Mary (Tolman) Crane (1671 - 1759)

Born 26 Nov 1671 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Ebenezer Crane — married 13 Nov 1689 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1759 at age 87 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Tolman was born Sep 26 1671 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her parents were Thomas Tolman and Elizabeth Johnson. ^[1]

She was baptized May 31 1674 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts ^[2]

Mary married Ebenezer Crane on Nov / Dec 13 1689. ^{[3] [4]} Milton, Mass source has Dec 1698. ^[5] Ebenezer was born Aug 5 1665 in Milton, Norfolk, MA. His parents were Henry Crane and Tabitha Kinsley

They settled in Braintree which later became the town of Quincy. ^[4]

They had 12 children, b in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts: ^[4]

1. Ebenezer, b. 21 Nov 1692; m. Elizabeth Cock on 9 Nov 1716
2. Ezekiel, b. 28 Nov 1694
3. Daniel, b. Feb 1696; d. Mar 1696
4. Tabitha, b. 27 Dec 1697
5. Mary, b. 11 Jul 1699; m. Robert Swan
6. Elizabeth, b. 17 Jan 1702; m. Elisha Faxon
7. Lydia, b. 2 Apr 1703; m. Zacharia Alden of Boston
8. Edward, b. 12 Aug 1705
9. Henry, b. 29 Feb 1708
10. Thomas, b. 12 May 1710
11. Benjamin, b. 22 Oct 1712; m. Anna Brackett on 12 May 1737
12. Abijah, b. 2 Nov 1714; m. 1) Sarah Field and 2) Sarah Beverley ^[5]

Mary died Mar 8 1759 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts

She is buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5FP-6QC : 14 January 2020), Mary Tolman, 1671.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDH-YVS : 15 January 2020), Mary Tolman, 1674.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-4KB9 : 31 October 2019), Ebenezer Crane and Mary Toleman, 13 Dec 1689; citing Marriage, Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009469.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} CraneA: #3 Page 5 https://archive.org/details/henrycraneofmilt00cran/page/5/mode/2up
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Teele: Page 107-8 https://archive.org/stream/historyofmiltonm00teel#page/108/mode/2up
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 06 March 2020), memorial page for Mary Tolman Crane (26 Nov 1671–8 Mar 1759), Find A Grave: Memorial #149673705, citing Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Member#47194125 (contributor 47194125) .

• Crane, Albert. Henry Crane of Milton, Massachusetts, 1654, and some of his descendants (Boston, 1893)
• Teele, Albert Kendall. The History of Milton, Mass., 1640 to 1877 (Rockwell and Churchill, Boston, 1887)