Joseph CRANE

1759 - 1819  (59 years)

• Name	Joseph CRANE  [1]
  	He was enrolled among the list of Revolutionary soldiers in Williamstown, Vermont. He was one of the first settlers of Williamstown, Vermont. His wife was drawn in on a hand-sled. She was given a lot of land for being the first woman to settle in the town. Her Mr. Crane purchased 300 acres of land, and with his axe felled the fist tree cut in the town. All his children were born here. He was a member of the Legislature of Vermont, and went from Tolland, Conn. Eleanor Buck taught first school in Williamstown, 1793. [1]
  Birth	19 May 1759  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Mar 1819	Williamstown, Vermont   [1]
  Person ID	I93406	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Abiah CRANE,   b. 12 Oct 1710   d. 1 Apr 1790, Alstead, New Hampshire (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary TYLER   d. 26 Mar 1789
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	23 Feb 1741/2  [1]
  Family ID	F39041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ruth WILSON,   b. Abt 1760   d. Abt 1791 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1783  [1]
  Family ID	F39040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor BUCK,   b. 1765   d. 13 May 1832, Williamstown, Vermont (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1792  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Charles CRANE,   b. 29 Sep 1812, Williamstown, Vermont d. 1882 (Age 69 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F39039	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).