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Henry Ward& Carter (Rufus7, Capt. Rufus6, Joshua5, Joshua4, Eleazer3, Thomas2, Rev. Thomas1), farmer, was born in Millbury, May 26, 1854, and married in Worcester, Oct. 31, 1878, Louette Gleason Griggs, dau. of Dr. Lyman Franklin Griggs (q. v.). Children: 1. Addie Louette, b. in Worcester, Feb. 11, 1881, m. in Millbury, Sept. 3, 1902, William E. Witter; 2. Clara May, b. in Millbury, Feb. 23, 1884, m. in Millbury, June 19, 1906, Ernest L. Smith; 3. Rufus Henry, b. in Millbury, May 14, 1885, m. in Worcester, Nov. 6, 1907, Florence G. Palmer; 4. Ruth, b. in Millbury, Nov. 3, 1892.
William Woodbury8 Carter, contractor, was born in Millbury, Apr. 21, 1866, and married there Oct. 24, 1895, Laura Whitney, dau. of Levi Lincoln Whitney (g. v.). Children, born in Worcester: 1. Lorraine Whitney, b. Oct. 13, 1898; 2. William Woodbury, Jr., b. Oct. 22, 1900; 3. Mildred, b. Feb. 27, 1904.
Lewis Edward& Carter, superintendent, was born in Millbury, May 19, 1868, and married, in Wakefield, Oct. 30, 1893, Maud I. Heath, dau. of Webster and Mary Annie (Yeaton) Heath. She was born in Bristol, N. H., July 18, 1867, and died in Wakefield, Mass., May 19, 1911. Children, all born in Wakefield: 1. Minot Heath, b. Feb. 12, 1895; 2. Cyrus Faulkner, b. Aug. 7, 1896; 3. Marguerite, b. Mar. 28, 1898; 4. Kathleen, b. July 10, 1902; 5. Pauline, b. July 31, 1905; 6. Forrest Edward, b. Oct. 24, 1906; 7. Lucia Elizabeth, b. May 10, 1909. Lewis Edward Carter married, second, in Wakefield, June 26, 1912, Susie Gertrude Robinson, who was born in Bridgton, Maine, May 7, 1877, dau. of Greenleaf and Flora Ann (Thompson) Robinson, of Bridgton, Maine. She died in 1914.
James Allison& Carter, manager "Dodge Report," residing in Chicago, Ill., was born in Millbury, June 17, 1873, and married in Worcester, Feb. 28, 1898, Flora Gertrude Brigham, dau. of Walter Abel Brigham (q. v.). Son: Kenneth Cranston, b. in East Milton, Mar. 18, 1901.
CARY.
Luther1 Cary, farmer, resided in Cooper, Maine, was born in Bridgewater, in 1794, and married, in Cooper, Me., in 1818, Eliza W. Foster. He died there. Son: Hiram Foster (see below).
Hiram Foster2 Cary, resided in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., was born in Cooper, Me., Aug. 29, 1841, and married, in Millbury, June 5, 1873, Frances Jane Har- rington, dau. of Thomas Jefferson Harrington (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Oct. 26, 1909. She died in Worcester, Mar. 1, 1914. Son: Foster Harrington (see below).
Foster Harrington3 Cary, physician, was born in Jamaica Plains, Boston, Aug. 30, 1874, and married, in Denver, Colorado, Oct. 26, 1911, Catherine Walton Carter, who was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, June 1, 1888. Dau: Jane Walton, b. in Worcester, Jan. 12, 1913, d. in Colorado in 1915.
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CHASE.
Thomas1 Chase of Chesham, England, was born there in 1400.
John2 Chase, of Chesham, was son of Thomas.
(John). Matthew3 Chase, of Chesham, married Elizabeth Bould, dau. of Richard Bould. Children: 1. Richard, m. Mary Roberts; 2. Francis; 3. John; 4. Mathew; 5. Thomas (see below); 6. Ralph, lived in Great Marlow; 7. William; 8. Bridget.
Thomas4 Chase, son of Matthew and Elizabeth (Bould) Chase, of Chesham, resided in Hundrich, parish of Chesham, England, was baptized April 22, 1504. Children: 1. John, bapt. Nov. 30, 1540; 2. Richard (see below); 3. Agnes, bapt. Jan. 9, 1551; 4. William; 5. Christian.
Richard5 Chase, son of Thomas, was bapt. Aug. 3, 1542, and married, Apr. 16, 1564, Joan Bishop. Children: 1. Robert, bapt. in Chesham, Sept. 2, 1565; 2. Henry, bapt. in Chesham, Aug. 10, 1567; 3. Lydia, bapt. in Chesham, Oct. 4, 1573; 4. Ezekiel, bapt. in Chesham, Apr. 23, 1576; 5. Dorcas, bapt. Mar. 2, 1578; 6. Aquila (see below); 7. Jason, Jan. 13, 1583; 8. Thomas, July 18, 1585; 9. Abigail, Jan. 12, 1588; 10. Mordecai, July 31, 1591.
Aquila6 Chase, son of Richard and Joan (Bishop) Chase, resided in Chesham, England, was born Aug. 14, 1580, and married Martha Jelliman. Children: 1. Thomas, a navigator; 2. Aquila (see below).
Aquila7 Chase, son of Aquila and Martha, a mariner, was born in Chesham, England, in 1618, appeared in Hampton, N. H., about, 1639-40, and died in Newbury, Mass., Dec. 27, 1670. He married Ann Wheeler, dau. of John and Anne Wheeler, of Saulsbury, England. She was born in 1618 and died Apr. 21, 1687. Children: 1. Sarah, m. Charles Annis, May 15, 1666; 2. Anna, b. July 6, 1647, m. Apr. 28, 1671, Thomas Barber; 3. Priscilla, b. Mar. 14, 1649, m. Feb. 10, 1671, Abel Merrill; 4. Mary, b. Feb. 3, 1651, m. Mar. 9, 1670, Jonathan (Newbury records say John) Stevens; 5. Aquila, b. Sept. 26, 1652, (possibly Sept. 27) m. Esther Bond; 6. Thomas, b. July 25, 1654, m. Nov. 22, 1677, Rebecca Follansbee, m. second, Aug. 2, 1713, Elizabeth Mowers; 7. John, b. Nov. 2, 1655, m. May 23, 1677, Elizabeth Bingley, m. second, Lydia Challis; 8. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1657, m. June 27, 1678, Zechariah Ayer; 9. Ruth, b. Mar. 18, 1660, d. May 30, 1676; 10. Daniel, b. Dec. 9, 1661, m. May 25, 1683, Martha Kimball; 11. Moses, (see below). (A curious story relative to Aquila Chase may be found in Coffin's History of Newbury, pp. 323-6).
Moses& Chase, ensign, weaver, son of Aquila7 and Ann (Wheeler) Chase, resided in Newbury, was born Dec. 24, 1663, and died Sept. 6, 1743. He married, first, Nov. 10, 1684, Ann Follansbee, who was born, probably, in Portsmouth, N. H. She died Apr. 18, 1708. He married, second, Dec. 13, 1713, Mrs. Sarah Jacobs, who was born in Ipswich, Sept. 26, 1674, and died Mar. 13, 1739. Children of Moses and Ann Follansbee Chase: 1. Moses, twin with 2. Daniel, (see below) b. in Newbury, Sept. 20, 1685; 3. Moses, Jr., weaver, resided in Newbury, b. Jan. 20, 1688, m. Elizabeth Mills, Oct. 12, 1709, who d. May 31, 1755, he d. Sept. 17, 1760; 4. Samuel, housewright, of Newbury, b. May 13, 1690, m. Hannah Emery, Dec. 8, 1713, who d. Oct. Oct. 6, 1776, he d. July 24, 1743;5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1693, m. John Carr, Dec. 14, 1708, who d. May 5, 1753, she d. Apr. 4, 1764; 6. Stephen, ensign, resided in West Nottingham, N. H., b. Aug. 29, 1696, m. Sarah Hale, Dec. 4, 1719, who d. Dec.
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26, 1755, he d. June 12, 1756; 7. Hannah, resided in Haverhill and Amesbury, b. Sept. 13, 1699, m. Nov. 3, 1719, Green Whittier; 8. Lieut. Joseph, weaver, b. Sept. 9, 1703, m. Sept. 7, 1724, Mary Morse, d. Nov. 27, 1782; 9. Benoni, b. Apr. 5, 1708, m. Sept. 4, 1728, Mary Rogers, d. July 4, 1788.
Daniel9 Chase, miller, son of Moses8 and Ann (Follansbee) Chase, resided in Newbury, was born there Sept. 20, 1685, and died in Sutton, May 28, 1769, married Sarah, dau. of George March, Jan. 2, 1707. She died in Sutton, in Dec., 1771. Children: 1. Samuel, judge, b. Sept. 28, 1707, m. May, 1728, Mary Dudley, who was b. Feb. 22, 1711, d. in Sutton, Nov. 4, 1788; 2. Daniel, Jr., (see below); 3. Joshua, b. Nov. 9, 1711, d. in Harvard, Nov. 4, 1740; 4. Ann, b. Nov. 13, 1713, m. May 25, 1736, David Lilly, d. in 1740; 5. Sarah, b. Apr. 22, 1716, d. 1736; 6. Nehemiah, b. June 27, 1718, d. 1742; 7. Judith, b. Sept. 7, 1720, m. Sept. 15, 1737, Thomas Hall, d. in Sutton; 8. Lieut. Caleb, b. Nov. 29, 1722, m. Sarah Prince, d. in Sutton, Oct. 2, 1808; 9. Moody, b. Sept. 23, 1723, m. Jan. 17, 1749, Elizabeth Hale; 10. Moses, b. in Littleton, N. H., Mar. 3, 1727, m. Apr. 15, 1752, Hannah Brown, who d. in Cornish, N. H., Jan. 16, 1812, he d. in Shirley, Mass., Oct. 18, 1779.
Daniel10 Chase, shipwright, resided in Sutton, son of Daniel9 and Sarah (March) Chase, was born Sept. 18, 1709, in Newbury, and married, first, in Littleton, N. H., in 1729, Hannah Tuttle, who died Nov. 4, 1788. Children, all born in Sutton: 1. Hannah, b. Oct. 15, 1733, d. Dec. 11, 1733; 2. Paul, (see below); 3. Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1737, m. July 3, 1759, Eliakim Garfield; 4. Lucy, b. Jan. 30, 1739, m. Benjamin Garfield, Nov. 15, 1764; 5. Judith and 6. Anne, twins, b. May 1, 1741, Anne d. Nov. 1, 1745. He married, second, Jan. 24, 1782, Martha Jacobs.
Paul11 Chase, son of Daniel10, Jr., and Hannah (Tuttle) Chase, resided in Sutton, was born there, Mar. 13, 1735, and died there Nov. 18, 1788. He married, Apr. 17, 1759, Lucy Richardson, who died in Sutton. Children, all born in Sutton: 1. Joshua, (see below); 2. Thaddeus, b. Feb. 10, 1763, m. in 1789, Persis Marble; 3. Lucy, b. May 18, 1766, m. Daniel Greenwood, Jr.
Lieut. Joshua12 Chase, farmer, son of Paul and Lucy (Richardson) Chase, resided in Sutton, was born there, Nov. 26, 1760, and died there Jan. 6, 1842. He married Aug. 23, 1787, Lydia Prentice, who died Mar. 14, 1829, aged 60. Children: 1. Nancy, b. Feb. 15, 1788, m. first, Oct. 27, 1806, Isaac Stiles, who d. Mar. 25, 1808, m., second, Jan. 20, 1818, David Blood, 3d., of Pepperell, d. March, 1810; 2. Paul Cushing (see below); 3. Betsey, b. Feb. 22, 1792; 4. Hannah Prentice, b. Mar. 22, 1795, m. David Blood, (Millbury records, "Noah of Pepperell and Hannah P. Chase, Dec. 4, 1816); 5. Palmer, b. in 1799, m. in Aug. 1821, - - - Burbank, (Millbury records, "Sally Burbank and Palmer G. Chase, Sept. 9, 1821"); 6. Henry P., b. Mar. 27, 1807, m. Dec. 12, 1827, Achsah Clement, d. Dec. 25, 1856.
Paul Cushing13 Chase, farmer, resided in Millbury, son of Lieut. Joshua12 and Lydia (Prentice) Chase, was born in Millbury, Mar. 6, 1790, and died there June 26, 1871. He married, in Millbury, Dec. 9, 1819, Sarah Pierce, who was born in Millbury, June 10, 1791, dau. of Aaron Pierce of Millbury. She died in Millbury, Oct. 8, 1885. Children, all born in Millbury: 1. Leonard Pierce, insurance business, resided in Minneapolis, Minn., b. Sept. 5, 1820, m. in Sept., 1847, Mary Goddard who was b. Sept. 23, 1822, and d. 1902; 2. Lydia P.,
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resided in Chicago, Ill., b. Sept. 4, 1822, m. in 1854, H. D. P. Bigelow, d. at Chicago, Ill., July 3, 1878; 3. George Cushing, b. Sept. 18, 1824, d. in Millbury, Aug. 8, 1827; 4. Lewis Stowe, b. Aug. 6, 1826, d. in Millbury, Aug. 12, 1827; 5. George Lewis, (see below); 6. David Blood (see below); 7. Hannah G., residing in Alton, Ill., b. Feb. 22, 1831, m. in Millbury, Mar. 6, 1856, P. B. Whipple, who was b. in New Braintree, Apr. 15, 1810, and d. Nov. 8, 1896; 8. Daniel Moody, machinist, resided in Wilkinsonville, b. July 25, 1832, m. there, Aug. 3, 1853, Melissa Simmons, who d. there Sept. 3, 1874, he d. May 8, 1893.
George Lewis14 Chase, insurance business, resided in Hartford, Conn., was born in Millbury, Jan. 7, 1828, and married there, Jan. 8, 1850, Calista Taft, who died in Hartford, Conn., Dec. 9, 1897. He married, second, in Hartford, Conn., in 1899, L. J. R. Chapman, who died there Feb. 2, 1904. He married, third, in June, 1905, in Hartford, Conn., Susan Fairbanks. He died there Jan. 7, 1908.
David Blood14 Chase, iron-worker, resided in Millbury, was born there, Mar. 17, 1829, and married, first, in Wilkinsonville, Nov. 13, 1849, Sarah J. Newton, dau. of William Newton (q. v.) who died in Millbury, Apr. 15, 1868. Children: 1. George Frederick (see below); 2. Mary Alice, b. in Millbury, Sept. 23, 1854, d. there, Aug. 10, 1856; 3. Agnes Janette, resided in Winsted, Conn., b. in Millbury, July 12, 1859, d. in Winsted, Conn., June 20, 1902; 4. Charles Marshall, resided in Winsted, Conn., b. in Millbury, Jan. 29, 1863, d. in Winsted, Conn., Dec. 14, 1898. David Blood Chase m., second, in Winsted, Conn., May 4, 1869, Helen A. Newton, sister of his first wife. He died in Winsted, Conn., Aug. 18, 1903.
George Frederick15 Chase, carpenter, was born in Grafton, Dec. 11, 1851, and married in Millbury, May 21, 1873, Fannie Sophia Lovell, dau. of Russell Buckman Lovell (q. v.). Children, all born in Millbury: 1. Charles Russell (see below); 2. Luther Lovell (see below); 3. William Frederick, clerk, b. June 6, 1885; 4. David, carpenter, b. Aug. 26, 1887.
Charles Russell16 Chase, assistant superintendent, residing in Augusta, Me., was born in Millbury, June 5, 1875, and married, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1899, Anna Mae Decker, dau. of George Decker (q. v.). Children: 1. Marguerite, b. in Manchaug (Sutton), Feb. 5, 1904; 2. Janet, b. in Millbury, July 19, 1907.
Luther Lovell16 Chase, secretary, residing in Winsted, Conn., was born in Millbury, Mar. 20, 1882, and married, in Providence, R. I., Oct. 23, 1909, Clara Mead, dau. of Henry Burnham Mead (q. v.). Children: 1. Paul, b. in Winsted, Conn., Dec. 27, 1911; 2. George Lewis b. there April 10. 1914,
CHISHOLM.
Lubin Chisholm was born in Cape Breton, N.S., Apr. 9, 1846, and married Juliet Poiries, who was born there June 10, 1848. Son: Maurice (see below).
Maurice Chisholm was born in Cape Breton, N. S., Sept. 10, 1877, and married in Millbury, Jan. 2, 1906, Mary A. Capistrom, dau. of Oliver and Elizabeth T. Capistrom, (q. v.). Children, born in Millbury: 1. Lucille, b. Jan. 4, 1907, d. Oct. 18, 1907; 2. Arthur R., b. Aug. 28, 1910.
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CHURCH.
Dr. Charles Calhoun Church, physician, of Claremont, N. H., was born in Woodstock, Vt., July 9, 1828, and married, in Springfield, Vt., May 23, 1852, Sarah Elizabeth Frost, teacher, who was born in West Derby, Vt., Mar. 11, 1830. He died in Claremont, N. H., Oct. 4, 1863. She died in Worcester, June 20, 1904. Son: Charles Albert (see below).
Dr. Charles Albert Church, physician, residing on Elm Street, Millbury, was born Sept. 5, 1859, at Claremont, N. H., and married, first, Aug. 27, 1884, in Waitsfield, Vt., Carrie M. Porter, of North Fayston, Vt., dau. of Walter and Carrisy Boyce Porter. She died, Oct. 18, 1888. Dau. Clara Lillian: b. in Bloomingdale, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1887. He married, second, in Bloomingdale, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1890, Carolyn Adelle Noble, dau. of Levi Wilcox Noble (q. v.). Son: Charles Noble, student in medicine, b. in Bloomingdale, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1893.
COLWELL.
Daniel Colwell was born Dec. 13, 1825, and married, Dec. 5, 1859, in Daniel- son, Ct., Susan Tony Pierce, dau. of Abraham and Almyra (Cole) Pierce (q. v.). Daniel Colwell's mother was Elizabeth Hopkins, dau. of Stephen Hopkins, youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. Children, both born in Millbury: 1. Frank, b. Sept. 7, 1860, machinist, residing in Revere; 2. Luella Belle, b. Dec. 1, 1863, m. Charles Chandler Longley. (q. v.).
COPELAND.
Amasa A. Copeland, residing in Worcester, was born in Thompson, Conn., Apr. 20, 1843, and married, in Providence, R. I., May 12, 1873, Mary Roop, who was born in Granville, N. S., Apr. 13, 1851. Son: Eugene A. (see below).
Eugene A. Copeland, assistant manager, residing in Worcester, was born there, Jan. 27, 1874, and married, there, Nov. 23, 1898, Mary P. Brierly, dau. of John T. Brierly (q. v.). Children, all born in Worcester: 1. Sidney Eugene, b. Oct. 17, 1899; 2. Ruth May, b. July 1, 1903; 3. Emily Delia, b. July 15, 1904; 4. Marion Brierly, b. Nov. 30, 1909; 5. Gordon Brierly, b. Feb. 23, 1912.
CRANE.
(See Crane Genealogy by E. E. Crane.)
Henry1 Crane, immigrant ancestor, was born in England, in 1621 and was the progenitor of the Milton branch of the family, to which the former United States Senator, the Hon. Winthrop Murray Crane belongs. He settled in Dorchester, Mass., and bought a farm of 120 acres, together with a house, Sept. 1, 1654. A road was laid out through Dorchester Woods, from Braintree to Roxbury, passing his house. This was the first road over Milton Hill, and was laid out by Braintree, now Quincy. There is an autograph letter of Henry Crane, written May 7, 1677, in the Massachusetts Archives, Vol. 30, p. 239, in answer to an order requiring him to dispose of three Indian servants, since the colony had made it unlawful to hold Indians in bondage. He was selectman in Milton, in 1679, '80, and '81. He was a trustee of the first meeting- house in Milton, was engaged in iron manufacturing in Dorchester and Milton,
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and acquired considerable property. He married, first, Tabitha -- , in England, who died in 1681. Children: 1. Benjamin, b. about 1656, wounded in King Philip's War, in the Swamp Fight, Dec. 19, 1675; 2. Stephen, b. about 1657; 3. Henry, Jr .; 4. John, b. Jan. 30, 1658-9; 5. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 14, 1663; 6. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 6, 1665; 7. Mary, b. Nov. 22, 1666; 8. Mercy, b. Jan. 1, 1668; 9. Samuel, b. June 8, 1669; 10. Anna, resided in Taunton. He married second, in 1683, Elizabeth Kinsley of Milton. He died in Milton, Mar. 21, 1709.
Ensign John2 Crane, son of Henry1, married, Dec. 13, 1686, Hannah Leonard, dau. of James and Hannah Leonard, of Taunton. Her father, Capt. James Leonard, was one of the Leonard brothers, who started the first forge for iron work in America. John Crane died, Aug. 5, 1716, buried in the Fox burying- ground at Berkeley, Mass. Son: John, b. in Berkeley, Mass., d. there, Oct. 31, 1777, m. Hannah Adams, descendant of the Adams family of Braintree. She is buried at Oxford, Mass.
Lemuel3 Crane, son of John2, was born in Berkeley, Mass., Oct. 29, 1736, and died in Oxford, Sept. 28, 1814. During the Revolution, he was a loyalist, and was imprisoned with other Tories in the Taunton jail on account of his political views. For this reason, also, he left Berkeley, and moved to Oxford, Mass., in 1780. He married, Dec. 13, 1759, Bathsheba Gilbert, dau. of Col. Thomas Gilbert, leader of the New England Tories, and a friend of Gen. Gage. He left Boston with Gen. Gage, when the British evacuated it in 1776, and first settled in Windsor, N. S. He died in Gagetown, on the St. John river. Children, all born in Berkeley, except the youngest: 1. Lydia, b. Apr. 3, 1761; 2. John, b. Oct. 3, 1763; 3. Hannah, b. Sept. 26, 1765; 4. Gilbert, b. July 4, 1767; 5. Bathsheba, b. Apr. 28, 1769; 6. Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1772; 7. Deborah, b. Dec. 3, 1773; 8. Abigail, m. Nahum Pratt; 9. Lemuel, a surveyor; 10. Olive, b. Apr. 1, 1778, m. Thomas Kendall, Jr., of thermometer fame; 11. Margery, b. Sept. 1, 1780, d. Sept. 25, 1825, unmarried.
John4 Crane, son of Lemuel3 Crane, was born in Berkeley, Oct. 1, 1763, and died in Rockport, Me., Oct. 30, 1845. He married, first, Mar. 22, 1789, Ruth Humphrey, of Oxford, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Humphrey, a soldier of the Revolution. Children: 1. John, who moved to New York, and m .- Batcheller; 2. Calvin, b. Feb. 28, 1793; 3. Hannah, m. Welcome Green, of Jewett City, Conn .; 4. Jared.
John4 Crane, married, second, Abigail Bunker, of Goldsboro, Me. Children: 1. Capt. Elisha B .; 2. Capt. Lemuel G., who commanded the gunboat "Sag- amore" during the blockade of Charleston, S. C .; 3. Capt. Aaron B., d. at sea; 4. Bathsheba G .; 5. Capt. Thomas B., d. at sea; 6. Ellen, b. Jan. 21, 1817, m. George W. B. McDonald, of San Diego, Cal .; 7. Esther B .; 8. Capt. Henry B .; 9. Capt. Ellis K .; 10. Capt. David L.
Calvin5 Crane, son of John4 was born in Oxford, Mass., Feb. 28, 1793, and died in Grafton, Mass., June 19, 1862. He was a tanner by trade, and man- aged the tannery of Capt. Jonathan Warren, at Grafton, for over 30 years. He married, in West Millbury, Jan. 4, 1827, Hannah Forbes, of Upton, dau. of John Forbes, mill owner. She died in Grafton, April 13, 1862. Children: 1. Richard Rush, b. at Grafton, Nov. 14, 1832, m. Arethusa T. Barrett of Belfast, Me., children: Burton, Walter, and one other; 2. John Calvin (see below); 3. Hannah G .; 4. Susanna F., d. young.
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John Calvin® Crane, son of Calvin5 Crane, was born in Grafton, Mass., Oct. 16, 1837. He is a lineal descendant, on the paternal side, from William Bradford, the Pilgrim, second Governor of Plymouth Colony, who succeeded John Carver. The mother of Col. Thomas Gilbert, above mentioned, was Hannah Bradford, in direct line, and Colonel Gilbert's second daughter, Bathsheba, married Lemuel Crane, great-grandfather of John C. Crane. Mr. Crane married, Nov. 1, 1861, Mary Ellen Glazier, dau. of Ira and Mary A. Glazier, of Millbury. Children: 1. Richard Forbes, b. in Boston, Oct. 16, 1862; 2. Florence Ella, b. in Worcester, June 2, 1874, m. Frederick E. Putnam, of Sutton.
Richard Forbes 7 Crane, son of John C.6 and Mary E. Crane, married, first, Mae E. Linsley, dau. of Charles Linsley, once proprietor of the Bay State House, Worcester. He married, second, Eva M. Reed (born Gleason) adopted dau. of Lieut. Edwin D. Reed, of Orange, Mass. He married, third, in 1894, Barbara A. Stickney of Boston, who was born in Greenfield, Mass. Child: Dorothy Bradford, now at school in Germany, b. in Millbury, Mar. 13, 1897.
Benjamin1 Crane, of Wethersfield, Conn., was born about 1630, and settled there in 1655, or earlier, probably going there from Massachusetts. He married Mary, dau. of William and Sarah (Charles) Backus. They had nine children, of whom the second was Lieut. Jonathan, b. Dec. 1, 1658. Lieut. Jonathan2 married Deborah Griswold, dau. of Francis Griswold, Dec. 19, 1678. She was born in May, 1661, and died about 1704. They had ten children of whom the third was John, b. Oct. 1, 1687. John3 Crane married second, Prudence Belding. Son: Hezekiah, b. Mar. 31, 1721. Hezekiah4 Crane lived in Bolton, Conn., and married Rachel Rockwell, Apr. 2, 1746. She died Oct. 7, 1809, aged eighty-three years. He died Jan. 3, 1805, aged eighty-four. Of his seven children, Rufus, the fifth, was b. in 1755, and died in 1820.
Rufus" Crane was born in Ellington, in 1761, and married Rachel Grant. He settled in East Windsor, Conn., and died Apr. 1, 1849. He served in the Revolutionary war, and his widow drew a pension for many years. He was a private in Capt. Roswell Grant's company, Col. Roger Enos' regiment, served along the Hudson River in 1778; also in the 2d regiment Connecticut Line, Col. Charles Webb; served in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; at the battle of Monmouth; enlisted July 19, discharged Dec. 9, 1780; served probably as private in Capt. Joseph Richard's company, Aug. 17, 1799, and in Capt. Samuel Fisher's Company in Rhode Island, one month and three days. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade.
Of the seven children of Rufus5 and Rachel (Grant) Crane, Hosea, the fifth, was b. Feb. 3, 1802. Hosea6 Crane married, Nov. 28, 1827, Laura Ann Hub- bard and resided for a time in Kitch Mills, Scantic Parish, Conn. He died Apr. 5, 1879. She died Apr. 10, 1883. Children: 1. Carlos; 2. Hosea; 3. Henry H .; 4. Helen E., m. G. Buzzell, one child, Lizzie; 5. Laura; 6. Anna R., m. L. L. Whitney (q. v.); 7. Rufus R. (see below).
Rufus R.7 Crane, accountant, was born at Portsmouth, N. H., and married in Millbury, May 23, 1866, Josephine A. Sutton, who was born in Sutton, Mass. Children, both born in Millbury: 1. Florence E., m. in Millbury, Oct. 6, 1892, Harry Foster Lincoln (q. v.), d. 1914; 2. Rufus Hosea (see below).
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Rufus Hosea8 Crane, chief clerk, American Steel and Wire Co., residing in Millbury, was born there and married there June 24, 1903, Edith M. Buck. Children, both born in Millbury: 1. Charles Bradford, b. Apr. 7, 1904; 2. Kendall Buck, b. Aug. 20, 1907.
CRAWFORD
Prof. Clarence C. Crawford, A. B., Univ. of Kansas, Ph. D., Univ. of Wis- consin, Prof. of English history in Lawrence, Kans., was born Nov. 21, 1879, and married in Madison, Wis., July 12, 1906, Elizabeth Goffe Ticknor, dau. of Albert Kendall and Mary Elizabeth (Goddard) Ticknor (q. v.). Children: 1. Richard Hall, b. in Lawrence, Kansas, Oct. 21, 1907; 2. George Ticknor, b. in Lawrence, Kans., Dec. 25, 1911.
CROSS.
Leonard Davis1 Cross was born in Concord, Vt., Nov. 4, 1810, and married in 1847, Milley Fish, who was born in Johnson, Vt., Feb. 26, 1815. He died in Worcester, Jan. 19, 1892. She died there Oct. 25, 1894. Son: Lyman David (see below).
Lyman David2 Cross, grocer, resided in Worcester, was born in Johnson, Vt., Dec. 20, 1850, and married in Millbury, June 4, 1874, Mary Eliza Hastings, dau. of George W. Hastings (q. v.). He died in Millbury, Dec. 24, 1886. Children: 1. Walter Henry (see below); 2. Flora Laurinda, b. in Worcester, Oct. 23, 1877, m. in Millbury, Nov. 25, 1897, Fred Russell Hall (q. v.); 3. Bertram Hastings, b. in Worcester, June 25, 1880, m. in Worcester, Dec. 25, 1905. Mary Eliza (Hastings) Cross married, second, in Millbury, June 19, 1889, Justin Webster Rawson (q. v.).
Walter Henry3 Cross, farmer, was born in Millbury, Mar. 27, 1875, and married, in Shrewsbury, Nov. 30, 1904, Ethel G. Brooks, dau. of Dana L. Brooks (q. v.). Children: 1. Lyman Walter, b. in Millbury, Nov. 6, 1905; 2. Roger Linwood, b. in Millbury, Sept. 27, 1907; 3. Elliot Hastings, b. in Millbury, Aug. 14, 1909; 4. Mabel Geneva, b. in Worcester, Mar. 14, 1911; 5. Harold Brooks, b. in Millbury, June 23, 1912.
CROUCH.
John G. Grosvenor Crouch was born Mar. 8, 1850, and married, May 14, 1872, Susan E. Stone, who was born Oct. 23, 1851. She died Feb. 1, 1883, in Millbury. Son: Corliss H. (see below).
Corliss Henry Crouch was born Nov. 7, 1873, in East Brimfield, Mass., and married, Oct. 31, 1906, in Millbury, Edith Lovell Ring, dau. of David and Ellen F. L. Ring (q. v.). Children, both born in Millbury: 1. Everett G., b. Nov. 11, 1907; Evelyn F., b. Jan. 17, 1910.
CUNNINGHAM.
Winthrop Russell Cunningham was born May 30, 1820, in Spencer, and married, May 10, 1843, in Millbury, Candace A. Smith, who was born Feb. 9, 1822, in Barre. He died. Dec. 31, 1895, in Millbury. She died there Feb. 17, 1906. Children: R. Clark (see below); 2. Olney E. (see below).
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