CBAIN OF HANOVER.
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I. William Crain, 1 and Jean, his wife, natives of county Down, Province of Ulster, Ireland, came to America in 1732, and located on the Manada, a branch of the Swatara
creek, in now, Hanover township, Dauphin county, Pa. William Crain, b. 1704; d. in 1780; his
wife Jean, b. 1795 [s/b 1705]; d. February 15, 1754, and are buried in old Hanover Church grave-yard. They had issue, among others:
i. Ambrose, b. 1734; received a good English education, and was brought up a farmer. At the
outset of the Revolution, he enlisted as a private in Captain John Marshal's company, March
25, 1776, and was promoted quartermaster sergeant, Colonel Samuel Miles battalion of the
Pennsylvania Line, July 15, 1776. At the expiration of his term of service, he returned home, and was on subsequent duty during the inroads of the British, Tories, and their Indian
allies, in the closing years of the war for independence. Captain Crain removed to Loudoun
county, in the Valley of Virginia, in 1793 or 1794, and died there.
2. ii. George, b. 1739; m. and had issue.
3. iii. Joseph, b. 1741; m. Mary Moore.
iv. William, b. 1742; d. January 8, 1802; was a private in Captain "William Brown's company of Lancaster county associators in 1776; m. Ann Espy, b. 1739; d. December 12, 1802.
4. v. Bichard, b. 1745; m. and left issue.
