin Blackwith of Southington, page 17 Sixth Generation, Descendants of Marvin Beckwith, Mabel Lane's Ancestors.

Henry was in business at Wethersfield as early as 1658; at Killingworth about 1660; married, about 1663, Concurrence, daughter of John and grand-daughter of Vincent Meigs; died April 22, 1711. He was captain, magistrate, and for 27 sessions a delegate to the general court

 

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From A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey Vol I. New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1928

Author: Edward A. Claypool and Azalea Clizbee

Call Number: R929.2 K31 v.1

(A Genealogy of the William Kelsey family who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1632; at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636; and at Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut , in 1663.)

In the records of the General Court of Hartford, are the following:

May, 1669, John Kelsey is listed as one of the "freemen" of Killingworth; Oct. 14, 1686, at the session of the General Court, he is confirmed the Ensign of the "Traine Band of Killingworth;" Oct. 1696, he and three others petitioned the General Court to "build a sluice and cart bridge over the Hamock River in the town of Killingworth;" the petition was referred to the Court in the following May, when it was granted; Oct. 1703, the Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut granted to Lieut. Henry Crane, William Stephens, Samuel Buel, John Kellsie and their associates the present proprietors and inhabitants of Killingworth, their heirs, et cetera, forever, a tract of land between the towns of Guilford and Saybrook, Haddam and the sea. This grant was no doubt made by the General Court to confirm the title of the lands of Killingworth to the settlers there, and to establish the bounds of the adjoining towns more definitely, there being some dispute as to the dividing lines between the towns, especially Saybrook. Probably as a result of this grant by the Court, there is recorded in the Killingworth Town Records, Vol I, p. 192, an agreement of settlement of the quarrel between the towns of Killingworth and Saybrook, the committee of the town being Mr. Edward Griswold, Samuel Buel and John Kelsey. A cash settlement was made, and among the subscribers to the fund paid to Saybrook was Daniel Kelsey, brother of John, for ten shillings.

In Oct. 1704, John [Kelsey] was raised from the rank of Ensign to that of Lieutenant of the "Trainband in the Towne of Killingworth," and in December of that year, mention is made of special measures of defense against the Indians.

John Kelsey's home lot was in the east part of the village, on the south side of the road, near the junction of the old and new roads to Saybrook. This property has remained in the Kelsey lline until quite recently. He was joint owner with Henry Crane of an acre plot of land on the "Meetinghouse Hill" which was purchased by the town at a meeting held Oct. 23, 1699, for the purpose of remaining to the common forever. The transaction will be taken care of in full in the appendix of this volume.

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Cutter, William Richard. New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV. 1913. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996.

p. 1648

(The Crane Line).

The surname Crane has an ancient English history dating back to the Hundred Rolls of the thirteenth century, and was probably a Norman local name earlier. Its similarity to the name of a bird has caused some of the families to adopt the crane as a symbol on their coat-of-arms, and indeed some branches of the family may have adopted the emblem before taking the surname. The coat-of-arms of the Crane family of Suffolk, England, to which some if not all the American families belong, is: Argent a fesse between three crosses crosslet fitchee gules. Crest: A crane proper. There have been many distinguished Englishmen of this name from the earliest use of the surname. There were a number of pioneers of this family in Massachusetts before 1650.

(I) Henry Crane, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1635, in England, and came to Wethersfield, Connecticut, as early as 1655. Here he was associated with his brother Benjamin as a farmer, a tanner and currier of leather. Soon after 1658 he removed to Guilford, Connecticut, and in 1663 was one of twelve planters to locate at Hammonnassett, later known as Killingworth, a place lying between Guilford and Saybrook. Up to the time of his death his name appears often in the records of the town in connection with various public trusts, civil, military and religious. He was made a freeman, September 24, 1669; representative to the general court, May, 1675; chosen lieutenant of Killingworth train band, in 1676; was also justice of the peace for the county of New London, 1698-1701-02-03. He was one of the assistants in the upper house of the general court, October 12, 1665, also in May, 1666. For twentyseven years he was representative to the general court of Connecticut. As a first settler of Killingworth he was granted by the town committee sixteen acres of land. He became captain of militia, and was frequently called to serve on committees and arbitrations involving varied and important questions relating to public and private affairs. He married (first) Concurrence, daughter of Mr. John Meigs, of Guilford, about 1663. She died in Killingworth, October 9, 1708. He married (second) December 26, 1709, Deborah Champion, widow of Henry Champion, of Lyme, Connecticut. He died April 22. 1711. Children, recorded in Guilford: John, born about 1664; Elizabeth, about 1666; Concurrence, December 27, 1667, recorded in Killingworth; Mary, August 23, 1670; Phebe, December 24, 1672; Theophilus, January 5, 1674; Abigail, April 3, 1676; Henry, October 25, 1677, mentioned below; Mercy, June 21, 1680; Nathaniel, August 7, 1682.

(II) Henry (2), son of Henry (1) Crane, was born October 25, 1677, in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. He married Abigail, daughter of Robert Flood, of Wethersfield, Connecticut, January 27, 1703-04. He settled in that part of Killingworth afterwards set off to Durham, of which he was one of the thirtyfour original proprietors. From 1718 to 1740 he represented the town in the state legislature, and was justice of the peace for the county of New Haven from 1728 to the time of his death. He died April 11, 1741, leaving a large estate for that time. His widow died August 31. 1754, aged seventy-eight. Children: Silas, born January 25, 1705. mentioned below; Concurrence, March 25, 1708; Henry, March 20, 1710; Abigail, June 6, 1712.

(III) Silas, son of Henry (2) Crane, was born January 25, 1705, and settled in Durham, Connecticut. He received the military title of sergeant and rendered service during the French and Indian wars, and was quite prominent in all matters relating to the welfare of the town, serving on the committee to settle as to who should serve as pastor of the church and many other important committees.

He resided on a portion of the seven hundred and fifty acre farm belonging to his father. He died January 15, 1763. His wife was Mercy. daughter of Samuel Griswold, whom he married November 27, 1729. She died August 29, 1782. Children: Abigail, born September 10, 1730; Jesse, June 5, 1732; Flood, February 12, 1734; Silas, November 9, 1737; Robert Griswold, February 18, 1739, mentioned below; Eli, November 27, 1742; Flood, February 27, 1744; Huldah, April 30, 1747; Ruth, December 12, 1749; Frederick, February 24, 1751; Nathan, September 18, 1754.

(IV) Robert Griswold, son of Silas Crane, was born February 18, 1739, in Durham, Connecticut. He married (first) at Durham, October 31, 1765, Mary, daughter of Eleazer Camp. She died April 30, 1790, and in February, 1791, he married (second) Sybilla Judson, who died January 12, 1808. After a few years' residence at Durham, he removed, April 7, 1769, with his family to the town of Bethlehem, Connecticut, and there lived until his death, March 6, 1820. Children, born at Durham: Mary, August 7, 1767; Robert, November 12, 1768; born at Bethlehem: Molly, May 20, 1770: Achsah, April 7, 1772; Eleazer, December 28, 1773; Jesse, 1775; Phineas, mentioned below; October 10, 1777; Sarah, May 23, 1781.

(V) Phineas, son of Robert Griswold Crane, was born at Bethlehem, Connecticut, October 10, 1777. He married, Jannary 23, 1800, Irene, daughter of Gideon and Abigail Nichols. She died at Stratford, Connecticut, March 20, 1856. He was captain of the militia, and the latter part of his life deacon of the Congregational church. He died at Bethlehem, Connecticut, November 17, 1839, aged sixty-two. Children: John N., born March 17, 1801; Fanny C., November 28, 1802; Frederick C., January 8, 1805; Catharine, December 3, 1806; Gideon, September 24, 1808; Nancy, December 13, 1810, mentioned below; Abigail, March 6, 1813; Mary A., December 27, 1814; Phineas M., January 28, 1819; Robert, December 27, 1820; Nathan, December 5, 1822.

(VI) Nancy, daughter of Phineas Crane, was born December 13, 1810. She married, March 5. 1834, Gilman E. Hill, of Bethlehem, Connecticut (see Hill VI).

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From "DIRECTORY OF THE ANCESTRAL HEADS

OF NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES (1620-1700)"

compiled by Frank R. Holmes, publ. by Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974

The name dates back to the Hundred Rolls in the 13th century, when on the records William de Crane's name appears in 1272. The name is derived from town of Crannes, in Maine, a province in northern France; its root is from the Gaelic Cran, meaning water.

CRANE, BENJAMIN, b. Eng., 1630, was at Medfireld, Mass., 1649; removed to Wethersfield, Conn., 1655; may have lived later in life at Taunton, Mass.

CRANE, HENRY, tanner and currier, b. Eng., 1635, settled at Dorchester, Mass., 1658, and in Milton, Mass., 1667.

CRANE, HENRY, ironmaker, brother of Benjamin, b. Eng. 1621; settled at Wethersfield, Conn., 1655; was at Guilford, Conn., 1664, one of the first planters of what is now Clinton, Conn.

CRANE, JASPER, came to New Haven, Conn., 1639, removed to Branford, Conn., 1668.

CRANE, JONATHAN, married at Norwich, Conn., 1680.

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Register of the Connecticut Society of the Colonial Danes of America. Society minutes and records from 1893-1907.

 

HENRY CRANE, (???)-1711.

Deputy from Killingworth to Connecticut General Court, 1675-1685, 1687, 1689, 1691, 1693-1696, 1700-1702. Captain of Trainband of Killingworth, 1704.

Mrs. Jeff N. Miller.

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Savage, VOL III -First Settlers of New England

MEIGGS, JOHN, Weymouth, s. of Vincent, b. in Eng. had John, b. 29

Feb. 1642, rem. prob. to Rehoboth 1643, next to New Haven, a 1647,

not long aft. a. 1654, to Guilford, thence, last, a. 1662, to Killingworth,

where both he and s. John are in the list of freem. 1669, d. 4 Jan. 1672.

He had only one s. four ds. Mary, w. of William Stevens, Concurrence,

w. of Henry Crane; Trial, w. of Andrew Ward; and Eliz. w. of Rich-

ard Hibbell wh. had d. bef. her f. He was a tanner, had large est. and

some books, of wh. one was a Latin and Greek Dict. JOHN, Guilford,

s. of the preced. m. 1665, Sarah Wilcoxson, had Sarah, b. 14 Feb.

1668; John, 10 Nov. 1670; a s. Janna, 21 Dec. 1672; Ebenezer, 19 Sept. 1675; Hannah, 25 Feb. 1678; Esther, 10 Nov. 1680; and

Mindwell, 1682. He had sec. w. Lydia, perhaps wid. of Isaac Crutten-

den, and d. 9 Nov. 1713. His s. John, with his f. were proprs. 1695,

at G. MARK, New Haven 1646 or 7, br. of the first John, being

rather wild, rem. to L. I. and is not ment. again. VINCENT, New

Haven 1646, prob. carr. thither by s. John, he being an old man, hav.

only two ch. kn. to us, rem. to Guilford, and again rem. d. at what is

now Killingworth, Dec. 1638, his will of 2 Sept. being pro. 2 Dec. of

that yr. A slight fam. acc. is in Geneal. Reg.IV.91, very imperf.

better than nothing, but not much. Early the name is Meggs always.

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Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut. Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford. 1928.

 

In ye act depending twixt Leonard Dix pt contr Benjam and Henry Crane Dts the Jury find for ptf 8s damadge and costs of ye Court one witness allowd

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Hinman, Royal R. Conneticut Puritan Settlers. Press of Case, Tiffany and Company. Hartford. 1852.

 

CRANE, HENRY, assessed at Guilford, in 1642, or 50, at œ30, was early at Wethersfield, and held land there. In Aug. 17, 1658, he signed a petition with Benjamin Crane, of Wethersfield, the same year, for the dismission of Rev. Mr. Russell; he probably soon after left Wethersfield, for we find Henry Crane, at Guilford, in 1642, or 50, where he was in the list of freemen in 1669, a representative to the General Court, from Kennelworth, in May, 1675. Henry Crane is next chosen Lieutenant of Killingworth train-band, in 1676; the time he went to Killingworth, is uncertain as we find the name at Killingworth in the first land division, (Henry Cranne, No. 21,) which from the dates appears as early as 1663-4, entered as one of the planters of Kenilworth. (See note, p. 550.) He was a Justice of Peace at Killingworth, and deacon at Durham. His children born or recorded at Killingworth, were Mary, b. Aug. 23, 1670; Phebe, b. 1672; Theophilus, b. Jan. 5, 1674; Abigail, b. 1676; Henry, b. Oct. 25, 1677; Mercy, b. 1680, and Nathaniel, b. Aug. 7, 1682. Henry Crane, of Killingworth, purchased all the land of Mathew Bellamy, then late deceased, of Killingworth, of his son Mathew Bellamy, of Wallingford, Feb. 25, 1698-9. He represented the town at the General Court, in 1675-6-7. The plantation of Cawginchaug, or Durham, settled in 1698-9, and was incorporated in 1708; at this time, Henry Crane, of Killingworth, had removed to Durham, (or his son Henry,) where he was a justice, or commissioner and deacon of the church and d. (Dr. Field says) April 11, 1741, aged 64 years. This deacon Henry, was probably the son of Henry, of Killingworth, who was b. Oct. 25, 1677, at Killingworth. The name is yet found at the last named place. Mr. Henry Crane was one of the assistants in the upper house of the General Court, Oct. 12, 1665 and in May 1666. Henry Crane, deputy to General Court, May, 1675. Lieut. Henry Crane, deputy of Kenilworth, May 11, 1676. Lieut. Henry Crane, deputy for Kenilworth, with Mr. Edward Griswold, May 10, 1677, &c. There was a Henry Crane, of Dorchester, Mass., in 1658, perhaps the same who was at Wethersfield, Guilford and Killingworth.

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Jacobus, Donald Lines. List of Official Civil, Military, and Ecclesiastical of Connecticut Colony. Roland Mather Hooker. New Haven. 1935.

 

CRANE, HENRY (d. 1711). Deputy (Killingworth), May 1675, May 1676, May 1677; called Lieut., May 1676; Lieut., Killingworth Train Band, Oct. 1676.

Conn. Col. II. 249, 274, 292, 300.

 

More About HENRY CRANE:

Burial: 1711, Old Cemetery, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut

 

Children of HENRY CRANE and CONCURRENCE MEIGS are:

2. i. JOHN4 CRANE, b. 1664, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Oct 9, 1708, New York City, New York, New York.

ii. ELIZABETH CRANE, b. 1666, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Nov 22, 1686, Guilford, New Haven, ConnecticutS (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:80, via A Shuman.).

3. iii. CONCURRENCE CRANE, b. Dec 27, 1667, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Oct 9, 1703, Connecticut.

iv. MARY CRANE, b. Aug 23, 1670, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; m. SAMUEL HACKETT; b. Jul 29, 1664, Tauton, Bristol, Massachusetts.

4. v. PHEBE CRANE, b. Dec 24, 1672, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; d. Oct 26, 1728, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

5. vi. THEOPHILUS CRANE, b. Jan 5, 1673/74, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Oct 24, 1732, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

vii. ABIGAIL CRANE, b. Apr 3, 1676, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1677, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

6. viii. HENRY CRANE, b. Oct 25, 1677, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Apr 11, 1741, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.

7. ix. MERCY CRANE, b. Jun 21, 1680, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Aug 18, 1739, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

x. NATHANIEL CRANE, b. Aug 7, 1682, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Nov 17, 1683, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. JOHN4 CRANE (HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born 1664 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, and died Oct 9, 1708 in New York City, New York, New York. He married MARTHA DAGGETT May 28, 1694 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:67, via A. Shuman.), daughter of JOHN DAGGETT.

 

Children of JOHN CRANE and MARTHA DAGGETT are:

i. JOHN5 CRANE, b. Mar 23, 1693/94, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

ii. JANE CRANE, b. Feb 10, 1700/01, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:78, per A. Shuman.).

iii. CONCURRANCE CRANE, b. Jun 4, 1709, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:78, per A. Shuman.); m. NATHANIEL SEWARD, Feb 2, 1729/30, Durham, Connecticut (Source: Durham Vital Records, V TR:355, per A. Shuman.).

 

3. CONCURRENCE4 CRANE (HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Dec 27, 1667 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut (Source: Guilford Vital Records, V A: 65, Given via A. Shuman.), and died Oct 9, 1703 in Connecticut. She married DANIEL BARTLET Feb 1, 1690/91 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut (Source: Guilford Vital Records, V A:80, info via A. Shumanmarried by Mr. Wetherell.).

 

Child of CONCURRENCE CRANE and DANIEL BARTLET is:

i. DAVID5 BARTLET.

 

4. PHEBE4 CRANE (HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Dec 24, 1672 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.), and died Oct 26, 1728 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.). She married JOHN KELSEY,JR Jun 22, 1697 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.), son of JOHN KELSEY and HANNAH DISBOROUGH. He was born Oct 20, 1671 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.), and died Sep 19, 1750 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

More About JOHN KELSEY,JR:

Burial: Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.)

 

Children of PHEBE CRANE and JOHN KELSEY are:

i. JOHN5 KELSEY.

ii. DANIEL KELSEY, b. Mar 22, 1697/98, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

iii. ISAAC KELSEY, b. Nov 17, 1699, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Oct 10, 1751.

iv. BETHIA KELSEY, b. May 22, 1701, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Jul 25, 1779 (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

v. NATHAN KELSEY, b. Aug 28, 1702, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Aug 6, 1751 (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); m. HANNAH STEVENS; b. Jan 21, 1702/03.

Notes for NATHAN KELSEY:

No issue.

He was commissioned Captain of the 12th Company, 7th Regt, colony of Connecticut, May 1749; he was Deputy for Killingworth to the General Assembly in Oct. and ....

vi. JERUSHA KELSEY.

vii. JERUSHA KELSEY.

viii. PHEBE KELSEY.

ix. LYDIA KELSEY.

x. MARTHA KELSEY.

xi. SOLOMON KELSEY.

xii. HANNAH KELSEY.

 

5. THEOPHILUS4 CRANE (HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Jan 5, 1673/74 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: (1) A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee., (2) Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73, via A. Shuman.), and died Oct 24, 1732 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:80, per A. Shuman.). He married MARGARET LANE Dec 5, 1699 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:80, Per A. Shuman.), daughter of ROBERT LANE and SARAH PICKETT. She was born Aug 25, 1679 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Source: Stratford Vital Records, V. LR1:68, per A. Shuman.), and died May 1, 1741 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

Notes for THEOPHILUS CRANE:

Marvin Blackwith of Southington:

sixth of eight children.

Notes for MARGARET LANE:

Marvin Blackwith of Southington:

seventh child of ten

 

Children of THEOPHILUS CRANE and MARGARET LANE are:

8. i. NATHANIEL5 CRANE, b. Jan 18, 1700/01, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

ii. SERGEANT THEOPHILUS CRANE, b. Jun 25, 1703, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73, per A. Shuman.); d. Oct 30, 1732, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:80, per A. Shuman.).

iii. ELIZABETH CRANE, b. Sep 20, 1705, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:80, per A. Shuman.); d. Apr 2, 1789, Clinton, New Haven, Connecticut; m. JOSIAH BALDWIN, Jan 29, 1729/30; d. Jun 1787.

iv. MARY CRANE, b. Mar 4, 1706/07, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73.); d. May 1, 1714, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73, per A. Shuman.).

v. MARGARET CRANE, b. Sep 26, 1710; d. May 1, 1714.

9. vi. JEMIMA CRANE, b. Apr 23, 1713, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

10. vii. JOHN CRANE, b. Mar 21, 1719/20, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

 

6. HENRY4 CRANE (HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Oct 25, 1677 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73.), and died Apr 11, 1741 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. He married ABIGAIL FLOOD Jan 27, 1703/04 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:67, per A Shuman.).

 

Children of HENRY CRANE and ABIGAIL FLOOD are:

i. ABIGAIL5 CRANE.

ii. HENRY CRANE.

iii. CONCURRENCE CRANE.

iv. SILAS CRANE, m. MERCY GRISWOLD.

Notes for SILAS CRANE:

Griswold, Glenn E. The Griswold Family: England - America. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1935.

 

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MERCY4, b. Guilford, Conn., July 4, 1708 (Samuel3, Thomas2, Michael1); m. in Durham, Conn., Nov. 27, 1729, SILAS CRANE, S. of Henry and Abigail (Flood) Crane, b. Jan. 25, 1705.

Silas was descendant of Henry Crane, the ancestor, who came to Wethersfield, Conn., as one of its earliest settlers. Later removed to Guilford and Killingworth, Conn. He was a leading man in all matters pertaining to the public welfare and continued to merit confidence and esteem his entire life. Appointed captain of militia. Henry, his son, was one of the original proprietors of Durham, Conn.; deacon Congregational Church. Served as deputy to the General Court twenty-eight sessions 1718-1740.

Silas settled in Durham; became prominent in all civic affairs and a leading man. Served as sergeant in the French and Indian war. He died Aug. 1773, age 60. She died (March on tombstone) Oct. 29, 1782, age 76. Their tombstones are in the old Durham cemetery on the hill, of red sandstone, almost destroyed by the elements.

Their children:

319 Abigail, b. Sept. 10, 1730.

320 Jesse, b. June 5, 1732.

321 Fludd, b. Feb. 12, 1734; d. June 2, 1743.

322 Silas, b. Nov. 9, 1737.

323 Robert Griswold, b. Feb. 18, 1739; m. Mary Camp.

324 Eli, b. Nov. 27, 1742; m. Mehitable Chapman.

325 Fludd, b. Feb. 27, 1744; d. Jan. 6, 1763.

326 Huldah, b. Apr. 30, 1747.

327 Ruth, b. Dec. 12, 1749.

328 Frederick, b. Feb. 24, 1751.

329 Nathan, b. Sept. 18, 1754; d. 1771.

 

Guilford and Durham, Conn., records; Crane Fam., 71.

 

7. MERCY4 CRANE (HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Jun 21, 1680 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73, per A Shuman.), and died Aug 18, 1739 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. She married (1) JOSIAH STEVENS. He died Dec 17, 1736. She married (2) JOHN HOADLEY Oct 30, 1701 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. He died Nov 1, 1725 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.

Notes for JOHN HOADLEY:

SAVAGE, VOL 2 DICT. FIRST SETTLERS OF N.E.

A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF NEW ENGLAND, SHOWING THREE GENERATIONS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE MAY, 1692, ON THE BASIS OF FARMER'S REGISTER.

BY JAMES SAVAGE, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND EDITOR OF WINTHROP'S HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND. WITH TWO SUPPLEMENTS IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II. Baltimore

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Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862

HOADLY, HOADLEY, or HODLEY, ABRAHAM, Guilford, s. of the first

William of the same, by w. Eliz. m. 14 Mar. 1698, had Rachel, b. 21

Aug. 1701; Abe, 24 Dec. 1705; and Jonathan; and d. Jan. 1746.

JOHN, Guilford 1639-58, one of the seven pillars at found. of the ch.

1643; 1 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 92. He was b. Jan. 1617, perhaps at

Rolvenden, Co. Kent, came with some relat. in Apr. 1639, m. 14 July

1642, Sarah Bushnell, wh. had been passeng. in the same sh. with him,

perhaps d. of Francis, had Samuel, b. 30 Sept. 1643; John, 3 Jan.

1645, d. in few wks.; John, again, 3 June 1647, d. soon; Athia, 7 June 1648,

d. under 16 yrs.; John, again, 8 Apr. 1650; Nathaniel, 7 June

1652, d. under 5 yrs.; and Stephen, 17 or 24 May 1654, d. at 3 wks.

Late in 1653 he, leav. his fam. here, went home, and was noticed by

Cromwell, wh. made him one of his court chaplains, says tradit. in Conn.

but it was for the garris. in Edinburgh castle, whither his w. and ch. foll.

him in 1655. There he had three more ch. and rem. thence in 1662 to

Rolveden, where he had two more, and d. 28 July 1668. His w. d. 1

Nov. 1693, and was bur. at Halsted, in Kent, where her s. John under

diff. ordina. from his f. was rector. His s. Samuel was f. of Benjamin,

the famous liberal Bp. of Bangor in time of Geo. I. and of John, archbp.

of Armagh. JOHN, Guilford, s. of William of the same, m. 30 Oct.

1701, Mercy, d. of Henry Crane, had Thomasine, b. 25 Nov. 1702;

Mary, 1704; Hannah, 1707; John, 1709; Joseph, 1711; Abigail, 1713; Dinah,

1715; Nathaniel, 1719; and a d. 25 Aug. 1725, wh. d. soon; and he d. at

Branford, 1 Nov. 1725. Whether he were of kin to the preced. is not certain,

but seems suffic. prob. SAMUEL, Guilford, br. of the preced. m. 6 Mar. 1689,

Abigail Farrington, had Abigail, b. 5 Jan. 1690; William, 10 Dec. 1692;

Hannah, 14 Dec. 1694; Samuel,

20 Feb. 1696; Gideon, 17 Apr. 1699; Lydia, 23 Dec. 1701; Benjamin, 20 July

1704; Daniel, 1706; and Timothy, 14 July 1709; and d.Jan.

1713. * WILLIAM, Branford, an early sett. prob. b. in Eng. one of the

the covenant planters 1667; had been of Saybrook; 1663, was a merch. by w.

Mary had William; Samuel; Eliz. b. 15 Feb. 1668, prob. d. young; Hannah, 8

Nov. 1670; Abraham; John; and Mary; was rep. 1678, and sev. times after. His

w. d. 12 May 1703, and he had sec. w. Ruth, wid. of John Frisbie, d. of John

Bowers, but no issue by her; and d. 1709 leav. good est. Mary m. Nathaniel

Finch; and Hannah m. Nathaniel Johnson. The name was writ. by him, Hoadle.

WILLIAM, Guilford, eldest s. of the preced. m. Abigail Frisbie, perhaps d. of

John of the same, had Mary, b. 28 May 1691; Hannah, 27 Apr. 1693; and Jemima,

24 Mar. 1696. For sec. w. he had Eliz. who was divorc. 1702, from her first h.

and by her had William, b. 1707; and Lydia. Sometimes the first syl. drops the

a. Three of this name had been gr. at Yale in 1834 and one at Trinity.

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Trowbridge, Francis Bacon. The Hoadley Genealogy. New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 1894.

 

4. JOHN HOADLEY (William1), born (???); died 1 November 1725 in Branford, Conn.; married 30 October 1701 in Killingworth, Conn., MERCY CRANE, daughter of Henry and Concurrence (Meigs) Crane, born 21 June 1680 in Killingworth. She was married, second, 11 July 1733 in Branford, to Capt. Josiah Stevens of Killingworth. He died there 17 December 1736. She died there 18 August 1739.

John Hoadley is first mentioned in Branford records December 16, 1689. He styled himself a "husbandman." His ear mark was a half-penny on the under side of each ear and a slit on the top of the right ear.

 

CHILDREN BORN IN BRANFORD, CONN.:

i. THOMASINE, b. 30 Nov. 1702; d. bef. 29 Dec. 1725.(*)

ii. MARY, b. 18 Apr. 1706; m. 27 June 1734, Joseph Frost of B'ford.

iii. HANNAH, b. 18 Apr. 1708; [m. Samuel Harrison of Branford.]

12. iv. JOHN, b. 5 Mar. 1709-10; m. Lydia Rogers.

13. v. JOSEPH, b. 17 Apr. 1712; m. Abigail Bradfield.

vi. ABIGAIL, b. 12 Sept. 1714; m. 21 Oct. 1736, Jedediah Pierson of Killingworth.

vii. DINAH, b. 11 Sept. 1716; m. 25 Mar. 1737, Samuel Nettleton of Killingworth.

14. viii. NATHANIEL, b. 11 Apr. 1721; m. Anna Scarit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children of MERCY CRANE and JOHN HOADLEY are:

i. THOMASINE5 HOADLEY, b. Nov 25, 1702 (Source: Dictionary of First Settlers of New England.).

ii. MARY HOADLEY, b. 1704.

iii. HANNAH HOADLEY, b. 1707.

iv. JOHN HOADLEY, b. 1709.

v. JOSEPH HOADLEY, b. 1711.

vi. ABIGAIL HOADLEY, b. 1713.

vii. DINAH HOADLEY, b. 1715.

viii. NATHANIEL HOADLEY, b. 1719.

ix. DAUGHTER HOADLEY, b. 1725.

 

Generation No. 3

 

8. NATHANIEL5 CRANE (THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Jan 18, 1700/01 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.). He married EUNICE KELSEY May 2, 1723 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.), daughter of JOSEPH KELSEY and HANNAH HAYDEN. She was born Dec 22, 1699 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee, p 137.).

Notes for EUNICE KELSEY:

From A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey Vol I. New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1928

Author: Edward A. Claypool and Azalea Clizbee

Call Number: R929.2 K31 v.1

(A Genealogy of the William Kelsey family who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1632; at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636; and at Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut , in 1663.)

Eunice Kelsey and her husband, Nathaniel Crane, are mentioned in the will and settlement of the estate of her father, Lieut. Joseph, in 1740, but aside from this we have no records of her or her family excepting the births, marriages and deaths on the Killingworth Records, but they have not been procured.

 

Children of NATHANIEL CRANE and EUNICE KELSEY are:

i. SAMUEL6 CRANE, b. Feb 10, 1723/24, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Jan 6, 1792, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee, New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1928-A genealogy of the William Kelsey family who settled at Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1632; at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1636; and at Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, in 1663.); m. (1) RUTH WELLMAN, Sep 8, 1749, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); b. 1729 (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Sep 6, 1750 (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); m. (2) JANE REDFIELD, Jan 12, 1751/52, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. May 24, 1762 (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); m. (3) MARY LAY, Dec 5, 1765, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Mar 27, 1769 (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); m. (4) MEHITABLE REDFIELD, Feb 21, 1770, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Jun 15, 1814.

ii. MARGARET CRANE, b. Dec 26, 1725, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Jan 20, 1788, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); m. DANIEL REDFIELD, Nov 21, 1749, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

11. iii. ELISHA CRANE, b. Aug 28, 1728, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Dec 28, 1805, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

iv. ANNA CRANE, b. Dec 26, 1730, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); m. SAMUEL WARD, Feb 8, 1754, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

12. v. THEOPHILUS CRANE, b. May 3, 1733, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Feb 7, 1808, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

13. vi. EZRA CRANE, b. Mar 6, 1734/35, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1819, Middlebury, Addison, Vermont.

vii. SIMEON CRANE, b. Apr 12, 1737, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: (1) A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee., (2) Killingworth Vital Records, V2:196, per A Schuman.).

viii. EUNICE CRANE, b. Apr 15, 1739, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:196, per A Schuman.); m. WILLIAM GRIFFING, Apr 12, 1769, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: (1) A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee., (2) Killingworth Vital Records, V2:75, per A Schumanm. 7 Aug 1767, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut William Griffin.).

ix. ELIZABETH CRANE, b. Apr 2, 1742, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.); d. Jun 18, 1801, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Notes for ELIZABETH CRANE:

Unmarried.

 

9. JEMIMA5 CRANE (THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Apr 23, 1713 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.). She married DANIEL LANE Jan 8, 1735/36, son of JOHN LANE and LYDIA KELSEY. He was born Apr 11, 1710 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.), and died 1794 in Wolcott, New Hampshire (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.).

Notes for JEMIMA CRANE:

Extract from Genealogical Notes on the Families of Daniel Lane 2d and Mary Griswold Lane:

Jemima married to her cousin, Daniel Lane; enrolled as member of the church at Wolcott, Nov 1773. The time of her death is unknown. Pastor and parishioners at Wolcott seem to have concurred in neglect of record-keeping.

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Marvin Blackwith of Southington:

sixth of seven children; joined church at Wolcott in Nov 1773.

 

Notes for DANIEL LANE:

Marvin Blackwith of Southington:

fifth of ten children (youngest of Lydia); married his cousin; removed to Wolcott 1773

 

Children of JEMIMA CRANE and DANIEL LANE are:

i. ELIJAH6 LANE.

ii. MARGARET LANE.

14. iii. DANIEL LANE, b. Dec 18, 1736, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

 

10. JOHN5 CRANE (THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Mar 21, 1719/20 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V1:73, per A. Shuman.). He married HANNAH GRISWOLD Sep 16, 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:119, per A. Shuman.).

Notes for JOHN CRANE:

Griswold, Glenn E. The Griswold Family: England - America. Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company, 1935.

 

320

HANNAH4, b. Killingworth, Conn., July 31, 1724 (Walter3, John2, Edward1); m. in Killingworth, Sept. 16, 1742, JOHN CRANE, s. of Theophilus and Margaret (Lane) Crane, b. Mar. 2, 1720.

Capt. Henry Crane, one of the first settlers and father of Theophilus, appears in connection with various public trusts, deputy, J.P., Representative for 27 years. Lieutenant and captain.

John was a prominent and worthy man. Served in the Colonial campaigns. Ensign 1754; lieutenant 1760; captain 1761. He and his three sons served in the Revolution.

Their children recorded in Killingworth:

670 Eliza, b. Aug. 26, 1743.

671 Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1745; d. Nov. 2, 1750.

672 Jemima, b. Sept. 23, 1748.

673 John, b. Sept. 11, 1750.

674 Mary, b. Mar. 29, 1753; m. Mr. Tewell.

675 Simeon, b. Sept. 18, 1755; m. Anne Easton.

676 Joel, b. May 24, 1758; soldier; d. in the service June 27, 1781.

677 Hannah, b. Oct. 1, 1760; m. Ezekiel Cook.

678 Phoebe, b. June 2, 1763; m. Elihu Parmalee.

679 Chloe, b. Oct. 1, 1765; m. Mr. King.

680 Anna, b. (???); m. Selleck Adams.

681 Elizabeth, b. 1770; m. Mr. Tewell.

 

Killingworth, Conn. records; Conn. Colony records, VIII,

573; Conn. Revolutionary Archives; Record of Conn.

Men in the Revolution; Crane Fam., 70; Index to American

Genealogies (Durrie) Crane Fam.

 

Children of JOHN CRANE and HANNAH GRISWOLD are:

i. JOHN6 CRANE, b. Sep 11, 1750, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:127, per A Schuman.).

ii. HANNAH CRANE, b. Oct 1, 1760, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:127, per A Schuman.).

iii. CLOE CRANE, b. Oct 1, 1765, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:127, per A Schuman.).

iv. ELIZABETH CRANE, b. Mar 28, 1770, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:127.).

v. ANNE CRANE, b. Mar 28, 1770, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:127, per A. Schuman.).

 

Generation No. 4

 

11. ELISHA6 CRANE (NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Aug 28, 1728 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.), and died Dec 28, 1805 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.). He married ELIZABETH STEVENS Sep 26, 1754 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee.).

 

Child of ELISHA CRANE and ELIZABETH STEVENS is:

i. AUGUSTUS7 CRANE, b. Feb 27, 1764, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Killingworth Vital Records, V2:111, per A Schuman.).

 

12. THEOPHILUS6 CRANE (NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born May 3, 1733 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: A Genealogy of the Crane Family Vol I by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1895.), and died Feb 7, 1808 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. He married MARY WARD, daughter of IRA WARD and LYDIA PARMELEE. She was born Nov 24, 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

 

Children of THEOPHILUS CRANE and MARY WARD are:

15. i. EZRA7 CRANE, b. 1767, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Aug 1822, Marietta,Ohio.

ii. ABNER CRANE, b. 1782.

More About ABNER CRANE:

Baptism: Dec 5, 1782

iii. THEOPHILUS CRANE, b. 1765.

More About THEOPHILUS CRANE:

Baptism: Sep 22, 1765

iv. EBER CRANE, b. 1770; d. Sep 22, 1776.

More About EBER CRANE:

Baptism: Jul 1, 1770 (Source: Alan Shuman.)

v. LUCINDA CRANE, b. 1772.

More About LUCINDA CRANE:

Baptism: Dec 1772 (Source: Alan Shuman.)

vi. CHARLES CRANE, b. 1774.

More About CHARLES CRANE:

Baptism: Apr 24, 1774 (Source: Alan Shuman.)

vii. IRA CRANE, b. 1776.

More About IRA CRANE:

Baptism: May 26, 1776

 

13. EZRA6 CRANE (NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Mar 6, 1734/35 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: (1) A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee., (2) Killingworth Vital Records, V2:75, per A Schuman.), and died Abt. 1819 in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont. He married PRUDENCE LAY Nov 7, 1760 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: (1) A Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol I by Edward A Claypool and Azalea Clizbee., (2) Rumsey, Jean, First Congregational Church of Westbrook, Connecticut. The Printshop, Dixon, IL:1979), daughter of JEREMIAH LAY and PRUDENCE BELDING. She was born Jun 3, 1740 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, and died Oct 27, 1829 in Middlebury, Addison, Vermont (Source: Anti-Masonic Republican, Middlebury VT, Vol 1, No. 9; Wed, Dec 23, 1829.).

 

Children of EZRA CRANE and PRUDENCE LAY are:

i. JAMES7 CRANE, b. 1761; d. Aft. 1830, Cayuga Co, New York (Source: Alan Shuman.).

More About JAMES CRANE:

Baptism: Aug 2, 1761 (Source: Alan Shuman.)

ii. MARTIN CRANE, b. Abt. 1762; d. Nov 19, 1847, New Haven, Addison, Vermont (Source: Alan Shuman.); m. RACHEL THOMPSON, Jun 15, 1787, Salsbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; b. Jun 15, 1767, Salsbury, Litchfield, Connecticut (Source: Alan Shuman.); d. Jan 8, 1840, New Haven, Addison, Vermont (Source: Alan Shuman.).

More About MARTIN CRANE:

Baptism: Aug 2, 1761 (Source: Alan Shuman.)

iii. EZRA CRANE, b. Abt. 1764; d. Mar 10, 1848; m. SALLY UNKNOWN; b. Abt. 1785; d. Dec 23, 1843 (Source: Salsbury Vital Records, V3:9, per A. Shuman.).

More About EZRA CRANE:

Baptism: Aug 26, 1764 (Source: Alan Shuman.)

16. iv. JEREMIAH CRANE, b. Abt. 1767; d. Abt. 1814.

v. DENSE CRANE, b. Abt. 1769; d. Aft. 1820, Delaware Co, New York; m. NATHANIEL CURTIS TIFFANY; b. Abt. 1765, Lyme, Connecticut; d. Abt. 1825.

More About NATHANIEL CURTIS TIFFANY:

Baptism: May 14, 1769

vi. BELDING CRANE, b. Abt. 1771; d. Abt. 1865, Shersville, Ohio; m. ASENATH BIGELOW.

More About BELDING CRANE:

Baptism: Nov 24, 1771

vii. SIMEON CRANE, b. Abt. 1772; d. Aft. 1830, Delaware Co, New York.

More About SIMEON CRANE:

Baptism: Apr 12, 1772

 

14. DANIEL6 LANE (JEMIMA5 CRANE, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Dec 18, 1736 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.). He married (1) MARY GRISWOLD Jul 14, 1763 (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.), daughter of MICHAEL GRISWOLD and SARAH PARMELEE. She was born May 29, 1742 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.), and died Aug 19, 1789 in Wolcott, New Hampshire. He married (2) SARAH SEWARD Apr 6, 1791 in Wolcott, New Hampshire, daughter of AMOS SEWARD and RUTH ROGERS.

Notes for DANIEL LANE:

Marvin Bleckwith of Southington:

oldest of ten children; removed to Wolcott 1773; soldier of Col. Samuel B. Webb's regiment in 1780; removed about 1798, probably to Whitestown, where he died.

 

Notes for MARY GRISWOLD:

Marvin Blackwith of Southington:

oldest of nine children

 

Child of DANIEL LANE and MARY GRISWOLD is:

17. i. MABEL7 LANE, b. May 2, 1766, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Apr 18, 1822, Paris Hill, New York.

 

Generation No. 5

 

15. EZRA7 CRANE (THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born 1767 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, and died Aug 1822 in Marietta,Ohio. He married ELIZABETH LANE May 26, 1792 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Early Connecticut Marriages, Sixth book pg 72, From FairHaven Church Records.), daughter of THATCHER LANE and RACHEL HURD. She was born May 26, 1772 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, and died Jul 1822 in Marietta,Ohio.

Notes for EZRA CRANE:

From Bio of Ezra Crane- History of Henry Co., IA

The Crane family origin was in England after the Norman Invasion in the 12th Century. They were in the "Hundred Rolls" published in 1272 and again in 1382. For five generations the Cranes lived in the county of Norfolk, village of Chilton. They then came to America as John Crane is listed on January 8, 1637 as owner of sixteen acres near Boston. His son, Henry, has been established as our lineage. For five generations, our ancestors lived in Connecticut, around the town of Killingsworth, now known as Clinton. According to D.A.R. records over one hundred Cranes served in the Revolutionary War fighting for freedom.

Ezra Crane was born in 1774 in Killingsworth where he married Elizabeth Lane and raised a family. His third son, Augustus, left Connecticut, moving to Marietta, Ohio. Here he married a girl from Virginia. six of their children were born in Ohio, including Charles Benjamin who was born in March, 1842.

Between 1848 and 1850, the family again moved westward, settling in Van Buren County, Iowa near Kilbourne. They journeyed by flatboat down the Ohio river and up the Mississippi and Des Moines Rivers to where they settled and farmed, this place being close to wood for buildings and a spring for water.

I have tried to obtain probate records to no avail so far.

From Abstract of Probate Records, Washington County, Ohio by Bernice Graham and Elizabeth S Cottle I found 2 Cranes:

Pg. 28: Ezra Crane Estate 1822; pr 2-393;394;pr3-p 127,467; pr4-p.229. Administrator Ezekiel Deming.

Miles Crane, Estate 1821; Administrator John Gates, Jr.

Supposedly died in fever epidemic.

More About EZRA CRANE:

Cause of Death: fever epidemic

Notes for ELIZABETH LANE:

They moved to Marietta, Ohio, arriving there in Nov., 1816, having been 47 days on the way. Nine children born in Killingworth:

More About ELIZABETH LANE:

Cause of Death: fever epidemic

 

Children of EZRA CRANE and ELIZABETH LANE are:

i. RACHEL8 CRANE, b. 1793, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Lane Genealogies Vol II by James Hill Fitts.); m. JOHN HULL.

Notes for RACHEL CRANE:

Fitts, James Hill. Lane Genealogies Vol 2, Exeter,N.H.: The News-Letter Press 1897

Rachel, m. John Hull, moved to Cincinnati, O., and in 1820 to Marietta, where he d. of typhus fever. Three children.

 

ii. MILES CRANE, b. 1795, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Jul 18, 1820, New Orleans, Louisiana (Source: Lane Genealogies Vol II by James Hill Fitts.).

Notes for MILES CRANE:

Fitts, James Hill. Lane Genealogies Vol 2, Exeter,N.H.: The News-Letter Press 1897

Miles, engaged in trade from Marietta to New Orleans, La., where he d. of bilious fever while on one of his trips, 18 July, 1820; unm.

 

iii. CLARISSA ANN CRANE, b. 1797, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; m. JOHN GATES JR., Abt. 1820 (Source: Lane Genealogies Vol II by James Hill Fitts.).

Notes for CLARISSA ANN CRANE:

Fitts, James Hill. Lane Genealogies Vol 2, Exeter,N.H.: The News-Letter Press 1897

Clarissa Ann, bapt. 3 Aug., 1800, by Rev. Solomon Blakeslee, an Episcopal clergyman of East Haddam, Conn., m. as early as 1820, John Gates, Jr., of Marietta, O., and had two children.

 

18. iv. LYDIA CRANE, b. 1799, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

v. WILLIAM CRANE, b. 1801.

Notes for WILLIAM CRANE:

Fitts, James Hill. Lane Genealogies Vol 2, Exeter,N.H.: The News-Letter Press 1897

William, was building a steamboat on the Ohio river in 1828

19. vi. GEORGE SHERMAN CRANE, b. Jun 16, 1803, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Oct 2, 1889, Glasgow, Iowa.

20. vii. AUGUSTUS CRANE, b. 1806, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Sep 18, 1879, Van Buren Co, Iowa.

21. viii. EBER CRANE, b. May 3, 1808, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut; d. Apr 4, 1884, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.

ix. ELIZABETH CRANE, b. 1810, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut.

Notes for ELIZABETH CRANE:

Fitts, James Hill. Lane Genealogies Vol 2, Exeter,N.H.: The News-Letter Press 1897

Eliza, taught school in Marietta in 1828.

 

 

16. JEREMIAH7 CRANE (EZRA6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Abt. 1767, and died Abt. 1814. He married MARTHA GOODRICH. She died Abt. 1835.

More About JEREMIAH CRANE:

Baptism: Aug 23, 1767

 

Child of JEREMIAH CRANE and MARTHA GOODRICH is:

i. AAMON8 CRANE, b. 1797; d. 1868; m. RACHEL ALLIS; d. Abt. 1862.

 

17. MABEL7 LANE (DANIEL6, JEMIMA5 CRANE, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born May 2, 1766 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.), and died Apr 18, 1822 in Paris Hill, New York (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.). She married DAVID BECKWITH Dec 18, 1786 in Wolcott, New Hampshire (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington, by Rev. Alex'r Gillett.). He was born Jun 12, 1761 in Southington, Connecticut (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.), and died 1827 in Whitestown, Oneida, New York.

More About MABEL LANE:

Baptism: Jun 8, 1766 (Source: Marvin Blackwith of Southington.)

Notes for DAVID BECKWITH:

Marvin Blackwith of Southington:

served under Capt. Asa Bray and Col. Noadiah Hooker in 1777; under Capt. Bray and Col. Roger Enos in 1778; and as sergeant under Lieut. Col. Samuel Canfield, (at West Point) in 1781; had a seat, (pew 17-his father in pew 6) assigned to him at Southington church in 1786; sold his land at Wolcott in Jan'y 1804 and removed, at first to Whitestown, Oneida Co, New York; bought 61 1/2 acres of Ichabod and Margery Peavey at Paris, (in the same county and near the source of Sanquoit creek), May 15, 1806; died there in 1827.

 

Children of MABEL LANE and DAVID BECKWITH are:

i. ALFRED8 BECKWITH, b. Jun 18, 1787.

ii. BELINDA BECKWITH, b. Feb 2, 1789.

iii. LEVA BECKWITH, b. May 27, 1797, Wolcott, New Hampshire; d. Jun 18, 1837, Chittenango, New York.

iv. DAVID BECKWITH, b. Oct 20, 1799.

v. SYLVESTER BECKWITH, b. May 11, 1803.

vi. MARY BECKWITH, b. Aug 10, 1805, Whitestown, Oneida, New York; d. Jan 27, 1825, Paris Hill, New York.

vii. ASAHEL LANE BECKWITH, b. Mar 26, 1808.

 

Generation No. 6

 

18. LYDIA8 CRANE (EZRA7, THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born 1799 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut. She married (1) WILLIAM HUMPHREY Abt. 1818 (Source: Lane Genealogies Vol II by James Hill Fitts.). He died Jul 1827 in Marietta, Ohio. She married (2) CARLETON PALMER Jun 22, 1828 (Source: Lane Genealogies Vol II by James Hill Fitts.).

Notes for LYDIA CRANE:

Fitts, James Hill. Lane Genealogies Vol 2, Exeter,N.H.: The News-Letter Press 1897

Lydia, bapt. 3 Aug., 1800, by Rev. Solomon Blakeslee; m. first, about 1818, William Humphrey, who d. July, 1827, leaving her with four children at Marietta; m. second, 22 June, 1828, Carleton Palmer and settled at Newport, O.

 

Child of LYDIA CRANE and WILLIAM HUMPHREY is:

i. EZRA9 HUMPHREY.

 

19. GEORGE SHERMAN8 CRANE (EZRA7, THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Jun 16, 1803 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: 1870 Census-Jefferson County, IA, 12.), and died Oct 2, 1889 in Glasgow, Iowa. He married LUCY A JONES 1833 in Connecticut. She was born Jan 2, 1809 in Hartford, Connecticut, and died Jan 27, 1894 in Glasgow, Iowa.

Notes for GEORGE SHERMAN CRANE:

He had a nephew, Ezra Humphrey. Together they left Ohio to settle in 1856 in Jefferson County, Iowa.

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Sherman, m. Lucy Jones, was a ship carpenter in Conn. and Ohio.

More About GEORGE SHERMAN CRANE:

Residence: Bef. 1856, Granville, Ohio (Source: History of Henry County Iowa, Vol I.)

 

Children of GEORGE CRANE and LUCY JONES are:

i. FRANCES A9 CRANE, b. Dec 19, 1835, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Aug 15, 1916, Iowa.

ii. ELIZABETH A CRANE, b. Dec 19, 1835, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Jun 1, 1919, Fairfield, Jefferson Co, Iowa; m. (1) ABRAHAM MCCULLUM; b. 1833; d. Jan 10, 1863; m. (2) DANIEL STOUT.

Notes for ELIZABETH A CRANE:

dau. of Geo. and Lucy Crane. Wife of: Abraham McCullums and Daniel Stout. Chr., Daniel, Thos., Charles, Clara Swope, Alice D. Fairfield Daily Journal, 02 Jun 1919

 

More About ELIZABETH A CRANE:

Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery/Round Prairie, Jefferson Co, Iowa (Source: Iowa WPA Grave Records.)

Notes for ABRAHAM MCCULLUM:

Co. G., 30th IA infantry

More About ABRAHAM MCCULLUM:

Burial: Mt. Zion Cemetery/Round Prairie, Jefferson Co, Iowa

iii. SUSAN A CRANE, b. Sep 20, 1837, Hartford, Connecticut; d. Mar 25, 1925, Rome, Henry Co, Iowa.

iv. LYDIA E CRANE, b. Dec 16, 1842; d. Oct 28, 1843.

22. v. SOCRATES SHERMAN CRANE, b. Oct 1, 1844, Ohio; d. Dec 10, 1919, Fairfield, Jefferson Co, Iowa.

vi. EMERY M CRANE, b. Dec 16, 1845, Ohio; d. Jan 26, 1863, Glasgow, Iowa.

vii. LUCY ADALINE CRANE, b. May 11, 1849, Ohio; d. Sep 24, 1932, Fairfield, Jefferson Co, Iowa.

viii. RACHEL P CRANE, b. Sep 28, 1838, Connecticut; d. Dec 16, 1856.

ix. GEORGE MARION CRANE, b. Feb 28, 1840, Marietta,Ohio; d. Nov 26, 1912, Townssend, Montana.

 

20. AUGUSTUS8 CRANE (EZRA7, THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born 1806 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, and died Sep 18, 1879 in Van Buren Co, Iowa (Source: Van Buren Co. Grave Registration Survey-1939.). He married MARY ANN LAYFIELD Aug 17, 1835 in Marietta, Ohio (Source: Washington Co, Ohio Marriages 1789-1918.), daughter of WILLIAM LAYFIELD. She was born Bet. 1814 - 1815 in Mid Virginia (Source: 1870 Census-Van Buren Co, IA, Stamped pg 303.), and died Aug 25, 1872 in Van Buren Co, Iowa (Source: Van Buren Co. Grave Registration Survey-1939.).

Notes for AUGUSTUS CRANE:

By 1856 in Van Buren County, Iowa.

1870 Census Van Buren Co, Lick Creek Twp pg 303

192-184 Farmer age 63,farmer, property of 1600, personal 690, b. Connecticut

Van Buren County, Iowa Probate File 937

Last Will and Testament of Augustus Crane

I Augustus Crane of Lick Creek Township Van Buren County and State of Iowa in the Seventy Seventh year of my age in Soung mind and tolerable health considering the uncertainty of life and the certainty of death and wishing a fair and equal distribution of my property between my children, do make this writing my last will and testament this 5th day of September A.D. 1872.

1st. I do give, bequeath and desire all my property both real and personal, or Such amount of it as may remain after all my just debts are paid to my children.

2nd. At my death I authorize my Executors to sell all my property, collect all dues and divide it as follows:

1st. To my Son Augustus Crane of now of Idahoe I do give and bequeath the East half of my real Estate of W 1/2 of the S.E. Section (3) three Township (69) Range (10) containing 73 acres more or less.

2nd. To my Son Sherman Crane of Lick Creek Township the West half of the above described real Estate.

3d. To my Son Charles Crane, Angenora Elmor, Thirty Dollars each.

4th. To my daughters Clarissa Johnston and Lydia Dunn the Sum of Ten dollars each

5th. I do hereby Select and appoint my Sons Augustus and Sherman as my Executors who shall give Security for such amount of property as may come into their hands.

6th. If my son Augustus Crane should die before his return from Idaho the real Estate must go to Sherman.

[Signed] Augustus Crane

Witness [Signed] James Beswick, Charles Porter, Benja. Short

We the undersigned Citizens

do hereby certify that we are personally acquainted with Augustus Crane of Lick Creek Township, Van Buren Co., Iowa, that we witnessed him with his own hand Sign the above one page and a half of writing which he declared to be his last will and testament.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names in his presence,this.

 

More About AUGUSTUS CRANE:

Burial: 1879, Kilbourne Cemetery, Kilbourne, Iowa

Notes for MARY ANN LAYFIELD:

Surname also Layfield.

More About MARY ANN LAYFIELD:

Burial: 1872, Kilbourne Cemetery, Kilbourne, Iowa

 

Children of AUGUSTUS CRANE and MARY LAYFIELD are:

i. CLARISSA ANN9 CRANE, b. Abt. 1836; m. ZACARIAH JOHNSON, Dec 27, 1854, Keosaqua, Van Buren County, Iowa (Source: Marriage Record, Book B, p. 292 lic 1464, by L.D. Morris, J.P.); b. Abt. 1821.

ii. MILES CRANE, b. Abt. 1838.

iii. ANGENORA B CRANE, b. Abt. 1840; m. EDWIN H ELMER, Jul 28, 1860, Van Buren County, Iowa (Source: book c, p. 199 lic 2284, no return; marriage not completed?).

23. iv. CHARLES BENJAMIN CRANE, b. Mar 9, 1842, near Marietta, Ohio; d. Mar 11, 1929, Glasgow, Iowa.

v. OLIVER CRANE, b. Abt. 1844.

24. vi. AUGUSTUS CRANE, b. Apr 12, 1848, Ohio; d. Nov 6, 1927, Doud, Iowa.

vii. LYDIA CRANE, b. Bet. 1850 - 1851, Iowa (Source: 1870 Census-Van Buren Co, IA, Stamped pg 303.); m. JAMES M DONNELL, Sep 24, 1870, Van Buren County, Iowa (Source: Marriage Certificate, Book E, p 136, by Jas. W. Lathum, Minister of the Gospel.).

Notes for LYDIA CRANE:

1870 Census

Living at home, age 19.

More About LYDIA CRANE:

Residence: Mar 14, 1929, Oklahoma (Source: Obituary of Charles B Crane.)

viii. GEORGE SHERMAN CRANE, b. Bet. 1853 - 1854, Iowa (Source: 1870 Census-Van Buren Co, IA.).

Notes for GEORGE SHERMAN CRANE:

1870 Census

Living at home, age 16, works on farm, attended school

 

21. EBER8 CRANE (EZRA7, THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born May 3, 1808 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut (Source: (1) History of Henry County Iowa, Vol I, 164, 1808 as death date., (2) Forest Home Cemetery Records, 1803 as death date.), and died Apr 4, 1884 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa (Source: Henry County Death Records 1880-1886 & 1893-1904.). He married (1) CAROLINE NEVENS Dec 1, 1834 in South Reading, Massachusetts (Source: History of Henry County Iowa, Vol I.). She was born Nov 9, 1811 (Source: Forest Home Cemetery Records.), and died Sep 1, 1836 in Middlebury, Ohio (Source: History of Henry County Iowa, Vol I.). He married (2) NANCY ANN KNOWLTON Dec 6, 1837 in Franklin Mills, Ohio, daughter of DEACON WILLIAM KNOWLTON. She was born Jan 5, 1817 in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont (Source: Forest Home Cemetery Records.), and died Jul 27, 1894 in Mt Pleasant, Iowa (Source: Forest Home Cemetery Records.).

Notes for EBER CRANE:

From the History of Henry County, Iowa Vol I by Henry Co Bicentennial Commission 1982 p. 164 by Ann C. Farrier

The Ezra Crane family including eight year old Eber left Connecticut in 1816 and after a 47 day trip arrived in Marietta, Ohio, in November. The census of 1820 records the family there. Both Ezra and Elizabeth died in a fever epidemic in 1823. This sobering experience contributed to Eber's decision to prepare for the ministry. He was baptized in the Newport branch of the Marietta Baptist Church. In 1827 he went East to study in South Reading, Mass., and then he went to the Newton Theological Institution where he graduated 8/20/1834. He became pastor of the Amesbury and Salisbury, Mass., Baptist church and was ordained there 9/30/1834.

...Through the American Baptist Home Mission Society Eber accepted a pastorate in Ohio, and in November 1835 they moved to Middlebury (now part of Akron). Eber was the first regular minister in teh newly formed church, and their first church building was built that year. Caroline Elizabeth Crane was born in Middlebury. Both mother and child died there.

...Rev. Crane also ministered to a group in nearby Franklin Mills (now Kent), Ohio, where he baptized the children of Deacon William Knowlton from Vermont. He remianed in that area for several years, then in 1839 Eber became pastor of the McConnelsville church in Morgan County, Ohio. IN 1843 he ministered to the Marietta church, and then in 1845, the family moved back to northern Ohio where he was pastor of the Garretsville church for seven years. Eber's health had never been vigorous and in about 1852 he was forced to give up his last regular pastorate. The family went to Granville, Ohio, where Eber's brother George Sherman Crane lived. Another brother, Augustus Crane had left Ohio to settle in Iowa, and in 1853 Eber followed. George Sherman Crane and their nephew Ezra Humphrey joined them in 1856, settling in Jefferson County. Augustus was in Van Buren County and Eber was in adjoining Henry County, Iowa.

In Mt. Pleasant Eber continued to minister in a visiting capacity where he could be of service donating much of his time and energy to the needy, and to groups struggling to establish churches. He had been exposed to the principles of the anti-slavery movement in Massachusetts, and he became a strong advocate of the temperance movement, both at a time when those ideals were young and lacking in supporters. he spoke out ardently for the rights of freedom, education, and the human spirit. He did much to help the Negro Baptists, and was a member of the first Mt. Pleasant school board which instigated the building of new schools.

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1870 Henry Co. Census in Center Twp. property worth 8500 personal property worth 2500.

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Eber, went from Newport, O., to the Theological Seminary at Newton, Mass., in 1828, became a Baptist clergyman and settled in Iowa.

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Henry County Death Records: minister, b. Clinton, Conn, d. 4 Apr 1884 at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, age 75 y, 11m, 2d. Married, minister

More About EBER CRANE:

Burial: Forest Home Cemetery/Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Occupation: Preacher (Source: 1870 Census-Henry County, handwritten page 25.)

Notes for NANCY ANN KNOWLTON:

Another death date suggested as 27 July 1889. 1870 Census states birth in Massassachusetts.

More About NANCY ANN KNOWLTON:

Burial: Forest Home Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa (section ca-Row 5)

 

Child of EBER CRANE and CAROLINE NEVENS is:

i. CAROLINE ELIZABETH9 CRANE, b. Aug 25, 1836, Middlebury, Ohio (Source: History of Henry County Iowa, Vol I.); d. Aug 28, 1836, Middlebury, Ohio (Source: History of Henry County Iowa, Vol I.).

 

Children of EBER CRANE and NANCY KNOWLTON are:

25. ii. BARON HUTCHINSON9 CRANE, b. Nov 20, 1838, Kent, Ohio; d. Dec 20, 1887, Mt Pleasant, Iowa.

iii. EBER KNOWLTON CRANE, b. Feb 25, 1840, McConnellsville, Ohio; d. Jul 11, 1840.

26. iv. HERVEY NEWELL CRANE, b. Aug 2, 1841, McConnellsville, Ohio; d. Oct 9, 1897, Mt Pleasant, Iowa.

27. v. CAROLINE ELIZABETH CRANE, b. Jan 5, 1844, Marietta,Ohio; d. Dec 4, 1915, Seattle, Washington.

vi. JULIUS AUGUSTUS CRANE, b. Jan 21, 1846, Charlestown, Portage County, Ohio; d. Jun 6, 1903, Santa Ana, California; m. MARY A SCHENCK, Oct 17, 1882; b. Burlington, Iowa.

Notes for JULIUS AUGUSTUS CRANE:

From the History of Henry County, Iowa Vol I by Henry County Bicentennial Commission, 1982 by Ann Farrier:

For a few years he was an assistant physician in the Hospital for the Insane at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; however, most of his career was in private practice in Santa Ana, Ca.

No children.

1870 census living at home.

More About JULIUS AUGUSTUS CRANE:

Graduation: 1870, Western Reserve Medical College; Cleveland, Ohio

Occupation: Physician (Source: 1870 Census-Henry County, Handwritten page 25.)

28. vii. ELLA WOOD CRANE, b. Jun 8, 1848, Garrettsville, Ohio; d. Feb 7, 1883, Marengo, Iowa.

viii. MARY FRANCES CRANE, b. Feb 23, 1851, Garrettsville, Ohio; d. Jul 29, 1875, Marengo, Iowa (Source: Forest Home Cemetery Records.).

Notes for MARY FRANCES CRANE:

Drowned in a boating accident while visiting in Marengo.

Age 24 yrs, 4 mnths at time of deah

More About MARY FRANCES CRANE:

Burial: Forest Home Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa (section ca-Row 5)

Cause of Death: Drowning

Occupation: Teacher

ix. EBER LANE CRANE, b. Sep 15, 1857, Mt Pleasant, Iowa; d. Feb 17, 1927; m. ANNETTE STONE, Sep 20, 1877 (Source: The Clark Genealogy by Emma Walton, 1913.); b. Mar 15, 1858 (Source: The Clark Genealogy by Emma Walton, 1913.).

Notes for EBER LANE CRANE:

No children

More About EBER LANE CRANE:

Burial: Forest Home Cemetery, Henry County, Iowa (section ca-Row 6)

Occupation: Merchant

Residence: Humboldt, Nebraska

Notes for ANNETTE STONE:

The Clark Genealogy

Author: Emma L. Walton

Call Number: CS71.C6

 

Some descendants of Daniel Clark, of Windsor, Connecticut. From 1639 to 1913. In 1639 Daniel Clark, 17, came to America from Weaxil, England. Ten generations and about 1600 names included

629 MARY WORCESTER CLARKE (Frederick 6, Thaddeus 5, John 4, Moses 3, Daniel 2, Daniel 1), born Sept. 3, 1836; married June 5, 1857, Gen. George Augustus Stone, born Oct. 27, 1833. Afton, Iowa.

1090 i Antoinette Marie (Stone), born March 18,

1858; married Sept. 20, 1877, Eber Lane

Crane.

1091 ii Frederick Clark (Stone), born Feb. 22, 1860.

1092 iii Mabel Augusta (Stone), born May 15, 1864.

1093 iv Kate Grace (Stone), born April 17, 1871.

 

 

 

x. WILLIAM KNOWLTON CRANE, b. Sep 26, 1861, Mt Pleasant, Iowa; d. Mar 1, 1930, Mt Pleasant, Iowa.

Notes for WILLIAM KNOWLTON CRANE:

Unmarried

1900 Henry Co, IA census lists him as living with sister, Caroline Crane Brenholtz. Occupation listed as day laborer.

More About WILLIAM KNOWLTON CRANE:

Occupation: Tinner for the Crane Hardware business

 

Generation No. 7

 

22. SOCRATES SHERMAN9 CRANE (GEORGE SHERMAN8, EZRA7, THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Oct 1, 1844 in Ohio, and died Dec 10, 1919 in Fairfield, Jefferson Co, Iowa. He married HENRIETTA E COCHRAN Jan 18, 1872 in Round Prairie Township, Jefferson County, Iowa, daughter of JOHN COCHRAN and MARY GRIGGS. She was born Jan 21, 1850 in Glasgow, Iowa, and died Jan 27, 1910 in Fairfield, Iowa.

Notes for SOCRATES SHERMAN CRANE:

Iowa. Co. G. 30th Iowa Inf. (husband of Etta E. Cockran-son of George S. and Lucy Crane) Chr.-Mrs. Chris Blough and Mrs. Ed Bell

 

More About SOCRATES SHERMAN CRANE:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery/Fairfield, Iowa (Source: Iowa WPA Grave Records.)

More About HENRIETTA E COCHRAN:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery/Fairfield, Iowa (Source: Iowa WPA Grave Records.)

 

Children of SOCRATES CRANE and HENRIETTA COCHRAN are:

i. ALICE B10 CRANE, b. Mar 26, 1874, Glasgow, Iowa; d. Aug 18, 1874, Glasgow, Iowa.

ii. NELLIE B CRANE, b. Mar 16, 1873, Glasgow, Iowa; d. Jul 3, 1955, Fairfield, Iowa.

iii. MARY LUCY CRANE, b. Mar 16, 1875; d. Jul 22, 1951, Fairfield, Iowa.

 

23. CHARLES BENJAMIN9 CRANE (AUGUSTUS8, EZRA7, THEOPHILUS6, NATHANIEL5, THEOPHILUS4, HENRY3, JOHN2, VINCENT1) was born Mar 9, 1842 in near Marietta, Ohio (Source: est from Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol 2), and died Mar 11, 1929 in Glasgow, Iowa (Source: est from Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol 2). He married SUSAN CATCOTT Nov 15, 1866 in Van Buren County, Iowa (Source: Marriage Certificate, Book D p. 372, by James D Johnston, J.P.). She was born Dec 13, 1849 in Kilbourne, Iowa (Source: Jefferson Co. Ia Cemetaries Vol. II), and died Jan 27, 1910 in Glasgow,