Jasper Crane1

#11409, (circa 1605 - before 28 October 1681)

Family

Alice _____
Children 1.John Crane10 (c 1635 - )
 2.Hannah Crane1 (c 1639 - )
 3.Delivered Crane11 (1642 - )
 4.Mercy Crane12 (c 1645 - )
 5.Micah Crane11 (c 1647 - )
 6.Azariah Crane11 (1649 - )
 7.Jasper Crane Jr.11 (1651 - )
Birth*circa 1605He was born circa 1605 at Hampshire, EnglandG.1,2 
Marriage*say 1633He married Alice _____ say 1633.3 
4 June 1639Was a subscrober to the New Haven Fundamental Agreement on 4 June 1639 at New Haven, Connecticut.4 
1652He removed to Branford, Connecticut, in 1652.5 
1666/67He of Branford was a signer of The Newark Covenant in 1666/67; The Newark Covenant.6,7 
before 20 January 1667He removed to Newark, New Jersey, before 20 January 1667.8 
1678He left a will in 1678.9 
Death*before 28 October 1681He died before 28 October 1681 at New Jersey.1 

Citations

  1. [S1075] A. van Doren Honeyman, William Whitehead and others, editors, Documents Relating to the Colonial and Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey (Newark, NJ: Archives of the State of New Jersey, 1880–1949), XXIII:115–116. Will dated 1 Oct 1678, inventory 28 Oct 1681, letters of administration 15 Nov 1681. Hereinafter cited as Documents Relating to the History of the New Jersey.
  2. [S1084] Francis Bazley Lee, editor, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), I:28-33, b. c. 1605 "somewhere near Bradley Plain, Hampshire. England,."
  3. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family (Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton, 1900), p. 301.
  4. [S1152] Charles J. Hoadly, editor, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven From 1638 to 1649 (Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Company, 1857), p. 13, as Joseph Craine, freeman.
  5. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, II:295.
  6. [S928] William H Shaw, compiler, History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1884), I:372–381.
    The covenant came after years of planning and negotiating by New Haven Colony dissidents opposed to the union with the Connecticut Colony. The covenant was first signed, on 30 Oct 1666, by the Branford members, twenty-three in number:
    1. Jasper Crane 13. Ebenezer Camfield
    2. Abra. Peirson.      14. John Ward, Senior
    3. Sam'l Swaine      15. Ed. Ball
    4. Laurance Ward      16. John Harrison
    6. Thomas Blacthly* 17. John Crane
    6. Samuel Plum      18. Thos. Huntington
    7. .losiah Ward      19. Delivered Crane
    8. Samuel Rose      20. Aaron Blacthly
    9. Thomas Peirson      21. Richard Laurence
    10. John Warde      22. John Johnson
    11. John Catling      23. Thomas L. Lyon [his mark]
    12. Richard Harrison

    This was followed on 24 Jun 1667 by the subscription to the document by forty-one members from Milford:
    1. Robert Treat.          22. Thom. Johnson          
    2. Obadiah Bruen.          23. John Curtis.          
    3. Matthew Camfield     24. Ephraim Burwell.               
    4. Samuell Kitchell          25. Robert R. Dennison. [his mark]          
    5. Jeremiah Pecke          26. Nathaniel Wheeler.          
    6. Michael Tompkins     27. Zachariah Burwell.
    7. Stephen Freeman 28. William Campe.
    8. Henry Lyon,          29. Joseph Walters.          
    9. John Browne          30. Robert Dalglish.               
    10. John Rutgers [Rogers].     31. Hauns Albers.          
    11. Stephen Davis.          32. Thomas Morris.          
    12. Edward Rigs.          33. Hugh Roberts.          
    13. Robert Kitchell           34. Eph'm Pennington          
    14. J. n. Brooks [his mark].     35. Martin Tichenor          
    15. Robert v. Lymens. [his mark] 36. John Browne, Jr               
    16. Francis f. Linle. [his mark]     37 Jona. Seargeant.          
    17. Daniel Tichenor.     38. Azariah Crane               
    18. John Bauldwin, Sen.     39. Samuel Lyon.
    19. John Bauldwin, Jr. 40. Joseph Riggs.
    20. Jona. Timipkins. 41. Stephen Bond
    21. Geo. Day     

    The document read thus:
    "1st. - That none shall lie admitted freemen or free Burgesses within our Town upon Passaick River, in the Province of Jersey, but such Planters as are members of some or other of the Congregational Churches, nor shall any but such be chosen to Magistracy or to Carry on any part of said Civil Judicature, or as deputies or assistants, to have power to Vote in establishing Laws, and making or repealing them, or to any Chief Military Trust or Office. Nor shall any But such Church Members have any Vote in such election. Tho all others admitted to be planters have right to their proper Inheritance, and do and shall enjoy all other Civil Liberties, Privileges, according to all Laws, Orders, Grants which are, or hereafter shall be made for this Town."

                   
  7. [S1084] Francis Bazley Lee, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, I:243. General description of the removal to New Jersey by those in Branford and Milford.
  8. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, II:296, the date he is listed as a church member of the First Church at Newark.
  9. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, II:301, naming wife Alice, children John, Azariah, Jasper Jr. and Hannah Huntington; granddaughter Hannah Huntington.
  10. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, II:301, last will, naming wife Alice, children John, Azariah, Jasper Jr. and Hannah Huntington; granddaughter Hannah Huntington.
  11. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, II:301.
  12. [S1151] Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, II:301, Mercy or Mary.