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Benjamin Crane 1705 – 1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Nov 1705

Birth Location: Newark, Essex, New Jersey

Death Date: 1777

Death Location: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey

Father: Joseph Crane

Mother: Abigail Lyon

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Benjamin Crane was born in 1705 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, the child of Joseph Crane and Abigail Lyon. Benjamin Crane passed away in 1777 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Crane was born in 1705 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, the child of Joseph Crane and Abigail Lyon.
  • Benjamin Crane passed away in 1777 in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey.

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Benjamin Crane's Ancestors

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Benjamin Crane
1705 – 1777
Birth Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Parents
Joseph Crane
1676 – 1726
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Abigail Lyon
1685 – 1744
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Grandparents
Jasper Crane
1651 – 1712
East Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Johannah Swaine
1651 – 1720
Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
Joseph Lyon
1659 – 1726
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Mary Pierson
1662 – 1705
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Great-Grandparents
Jasper Crane
1602 – 1680
Alice Leave
1608 – 1675
Samuel Swaine
1620 – 1682
Joanna Ward
1628 – 1692
Henry Lyon
1621 – 1707
Mary Bateman
1631 – 1688
Thomas Pierson
1634 – 1701
Mary Harrison
1631 – 1701
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Crane
1575 –
William Swaine
1585 – 1664
Priscilla Mouck
1597 – 1653
William Ward
1599 –
Elizabeth Phillips
1605 – 1632
William Bateman
1590 – 1658
Frances Bayley
1592 – 1631
Abraham Pierson
1611 – 1678
Abigail Mitchel
1618 – 1722
Richard Harrison
1593 – 1653
Margaret Picke
1598 – 1655

Benjamin Crane's Timeline

2 Records

1705
27 Nov 1705
Birth of Benjamin Crane in Newark, Essex, New Jersey
Newark, Essex, New Jersey
1777
1777
Age 72
Death of Benjamin Crane in Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey
Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1705
    Event Place: Newark, Essex, New Jersey
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1777
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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