Person:John Cram (11)

John and Sarah were admitted to the Hampton Falls church on 13 Apr 1711/1712. In 1737 they were dismissed to Wilmington, Massachusetts The births of their children, John through Eli, were probably in Hampton Falls and only recorded in Woburn. Not only were they members of the Hampton Falls church, but he held office there during those years. ^[3]

In 1735, a petition was made for land in consideration of ancestors' efforts in the Canada Expedition in 1690. Land was set aside in what is now New Hampshire, called Salem-Canada. John was there as early as 1737, and had a lot in Lyndboro in what is now North Cemetary. Sarah did not join him until later. In 1738 John was given leave to build a sawmill if he kept it up for 15 years. In return he got £20 bills of credit and lot 39 in the second land division.^[2]

1. ↑ Sanborn, George Freeman, and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Vital Records of Hampton, New Hampshire to the End of the Year 1900. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, c1992-1998).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Holt Association of America. The First Three Generations of Holts in America. (Newburgh, MA: Moore Printing (1930).).
3. ↑ Donovan, Rev. D. and Woodward, Jacob A., "History of The Town of Lyndeborough, NH," [1906, Tufts College Press], p. 710; Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," (1939), p. 169, #3; Cram, Michael A., "The Cram Sourcebook," (1996, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD), v. 2, pp. 11-13.