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About Capt. Henry Crane
From Fifty Puritan ancestors, 1628-1660 : genealogical notes, 1560-1900 (1902) link to book, Pg.93
THE CRANE FAMILY
JOHN CRANE came from Suffolk County, England, to America, and by 1637 he was living at Muddy Brook (now Brookline, Mass.). In 1642 is recorded as having land at Roxbury, was "Deputy to the Great General Court" in 1649.
He had two sons: Benjamin, born 1630, and Henry.
Henry Crane married Concurrence Meigs about 1663, and made several moves, to Gillford, New Haven, CT and on to Killingworth, Middlesex, CT, 11 miles away. He lived over 40 years at Killingworth, Middlesex, CT. Brother Benjamin married Mary Backus in 1655 and remained in Wethersfield, Connecticut until his death in 1692
from meigs.org:
They had 10 children. About the time of their marriage, they settled in Killingworth, CT. Crane was "young, enterprising and ommparatively poor in worldly goods, and withal a man calculated to lead rather than to be led, he cast his fortune into the new enterprise. He was one of the original planters of Killingworth, in 1665." He married second the widow of Henry Champin of Lyme, CT.
Family
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Crane-38
Capt. Henry Crane married twice:
1) Concurrence Meigs, born 1643, at Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, ca. 1663. Concurrence was the daughter of John Meigs (1612 - 1672) and Thomasina|Tamzin Fry Meigs (1612 - 1672).[8][9] She died in Killingworth on October 9, 1708.[10] Henry Crane and Concurrence Meigs had ten children.
2) Deborah Champion, widow of Henry Champion (a.k.a. Champin) of Lyme. Connecticut, on Dec. 26, 1709. After Henry Crane's death on April 22, 1711, Deborah, his widow, married Richard Towner..[11]
Children
Henry and Coincurrence (Meigs) Crane had 10 children. Children include:[12]
- John Crane, b. after 1664, at Guilford, Connecticut[13], who succeeded his father as Representative to the General Court of Connecticut from Killingworth. John, the eldest son, married Martha Daggett, of Rehoboth, or Taunton, Mass., May 25, 1694. Father Henry was aged 29.
- Joan, b. ca. 1664. ?
- Elizabeth Crane, 1666, Guilford, New Haven, CT, USA. Father Age 31.
- Concurrance Bartlett, December 27, 1667, Guilford, New Haven, CT, USA. Father Age 32.Note: Henry Crane removed from Guilford to Killingworth aft. Nov. 26, 1669 and bef. June 29, 1670
- Mary Crane, August 23, 1670 Killingworth, Middlesex, CT, USA. Father Age 35.
- Phebe Kelsey, December 24, 1672 Guilford, New Haven Co., CT. Father Age 37. [most likely Killingworth]
- Theophilus Crane, January 5, 1674, Theophilus Crane Killingsorth, Middlesex, CT, USA. Father Age 39. [may have died young]
- Theophilus, b. Jan. 25. 1675. ? [May have been a replacement child]
- Abigail Crane, April 3, 1676, Killingsorth, Middlesex, CT, USA. Father Age 41. [Possibly died in infancy.]
- Henry Crane (Capt.), October 25, 1677, Killingsorth, Middlesex, CT, USA. Father Age 42.
- Mercy Crane, 1680, Killingsorth, Middlesex, CT, USA. Father age 45. Mercy died August 18, 1739 in Killingworth, Middlesex, CT, USA
- Nathaniel Crane, August 7, 1682, Killingsorth, Middlesex, CT, USA. Father age 47.
Citations
- Rumsey, Jean, "Two More Marriages for Deborah (Palmer) (Jones) Champion: Henry Crane of Killingworth and Richard Towner of Branford, Connecticut," The Genealogist 18 (Spring 2004): 97-98
- Genealogy of the Crane family Author Crane, Ellery Bicknell, 1836-1925 Page 46 “Origins of the Cranes “link
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Capt. Henry Crane's Timeline
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1635
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Perhaps, Freston, Suffolk, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1664 |
1664
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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1666
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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December 27, 1667
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Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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August 23, 1670
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Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
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December 24, 1672
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Guilford, New Haven Co., Conn.
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January 5, 1674
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Killingworth, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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April 3, 1676
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Killingsorth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
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October 25, 1677
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Killingworth, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
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