The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . 11 o/< Crane of Berkley are named amongthe Narragansett grantees to whomlands were granted in the town _ ofGreenwich, Narragansett No. 4, in 1733,and in the inventory of the estate ofBenjamin Crane of Berkley tiled withthe probate court records in Taunton-Nov. 2, 1721, we find, Item one sur-uayers chaine and deuiders all ofwhich aid in identifying the BenjaminCrane, who died in Dighton, Oct. 13,1721, as the soldier in King Philips warand the surveyor of Dartmouth would be a great acquisition to thetreasures of this society if it could nowobta
The Old Dartmouth historical sketches . 11 o/< Crane of Berkley are named amongthe Narragansett grantees to whomlands were granted in the town _ ofGreenwich, Narragansett No. 4, in 1733,and in the inventory of the estate ofBenjamin Crane of Berkley tiled withthe probate court records in Taunton-Nov. 2, 1721, we find, Item one sur-uayers chaine and deuiders all ofwhich aid in identifying the BenjaminCrane, who died in Dighton, Oct. 13,1721, as the soldier in King Philips warand the surveyor of Dartmouth would be a great acquisition to thetreasures of this society if it could nowobtain possession of this old problem of the standard of meas-urement used by Crane in his surveyswould then be solved, a matter nowsomewhat shrouded in mystery. Crane was chosen by the generalcourt, Nov. 30, 1720, with Jacob Thomp-son, Esq., and Hon, Samuel Thaxter, acommittee to run the divisional line be-tween the easterly end of Norton andthe other part thereof conformable toorders of the general court passedMarch 17, 1710.
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