Hezekiah S. Crane Jr. (1751 - 1813)

Born 11 Mar 1751 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Hall) Crane — married 14 Apr 1774 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1813 at age 62 in Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

Biography

Birth

Hezekiah Crane Jr. was born in March 1751 in Mansfield, Windham (later Tolland), Connecticut to Hezekiah Crane (1725-1795) and Tamesin Eldredge (1727-1771). ^[1]

Marriage and Family

He married Rachel Hall (1751-1781) on 14 April 1774 in Mansfield, Connecticut.

Children of the Crane-Hall Marriage:

1. Isaac Crane
2. John Crane
3. Jesse Crane
4. Asa Crane
5. Amasa Crane
6. Abigail Crane
7. Daniel Crane
8. Zerviah Crane
9. Anna Crane

Military Service

Private Hezekiah Crane Jr. served with Major Backus' Regiment Light Horse, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Hezekiah Crane Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027408.

Hezekiah Crane Jr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-336611
Rank: Private

He served in the Continental Troops during the Revolutionary War in Capt. Isaac Sergeant's Co., Maj. Backus's Reg. of light horse in September and November 1776. They served in New York. He also served in the militia under Gen. Gates in 1777 and in Capt. Roswell Grant's Co. in 1778.

Private in Captain Isaac Sergeant's Company from Windham, Connecticut, of Ebenezer Backus' 4th Regiment of Connecticut Light Horse^[2]

Occupation

He was a farmer and a livestock dealer.

Death

Hezekiah died on 22 April 1813 in Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA at the age of 62. There was an epidemic of some kind of fever at the time and this is said to be the cause of his death. His wife had died the year before.

Buried at Brick Chapel Cemetery, Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, USA. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ There seems to be a difference in birth dates for him as E.B. Crane and others give 4 March 1751 and still others give 11 March 1751.
2. ↑ SAR https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/336611
3. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial # 123849670

• Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogy of the Crane Family. Worcester, MA: Unknown, 1900. Pages 245-246.

• Connecticut Deaths and Burials.

• 1790 US Federal Census in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut.

• 1810 US Federal Census in Mansfield, Windham, Connecticut.

• The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

• Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

• New York Military Service Card.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-VGWW : 21 December 2016), Hezekiah Crane, 1776.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed access date), "Record of Hezekiah Crane", Ancestor # A027408.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #123849670

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3CB-X?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 496 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.

Acknowledgements

1. Becky Nally Syphers created Crane-677 on 23 January 2012.
2. Darlene Scott Kerr added sources, and started bio on 24 January 2016.