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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
Biographical Note
Provenance Note
Scope and Content Note
Related Collections
Box List

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 7^th 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 1^st 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 7^th 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 1^st 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.

Processed by Kim Charlton as part of the "Farm to City" project funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

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