Dr. Eleazer Whiting CRAINE

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For a time they resided inGroton, New York. He married 2d, Ruby Ann Demmon. They removed to Kent, Ohio in 1843. He practiced his profession as a physician both in Groton and in Kent.

Eleazer married Lydia WILLOUGHBY on 25 Apr 1815. Lydia was born on 7 Jul 1796; died on 7 Jan 1840. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lydia Olivia E CRAINE was born on 5 Jul 1827; died on 2 Mar 1903; was buried in Standing Rock Cemetery, Kent, Portage Co., Ohio.

Family/Spouse: Ruby Ann DEMMON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He served in the Revolutionary war six years, and his granddaughter says he was with Washington at Valley Forge through the winter; also that he was one of forty men under Col. Barton who surprised and captured Major- Gen. Prescott in his own quarters at night, and who was exchanged for Gen. lee. In 'Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution' will be found on page 75, vol. 4, Roger Crain served for Medway, enlisting for three years as private in Capt. John Fuller's Co., col Wm. Shepard's (4th) Regt. Served along the Hudson river. Was at West Point, February, 1782. He receipted for his bounty paid him by the town committee, May 30, 1781. His time began June 1st. He was a farmer, and for many years lived in Groton, New York.

Roger married Sarah WHITING on 20 May 1784 in Ashford, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 26 Oct 1764 in Ashford, Connecticut; died on 21 Jan 1854 in Groton, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]