UPDATE March 2016
This has not been an attempt to document all the grandchildren of Joseph O. and Catherine Williams Crain in this paper, however, many descendants of these Crane children have good research that can be found on various websites. The children of No. 7. Joseph O. Crain, Jr. have been included in the appendix in an effort to analyze the name changes of Ira B. Crain and his children.
The Appendix includes the following documents.
· Family history of the siblings known by Lide Plowman Benedict, daughter of Emily Crane
· Mexican War Pension documents of Joseph O. Crain, Jr., his children and grandchildren
Based on ages of the following children, Catherine would have been born about 1770 and married about 1787-1788, at about age 17-18. She would have been about 18 at the age of the birth of Aaron and age 44 at the birth of Joseph O, certainly feasible. Joseph Ors may have been 5 years older and born about 1765. There most likely are four more children not yet accounted for that were born between 1795-1797 and between 1805 and 1809. Some of these may have been girls, who are harder to track without marriage records readily available during early 1800's. Some of them may have been children who died early. Hopefully more information will come forward in the future.
Children:
1. Aaron Crain b. 7 Sep 1788 Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey
2. John W. b. 25 Mar 1791 Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey
3. Sarah b. 27 Jun 1793 Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey
4. Samuel M. b. 18 May 1799 Wantage, Sussex, New Jersey
5. Gilbert S. b. abt 1801 New Jersey
6. Elizabeth b. Nov 1803 New Jersey
7. Francis W. b. 11 Feb 1811 New Jersey
8. Joseph O. b. abt 1814 Sussex County, New Jersey
Sandra, I have an ancestor, William Madison Craine, who is likely a descendant of Aaron Crain of Delaware County, Oho. I am not positive that he is the son of Aaron Crain. A descendant of Aaron Crain contacted me on ancestry.com and told me that he had seen a court document that was signed when Mary Elizabeth (Aaron's wife) died releasing William M. Crain of Terre Haute, Indiana. My ancestor did live in Terre Haute for awhile. However, my grandfather's baby book lists William as William Madison Craine's father, not Aaron. Of course, maybe my great grandmother put down the wrong information when she filled out that section of his baby book. Do you know anything about the descendants of Aaron Crain an early postmaster of Delaware County, Ohio.
ReplyDeleteHi. I am trying to verify that Aaron Crain who was buried in Delaware County, Ohio is the son of Joseph Ors Crane. Your research is very interesting. I am a DNA match to descendants of Aaron's children, but I don't seem to be a DNA match to any of the descendants of Joseph's children. Do you have a tree on ancestry.com?
ReplyDeleteI have a tree on Ancestry. It's still a private tree, but if you go on there and request, I'll set you up. My username is SandraHildrethBall. The tree is HildrethTobeyBluhm ancestors
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