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Elinor Crane (Breck)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: July 08, 1717 (84)
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of unknown Breck and wife of unknown Breck
Wife of Benjamin Crane, of Stowe
Mother of Mary Rand; Abigail Crane; Sarah Rand and Mehitable Randall
Sister of Thomas Breck and John Breck

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Immediate Family

About Elinor Crane

Origins

John Breck died 3 January 1660, in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at about age 58. [NO - we don’t know his name or place of death]

Breck siblings:

  • 1.John Breck of Sherborn, who died 20 Aug 1690. He was evidently unmarried. His brother Thomas administered his estate, which was inherited by his brother and sister.
  • 2.Thomas Breck of Sherborn. He married at Dorchester, 12 Feb 156, Mary, daughter of John Hill. He died at Sherborn, 23 Apr 1703.
  • 3.Elinor Breck was born 1 November 1632, in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, to John Breck (1602-1660) and unknown mother. She married Benjamin Crane 12 September 1656 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. She passed away 8 July 1717, in Stow Middlesex, Massachusetts, at the age of 85.

(Source: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 45; Vol, 52, page 71.)

Citations

Family

Vital records of Marlborough, MA - Births

CRANE (Cranne)

  • Abigail, d. Benjamin and Eline, Sept. 24, 1661. MR
  • Mary, d. Benjamin and Ellin, June 26, 1660. MR
  • Sarah, d. Benjamin and Ellin, July 16, 1663.
  • Mehittabel [Crane.%C2%A0MR], d. Benjamin and Ellin, Mar. [Dec.%C2%A0MR] 31, 1665.

Married Benjamin Crane. Disproved as child of Edward Breck of Dorchester. Child of John Breck, probably Edward’s brother.

References

  • Notes and Queries, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1897) Vol. 51, Page 71. GoogleBooks
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Elinor Crane's Timeline

1632
November 1, 1632
Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1660
June 26, 1660
Marlborough, MA, United States
1661
September 24, 1661
Marlborough, Middlesex , Massachusetts
1663
July 16, 1663
Marlborough, Middlesex , Massachusetts
1665
March 31, 1665
Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1717
July 8, 1717
Age 84
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States