Martha (Daggett) Crane (abt. 1672 - 1711)

Born about 1672 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Crane — married 25 May 1694 in Killingworth (Middlesex) Connecticut

Descendants

Died 25 Aug 1711 at about age 39 in Killingworth, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Martha Daggett ... ^[1]

Marriage

MARTHA Daggett, b. 1672; married JOHN CRANE of Killingworth, Conn. on 25 May 1695 in Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut .^[2]

Children

The following children of John Crane and Martha Daggett were named in the Probate papers^{[3] [4]}:

• 1. JOHN, b. March 23, 1695, at Killingworth, CT; died without issue Feb. 15, 1722.
• 2. HANNAH, b. Aug. 28, 1697, at Killingworth, CT.
• 3. JANE, b. Feb. 10, 1701, at Killingworth, CT.
• 4. EBENEZER, b. May 11. 1702, at Killingworth, CT.
• 5. CONCURRENCE, b. June 4, 1709, at Killingworth, CT.
• 6. ELEANOR, b. Aug. 25, 1711.

Estate of John Crane^[5]

At the request of his stepmother John Crane was appointed administrator of his father's estate, but died before the duties of the office had been fulfilled. On Nov. 13, 1711. his widow Martha Daggett Crane, was appointed administratrix, and Nov. 11. 1712. she presented to Richard Christopher. Judge of Probate at Now London, an inventory of the estate. At Court of Probate held in New London, June 9, 1713, before the same judge, the following report was made and distribution ordered  :

" Mrs. Martha Crane of Killingworth administratrix on the estate of her deceased husband Capt. John Crane of said place presented to this court an account of sundry debts paid by her and costs and charges on the estate and in housekeeping together with £10 towards the repairing of the house and barn to which account she made oath, and it is accepted by the court and now on file, amounting in the whole £53—0—1) money. She also made an addition to the inventory of said estate to the value of £23—15—4 money. And this court do now proceed to make distribution of the said estate the whole whereof after the £53—0—9 is taken out being £348—12s-—10p of which this court distributes to the widow one third of the Real Estate during life being £78 — 13—2 and one third of the personal forever being £37—12—1.

To the eldest son a double portion being £66—8—3 and to the other live children single portions being £33—4—1-1/2p a piece, and this court appoints Mr. John Griswold, Mr. John Kelsey and Mr. Nathaniel Pamerly of Killingworth to divide the said estate accordingly. And desire Mr. Justice Taylor of Saybrook to swear them accordingly to that office. The charge of this court and of the division of said estate to be born in proportion to what they receive by the widow and children. If any debts hereafter appear to be due from said estate they must be paid by them in like proportion."

The above named persons each appeared Nov. 13, 1711, and signed a bond to the court for £500, and subsequently rendered the following report:

January 25, 1721-22. Distribution of Capt. John Crane's estate. We whose names are hereunto subscribed being appointed by ye Honorable Court of Probate for ye County of New London to make distribution of the estate of Capt. John Crane late of Killingworth deceased accordingly we have done as followeth.

Imprimis.

[[[A rather lengthy detail distribution of properties to each of the children has been omitted]]]

Made out in handwriting of John Kelcey at Killingworth April 26. 1716

JOHN GRISWOLD

JOHN KELCEY

NATHANIEL PARMERLY

Estate entered in Killingworth 3rd book of Records Jany 25, 1721-2 by John Kelcey Town Clerk.

This inventory or statement of account was entered in New London probate Court records at request of Isaac Kelsey, husband of Jane Crane, daughter of Capt. John , and who presented the above paper Sept. 23, 1737, when it was recorded by order of the court.

Children  :

13—1. JOHN, b. March 23, 1695; died without issue Feb. 15, 1722.

14—2. HANNAH, b. Aug. 28, 1697.

15—3. JANE, b. Feb. 10, 1701.

16—4. EBANEZER, b. May 11). 1702.

17—5. CONCURRENCE, b. June 4, 1709.

18—6. ELEANOR, b. Aug. 25, 1711.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Tom Quick, Monday, November 4, 2013.
2. ↑ Entered by Tom Quick.
3. ↑ Probate Court-Estate entered in Killingworth 3rd book of Records Jany 25, 1721-2, by J o h n Kelcey Town Clerk.
4. ↑ The History of Martha's Vineyard, Vol. III, (Edgartown, MA: Dukes County Hist. Soc., 1925). Pg. 127.
5. ↑ Genealogy of the Crane Family V1 Pages 63--64

• Website: RootsWeb--Martha Daggett

• Source: Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records for Killingworth, Middlesex Co., Connecticut. Vol. 1: 67.

• The History of Martha's Vineyard by Dr. Charles Banks: Volume III Family Genealogies: pp. 126 - 145, THE DAGGETT FAMILY (Edgartown, MA: Dukes County Hist. Soc., 1925).

• Source: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register and Antiquarian Journal, Volume 27 (Google eBook), S.G. Drake, 1873 - Genealogy Pages 76-78.

Research notes on Crane Family

THE CRANE FAMILY (Page 76). Communicated by the Rev. Jozntrrum Camus, of Kalamazoo, Mich. THE large number of persons, in this country, bearing the name of Crane, are generally the descendants of some one of the five families that were known as early as the year 1666. How they were related, and from what particular locality in England they came, remains yet to be learned; and in the hope that some progress may be made in this direction the fol- lowing statistics are prepared. They are the best in our possession, and may need correction, being derived chiefly from correspondents. These five families are represented by Jasper, of Newark, N. J.; Benjamin, of Weth- ersfield, Ct.; Henry, of Killingworth, Ct.; Henry, of Dorchester, Mass., and Stephen, of Elizabethtown, N. J.

(Page 77) In the New-Haven Colony, a Henry Crane appears as marrying Con- currence, daughter of John Meigs, in 1663, and as one of the proprietors of Killingworth, Ct. His children were eight, three sons and five daugh- ters, as follows : — Joan, b. about 1664. Plums, b. Dec. 24, 1672. Enrzsssrs, b. 1666. Tnnornrtus, b. Jan. 25. 1675. Coucunamvcr, b. Dec. 27, 1667. Aswan. b. April, 1676; d. young. Manr, b. Aug. 23, 1670. Hmmr, Oct. 25, 1677. The eldest son, John, married Martha Daggett, of Rehoboth, or Taunton, Mass., May 25, 1694.

Not far from Killingworth, at Wethersfield, Ct., we find Benjamin Crane, who married April 23, 1655, Mary, daughter of William Backus, of Say- brook, Ct. A daughter of William Backus, of that period, married a Benjamin Crane, and this is the only Benjamin of whom we have any knowledge, of that generation, and though the name Breck has been given by Savage, it was also expressed as doubtful. Benjamin Crane had nine children, seven sons and two daughters, viz. : -— Bsxuinn, b. March 1, 1656: d. June 20, 1693. Joxsrnm, b. Dec. 1, 1658; d. 1734. Jossrn, b. April 1, 1661 ; d. Nov. 8. 1707. Jo:-11¢, b. A ril 10, 1663; d. Oct. 23, 1694. Issast, b. l\l)ov. l, 1671 ; d. April 28, 1707. Anrunnl, b. 1668; d. July 5, 1713. Jseos. Enrzsasrn. Mssr.