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][2] 9 Dec 1759 New Jersey
Marriage 22 Oct 1785 Stafford Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United Statesto Zipporah Haywood
Death[1][2] 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 (now available here), he was a member of the New Jersey State Council 1812-1814 and a JP in Stafford from 1813 to 1820. Those notes, allegedly written in the 1850s, also claim he was the son of Nathan and Mary Crane and have precise birthdates of all their children.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Photo of gravestone, in Find A Grave
    Pvt Silas Crane.

    (Note that visible plaque was placed in 1776, but may have been based on stone visible at the time)

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pension file: Silas Crane (Revolutionary War Widow). Pension File (National Archives W3782) for widow Zipporah.
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