Private Jonathan Crane served with 3rd Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Jonathan Crane is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor. NSSAR Ancestor #: P-140573 Rank: Private
Jonathan Crane was born August 20, 1757 at Mansfield, Connecticut. His parents were Ebenezer Crane and his wife Sarah Curtis. His grandfathers were John Crane and Jonathan Curtis. He had a step-mother whose name was Mary Neff from Wales, according to a grandson, Edmund Franklin Craine. It is possible that Jonathan's last three siblings were the children of Mary Neff, when their birth dates are considered.
Jonathan Craine enlisted May 6th and was discharged December 16, 1775. He was a private in 5th Co., Captain Thomas Knowlton of Ashford, 3rd Regiment Volunteers, with General Putnam. He served in and around Boston. He enlisted again on May 22, 1777 for three years and was discharged on May 22, 1780. This tour of duty he was a private in Captain Willis Clift's Company of Plainfield, 3rd Regiment, Connecticut Line, Colonel Samuel Wyllys, of Hartford. He served in New York and along the Hudson River, at Stony Point, and was in the raid on Danbury. He was also in the battle of Trenton. In 1819 he was granted a pension for his service.
Family and Dwellings
He married Sybil (Sibbel) Ranney, daughter of Elijah Ranney of Blandford, Massachusetts. Sibbel received land in Blandford from her father's estate which they sold on January 26, 1797 to Noah Warren of Blandford for $100.00. A short time later they moved to Chenango County, New York where Jonathan kept a hotel.
Children of Jonathan Craine and his wife Sybil Ranney
Sylvester was born August 2, 1785 in Blandford, Massachusetts.
Ebenezer was born July 27, 1787 in Blandford, Massachusetts.
Sally was born 1789 or 1790 in Blandford, Massachusetts
Mary (Polly) was born October 19, 1792 in Blandford, Massachusetts.
Abigail was born April 8, 1794 in Blandford, Massachusetts.
Roxana was born in 1798 in Chenango County, New York.
Rhoda was born in 1799 in Chenango County, New York and died in infancy.
Jonathan was born June 18, 1801 in Plymouth, Chenango County, New York.
Sybil Ann was born in 1803 in Plymouth, Chenango County, New York and died in May of 1835.
Rachel was born June 4, 1805 at Plymouth, Chenango County, New York.
Death and Burial
Jonathan died in Plymouth, Chenango County, New York on April 13, 1820. Sybil died in 1842.
Sources
Crane, Ellery Bicknell, "Genealogy of the Crane Family" (Press of Charles Hamilton, 311 Main Street, Worcester, Mass.) 1900. Vol II, p. 245, 247-248 - #58.see at archive.org
1800 United States Federal Census of Norwich, Chenango, New York. (NARA microfilm publication M32,52 rolls)subscribers]
Massachusetts Town Marriage Records. (NEHG) 1904. Original data Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts to the year 1850. Marriage date: Jan. 26, 1784.[ subscribers]
Hatcher, Patricia Law. "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots" (Pioneer Heritage Press, Dallas, TX, USA) 1987.[ subscribers]
Find A Grave for Jonathan Crane. Created by Larry Wales. Record added Feb. 5, 2011, Memorial #65246023.see at Find A Grave
Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed October 30, 2015), "Record of Jonathan Crane", Ancestor # A027438.
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