| Notes |
- JASPER1 CRANE, says Atwater's History of New Haven, p. 611, was"amerchant from London, who took a prominent part in the settlement ofNewHaven, signed the first agreement of the free planters in Mr.Newman'sbarn July 1, 1639." "He represented Branford as Deputy at theGeneralCourt 1653-57; from 1658-66 he served as magistrate of the NewHavenColony, and was intimately associated with Gov. Leete; in 1664 hewasappointed commissioner to administer the oath of allegiance; one ofthesigners of the resolution to form a new colony at Newark and atthat timehe was so highly esteemed that his name predeces that of thepastor, Mr.Pierson. He did not at once remove to Newark, as he wasresiding inBranford in 1668, but on his arrival there he was equallyrespected andwas elected their first magistrate. He died at NewarkOctober 19, 1681,and was probably the last survivor of the subscribersto the 'FundamentalAgreement.'" "The Crane family came from Cheshire,"England, says theRockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families, p.200, "GENERALJOSIAH CRANE was in the service of King James and for hisservices wasrewarded with a coat of arms and a goodly estate. It issaid that some ofhis descendants went to the North of Ireland, some toGermany, and laterJASPER, probably Stephen and Phoebe to America." "Onhis lot (Jasper's atNewark, N. J.) now stands St. Paul's Episcopalchurch." He married twice.His will, dated 1678, names wife Alice.
|
