Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Strafford and Belknap countries, New Hampshire . presentativeone throughout New England. Jasper Cranesigned the fundamental agreements of theNew Haven Colony, June 4, 1639, and was anassistant of that colony ten years and of theunited Connecticut colony three years. HenryCrane settled in that part of Dorchester, Mass.,that is now Milton. His descendants are nu-merous. One of them, John by name, born in1658, settled in Taunton, Mass. He was theprogenitor of the numerous families of thatname in Norton and Canton, Mass. LutherC
Biographical review : containing life sketches of leading citizens of Strafford and Belknap countries, New Hampshire . presentativeone throughout New England. Jasper Cranesigned the fundamental agreements of theNew Haven Colony, June 4, 1639, and was anassistant of that colony ten years and of theunited Connecticut colony three years. HenryCrane settled in that part of Dorchester, Mass.,that is now Milton. His descendants are nu-merous. One of them, John by name, born in1658, settled in Taunton, Mass. He was theprogenitor of the numerous families of thatname in Norton and Canton, Mass. LutherCrane was a native of Canton. Luther Crane, grandfather of the subject ofthis sketch, was by trade a hatter. Naturallyingenious and with a turn for mechanics, heset up the first cotton loom ever used in thecity of Lowell. He was there employed as asjjinner in the Hamilton Mills. He lived tobe eighty-five years of age. Only two of hisfive children survive. John S. Crane, the father of Mazellah L.,was born in Ware, Mass. He learned themachinists trade at Salmon Falls, : andhe worked also in Lowell and Lawrence,. MAZELLAH L. CRANE. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW ? S; Mass., and IManclicstcr, Tn 1855 hewont to Franklin in tliis State, where he hadhis hrst e\[ierience in connection witli Icnit-ing machines. In 1856 he became interestedin the manufacturing industries at ,being here first employed by B. J. Cole tobuikl knitting machines for Thomas Apple-ton. Step by step he became master of thetrade, until in 1873 he designed and per-fected a machine on the same principle formaking shirts and other underwear. In 1875he was Representative to the legislature fromLaconia and in 1878 from Gilford. Since1S72 he has been engaged in the manufactureof knitting machines. Mazellah L. Crane, the only child of hisparents, attended the common schools and NewHampton Institute, after which he learned themachinists trade in his fathers factory. In1885 he became associated in the businesswith
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