Manuscript Group 422, Crane-Pierson Family Papers, 1707-1942 (Bulk dates: 1830-1900)
Archives Documents, Manuscripts, Maps, & Photographs
Manuscript Group 422, Crane-Pierson Family
Papers, 1707-1942 (Bulk dates: 1830-1900), 1.5 linear feet / 3 boxes
Call Number: MG 422 + Box and folder number
Family correspondence, land deeds, and financial documents of three branches of the Crane family: the Benjamin Crane (1787-1864) family of Pine Brook, Morris County, New Jersey; the Joseph Sidney Crane (1821-1906) family of New York; and the Reverend George Pierson (b. 1805) family of Orange, New Jersey and Florida, New York. Contains papers relating to Presbyterian Churches in Wantage, New Jersey and Florida, Orange County, New York, where George Pierson was a minister. Family correspondence discusses the medical profession (Joseph S. Crane and his two brothers were physicians), youth culture and education in the New York-New Jersey area during the late 1840s-early 1850s, white southern views of African Americans after the Civil War, and economic troubles during this same post-war period. Also includes genealogical research of the Crane, Pierson, Woodruff, Draper, Hequembourg, and Bowlsby families.
Gift (in part) of Roger P. Williams, 1966
The three branches of the Crane Family documented in these papers are descended from Jasper Crane (ca. 1605-1681), one of the original settlers of New Haven, Connecticut, and his wife Alice.
Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864) and Family, Pine Brook, Morris County, NJ:
Benjamin Crane, Jr., the second of the seven children of Mehitable Dunning and Benjamin Crane (1753-1819), was born in Cranetown (now Montclair), New Jersey on August 31, 1787. The family moved to Pine Brook, New Jersey, and Benjamin, Jr. learned the mason’s trade there. In 1809, he built his house near his father’s in Pine Brook and married Eleanor Stiles (1791-1836), with whom he had nine children: Julia Ann Crane (Van Duyne) (1809-1873), Timothy Ward Crane (1811-1878), Lucinda Canfield Crane (Freeman) (1813-1889), Hetty Mariah Crane (Van Duyne) (1816-1901), Susan Elizabeth Crane (Miller) (1817-1840), Harriet C. Crane (Van Duyne) (1819-1889), Eleanor S. Crane (Martin) (1821-1905), Benjamin Franklin Crane (1829-1897), and Sarah Francis Crane (1833-1835). After his wife’s death, he married the widow of Thomas Bowlsby, Barbara Parlaman (1796-1886), and with her had two more daughters: Marietta Huntoon Crane (Woodruff) (1837-1912) and Barbara Florinda Crane (Van Wagoner) (1839-1917).
Benjamin Crane, Jr. was a farmer and fruit culturist, but also served as a justice of the peace for Morris County in 1832, a judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Morris County in 1832 and 1854, an assistant marshal to aid in the taking of the 7th Census in 1850, a commissioner for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds for Morris County in 1860, and as the postmaster for Pine Brook. He was also interested in family matters and inaugurated the first Annual Crane Family Reunion in 1850. Benjamin Crane died while traveling on April 16, 1864 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Dr. Joseph Sidney Crane (1821-1906) and Family, NY, SC, GA, AK:
Sidney Crane (1791-1850), the son of Rebeckah Saffer (1769-1847) and John Josiah Crane (1767-1808), married Catherine Hequembourg (ca. 1796-1872) and with her moved from his hometown of Newark, New Jersey to Columbia, South Carolina where he established himself as a merchant. The couple soon started a family and Joseph Sidney Crane was born on June 10, 1821, the first of Sidney and Rebeckah’s four children. Joseph Sidney Crane graduated from South Carolina College in 1840 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1844, where he studied to become a physician. On June 9, 1853, he married Harriet Draper (1829-1911), with whom he had six children: Charlotte (1854-1854), Julia Draper (1858-1859), Katherine (1856-ca. 1899), Amelia Brewster (b. 1862), Charles Sidney (b. 1866), and Charlton Wells (b. 1872). After the birth of their first child, the couple moved to New York City where Joseph set up his practice. In 1894, almost thirty years later, Joseph and his wife moved to Huntington, Long Island. Joseph S. Crane died in 1906.
Joseph’s brothers, Charles Louis Crane (1823-1896) and James Boatwright Crane (1826-1902), were also doctors with practices in Bishopville, South Carolina and Batesville, Arkansas respectively. Their only sister, Elizabeth Sarah Crane (1828-1899), moved to Marietta, Georgia with her husband ( ) Gregg, and after his death to Acworth, Georgia.
Rev. George Pierson (b. 1805) and Family, Florida, Orange County, NY and Orange, Essex County, NJ:
George Pierson, the fifth of the ten children of Nancy Crane (1775-1841) and Dr. Isaac Pierson (1770-1833), was born on October 16, 1805 in Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton College (now University) in 1823 and became the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange and then the First Presbyterian Church of Wantage, New Jersey. He married Eliza L. Day in Orange, New Jersey and with her and their family moved to Florida, New York, where he became the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church there.
Eliza and George Pierson had eight children together: Sarah Ann, George Wilson, Isaac (d. young), Caroline Ellet (b. 1837), Stephen Day (b. 1839), Fanny E. (1841-young), Mary (d. 1849), Charles W., and Ellen Collins. After Eliza Pierson’s death, George Pierson married Caroline Stoll.
George Wilson Pierson, George and Eliza’s son, studied at the Flushing Institute from 1847-1849 and from there moved to Newark, New Jersey where he studied to become a doctor. He married Sarah C. Wheeler, and with her had at least two children: Charles W. and Eliza D.
(See Crane-Pierson Family trees: located in the hard-copy of the finding aid in The New Jersey Historical Society Library’s reading room.)
Sources:
Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Genealogy of the Crane Family (Press of Charles Hamilton:Worcester, MA, 1900), Vol. II.
Pierson, Lizzie B. Pierson Genealogical Records (Joel Munsell: Albany, NY, 1878).
These following documents were donated by Roger P. Williams, the great grandson of Angeline (Crane) Williams, a descendant of Jasper Crane, in 1966: three Azariah Crane land deeds dated 1707, 1739, and 1755, and a bond between John Crane and Noah and Aaron Crane dated 1782. The source of the rest of the documents in this collection is unknown.
The papers consist largely of the correspondence, land deeds, and financial documents of three branches of the Crane family: the Benjamin Crane family, the Joseph Sidney Crane family, and the Rev. George Pierson family. The papers date from 1707-1942, with bulk dates of 1830-1900 and are arranged by record type: correspondence, land deeds/survey maps, bonds/mortgages, financial documents, probate records, appointments/certificates, church documents, compositions, genealogy material, newspaper clippings, printed material, and miscellaneous.
The correspondence is largely that of Charles Sidney Crane, Joseph Sidney Crane, and George Wilson Pierson, with a smaller number of letters to George Pierson, Sarah (Wheeler) Pierson, and Marietta H. Crane Woodruff. The letters cover a variety of topics in the post-Civil War era including the practice of medicine in New York, South Carolina, and Arkansas as described in the correspondence between Dr. Joseph S. Crane and his two brothers Dr. Charles Louis Crane and Dr. James Boatwright Crane; white southern views on “coloured folk” as described in the correspondence between Charles Sidney Crane and Lizzie Crane, and Joseph Sidney Crane and Elizabeth Sarah (Crane) Gregg; investment advice as described in the correspondence between Joseph Sidney Crane and Charles Louis Crane; political events, such as President Grover Cleveland’s election in 1885 and the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901, as described in the correspondence between Joseph S. Crane and James Boatwright Crane; descriptions of a young lady’s education as described in the correspondence between George Wilson Pierson and Gertrude E. Day, Sarah Pierson, and Matilda K. Pierson; a northern congregation’s view on abolition as described in the 1839 correspondence between Rev. George Pierson and Philip C. Day; and Crane family genealogy, which is researched in the correspondence of Charles Sidney Crane. General themes running through all of the letters include family news, deaths, births, marriages, visits, illnesses, and mentions of cholera, smallpox, and influenza outbreaks.
The land deeds and survey maps in the papers deal largely with land in Morris County, New Jersey, particularly Hanover, Pequannock, and Boonton. There are also early deeds signed by Azariah Crane (b. 1682) in the 1700s for lands that made up Cranetown, now Montclair, New Jersey. Other deeds were signed by Barbara (Bowlsby) Crane, Benjamin Crane (1753-1819), Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864), Joseph Sidney Crane, Timothy W. Crane, and Eleanor Woodruff Pennington.
The papers also contain financial documents, probate records, and work-related papers. These documents include such items as bonds and mortgages; the receipts and bills of the Rev. George Pierson; the account books of Dr. Joseph Sidney Crane and Rev. George Pierson; estate papers of Harriet D. Crane, Stephen D. Day, and Rev. George Pierson; and the wills of Nicholas Cook, Benjamin Crane (1753-1819), Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864), Josiah Crane, and Catharine A. Mower. The papers also contain the appointment certificates of Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864), Charles Sidney Crane, Charlton Wells Crane, David Nevius, and Peter S. Nevius, along with minutes and resolutions passed by the Sessions of the Presbyterian Churches of Wantage, New Jersey and Florida, New York, where Rev. George Pierson was pastor. These minutes and resolutions document various disputes such as a discrepancy in money raised for the church, the desire of the Deckertown (now Sussex) residents in the Wantage congregation to split off and form their own church, and a charge brought against Rev. George Pierson for marrying a young lady without her mother’s permission.
There are also a number of school compositions, mostly written by George Wilson Pierson, and genealogy research and notes, probably done by Charles Sidney Crane and possibly Marietta H. Crane Woodruff and her sister Barbara Florinda Crane Van Wagoner. The research involves the Crane, Pierson, Woodruff, Draper, Hequembourg, and Bowlsby families. There are also various newspaper clippings of obituaries and marriages, notes on the 1850 Crane Family Reunion, and various printed materials, such as invitations, programs, and brochures.
Manuscript Group 52, David D. Crane (1763-1838) Receipt book
Manuscript Group 457, Alfred J. Crane (fl. 1898-1919) Record book
Manuscript Group 565, Silas Crane (fl. 1805-1825) Account book
Manuscript Group 1064, Dr. Marietta H. Crane Woodruff (1837-1912) Record book
| Box | Folder | Title | Dates |
| Correspondence | |||
| 1 | 1 | To Charles Sidney Crane from A-Con: | |
| – Benj. Adams | 1898 | ||
| – Jane E. Andrews (8 letters) | 1897 | ||
| – Howard Barney, with 2 enclosures | 1900 | ||
| – B. Beacham | 1889 | ||
| – C.T. Berry | 1888 | ||
| – Dwight E. Bowers, forwarding a letter from Herbert H. Crain | 1888 | ||
| – Rev. Joseph Brewster | 1897 | ||
| – E. D. Burnet | 1891 | ||
| – Kate L. Burnet | 1888 | ||
| – Newton W. Cadwell | 1898 | ||
| – C. S. Converse (2 letters) | 1894 | ||
| 1 | 2 | To Charles Sidney Crane from Cooke-Crain: | |
| – Mrs. Henry C. Cooke (4 letters), with 2 letters to her from Charles S. Crane | 1896-1898 | ||
| – Herbert H. Crain (5 letters) | 1888-1891 | ||
| 1 | 3 | To Charles Sidney Crane from Crane, A-Crane, E: | |
| – Anne Faile Crane | 1935 | ||
| – Aug. Crane, Jr. | 1894 | ||
| – Aug. S. Crane (2 letters) | 1893-1894 | ||
| – C.A. Crane (2 letters) | 1888 | ||
| – E. B. Crane (11 letters), with letter to E. B. Crane from Charles S. Crane | 1888-1898 | ||
| – E. N. Crane | 1889 | ||
| – Elsie Schuyler Crane (7 letters) | 1911-1930, n. d. | ||
| 1 | 4 | To Charles Sidney Crane from Crane, H-Crane, W: | |
| – Hallie W. Crane | 1898 | ||
| – Harvey S. Crane | 1888 | ||
| – Henry W. Crane (2 letters) | 1888 | ||
| – Isaac Crane | 1889 | ||
| – Israel Crane | 1888 | ||
| – John C. Crane | 1894 | ||
| – John Jay Crane | 1889 | ||
| – John M. Crane | 1889 | ||
| – Joshua E. Crane | 1888 | ||
| – Lizzie Crane | 1885 | ||
| – M. M. Crane | 1894 | ||
| – M.S. Crane (2 letters) | 1888-1889 | ||
| – Oliver Crane (2 letters) | 1888 | ||
| – William Halstead Crane (2 letters) | 1899-1900 | ||
| 1 | 5 | To Charles Sidney Crane from D-H: | |
| – A. S. Draper | 1889 | ||
| – Frank B. Draper | 1890 | ||
| – J. de B. Draper | 1891 | ||
| – L. B.(?) Draper | 1891 | ||
| – T. Waln Morgan Draper (9 letters) | 1891-1892 | ||
| – William W. Draper | 1890 | ||
| – D. R. Frazer | 1888 | ||
| – Isaac J. Greenwood | 1894 | ||
| – Ellie E. Hall | n. d. | ||
| – Thomas V. Hall | 1891 | ||
| – Annie Amoux Haxtun (2 letters) | 1898 | ||
| – F. W. Hequembourg (2 letters) | 1895 | ||
| – W. A. Hequembourg (2 letters) | 1894-1895 | ||
| 1 | 6 | To Charles Sidney Crane from K-T: | |
| – Arthur S. Kimball | 1898 | ||
| – Dorothy H. Law (2 letters) | 1898-1899 | ||
| – John Matthews (2 letters) | 1897-1898 | ||
| – Samuel P. May, with enclosed letter from C. A. Crane to Samuel P. May | 1886-1888 | ||
| – Ella M. Peetr | 1896 | ||
| – S. H. Pemberton | 1887 | ||
| – Harry Hequembourg Pierson | 1934 | ||
| – Hoffman Kissam Reynolds | 1898 | ||
| – F. W. Ricord | 1894 | ||
| – Charles E. Run (2 letters) | 1888 | ||
| – Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury (2 letters) | 1888-1895 | ||
| – J. Reeve Sayre | 1888 | ||
| – Lillian B. Sherman | 1894 | ||
| – William S. Stryker (2 letters) | 1894 | ||
| – M. Adelaide Taylor | 1898 | ||
| – George O. Tuck | 1904 | ||
| – John Harvey Treat (2 letters) | 1888 | ||
| 1 | 7 | To Charles Sidney Crane from W and Unknown: | |
| – William R. Weeks | 1892 | ||
| – J. Whitehead | 1889 | ||
| – May B. Williams (3 letters) | 1895-1896 | ||
| – N. S. Williams | 1895 | ||
| – Charles W. Woolley (11 letters), with one letter from Charles Sidney Crane to Charles W. Woolley | 1898-1903, n. d. | ||
| – Cousin Emily | 1891 | ||
| – ( ), Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey | 1895 | ||
| 1 | 8 | To Joseph Sidney Crane from B-Crane, B: | |
| – Phillips Brooks | 1886 | ||
| – Anna E. Crane (8 letters) | 1887-1896 | ||
| – Arthur J. Crane | 1903 | ||
| – B. S. Crane (5 letters) | 1893-1903 | ||
| 1 | 9 | To Joseph Sidney Crane from Crane, C: | |
| -Charles L. Crane (25 letters) | 1872-1886, n. d. | ||
| 1 | 10 | To Joseph Sidney Crane from Crane, H-Crane, I: | |
| – Hallie W. Crane (7 letters) | 1894-1911 | ||
| – Isaac P. Crane | 1887 | ||
| 1 | 11 | To Joseph Sidney Crane from Crane, J-Crane, W: | |
| – James B. Crane (16 letters) | 1882-1901 | ||
| – John J. Crane (3 letters) | 1884, n. d. | ||
| – Wilson Crane | 1902 | ||
| 1 | 12 | To Joseph Sidney Crane from E-W: | |
| – Leighton W. Eckard (2 letters) | 1881 | ||
| – Samuel Fain | 1867 | ||
| – Robert W. Gibbes | 1867 | ||
| – Marion Gregg (2 letters) | 1899-1900 | ||
| – Sister ( ) (Crane) Gregg (10 letters) | 1893-1899 | ||
| – Mary E. Holt-Clark | 1903 | ||
| – W. A. Hequeubourg(?) | 1903 | ||
| – Julia A. Jones | 1903 | ||
| – J. E. Latham | 1902 | ||
| – Edith C. Leffert | 1903 | ||
| – F. Peyre Porcher | 1891 | ||
| – Sally Edmore Taylor | 1903 | ||
| – H. C. Wood, with letter from Joseph Sidney Crane to H. C. Wood | 1892 | ||
| 1 | 13 | To Rev. George Pierson from: | |
| – Harriet (Pierson) Collins (5 letters), with note from Phebe S. (Pierson) Condit and Sarah Ann Pierson (Terry) | 1836-1846 | ||
| – William L. Collins | 1843 | ||
| – Philip C. Day | 1839 | ||
| – E. F. Dayton | 1835 | ||
| – Moses Holden | 1836 | ||
| – A. Mission | 1855 | ||
| – George Phillips | n. d. | ||
| – Albert Pierson (2 letters) | 1836, 1845 | ||
| – George Wilson Pierson | 1848 | ||
| – Lydia D. Rankin, with Rev. Pierson’s reply | 1837 | ||
| – Rev. J. W. Wood | 1855 | ||
| 1 | 14 | To George Wilson Pierson from A-K: | |
| – Mrs. ( ) Adams | n. d. | ||
| – Theodore Baldwin (2 letters), with note from George Pierson | 1848, 1853 | ||
| – F. E. S. Condict | 1852 | ||
| – Charles R. Day (2 letters, first with note to Eliza (Pierson?) from Mary Day | 1843, 1851 | ||
| – Gertrude E. Day (11 letters) | 1848-1853, n. d. | ||
| – Phebe Anna Day | n. d. | ||
| – Edwin Dikeman | 1851 | ||
| – Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah N. Hoffman | 1850 | ||
| – Samuel Jessup (2 letters) | 1852 | ||
| – Kingsman & Cross | 1849 | ||
| 1 | 15 | To George Wilson Pierson from Pierson, C-Pierson, M: | |
| – Caroline E. Pierson (6 letters), some with notes from Fanny and Ellen Pierson | 1851-1853 | ||
| – Eliza L. Pierson (3 letters), with note from Caroline E. Pierson | 1851-1853 | ||
| – C. Pierson (2 letters) | 1876, n. d. | ||
| – Fanny E. Pierson (2 letters), with note from Ellen Pierson | 1852-1853 | ||
| – Rev. George Pierson (2 letters) | 1852 | ||
| – Cousin George Pierson | 1852 | ||
| – Matilda K. Pierson | 1850 | ||
| 1 | 16 | To George Wilson Pierson from Pierson, Sa: | |
| – Sarah A. Pierson (22 letters), with notes from her to George Pierson and to George Wilson Pierson from George Pierson Eliza L. Pierson | 1847-1853, n. d. | ||
| 1 | 17 | To George Wilson Pierson from Pierson, St- T and Unknown: | |
| – Stephen Pierson (4 letters), with notes from Ellen C. Pierson, Caroline E. Pierson, and Fanny E. Pierson | 1851-1853 | ||
| – William Pierson, Jr. | 1848 | ||
| – William H. Pierson | 1851 | ||
| – Clarence Poppins | 1848 | ||
| – P. Sidney Post | 1851 | ||
| – Theodore F. Seward | 1852 | ||
| – Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Florida, NY | 1849 | ||
| – Mary ( ) | 1875 | ||
| 1 | 18 | To Sarah (Wheeler) Pierson from: | |
| – Caroline E. Pierson (2 letters) | 1874-1875 | ||
| – Ellen C. Pierson (2 letters) | 1874-1878 | ||
| – Harriet C. Pierson (2 letters) | 1875-1876 | ||
| – Sarah A. Pierson | 1876 | ||
| – Albert S. Wheeler | 1879 | ||
| – ( ), 2 letters | 1876, n. d. | ||
| 2 | 1 | To Miscellaneous, A-P: | |
| – To Amelia B. Crane from Shearman & Sterling | 1936 | ||
| – To Anna Crane from Belle Crane | 1895 | ||
| – To Charlton W. Crane from Harry Hequembourg Pierson | 1934 | ||
| – To Eugene E. Crane from Carrie Crane Haines | 1899 | ||
| – To Hallie Crane from Joseph Sidney Crane | 1902 | ||
| – To Harriet Crane from Julia and Emily (Crane?) | 1903 | ||
| – To Rev. J. N. Crane from ( ) | 1864 | ||
| – To ( ) Crane from L. Henry Howard? | 1906 | ||
| – To M. E. Darling from William W. Draper | 1889 | ||
| – To Hon. Andrew S. Draper from ( ) | 1889 | ||
| – To Frank E. Draper from Charles Sidney Crane (2 letters) | 1891 | ||
| – To Ellen Ellis from Ellis (Draper?) | 1890 | ||
| – To ( ) Gaines from Alice V. Draper | 1913 | ||
| – To Jennie Heyer from Mr. and Mrs. Z. N. Heyer | 1894 | ||
| – To Jennie Heyer from Louis Weiler (3 letters) | 1884, 1888, n. d. | ||
| – To Jennie Heyer from Kathryn ( ) | n. d. | ||
| – To Jennie Heyer from Morris ( ) | 1907 | ||
| – To Jennie Heyer from Tillie ( ) (2 letters) | 1891-1892 | ||
| – To William R. Jenkins from Philip Roeder | 1894 | ||
| – To Mrs. Chas. N. Kent from Charles Sidney Crane | 1891 | ||
| – To William R. Pennington from George W. ( ) | 1929 | ||
| – To Charles W. Pierson from George P. Jessup | 1879 | ||
| – To Harry Hequembourg Pierson from ( ) | 1934 | ||
| – To Samuel S. Purple from Tarrant & Company | 1894 | ||
| – To Samuel S. Purple from Charles H. Woodruff (2 letters) | 1894 | ||
| 2 | 2 | To Miscellaneous, T-Z & Unknown: | |
| – To Adelaide Taylor from Charles Sidney Crane, copy, with copies of letters to A.S. Kimball and A. A. Haxtun also | 1898 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Anna J. Crouthers | 1903 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Carrie Crane Haines | 1899 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Abbie Crane Jones | 1896 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from W. Beach Plume | 1906 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Annie W. Reyman | 1899 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Hettie E. Rist (2 letters) | 1893, 1903 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Joshua R. Salmon | 1904 | ||
| – To Marietta H. Crane Woodruff from Sarah H. Van Wagener (3 letters) | 1895-1896 | ||
| – To Miss ( ) Woodruff from Harriet J. Cox | 1913 | ||
| – To Miss ( ) Woodruff from Alice V. Dixon | 1913 | ||
| – To Charles Woodruff Wooley, copies of letters | 1898-1899 | ||
| – To Charles ( ) from Eckard Crane | 1942 | ||
| – To Cornelia ( ) from ( ) | n. d. | ||
| – To Emily ( ) from Russell ( ) | 1925 | ||
| – To Fanny ( ) from Phebe and Gertrude Day | n. d. | ||
| – To “Grandma” from Walter ( ) | 1903 | ||
| – To “Sister” from B.F. Crane | n. d. | ||
| – To “Sister” from Caroline E. Pierson | 1852 | ||
| – To ( ) from ( ) | 1871 | ||
| – To ( ) from ( ) | 1894 | ||
| Land Deeds / Survey Maps: | |||
| 2 | 3 | Land Deeds of Barbara and Thomas Bowlsby: | |
| – Walter Kirkpatrick, administrator of Thomas E. Bowlsby to Barbara Bowlsby (copy) | 1829 | ||
| – Walter Kirkpatrick, administrator of Thomas E. Bowlsby to Barbara Bowlsby | 1836 | ||
| – George Bowlsby to Thomas Bowlsby | 1788 | ||
| – Allen and Eunice Howard to Thomas E. Bowlsby | 1817 | ||
| – John and Sarah Parlaman to Thomas E. Bowlsby | 1823 | ||
| – Joseph and Catharine Weymer to Thomas E. Bowlsby | 1824 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Land Deeds of Azariah Crane (b.1682): | |
| – Samuel Baldwin to Azariah Crane | 1739 | ||
| – Azariah Crane to Azariah Crane, Jr. (typed copy) | 1752 | ||
| – Azariah Crane to Job Crane | 1755 | ||
| – Robert Mains and Joshua Mains to Azariah Crane *(in oversize drawer)??* | 1707 | ||
| Land Deeds of Barbara (Bowlsby) Crane: | |||
| – Martin R. and Julia Van Duyne, Timothy W. and Catherine Crane, Abraham C. and Hetty Van Duyne, Stephen and Harriett C. Van Duyne, Christopher D. and Mary M.H. Woodruff, B. Flora Crane, Ephraim S. and Rowena Miller, Alexander H. and Lucinda Freeman, Enos W. and Elenor S. Martin, and Benjamin F. and Sarah Crane to Barbara Crane | 1864 | ||
| – Barbara Crane to Marietta H. Crane Woodruff | 1878 | ||
| Land Deeds of Benjamin Crane (1753-1819) and Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864): | |||
| – Samuel S. Berry to Benjamin Crane and Ezekiel B. Gains | 1826 | ||
| – Amzi L. and Nancy Ann Crane and Mehetabel Crane, widow of Benjamin Crane to Benjamin Crane, Jr. | 1819 | ||
| – Benjamin and Mehetabel Crane to Benjamin Crane, Jr. | 1815 | ||
| – Benjamin Crane to Benjamin Crane, Jr. | 1816 | ||
| – Jeremiah Crane to Benjamin Crane | 1832 | ||
| – Jeremiah and Charity Crane to Benjamin Crane | 1832 | ||
| – Benjamin and Eleanor Crane to John Crane | 1821 | ||
| – Samuel and Sally Ward to Benjamin Crane, Jr. | 1818 | ||
| – Charles J. and Sarah Graham to Benjamin Crane | 1824 | ||
| – Josiah and Sally Wines to Benjamin Crane, Jr. | 1815 | ||
| 2 | 5 | Land Deeds of Dr. Joseph S. Crane: | |
| – Thomas Hindly and John H. Hindly to Dr. Joseph S. Crane | 1829 | ||
| Land Deeds of Timothy W. Crane: | |||
| – Stephen and Harriet C. Van Duyne to Timothy W. Crane | 1842 | ||
| – Martin and Juliann Van Duyne to Timothy W. Crane | 1840 | ||
| – Enos W. and Eleanor Martin to Timothy W. Crane | 1842 | ||
| Land Deeds of Eleanor Woodruff Pennington: | |||
| – Eleanor W. and William R. Pennington to Standard Oil Company of New Jersey | 1929 | ||
| – Franklin C. and Carrie G. Woodruff, Walter G. and Hazel B. Woodruff, Philip Denman Woodruff, Albert Kip Woodruff, Malcolm Lee Woodruff, heirs of Flora C. Woodruff, to Eleanor W. Pennington | 1929 | ||
| Land Deeds: Miscellaneous | |||
| – Samuel Ogden to John Tucker (missing half of it) | n. d. | ||
| – William Stiles to Barnabas and Garreke Cook, Richard Garrabrant, Peter Garrabrant, Garret Garrabrant, Jacob and Sarah Garrabrant, David and Mariah Van Buskirk | 1819 | ||
| – Franklin C. Woodruff to Marietta H.C. Woodruff (bill of sale for goods and chattels, not land) | 1897 | ||
| 2 | 6 | Survey Maps: Crane Family | 1817, 1830, 1832, 1868, n. d. |
| Bonds/Mortgages: | |||
| 2 | 7 | Bond: John Crane to Noah Crane and Aaron Crane | 1782 |
| Bond: Stephen Crane to Silas Crane | 1765 | ||
| Bond: George Wilson Pierson to George Pierson | 1859 | ||
| Bond: Christopher D. and Marietta H. Woodruff to Barbara Crane | 1865 | ||
| Mortgage: Barbara Crane to Frank Baker | 1887 | ||
| Mortgage: Frank Baker to Barbara F. Crane | 1887 | ||
| Mortgage: Benjamin and Eleanor Crane and Timothy W. and Joan Crane to William Stiles | 1835 | ||
| Mortgage: Eleanor W. and William R. Pennington to the Boonton Building and Loan Association | 1922 | ||
| Mortgage: George Wilson Pierson and George Pierson | 1859 | ||
| Financial Documents: Receipts, Bills, Promissory Notes, Accounts | |||
| 2 | 8 | Receipts & Bills: Rev. George Pierson | 1828-1834 |
| 2 | 9 | Receipts & Bills: Rev. George Pierson | 1835-1843 |
| 2 | 10 | Receipts & Bills: Rev. George Pierson | 1844-1856 |
| 2 | 11 | Receipts & Bills: Rev. George Pierson | 1857-1883, n. d. |
| 2 | 12 | Receipts, Bills, Promissory Notes: Woodruff Family & Dr. Joseph Sidney Crane | 1879-1912, n. d. |
| 2 | 13 | Account Book: Dr. Joseph Sidney Crane | 1850-1853 |
| Account Book: Rev. George Pierson in account with the Trustees of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Wantage | 1835-1836 | ||
| Account Book: Rev. George Pierson | 1841 | ||
| Probate/Estate Documents: | |||
| 2 | 14 | Estate Papers: Harriet D. Crane | 1896-1900 |
| 2 | 15 | Estate Papers: Stephen D. Day | 1864 |
| 2 | 16 | Estate Papers: Rev. George Pierson, setting up trust for his children | 1859, 1860, n. d. |
| 2 | 17 | Wills: | |
| – Nicholas Cook | 1828 | ||
| – Benjamin Crane (1753-1819), with inventory of his estate | 1817, 1819 | ||
| – Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864), inventory of his estate only | 1864 | ||
| – Josiah Crane (copy) | 1785 | ||
| – Catharine A. Mower (copy), with 2 citations | 1903, 1906 | ||
| Appointments/Certificates | |||
| 2 | 18 | Benjamin Crane, Jr. (1787-1864): | |
| – Justice of the Peace for Morris County | 1832 | ||
| – Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Morris County | 1832 | ||
| – Assistant Marshall to aid in taking the 7th Census | 1850 | ||
| – Judge of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for Morris County | 1854 | ||
| – Commissioner for taking the Acknowledgment and Proof of Deeds for Morris County | 1860 | ||
| – Lawyer’s license | 1864 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Charles Sidney Crane: | |
| – Certificates of Merit from the Trinity School | 1880-1886 | ||
| Charlton Wells Crane: | |||
| – Certificates of Merit from the Trinity School | 1880-1886 | ||
| David Nevius: | |||
| – Justice of the Peace for Somerset County | 1800 | ||
| – Justice of the Peace for Somerset County | 1812 | ||
| – Justice of the Peace for Somerset County | 1817 | ||
| Peter S. Nevius: | |||
| – Justice of the Peace for Somerset County | 1829 | ||
| Church Documents of the Rev. George Pierson: Minutes and Resolutions | |||
| 3 | 2 | The Session of the 1st Presbyterian Church of Wantage, NJ: Decktertown residents want to split off and create a new church | 1838-1839 |
| The Session of the Presbyterian Church of Florida, NY: discrepancy between Jefferson Post and A. Post in the money raised by the church to purchase a seraphim | 1858 | ||
| The Presbytery of Hudson and the Session of the Presbyterian Church of Florida, NY: charges by Julia A. Atwood and Leonora Atwood against Rev. George Pierson for marrying her daughter without permission | 1862 | ||
| Signed certificate stating that Rev. George Pierson married Thomas Cox and Hannah A. Wynans | 1866 | ||
| Subscription to raise money for Rev. George Pierson’s salary as the pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Florida, NY | n. d. | ||
| Compositions | |||
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Sidney Crane | 1840 |
| 3 | 4 | George Wilson Pierson | 1842-1848, n. d. |
| 3 | 5 | George Wilson Pierson – Composition books | 1842, 1844, 1846, n. d. |
| 3 | 6 | Journals (2) – Unknown author, possibly Charles Sidney Crane | 1882 |
| Genealogy | |||
| 3 | 7 | Genealogy Notes and Research | |
| 3 | 8 | Genealogy Notes and Research | |
| 3 | 9 | Crane Family Photos | 1889, n. d. |
| 3 | 10 | Notes on the Crane Family Reunion | 1850 |
| Newspaper Clippings | |||
| 3 | 11 | Engagements and Marriages | 1894-1947, n. d. |
| 3 | 12 | Obituaries & Wills | 1891-1947, n. d. |
| 3 | 13 | Genealogy | 1898-1907, n. d. |
| 3 | 14 | Miscellaneous | 1889-1950, n. d. |
| Printed Material | |||
| 3 | 15 | Invitations | 1887-1904 |
| 3 | 16 | Programs | 1881-1900 |
| 3 | 17 | Brochures & Flyers | |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| 3 | 18 | Merit card | n. d. |
| Crane & Co. bond paper | n. d. | ||
| Report cards (2) – Charles Sidney Crane | 1875, 1876 | ||
| Electricity service contract | 1919 | ||
| Telephone service contract | 1913 | ||
| Subscription to the A. S. S. Union | n. d. | ||
| List of authors and works, with prices | n. d. | ||
| Three large empty envelopes | n. d. | ||
| Signatures and torn pieces | n. d. | ||
