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Abiather Crane[1] 1765 - 1826

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• Birth	29 Jan 1765	Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [1]      MultiMapView
  Gender	Male
  Census	1800	Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA       MultiMapView Virtual 1876
  	Transcript ---- See Image on Ancestry.com
  Military	Revolution
  Died	09 Aug 1826	Mill Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA       MultiMapView Virtual 1876
  Buried	Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA       MultiMapView Virtual 1876
  		Abither Crane b1765 Erie Cemetery
  Person ID	167042	NWPa
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2010 16:11:23
  Father	Elihu Crane, b. 24 Jun 1735, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   , Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Mary Fowler
  Family ID	F97530	Group Sheet
  Family	Ruth McClelland, b. 16 Jan 1779, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   , Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Crane, b. 20 Apr 1799, Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   , Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   2. Olivia Crane, b. 08 Oct 1800, Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   , Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   3. Clarinda Crane, b. 14 Jan 1802, Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   , Conneaut, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   4. Henry H Crane, b. 05 Mar 1810, Millcreek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   , Millcreek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   5. James M Crane, b. 16 Feb 1812, Mill Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   , Mill Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   6. Orville Crane, b. 27 Feb 1818, Mill Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   , Mill Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   7. Abiather Crane, b. 1806, Pennsylvania, USA   , Pennsylvania, USA
  Last Modified	31 May 2009 08:59:14
  Family ID	F97167	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Birth - 29 Jan 1765 - Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Census - 1800 - Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Buried - - Erie Cemetery, Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Died - 09 Aug 1826 - Mill Creek, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Histories	ADA PART IV - Township Histories Chapter X Conneaut Township and Albion Part IV Chapter X Conneaut Township and Albion

• Notes

  The Crane Family per Nelson’s (Biographical Dictionary)1896 In 1797 Abiather Crane, a young surveyor from Connecticut, came to Conneaut Township. The next year, he and his brother Elihu located near the present site of Lexington (between Girard and Albion in Erie Co., PA). Both brothers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. In the Spring of 1799, Elihu removed to Elk Creek and located, where a large connection of the name still have their homes. They and the Pomeroys are intermarried. In 1809 Abiather Crane and his wife Ruth McClelland Crane removed to Millcreek Township and purchased a number of outlots between Fifth and Tenth Streets, and property on Ninth Street in Erie. This property is now valuable, and included in the City of Erie. Mr. Crane resided with his family on East Sixth Street. There he cleared and cultivated a number of acres of land and also made bricks. He had twelve children, all of whom reached their majority. He died in August 1825, leaving a large family and some unsettled business, which caused much well located land to be sacrificed in the settlement of his estate. He had six sons and six daughters: Abiather, who married Margaret Ewing, settled on his father’s estate, and died about twenty years ago (1876), leaving one son (George W., who is in business in Erie); Amos B., who died about 1852 unmarried; Henry H., who died unmarried in 1874, having also resided on his father’s estate; James M., who married Priscilla Roberts, and died in 1852, leaving a family, among whom are Mrs. A.H. Williams and Mrs. J.H. Williams, wife of the president of the Erie School Board, and Joseph M., who resides on the estate also; Orville, who married Eliza Arkenburg, (a native of New York State) and had his home on the estate until his death Sept. 5, 1858. Orville left five children: his son Charles, who served in the (Civil) war and died in 1863: Joseph P. and Frank M. both being active and influential citizens of Erie; and Mary and Martha, all of whom reside on the old estate. William A., the only surviving one of Abiather’s children, resides in Michigan. Of the daughters, Eliza married James Love, a farmer of Millcreek Township, and died in 1848, leaving two children, William W., who became one of the most influential and wealthy citizens of Millcreek, and died in 1893; and Eliza M., wife of Henry Caughey of Millcreek, who survives. Olivia died in 1867 unmarried; Clavinda died in 1888 unmarried; Mrs. Harriet Chancellor died about fifteen years since (1881); Mrs. Orvaline, wife of Capt. John H. Millar, ? who died in 1864, also a resident upon the estate, and leaving children Eliza O., Mrs. Elsey, and John William; and Evaline, wife of George Hope, who died many years since, and also had a home on the estate. He left three children, of whom George was killed before Atlanta under Sherman. The fact of twelve sightly and desirable places of residence having been made from the residence of the estate of Abiather Crane indicated the care with which his location was made, and his foresightedness as to values. Colonel Abiather Crane was one of the first board of county commissioners, and with the first judge, John Vincent, as one of his colleagues, they purchased the county property on which the court house and jail now stand. His service in the Revolution was followed by service in the military establishment of Connecticut. He was afterwards a Justice of the Peace in Erie County, and colonel of the 17th regiment of PA Militia. This account was copied from Nelson’s Biographical Dictionary, volume 2, dated 1896.

• Sources

  [S887566] Census 1800, Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA