Benjamin Crane

Birth 1740, Newark, NJ
Crane Cemetery
Father John Crane
Mother Abigail
Marriage Phoebe Meeker, 1763
Death June, 1813
Crane Cemetery
Children
Caleb Camp
Benjamin Crane (John3, Azariah2, Jasper1) married Phebe Meeker, and moved to Amsterdam, N. Y., early in the history of that place, probably about 1790. He was a blacksinith. Was buried near Craneville, Montgomery Co., N.Y. She died on the Ohio River while making the journey west with her son Jonas and his family.

Children:
  1. Jonas, b. May 20, 1766.
  2. Obediah M., b. 1780.
  3. Benjamin.
  4. Isaac B.; settled in New York city.
  5. David.