Family Group Sheet
NameBenjamin CRANE
Birth1630/1639, Of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England [588]
Immigrationbef 1649, Medfield, MA [500]
Movebef 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Land Purch24 Feb 1656, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT (2 1/2 acre grant) [1002]
Freeman12 May 1658, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [523]
Death31 May 1691, Norwich, New London, CT [523]
AFN8DBM-DS
OccupationTanner
FatherJohn CRANE (1594-)
Marriage23 Apr 1655, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [150]
SpouseMary BACKUS
Christen6 May 1632, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England [337]
Death8 Jul 1717, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [150]
FatherWilliam BACKUS (~1610-1664)
MotherElizabeth [Backus] (~1610-br. 1643)
Children
SpouseMary Chapman
Marriage12 May 1686, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [150]
SpouseDeborah GRISWOLD
Marriage19 Dec 1678, Norwich, New London, CT [359]
3 MJoseph Crane
Birth1 Apr 1661, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [150]
Death28 Nov 1707, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [150]
SpouseSarah Kilbourne
Marriage10 Dec 1684, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT [150]
SpouseHannah Griswold
Marriageabt 1696
7 MJacob Crane
Birth1670 [523]
Notes for Benjamin CRANE
His testimony 15 May 1653 at Flushing says he had lived at Dedham for 9 years with Mr. Joseph Clark and one year at Dorchester with Mr. Howard. He also claimed to have lived "up Hudson River" 10 miles with Mrs. Vandunkes, daughter of Mr. Daughty. In this testimony, Benjamin said that Mrs. Vandunkes "spoke Indian" and that she told him that "three Sagamores that lived up country had said that the Dutch governor had hired them to cut off all the english and kill all they could, for which they were to have a shipload of powder, kettles, etc."
His brother Henry helped with the estate of John Crane who is found in Boston by early 1637 and who owned 26 acres in Roxbury, MA in 1642.
In 1688, he deeded his tannery and land to his son John, in exchange for £3 yearly in corn or pork.
Savage’s: CRANE, BENJAMIN, Medfield 1649, m. 12 Sept. 1656, Elinor Breck, prob. d. of Edward of Dorchester, rem. to Wethersfield, freem. of Conn. 1658, d. 31 May 1691, leav. Benjamin, Jonathan, Joseph, John, Abraham, Jacob, Israel, Elizabeth and Mary. Perhaps he liv. some yrs. late in life at Taunton, for his s. John there took his w. and (wh. is better ground for the infer.) there Samuel Hackett m. 28 Mar. 1690, his d. Mary.
His brother Henry helped with the estate of John Crane who is found in Boston by early 1637 and who owned 26 acres in Roxbury, MA in 1642.
In 1688, he deeded his tannery and land to his son John, in exchange for £3 yearly in corn or pork.
Savage’s: CRANE, BENJAMIN, Medfield 1649, m. 12 Sept. 1656, Elinor Breck, prob. d. of Edward of Dorchester, rem. to Wethersfield, freem. of Conn. 1658, d. 31 May 1691, leav. Benjamin, Jonathan, Joseph, John, Abraham, Jacob, Israel, Elizabeth and Mary. Perhaps he liv. some yrs. late in life at Taunton, for his s. John there took his w. and (wh. is better ground for the infer.) there Samuel Hackett m. 28 Mar. 1690, his d. Mary.
Notes for Mary BACKUS
Listed in her father’s will in 1661.
