 Abt 1605 - 1680 (75 years)
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| Name |
Jasper Crane [1, 2] |
| Birth |
Abt 1605 |
Somersetshire, England  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Oct 1680 |
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony [3, 4] |
- Obituary -- Jasper Crane
Jasper Crane, born c. 1605 probably in Spoxton, Somersetshire, England, came with his wife Alice (-) to New England. He died in Newark, New Jersey, his will dated there 19 October 1681. His wife Alice was not mentioned in the will therefore presumed to have died earlier.
Jasper Crane was in the New Haven colony by 1642 when his son Delivered Crane was born there 12 July. He was one of those at New Haven who attempted the settlement of lands on the Delaware and were repulsed by the Dutch, Swedes and Finns. Returning to Connecticut, his name is found heading the list of those in Branford who on 30 Oct 1666 signed the agreement to establish a Congregational Church - controlled settlement in Newark, New Jersey. He was about 65 years of age at this time, a close friend of Robert Treat and the others undertaking the new settlement in New Jersey.
Experienced as a merchant, surveyor, Magistrate, Selectman, he became the first President of the Newark Town Court and the first Deputy to the General Assembly of New Jersey.
In the 1667 drawing of home lots Jasper and his sons Delivered and John Crane drew lots 49, 62 and 40. Jasper served the new colony at Newark in many capacities from 1666 until 1678. His will was dated 1 October 1678, the inventory of his estate was made on 28 October 1681, and letters of administration were granted on the estate 15 November 1681 to his son John and Thomas Huntington, a son-in-law.
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| Person ID |
I8673 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2020 |
| Family |
Alice Leave |
| Marriage |
Abt 1633 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. John Crane, b. Abt 1639 d. Abt 1694, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony (Age 55 years) |
| | 2. Deliverance Crane, b. 12 Jan 1642, New Haven Colony, Connecticut |
| | 3. Mercy Crane, b. 1 Mar 1645, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony |
| | 4. Azariah Crane, I, b. 1647, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony d. 5 Nov 1730, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey Colony (Age 83 years) |
| | 5. Micah Crane, b. 3 Nov 1649, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony |
| | 6. Jasper Crane, b. 2 Apr 1651, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony |
| | 7. Hannah Crane |
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| Family ID |
F3007 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2020 |
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| Sources |
- [S884] Will, Recorded, Crane, Azariah, (From NJ Colonial Documents, Calendar of Wills), 16 Sep 2013, Page 173. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1959] Charles Ethelbert Wiilis and Frances Caroline Willis, A History of the Willis Family, (© 1916), 1 Jan 2020 (Reliability: 3).
Page 90.
- [S1840] Descendants of Founders New Jersey, (http://www.njfounders.org), 5 Jul 2019 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1873] Philip Doremus, Reminiscences of Montclair, (May 1908), 20 Sep 2019 (Reliability: 3).
Page 5.
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