History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . ord, and resided on the same farm which he had oc-cupied from the first, living to see a large town andpopulation surrounding him, and in a few years sellinghis farm, which was needed for lots and buildingpurposes, and purchasing a residence formerly occu-pied by Mr. Anderson, where he died a few yearssince. Mrs. Crane died November, 1879. Benjamin Crane (third son of Benjamin, second sonof Benjamin, first son of John, son of Stephen Crane)married Sarah Thompson ; lived on the road t
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men . ord, and resided on the same farm which he had oc-cupied from the first, living to see a large town andpopulation surrounding him, and in a few years sellinghis farm, which was needed for lots and buildingpurposes, and purchasing a residence formerly occu-pied by Mr. Anderson, where he died a few yearssince. Mrs. Crane died November, 1879. Benjamin Crane (third son of Benjamin, second sonof Benjamin, first son of John, son of Stephen Crane)married Sarah Thompson ; lived on the road to West-field, near Vreelands mills. They had eleven chil-dren, who are of the sixth generation from StephenCrane,— 1. John, who married Mary Clark, daughter ofRobert, of Rahway. 2. Abigail, married David Keyt, son of James. 3. Esther, who died at about eighteen or twentyyears, unmarried. 4. Hezekiah Thompson, married first Amanda Os-born. 5. Phebe, married first Francis Randolph, son ofDr. Robert Randolph; for his second wife she mar- » 5& M ta y !^ Ir- fe (O) l33l s ?n (2) @ 59 @ s p e la ® (§). TOWNSHIP OF CRANFORD. 403 ried George R. King, of Warren County, and livedthere. 6. Charlotte King, married Hedges Baker, son ofDaniel Baker. 7. Norris, who went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and mar-ried there. 8. Jacob Thompson, went to Cincinnati and diedthere at thirty-five years, unmarried. 9. Benjamin (-tth), married Electa Baker as her sec-ond hushand, daughter of Daniel. 10. David Johnson, married Anne Eliza Roll,daughter of Isaac, son of John Roll. 11. Moses Thompson, married Anna Eliza Scud-der (Mrs. Crane died Dec. 13, 1881). They had twochildren,—1, Theodore Augustus, and 2, Sarah Anne,who died. Mr. Moses T. Crane has built himself a fine resi-dence upon Walnut Avenue, the old Westfield roadto Elizabeth. William Crane (son of John Grant Crane andSally Pierson, daughter of William Pierson), marriedKeziah, daughter of John Miller of Westfield. Heowned and lived on a farm on the
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