Lt.-Col. Jonathan CRANE

1747 - 1834  (87 years)

• Name	Jonathan CRANE  [1]
  	The beginning of the Revolutionary war found Mr. Crane ensign in a company of minute-men, and he continued in service throughout the period of seven years. March 1, 1776, he was ensign in 5h South East company, Capt. Joshua Barnum, Jr., Col. Jacobus Swartwout, 2d regiment. He was at the battle of Ridgefield, April, 1777; also the engagement at Ward's House, near White Plains. Mr. Crane was frequently employed in carrying messages to General Washington while located at the Highlands. His widow received a pension. He was a farmer, and spent his life on the farm he purchased from the State, it having been confiscated as the property of a tory. It was located in the southerly portion of the town of South East, and known as "Crane's Ridge," about three miles southeast from Brewster. [1]
  Prefix	Lt.-Col.
  Birth	27 Apr 1747  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Aug 1834  [1]
  Person ID	I93396	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Capt Joseph CRANE,   b. 2 Oct 1722   d. 14 Oct 1800 (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Esther BELDEN,   b. 31 Oct 1727   d. 27 Feb 1786 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F39035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bethiah BALDWIN,   b. 1 Jan 1752, Mansfield, Connecticut d. 14 May 1839 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1771  [1]
  Children	1. Anson CRANE,   b. 25 Jan 1783   d. 7 Jun 1860 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F39034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S10307] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family Vol. 2 Descendants of Benjamin Crane, of Wethersfield, Conn; and John Crane, of Coventry, Conn.; also of Jasper Crane, of New Haven, Conn.; and Newark, NJ, and Stephen Crane, of Elizabethtown, NJ, (Forgotten Books).