Abigail CROSS

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• Fact: Daughter of Peter Cross of Mansfield, and Mary, his wife

Abigail married John CRANE on 29 Oct 1712. John was born on 1689 or 1690; died on 1 Mar 1765 in Mansfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Settled first in Mansfield, Conn., but was of Lebanon in 1765, when in April of that year he declined to act with his brother Hezekiah as one of the executors of his father's will. He could not have long been a resident of Lebanon, for he was of Mansfield in 1762 and again in 1770. It is supposed the family removed from the town, as no records of his descendants are to be found at Mansfield where his children were born. It appears that he was twice married, for his grandson Edmund Franklin Craine, says he married a Welsh lady by name of Mary Neff.

Ebenezer married Sarah CURTIS on 21 Jun 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mr. Crane lived and died in Mansfield, Conn.; he was executor of his father's will, and it is supposed from the records that he lived on the Crane homestead, and that his father and mother spent their last days with him.

Hezekiah married Tamesin ELDRIDGE on 6 Jun 1749. Tamesin (daughter of Elisha ELDREDGE and Dorcas MULFORD) died on 15 Mar 1771. [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]

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Mr. Bela Crane stated that his father served during the war of the Revolution; was one of Washington's body-guard, and was present at the execution of Maj. Andre. Was private in 2d Co. Capt. Experience Storrs of mansfield, in Gen. Putnam's regiment, from May 17 to Dec. 1, 1775; served in and around Boston, and part of this regiment was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. The Bureau of Pensions at Washington, D.C., gives the following; Aug. 11, 1832, Daniel Crain, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, made application for a pension, at which time he was eighty years old, and residing in mansfield, Conn., and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private in the Connecticut troops, Revolutionary war. A part of the time he served under Col. Experience Storrs and Gen. Putnam. he enlisted at Mansfield.

Daniel married Esther FULLER on 31 Jan 1776. Esther was born in 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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

Daniel married Clarissa WHITMAN in 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]