Ebenezer CRANE

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Settled first in Mansfield, Conn., but was of Lebanon in 1765, when in April of that year he declined to act with his brother Hezekiah as one of the executors of his father's will. He could not have long been a resident of Lebanon, for he was of Mansfield in 1762 and again in 1770. It is supposed the family removed from the town, as no records of his descendants are to be found at Mansfield where his children were born. It appears that he was twice married, for his grandson Edmund Franklin Craine, says he married a Welsh lady by name of Mary Neff.

Ebenezer married Sarah CURTIS on 21 Jun 1744. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He served in the Revolutionary war six years, and his granddaughter says he was with Washington at Valley Forge through the winter; also that he was one of forty men under Col. Barton who surprised and captured Major- Gen. Prescott in his own quarters at night, and who was exchanged for Gen. lee. In 'Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution' will be found on page 75, vol. 4, Roger Crain served for Medway, enlisting for three years as private in Capt. John Fuller's Co., col Wm. Shepard's (4th) Regt. Served along the Hudson river. Was at West Point, February, 1782. He receipted for his bounty paid him by the town committee, May 30, 1781. His time began June 1st. He was a farmer, and for many years lived in Groton, New York.

Roger married Sarah WHITING on 20 May 1784 in Ashford, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 26 Oct 1764 in Ashford, Connecticut; died on 21 Jan 1854 in Groton, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]