Person:Silas Crane (2)

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Silas Crane
b.9 Dec 1759 New Jersey
d.21 Jan 1829 Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
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m. 22 Oct 1785
  1. Nancy Crane1786 - 1842
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Name Silas Crane
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 Dec 1759 New Jersey
Marriage 22 Oct 1785 Stafford Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United Statesto Zipporah Haywood
Death[1] 21 Jan 1829 Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

He was buried as a Revolutionary War patriot; his tombstone indicates he was a private on the Continental Line.

He was late the tax collector for the district of Egg Harbor, and two of his account books survive, from 1779 and 1801. [1]

According to notes from his grandson Edwin F. Crane (apparently no longer online), he was a member of the New Jersey State Council 1812-1814 and a JP in Stafford from 1813 to 1820.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Photo of gravestone, in Find A Grave
    Pvt Silas Crane.
  2.   Pension file: Silas Crane (Revolutionary War Widow). Pension File (National Archives W3782) for widow Zipporah.
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