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(VIII) Asa, son of Captain Israel (2) Woodbury, was born at Salem, May 30, 1784. He settled in his native town, and in 1835 was clerk of the Congregational church there. Afterward he was deacon of the Methodist church. He was lieutenant of the military company in 1822. In politics he was a Whig. He was a mason by trade. He married Sarah Thom Children, born at Salem: I. Charles. 2. George, born February 1, 1819. 3. Eliza- beth. 4. Isaac, born August 11, 1822, men- tioned below, only one living.
(IX) Isaac, son of Asa Woodbury, was born at Salem, August II, 1822. He was edu- cated in the district schools of Atkinson, New Hampshire, and succeeded to his father's homestead at Salem. He followed farming during his active life and is still living at an advanced age in his native town. In early life he was a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has supported its candi- dates and principles. He has been elected to many offices of trust and honor in Salem and served the town as representative to the state legislature. He is a prominent member of the Methodist church, of which he has been a deacon. He married Caroline Willard Parker, daughter of John and Mary (Lawrence ) Parker, of Coliasset, Massachusetts. Children, born at Salem: 1. Isaac Franklin, born Octo- ber 31, 1849, a member of the firm of Wood- bury & Leighton, building contractors ; lives in Boston. 2. Saralı Elizabeth, 1851, married John W. Hall; they live in Methuen, Massa- chusetts. 3. Mary Caroline, February I, 1853. married Charles D. Austin ; they live at Som- erville, Massachusetts. 4. Charles Henry, De- cember 11, 1855, mentioned below. 5. John Parker, January, 1858, died at Salem, 1882.
(X) Charles Henry, son of Isaac Wood- bury, was born at Salem, December 11, 1855.
He attended the public schools of Salem and the high school of Lawrence, Massachusetts. He began his career as clerk in the crockery store of Rogers & Company, Boston. When he was but twenty-three years old, in 1878, he formed a partnership with a fellow-clerk and established the firm of Mitchell, Woodbury & Company, dealers in crockery. Success attend- ed the new concern and has followed it to the present time. The store was first at 151 Frank- lin street, then at 56 Pearl street, Boston, and is now at 82 Pearl street. In 1901 the business was incorporated as the Mitchell, Woodbury Company and since then Mr. Woodbury has been president and general manager of the company. Mr. Woodbury is a Republican in politics and a Congregationalist in religion. His home is in Allston, twenty-fifth ward of Boston. He married, May 26, 1880, Caroline Francis Partridge, of Boston, born in Port- land, Maine. Children, born in Boston : I. Marion Willard, January 27, 1883. 2. Con- stance Caroline, May 23, 1896.
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(II) Daniel, son of Matthew CUSHING Cushing, was baptized in Hing- ham, England, April 20. 1619, died December 3, 1700. He settled in Hing- ham, Massachusetts, where he was granted land in 1665. He was admitted a freeman in 1671 and was an active magistrate for many years. He was town clerk of Hingham and left a valuable set of records which are of great value to the antiquary. From 1682 for many years he kept a general store. He was selectman in 1665 and many years after; in 1680-82-95, deputy to the general court. A book called "Extracts from the Minutes of Daniel Cushing of Hingham, with a photo- graph of his manuscript etc" was printed in 1865. His will was dated September 11, 1693. He married (first) January 19, 1645, Lydia Gilman, born in England, died in Hingham, March 12, 1689, daughter of Edward and Mary (Clark) Gilman. He married (second) March 23, 1691, Elizabeth, widow of Captain John Thaxter and daughter of Nicholas and Mary Jacob. Children, born in Hingham: 1. Peter, March 29, 1646, mentioned below. 2. Daniel, July 23, 1648. 3. Deboralı, November 13, 1651, married ( first ) September 25, 1679, Henry Tarleton ; (second) August 31, 1686, Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge ; died January 15, 1710. 4. Jeremiah, July 3, 1654. 5. Theo- philus, June 7, 1657. 6. Matthew, July 15, 1660.
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(III) Peter, son of Daniel Cushing, was born in Hingham, March 29, 1646, died April 14, 1719. His will was proved October 12 following. He resided on East street, Hing- ham, and the old house, built in 1670, was owned by his descendants as late as 1905. It is shaded by a fine old elm tree, transplanted in 1729. This part of East street is often called "Rocky Nook." He was constable in 1688 and selectman in 1689 and 1702. He married, June 4, 1685, Hannah Hawke, bap- tized in Hingham, July 22, 1655, died April 4, 1737, daughter of Matthew and Margaret Hawke. Children: 1. Peter, born March 28, 1686, died March 27, 1715. 2. Stephen, No- vember 8, 1687, mentioned below. 3. Jona- than, December 20, 1689. 4. Mary, March 22, 1691. 5. Hannah, July 1, 1694, died unmar- ried April 29, 1737. 6. Lydia, October 6, 1695.
(IV) Captain Stephen, son of Peter Cush- ing. was born in Hingham, November 8, 1687, died April 3, 1749. He was a farmer, resided on the homestead, and owned a large amount of real estate. He was selectman in 1740. He married, February 18, 1719, Catherine Kilby, of Boston, who died in Hingham, July 23, 1758. Children, born in Hingham: I. Peter, December 9, 1720, died June 10, 1736. 2. Stephen, July 13, 1723. 3. John, February 26, 1727, died June 5, 1727. 4. Catherine, May 5. 1728. 5. John, June 14, 1730, died June 13, 1754. 6. Lydia, February 13, 1732, died un- married July 25, 1770. 7. Hannah, May 18, 1735. 8. Peter, May 15, 1737, died May 5, 1739. 9. Rebecca, May 27, 1739. 10. Peter, May 3, 1741, mentioned below.
(V) Captain Peter (2), son of Captain Ste- phen Cushing, was born in Hingham, May 3, 1741, died July 12, 1783. He was captain of a military company in the revolution. He resided on the homestead and was constable in 1772 and selectman in 1780. He married, August 19, 1762, Silence Burr, born in Hing- ham, April 3, 1742, died June 8, 1829, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Lincoln) Burr. Chil- dren, born in Hingham: 1. John, August 18, 1763, mentioned below. 2. Peter, February 15, 1765, died at Martinico, St. Pierre, May 24, 1794. 3. Christopher, November 18, 1766. 4. Catherine, April 10, 1769, married, January 2, 1794, Samuel Andrews. 5. Child, died Au- gust 12, 1771. 6. Martin, August 7, 1772, died at Winthrop, Maine, January 18, 1857. 7. Samuel, September 21, 1774, died September 27, 1799. 8. Hannah, May 5, 1777. 9. Lydia, October 8, 1779, married, January 6, 1802,
Martin Lincoln; died April 2, 1863. 10. Ned, September 11, 1783.
(VI) Captain John, son of Captain Peter Cushing, was born in Hingham, August 18, 1763, died there March 14, 1803. He resided on the homestead. He married (first) March 8, 1785, Lucy Thaxter, born in Hingham, May 16, 1760, died June 22, 1786, daughter of Col- onel John and Anna (Quincy) Thaxter. He married ( second ) December 20, 1787, Christina Thaxter, born in Hingham, December 2, 1766, died at Weymouth, September 1, 1847, daughter of Benjamin and Susanna ( Joy ) Thaxter. Child of first wife: Lucy Thaxter, born June 21, 1786, died February 14, 1814. Children of second wife: I. Chrissey Thaxter, born April 26, 1789, married, 1819, William Pomeroy ; died November 22, 1859. 2. Fanny Lincoln, April 4, 1791. 3. Silence Burr, June 15, 1792. 4. John, January 13, 1797, mentioned below. 5. Peter Hawkes, April 16, 1799.
(VII) John (2), son of Captain John (I) Cushing, was born in Hingham, January 13, 1797. He was a bookbinder and resided many years on South street, Hingham, but after- wards removed to Weymouth, where he died May 5, 1860. He married Delia Kingman, of Boston. Children: 1. George Arms, married Deborah Whitmarsh and lived in Weymouth ; died January 25, 1891 .. 2. John, born Novem- ber, 1820, died at Weymouth, November 15, 1844. 3. Francis Henry, mentioned below. 4. Peter, removed to New York. 5. Delia Amanda. 6. Adeline Lincoln., 7. William Pomeroy, died at New York, September 12, 1860.
(VIII) Francis Henry, son of John (2) Cushing, was born in Weymouth, died at East Weymouth. He was educated in the district schools, and followed the trade of shoemaker many years. He was superintendent of room in a shoe factory at East Weymouth. He attended the Congregational church. He mar- ried Mary Anna Shaw, born in Weymouth. Children: 1. John Francis, born March 15, 1852, mentioned below. 2. William Henry, a painter at Stoughton. 3. Weston H., one of firm of John F. and Weston H. Cushing.
(IX) John Francis, son of Francis Henry and Mary Anna (Shaw) Cushing, was born March 15, 1852, at North Weymouth, died February 19, 1903, at East Weymouth. He had a common school education, and began when a boy to learn the shoe business, begin- ning at the bottom and winning promotion from time to time until he became the head of one of the departments, the treeing and finish- ing room, of the Beacon, later the John A.
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Holbrook shoe factory, and held this position for fourteen years. During the last twenty years of his life, from 1883, he was in business on his own account in the firm of J. F. & W. H. Cushing, general contractors and ice, wood, coal, hay and grain merchants. He took con- tracts for excavation, grading and road build- ing. His affairs prospered and he became one of the leading business men of the town, a trustee of East Weymouth Savings Bank. He was a member of the Congregational church. He belonged to Orphans Hope Lodge of Free Masons; to Crescent Lodge of Odd Fellows, and has held all the offices, and at one time was a member of Wompatuck Encampment and Steadfast Rebekah Lodge of Odd Fellows, also a member of Pilgrim Fathers. In politics he was a Republican, and he took an active interest in all the affairs of his town. He mar- ried, May 4, 1874, Elizabeth Ella Holbrook, born November 5, 1852, daughter of John and Elizabeth B. (Pratt ) Holbrook. (See Hol- brook family ). Children, born at East Wey- mouth: I. Lester Holbrook, June 26, 1888. 2. Francis Henry, August 12, 1894, died aged five months.
(The Holbrook Line).
The family of Holbrook is ancient and dis- tinguished in England. The ancient coat-of- arms is: A chevron between three martlets. Several other coats-of-arms were borne by different branches of the family in England.
(I) Thomas Holbrook or Holbrooke, immi- grant ancestor, aged thirty-four, of Broadway, England, with wife Jane, aged thirty-four, and children-John, aged eleven; Thomas, aged ten ; Anne, aged five, and Elizabeth, aged one, came from Weymouth, England, about 1628. He settled at Weymouth and in 1640 was on the committee to lay out the way from Brain- tree to Dorchester. He was admitted a free- man in May, 1645. He was selectman several years. His will was dated December 31, 1668, with codicil December 31, 1673. He died 1674- 76. His widow Jane died before April 24, 1677, when administration of the estate was granted to his son John. Children: I. John, born 1617, mentioned below. 2. Thomas, died 1697; married Joanna 3. Captain William, died 1699; resided at Scituate. 4. Ann, married Renolds. 5. Elizabeth, married Walter Hatch. 6. Jane, married Drake.
(II) Captain John, son of Thomas Hol- brook, was born in England in 1617, died No- vember 23, 1699. He was a man of independ -. ried.
ence, courage, enterprise and wealth. He re- sided at what was known as Old Spain, Wey- mouth. He took the freeman's oath in 1640 and in 1648 first served as selectman. He was deputy to the general court several years. He dealt largely in real estate and loaned large sums of money for the times. He had com- mand of a company in King Philip's war. He married (first) Sarah - -, who died Janu- ary 14, 1643; (second) Elizabeth
who died June 25, 1688, aged sixty-four ; (third) Sarah Loring, widow, who survived him. His will was dated July 12, 1699. Chil- dren: I. John, married Abigail Pierce. 2. Abiezer, died unmarried 1671-72. 3. Samuel, died 1695 ; married Lydia 4. Hannah, married Pierce. 5. Lois (twin), born May 12, 1658. 6. Eunice (twin), born May 12, 1658, married - Ludden. 7. Experi- ence, born May 23, 1661, married
Edson. 8. Ichabod, born May 20, 1662, men- tioned below.
(III) Ichabod, son of Captain John Hol- brook, was born in Weymouth, May 20, 1662, died December 14, 1718. He inherited the homestead and married Sarah Turner, who died, a widow, December 20, 1739. Children : I. Abiezer, born May 7, 1689, died February 17, 1761 ; married Ruth Vinson. 2. David, September, 1690, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, January 13, 1694, died October 10, 1725. 4 Elisha. 5. John, November 28, 1699.
(IV) David, son of Ichabod Holbrook, was born in September, 1690. He married, in 1716, Mary Pittey, and settled in Weymouth. Later he removed to Braintree. Children : I. David, born June 26, 1717; married (first) Mary Hayden ; (second) Mary Jones, widow. 2. Ichabod, March 12, 1719, married Hannah Hayden. 3. Nehemiah, May 16, 1722, men- tioned below. 4. Mary, November 21, 1726, married Zebediah Howard. 5. Ruth, baptized December 13, 1730.
(V) Nehemiah, son of David Holbrook, was born May 16, 1722, died April 4, 1752, intestate. He married, May 10, 1744, Chris- tian Thayer, and was received with her into the second church in Braintree. Administra- tion was granted the widow, May 15, 1752, and James Penniman was appointed, March 6, 1753, guardian of the three minor children. The widow married (second) - - French, of Stoughton. Children: 1. Nehemiah, born May 6, 1745, mentioned below. 2. William, April 2, 1747, died April 26, 1808, at Stoughton. 3. Elizabeth, December 25, 1749, died unmar-
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(VI) Nehemiah (2), son of Nehemiah (I) Holbrook, was born May 6, 1745. He received of his grandfather, David Holbrook, April 30, 1763, a deed of half his house and five acres in Braintree. He settled there and married, prob- ably, Elizabeth Hubbard. Children: I. Nehe- miah, married Sarah Wild. 2. Caleb, married Susannah Holbrook. 3. Joshua, born October 14, 1773, mentioned below. 4. Rebecca, mar- ried Nathaniel Whiting. 5. Mary, married John Tower. 6. Daughter, married Lemuel Whiting. 7. Olive, married Luther Thayer.
(VII) Joshua, son of Nehemiah (2) Hol- brook. was born October 14, 1773, died Sep- tember 14. 1829. He settled first at Braintree and removed to South Weymouth. He mar- ried Mary Read, born May 13, 1778. Chil- dren: I. Mary, born March 1, 1797, married Jacob Shaw. 2. Joshua, May II, 1799, mar- ried Nancy W. Bates. 3. Elizabeth, August 26. 1802, married Riley Hayford. 4. Sarah R .. August 10, 1804, married Roswell Trufant. 5. Nathaniel T., March 3, 1807, married, 1831, Ann Whitmarsh. 6. John, March 9, 1809, mentioned below. 7. Elmira, March 1, 18II, died unmarried, February 27, 1829. 8. Cath- erine, September 6, 1813, married Samuel Bar- rell. 9. Rebecca, June 28, 1815, married Jonas Bates. 10. William, April 7, 1818, married Maria Bicknell. 11. Priscilla, November 14, 1820, married Quincy Pool.
(VIII) John (2), son of Joshua Holbrook, was born March 9, 1809. He married Eliza- beth B. Pratt, and resided in Weymouth, on the homestead. Children: I. John Adams, born May 27, 1837. 2. Elizabeth Ella, No- vember 5, 1852, married J. F. Cushing. (See Cushing family).
(For preceding generations see Matthew Cushing 1).
(III) Captain Theophilus Cush- CUSHING ing, son of Daniel Cushing, was born in Hingham, Massachu- setts, June 7, 1657, died January 7, 1717-18. He was a farmer and selectman in 1697-1707- 15. He was deputy to the general court in 1702-03-04-07-13. His house was on Main street, Hingham. His will was dated January 3, 1717-18, and gives "to wife Mary, thirty- two shares in the second part of 3d division in Cohasset ; also land at 'Planters' Hill ; my quick stock, all my movables, and the improvements of my whole estate while she remains a widow ; afterwards to go to sons Theophilus and Seth when they become of age. To daughter Deb- orah one hundred pounds; to son Nehemiah land in Abington, and the release of a bond
for money lent him; to son Adam land and buildings formerly purchased of Samuel Stod- der, also the lot purchased of my brother, Samuel Thaxter ; to son Abel house and land purchased of William Sprague Jr., lying near Page's bridge ; to son Theophilus my dwelling- house and barn, and land on the west side of the road, and land at Wakely's marsh; to son Seth land and other valuables; and the sons are to pay one hundred pounds each to their sister Deborah." The widow was made execu- trix. He married, November 28, 1688, Mary Thaxter, born August 19, 1667, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Jacobs) Thaxter. She married (second) January II, 1721-22, Captain Joseph Herrick, of Beverly. Children, born in Hingham: I. Nehemiah, July 18, 1689. 2. Mary, February 9, 1690-91, died August 8, 1699. 3. Adam, January 1, 1692-93. 4. David, December, 1694. 5. Abel, October 24, 1696, .mentioned below. 6. Rachel, August 17, 1698, died September 9, 1699. 7. Mary, September 26, 1701, died August 30, 1716. 8. Theophilus, June 16, 1703. 9. Seth, December 13, 1705. IO. Deborah, September 26, 1707. II. Lydia, February 13, 1709-10, died young.
(IV) Captain Abel, son of Captain Theo- philus Cushing, was born in Hingham, October 24, 1696, died May 20, 1750. He was a farmer and mill owner, and selectman of Hingham for many years. His house was on South Pleasant street. He married, November 24, 1720, Mary Jacob, born September 29, 1698, daughter of Peter and Hannah ( Allen) Jacob. Children, born in Hingham: 1. Mary, August 12, 1722, died October 12, 1726. 2. David, July 12, 1724, died October 17, 1726. 3. David, September 7, 1727, mentioned below. 4. Abel, January 26, 1729-30, married, January 29, 1758, Hannah Crocker. 5. Mary, January 28, 1731-32, married, March 25, 1753, Rev. Daniel Shute. 6. Laban, February 21, 1733-34, died May 18, 1747. 7. Infant (twin), January 21, 1736-37, died same day. 8. Infant (twin), January 21, 1736-37, died same day. 9. Lydia, April 23, 1738, married, January 31, 1759, Gideon Hayward. 10. Abigail, June 14, 1741, married, October 2, 1761, Thomas Hersey.
(V) Colonel David, son of Captain Abel Cushing, was born in Hingham, September 7, 1727, died February 15, 1800. He lived on Pleasant street, Hingham, and was an ener- getic and prominent man in town affairs. He was selectman in 1768-69-70-71-75-76. He was in the revolution, fourth lieutenant of Captain Jotham Loring's company, on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; sergeant in
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Captain Pyam Cushing's company, Colonel Solomon Lovell's regiment, at Hull and Dor- chester in 1776; lieutenant colonel of the same regiment, commissioned February 7, 1776; and colonel of the Second Suffolk Regiment, in Brigadier General Lovell's brigade, in 1778. He married (first) April 9, 1752, Ruth Lin- coln, baptized February 25, 1732-33, died July 6, 1761, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Cush- ing) Lincoln, of Hingham. He married (sec- ond) January 23, 1763, Mabel Gardner, born January 6, 1738-39, died August 14, 1798, daughter of Hosea and Mary (Whiting) Gard- ner. Children, born in Hingham, by first wife : I. Ruth, November 1, 1752, married, August 30, 1770, Perez Cushing. 2. David, July 2, - 1754. 3. Molly, September 26, 1756, married, January 30, 1783, Joshua Mann. 4. Jonathan, April 13, 1759, mentioned below. 5. Lydia, June 2, 1761, married, September 3, 1786, Asaph Tracy. Children of second wife: 6. Abel, born October 22, 1763, married, No- vember 14, 1784, Sarah Wilder. 7. Hosea, May 29, 1765. 8. Charles Whiting, November 7, 1766. 9. Russell, April 24, 1768, died Feb- ruary 2, 1851. 10. Nancy, March 10, 1770, died unmarried, December 27, 1835. 1I. Jane, April 3, 1772, married, November 6, 1796, Lem- uel Dwelley. 12. Lucy, October 18, 1773, mar- ried, May 24, 1798, David Lewis. 13. Chris- tina, March 14, 1775, died unmarried, July I, 1822. 14. Elnathan, April 30, 1777, removed to Scituate. 15. Jerusha, February 3, 1779, died unmarried, September 18, 1862. 16. Josiah, April 8, 1781. 17. Mabel, March 6, 1783, mar- ried, 1810, William Rouse, of Bath, Maine.
(VI) Jonathan, son of Colonel David Cush- ing, was born in Hingham, April 13, 1759, died January 29, 1847. He lived on Main street, Hingham, and was a farmer. He was select- man in 1804 and deputy to the general court from 1808 to 1813 inclusive. He married, January 15, 1788, Sarah Simmons, of Scituate, who died April 25, 1845, aged seventy-eight years. Children: I. Jonathan, born January 16, 1789. 2. Sarah, November 10, 1790, mar- ried, December, 1820, William Torrey. 3. Ruth Lincoln, June 9, 1793, married, Decem- ber 3. 1816, David Lane. 4. Adam, Novem- ber 30, 1796. 5. Rowland, November 9, 1798, found dead near Prospect Hill, May 13, 1840. 6. Clarissa, March 26, 1805, married, Febru- ary, 1832, Henry Ripley. 7. William Gray, August 3. 1810, mentioned below.
(VII) William Gray, son of Jonathan Cush- ing, was born in Hingham, August 3, 1810, died December 2, 1872. He lived on Main
street, South Hingham, and was a butcher and provision dealer. He married, December 27, 1835, Sarah Merritt, of Hingham, born in Scituate, died in 1888 in Brockton. Children : I. William Gray, born November 7, 1836. 2. Sarah S., December 24, 1837, married, April 27, 1869, Caleb C. White. 3. Webster A., October 14, 1839, married, May 24, 1868, Amanda F. Hobart. 4. Martha A., March 14, 1841. 5. George R., March 8, 1842, died May 19, following. 6. George R., March 9, 1843. 7. Infant, 1844, died 1846. 8. and 9. Twins, 1845, died soon. 10. Ellen G., August 26, 1848, died April, 1849. II. Isabella G., July 12, 1850, died July 16, 1851. 12. Leona Parker, May 25, 1852, married, April 29, 1877, Benja- min T. Raymond. 13. Charles M., October 8, 1854, mentioned below. 14. Ida May, October 8, 1856, married, September 15, 1881, Charles F. Severance ; died October 6, 1885. 15. Infant, May 12, 1858, died young. 16. Frank E., De- cember, 1860. 17. Alma E., October 24, 1862, died February 6, 1863. Of the above only Webster A., Leona Parker and Frank E. are living.
(VIII) Charles Melvil, son of William Gray Cushing, was born October 8, 1854, died at North Weymouth, July 8, 1907. He was edu- cated in the public schools of Hingham. He was employed for many years in the fertilizing company at Weymouth, Massachusetts, filling various responsible positions, retiring finally upon the incorporation of the business. He was a well known and highly respected citizen, keenly interested in public affairs though not seeking public honors for himself. In politics he was a Republican. He was a prominent mem- ber of the Unitarian church. He belonged to Orphans Hope Lodge of Free Masons, also Council and Commandery. He married, Feb- ruary 28, 1883. Jeannette Augusta Batchelder, born November 15, 1860, at Baldwin, Maine. (See Batchelder sketch). Their only child was Harriet M., born at Weymouth, died aged three years and a half.
CRANE Some disparity has existed in the manner of spelling this name. Crane, Cran, Cranne, Crain, Craine and Crayne. Its etymological source is from the Gaelic root Cran, meaning water, and the fowl of the name doubtless received its appella- tion from being a frequenter of watery places. We find it used frequently as a place name. There is a town of Craon on the river Oudin, province of Maine. In northern France is Cranne. Cranae is an island of Laconia.
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Crananus is a town of Caria and there was a king of Athens bearing this name. Craneus was the first king of Macedonia. Crania was the ancient name of Torius in Cilicia. Crane, a city of Arcadia in Classic Greece. The family in the first instance is undoubtedly of Norman extraction. According to an ancient record called Rotuli Huntredorum, William de Crane is claimed to have come over from Craon in the province of Maine and settled in Saltrey Moyne, in Huntingdonshire, in 1272. According to the Herald's visitation in the Harleian collections of Suffolk, Crane of Stow- market in Suffolk, lived in the reign of Richard II in 1382. They thus have an unobstructed line of three hundred years. The male line of the Stowmarket or Chilton Cranes came to an abrupt end in the person of Sir Robert in 1643 who left only daughters. Robert Crane, of Coggeshall, county of Essex, and Sir Robert it is affirmed were kinsmen. He was an active member of the original company to settle Mass- achusetts and owned land there but never came over himself. His daughter Margaret married Rev. Nathaniel Rogers. Their son John was the fifth to become president of Harvard College. Owing to a similarity of christian names and other ear marks, it seems probable that the Cranes who bore the name to America were related to that Robert of Coggeshall. The coat-of-arms borne by the Cranes was: Argent, a fesse between three crosses crosslet fitchee gules. Crest : A Crane ppr. We have shown that the Cranes came from a good source, we will now show it has been borne by good people. It has contributed to political history in the person of Governor and Senator Winthrop Murray Crane, to litera- ture in the novelist, Stephen Crane, who wrote the "Red Badge of Courage," to high military achievement in Brigadier General Niron M. Crane of the Union army, to the advancement of woman in Rev. Caroline B. Crane, of Wis- consin. The first in point of time to arrive in New England was John, who was in Boston in 1637. Soon after came the brothers, Benja- min and Henry, of Wethersfield.
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