Person Sheet


Name *Benjamin CRANE, 8G Grandfather
Birth 1630, Poss. 1639of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death 31 May 1691, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Occupation CLICK NAME FOR NOTES - Tanner
Father *John CRANE (1594-?)
Mother *Mary WIFE OF JOHN CRANE
Spouses:
1 *Mary BACKUS, 8G Grandmother
Birth 1632, Of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Death 8 Jul 1717, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT
Father *William BACKUS (1589-<1664)
Mother *Sarah CHARLES
Children: *Jonathan (1658-1735)
Benjamin (1656-)
Joseph (1661-1707)
John (1663-1694)
Elijah (1665-)
Abraham (1668-~1713)
Jacob (1670-)
Israel (1671-1707)
Elisol (~1673-)
Mary (1673-1714)
Notes for *Benjamin CRANE
142 p. 73, Benjamin was "on committee to petition Gen. Court for liberty to erect a plantation in Windham County, CT. First settler and landed proprietor of Wethersfield, CT."
M.T.Smith's notes above references 143
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Crane, Benjamin sen., Wethersfield. Died 31 May, 1691. Invt.L526-12-00. Taken 13 February, 1692, by Henry Crane, Jonathan Dem- ing & Nathaniel Foote. The children: The Widow, Benjamin Crane, fonathan, Joseph, Jo:, Abram, Jacob, Israel, Elisol, and Mary Crane.

Note: The House & Homested, that is, with all the Buildings, The Tan House excepted, that belongs to John, which he claims in his own Right, which is recorded to him with the Land he stands possessed of in his own Right.

Court Record, Page 6l-7 September, 1693: Adms. to the Relict. Mr. James Treat to be Overseer.

Page 67-13 March, 1693-4: Order to Dist., Mr. James Treat, Lt. Henry Crane, and Nathaniel Foote to be Distributors.
Source: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records: Hartford district, 1635-1700 By Charles William Manwaring; pp 165-6; Pub 1902
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