Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Crane was born in 1723, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, John Winthrop Crane, was 28 and his mother, Abigail Camp, was 21. He married Keziah Baldwin in 1748, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 2 July 1796, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States.
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- Samuel Crane, "Find A Grave Index"
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1775
During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the "Ten Crucial Days" and remembered by the famous phrase "the times that try men's souls". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time.
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
English: nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.
Manx: see Craine .
Dutch: variant of Krane ‘crane’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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