 1691 - 1739 (47 years)
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| Name |
Rebecca Lamson Prince [1] |
| Birth |
21 Nov 1691 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  [1, 2] |
- It is possible the Rebecca's correct surname is Prince and that she hails from East Milford, CT.
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| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
15 Jun 1739 |
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey Colony [1, 3] |
- The tombstone of Rebecca stands alone in the cemetery of the Presbyterian Church in Orange on the corner of Main Street and Scotland Road, on the southerly side of a pathway leading through the churchyard from Scotland Road. It reads "Rebecca, the wife of Azaraih died 15 June 1739, aged 48."
Born c.1690-91, it is uncertain* whether Mrs. Crane's maiden name was Prince or Lamson/Lampson. She died "Aged 48 years", the wife of Azariah Crane (born c.1682), whom she is believed to have married in 1706, when she was in her mid-teens. It is not known whether the wedding took place in New Milford, Connecticut, or in New Jersey. The couple subsequently had children named Rebecca, Azariah, Job,Gamaliel, Ezekial, and Stephen.
Mrs. Crane's grave is marked by a brown sandstone stele featuring a winged skull in its tympanum, a grim soul effigy which was popular during the early colonial period, but which largely gave way to soul effigies of the portrait type by the mid-1700's. It appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver". Rebecca's survivors at the time of her death included her husband.
*Although Rebekah Crane's maiden name has been given as "Lamson" and "Lampson" in some sources, evidence suggests that it is more likely that she was the daughter of Job Prince, a sea captain, and the former Rebecca (nee Phippen) Baldwin, a widow at the time of her marriage to Job. (See Genealogy of New Jersey Families, Volume I, p.180-181, for discussion of maiden name controversy.)
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| Person ID |
I5457 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Father |
Job Prince, b. 22 Aug 1647, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 1694, At Sea (Age 46 years) |
| Mother |
Rebeckah Phippen, b. 12 Feb 1657, Boston, British Colonial America d. 17 Oct 1712, Milford, New Haven County, CT (Age 55 years) |
| Family ID |
F4541 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Azariah Crane, II, b. 1 May 1682, Newark, Essex County, NJ d. 5 Nov 1756, West Bloomfield, Essex County, NJ (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
1706 |
Newark, Essex County, NJ [4] |
| Children |
| | 1. Rebecca Crane, b. 6 Sep 1707, Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey Colony d. 15 Jun 1791, Parsippany, Morris County, NJ (Age 83 years) |
| | 2. Azariah Crane, III, b. Abt 1709, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony d. 8 Nov 1752, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony (Age 43 years) |
| | 3. Job Crane, b. 1711, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony d. Nov 1802, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey Colony (Age 91 years) |
| | 4. Josiah Crane, b. 1713, Parsippany, Morris County, New Jersey Colony |
| | 5. Gamaliel Crane, b. 1715, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony d. 1786, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony (Age 71 years) |
| | 6. Ezekiel Crane, b. 1721, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony d. 18 Jan 1757, Canada (Age 36 years) |
| | 7. Isiah Crane |
| | 8. Moses Crane, b. 1731, West Bloomfield, New Jersey Colony d. 12 Feb 1795, Parsippany, Morris County, NJ (Age 64 years) |
| | 9. Stephen Bradford Crane, b. 9 Oct 1733, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey Colony d. 1794, Bloomfield, Essex County, NJ (Age 60 years) |
| | 10. Nathaniel R. Crane, b. 1737 d. 1790 (Age 53 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1716 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
15 Nov 2022 |
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| Sources |
- [S844] William Pryor, Rebecca, the Wife of Azariah Crane II, (Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey; Volume 63 #2, W.N. 224; May 1988; pp 89 & 90), 4 Sep 2013 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1852] Massachusetts Births & Christenings; 1639 - 1915, 4 Aug 2019 (Reliability: 3).
"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHMH-2Q1 : 11 March 2018), Rebecca Prince, 21 Nov 1691; citing Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 592,866.
- [S2960] Obituary, PRINCE, Rebecca Lamson (Crane), (ID #28017562), 10 Jan 2023 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2894] Elizabeth Halloway Family Group Sheets (Reliability: 1).
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