When Rebecca Crane was born in 1720, in Elizabeth Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, John Crane I, was 52 and her mother, Esther Williams, was 42. She married Effingham Townley in 1735, in Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She died in 1806, in Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, at the age of 86, and was buried in First Presbyterian Churchyard Memorial Garden, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America.