Manuscript Group 422, Crane-Pierson Family Papers, 1707-1942 (Bulk dates: 1830-1900)

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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

Summary


Summary:

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

Biographical Note:

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).


Provenance Note:

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.


Scope and Content Note:

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.

Related Collections:

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 List:

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.
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