Nathaniel Crane (Major)

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Father: Noah Crane ....(18 Apr 1719 ~ 8 Jun 1800 ) West Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey, America
Mother: Mary Baldwin ....(1724 ~ 1805 )

Family 1: Hannah Crane ....(? ~ )

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                                                                _Jasper Crane ___
                                              _Azariah Crane __|_Alice Leave? ___
                 _Nathaniel Crane ___________|
                |                            |                  _Robert Treat ___
                |                            |_Mary Treat _____|_Jane Tapp ______
 _Noah Crane ___|
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|               |_Elizabeth "Betsey" Gibson _|
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|--Nathaniel Crane 
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|                                                               _John Baldwin ___
|                                             _John Baldwin ___|_Mary Camp ______
|                _Samuel Baldwin ____________|
|               |                            |                  _Obadiah Bruen __
|               |                            |_Hannah Bruen ___|_Sarah Lawrence _
|_Mary Baldwin _|
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                |_Mary ? ____________________|
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Ref#190:
The homestead (Frost House) was the inheritance of Nathaniel, who was
born October 26th, 1757. He married Hannah Crane, and occupied several
positions of trust. His commission as Captain of a Company of Light
Infantry of the Militia of Essex County, date August 20th, 1803, and
signed by Richard Howell, Governor of the State, and also his commission
as Coroner of Essex County, dated October 23rd, 1817, signed by Governor
John Williamson, may be seen hanging in our public library. He was
interested in the education of your men and to this end he was a liberal
contributor to the building of the Academy at Bloomfield, now the German
Theological School. He also left a fund for the education of your men for
the ministry still held in trust by the Newark Presbytery, the annual
income of which is disbursed by the Presbytery in accordance with the
will of the donor. He was as much interested as his ancestry in the
church. The original bell of the old church at Bloomfield was his gift,
and for many years its strong and sweet sound called the people living as
far west as the top of our Mountain, and those living at the extreme
north of Bloomfield, to public worship. He made provision for his old
colored servant, James Howe, who was a survivor of the former slaves of
the family and was known as Uncle Jim. He gave him a good tract of land
on the north side of Clairmont Avenue running west from North Mountain
Avenue, where he lived many years. A part of the house he occupied is
still standing. As children, we used to enjoy visiting the old man who
had become blind, and listening to his stories of our ancestry. Major
Nathaniel Crane had no children and made the West Bloomfield Presbyterian
Church the residuary legatee of his estate, which amounted to about ten
thousand dollars. This fund the will requires to be held in trust by the
church and the annual income to be used in support of the gospel in this
church. He died April 18th, 1833. In recognition of his gift to the
church, The Society erected a suitable monument over his and his wife's
graves in the Rosedale Cemetery.

The primitive cider mill was located on the west side of Orange Road
about two hundred feet back and midway between Myrtle Avenue and Plymouth
Street, joint property of the two brothers, Major Nathaniel and Joseph
Crane.

As a general rule in those days the graveyard was connected with the
church. This was located on Church Street, the land having been purchased
by the Presbyterian Society from Major Nathaniel Crane, and ran back to
the Crescent. Trinity Place was the western boundary and Bradford Place
the eastern. The first interment was Prudence, wife of Zenas Baldwin, who
died March 8th, 1837. As the town began to grow it was later abandoned as
a burial place and the bodies and monuments were removed to the Rosedale
Cemetery.

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