Amariah Crane (1759 - 1836)

Born 16 Oct 1759 in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Tryphena (Colburn) Crane — married 21 Jun 1782 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1836 at age 76 in Montgomery, New York, United States

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Biography

Amariah Crane was born October 16, 1759^[1]at Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut.^[2]His parents were Ebenezer Crane and his wife Sarah (Curtis) Crane.^[2]

He married a woman whose first name was Tryphena.^[2]Find A Grave Memorial #5493921 lists her last name as "Colburn."^[1]They settled in Ware River, Massachusetts.^[2]

Revolutionary War

Fifer Amariah Crane served with 1st Connecticut Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Amariah Crane is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A027374.

Amariah was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.^[2]At Eighteen years of age, on May 12, 1777, he enlisted for three years in Captain Benjamin Throop's Company.^[2][3]He was promoted as fifer on May 18, 1777.^[2]He also served in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's 1st Regiment, Connecticut Line.^[2][4][1]He was with General Washington during Valley Forge.^[1]On May 12, 1780 he was discharged.^[2]Later, in 1818 while living in New York state, he was recorded as a pensioner.^[2]

what did Amariah do as a Fifer in the Revolutionary War?

During the Revolutionary war, music was the main way to communicate over long distances. Amariah learned to play the fife, a small flute-like instrument (similar to a piccolo but louder and shriller),.^[5]that was used because of it's high pitch which could be heard at a distance. The fifers and the drummers were either too young to fight or too old - in Amariah's case, he was 18 years of age. On the battlefield, Amariah and the other musicians wore uniforms that were opposite in color to the fighting men so the officers could sight them and give them orders what to play. Different beats and tunes gave the order to the fighting men from the officer in charge, whether to make a turn, to load and fire, or to stop firing their weapons. In the camp, orders were given through the musicians to order the working day of the soldiers.^[6]

Amariah's life and property

Amariah was a carpenter and joiner by trade.^[2] It is assumed that he moved to New York state about 1809 since he sold his property in Ware, Massachusetts in that time frame. On March 10, 1809 he sold property to John Shaw, Jr in the amount of $2500., on April 18 a piece to Joseph Field for $2000., and on September 9 another piece for $1000.^[2]

Children of Amariah and Tryphena Crane

1. Abigail was born May 24, 1790
2. Amariah was born October 17, 1792
3. Tryphena was born June 12, 1794
4. Eunice was born September 29, 1796. possibly m. David Noble of Southwick, Massachusetts? Was she from Rupert, Vermont? Did she die in 1849 at Lewiston, New York?^[7]
5. Mary was born April 17, 1798
6. Sarah was born March 28, 1800
7. Sophia was born January 3, 1802

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Death and Burial

Amariah died August 17, 1836.^[1]He is buried at Cathead Mountain Cemetery, Benson, Hamilton County, New York.^[1]There is a photo of his tombstone on his Find A Grave Memorial #5493921,^[1] where the inscription reads:

"Amariah Crain

died Aug. 17, 1836

in the 78th year

of his age."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Find A Grave for Amariah Crane. Created by Fred Vance, Recorded May 30, 2001, Memorial #5493921
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogy of the Crane Family. Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton Press, 1895. Volume II, pp. 245, 248
3. ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. record dated July 1777. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls)
4. ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Rolls,1775-1783. record dated May 1780. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246,138 rolls) Record Group 93. Fifer
5. ↑ Brown, Howard Mayer, and Frank, Jaap, et al. "Fife". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie, Vol. 8. NY: Oxford University Press, 2001.
6. ↑ Wikipedia: "Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps"[1]
7. ↑ Boltwood, Lucius Manlius. History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfield, Massachusetts: With Genealogical Notes of other Families by the Name of Noble.9Press of the Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Company. Hartford, Conn.) 1878. p. 577, #5249 David Noble, p. 591, 592. (for Eunice)

• Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogy of the Crane Family. Worcester, MA: Charles Hamilton Press, 1895. Volume II, pp. 245, 248.see at archive.org

• U. S. Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783. record dated July 1777. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls)subscribers

• U. S. Revolutionary War Rolls,1775-1783. record dated May 1780. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246,138 rolls) Record Group 93. Fifer.subscribers

• Find A Grave for Amariah Crane. Created by Fred Vance, Recorded May 30, 2001, Memorial #5493921.see at Find A Grave

• "The United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps" Fife, Drum and Bugle during the Revolutionary War.link

• Brown, Howard Mayer, and Frank, Jaap, et al. "Fife". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, ed. Stanley Sadie, Vol. 8. NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. Fife (Instrument) on Wikipedia.see at Wikipedia.org.

• Boltwood, Lucius Manlius. History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, of Westfield, Massachusetts: With Genealogical Notes of other Families by the Name of Noble.9Press of the Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Company. Hartford, Conn.) 1878. p. 577, #5249 David Noble, p. 591, 592. (for Eunice)[https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00bolt#page/n602/mode/1up see at archive.org.

See Also

• Find A Grave for Tryphena Coburn Crane. Created by Fred Vance, Recorded May 30, 2001, Memorial #5495019.see at Find A Grave