Noah Crane (1719 - 1800)

Born 18 Apr 1719 in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey

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Died 8 Jun 1800 at age 81 in Essex County New Jersey, USA

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Biography

This profile is part of the Crane Name Study.

Noah Crane was born April 18, 1719 in Bloomfield Essex County New Jersey, USA. He died in Jun. 8, 1800 in Essex County New Jersey, USA. A photograph of Noah's grave, and that of his wife, Mary Baldwin Crane can be found at Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89063741

Information posted at the Findagrave site lists Noah's father as Nathaniel Crane, and his mother as Elizabeth Gibson. Noah's children are listed as Joseph C. Crane (1751 - 1832) and Mahetable Crane Gould (1761 - 1843)

Noah and Mary Crane are buried in Bloomfield Cemetery, Bloomfield, New Jersey.

A genealogy page posted at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tibart&id=I2205 (the "Ladd, Reed, Cook, Engle, Hamilton, Lennon Ancestors"), states the following:

"Noah Crane, 1719-1800, the second son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Gibson) Crane was born and died in Cranetown, now Montclair, New Jersey. He lived on the old Crane homestead on Orange Road near Myrtle Ave. He inherited from his father a large tract of land south of Bloomfield Ave. including this house. Doremus says this house was torn down about 1900. He married Mary Baldwin (1724-1805), daughter of Samuel Baldwin and Mary Baldwin. They both lived to be 81 years old. They are buried in the old grave yard at East Bloomfield, New Jersey.

"They had nine children. Ellory Bicknell Crane also lists a Stephen. Noah Crane was a member of the Mountain Society (Orange Presbyterian Church) prior to 1756. He was a ruling elder from 1776 until his death in 1800. Genealogy of the Crane Family, Vol. II by Ellery Bicknell Crane, 1900

"His father, Nathaniel, was born in Newark. William was probably born in the older homestead on Orange Road, which was inherited by his brother Noah."

According to p. 36 of Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey^[1] "(IV) Noah, second child and son of Major Nathaniel Crane, was born in 1719 at West Bloomfield, died at Cranetown, where he spent his life, June 8, 1800. At the town meeting of Newark, March 12. 1754, he was chosen one of the overseers of the highways, and again re-appointed to the same position by the town meeting March 12, 1765. In 1776 he was one of the officers of the church at Bloomfield. He subscribed ten pounds six shillings for the parsonage, and eight pounds for the second meeting house. Noah Crane married Mary, youngest daughter of Samuel Baldwin, granddaughter of John Baldwin Sr. and Hannah, daughter of Obadiah Bruen, his first wife, and great-granddaughter of John Baldwin, of Milford."

Children:

1. Samuel, born October 29, 1747, died February 28, 1811; was a farmer; born in Cranetown and lived in Caldwell, where he died. December 3, 1784, . . . He married Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth Baldwin, and had eight children: Caleb, Zenas, Cyrus, Dorcas, Cyrus, Elizabeth, Mary and Nathaniel.

2. Esther, married Joseph Baldwin.

3. Joseph, referred to below.

4. Elizabeth, born April 11, 1753. died in 1831; married John R., son of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Halloway) Crane, granddaughter of Azariah and Rebecca Crane, great-granddaughter of Deacon Azariah and Mary (Treat) Crane. They had six children: Mary, Nehemiah, Henry, Sarah, Hetty and Nathaniel.

5. Caleb, died unmarried.

6. Nathaniel, born in 1758, died in 1833; married Hannah, daughter of William and grand daughter of Major Nathaniel Crane. They had no children. Nathaniel served in the war of 1812, gave the bulk of his property for the support of the Presbyterian ministry, was in the battle of Long Island, September 15, 1776, was overseer of highways in 1795-96, and on the town committee in 1799 and 1800.

7. Nehemiah, died in infancy.

8. Mehitabel, born 1764, died December 4, 1843; married General William Gould, and had eleven children: Mary, Johnson N., Phebe, Betsy, Stephen, Emily, Charlotte, Nathaniel, Harriet, William and Stephen.

9. Mary.

10. Nehemiah.

11. Stephen, of whom nothing more is known.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZ5-BVG?cc=1804228&wc=3V1X-ST8%3A1585148702%2C1585148341%2C1585148351 : 10 June 2015), New York > Dutchess > North East > image 2 of 13; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89063741
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tibart&id=I2205
• GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PEOPLE IN THE MAKING OF A COMMONWEALTH AND THE FOUNDING OF A NATION COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF FRANCIS BAZLEY LEE VOLUME I ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING 1910 COMPANY

--1910 -- COPYRIGHT 1910 BY LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

1. ↑ GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PEOPLE IN THE MAKING OF A COMMONWEALTH AND THE FOUNDING OF A NATION COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF FRANCIS BAZLEY LEE VOLUME I ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING 1910 COMPANY --1910 -- COPYRIGHT 1910 BY LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Notes

Additional information quoted from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tibart&id=I2205

His children were Samuel, born 1747; Esther, Joseph (my grandfather), born 1751; Elizabeth, born 1753; Caleb, Nathaniel, Mary, Nehemiah, Stephen and Mehetabel. His will, dated February 17, 1795, bequeaths to his oldest son, Samuel, the tract of land on which he lived at Horse Neck (now Caldwell). Many of his descendants are now living in that vicinity. Mr. Henry D. Crane, late Treasurer of the Montclair Savings Bank, was his great-grandson. To his daughter, Mehetabel he willed £70 York currency. She married Gen. William Gold who lived in Caldwell and was a representative in the New Jersey Legislature. His family monument stands just back of the Caldwell Presbyterian Church. All the land below the Mountain on both sides of Valley Road from Union Street north to near Hillside Avenue, and also from Van Vleck Street north to about Chestnut Street, he gave to his two sons, Joseph and Nathaniel. The homestead (Frost House) was the inheritance of Nathaniel, who was born October 26th, 1757.

Jasper Crane Genealogy Co-Founder of Newark, New Jersey in 1666, by Margaret Angevine Riggin, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 20 Nov 1971 (Revised 4 Sep 1975), Copy presented to the Historical Society of West Caldwell on permanent loan from the West Caldwell Public Library Oct 1979