Elijah Crane
1665 - Abt 1727 (62 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Elijah Crane was born in 1665 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, CT (son of Benjamin Crane, Sr. and Mary Backus); died about Feb 1727 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, CT. Elijah married Abigail Adams about 1715 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT. Abigail (daughter of Samuel Adams and Mary Meeker) was born on 25 Mar 1682 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Sarah Crane was born about 1718 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, CT; died in in Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT.
2. Benjamin Crane, Sr. was born in 1633 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (son of John Crane and Elizabeth Hayward); died on 31 May 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT. Benjamin married Mary Backus on 23 Apr 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT. Mary (daughter of William Backus and Elizabeth Pratt) was born on 6 May 1632 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 8 Jul 1717 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Backus was born on 6 May 1632 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (daughter of William Backus and Elizabeth Pratt); died on 8 Jul 1717 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT. Children:
- Benjamin Crane was born on 1 Mar 1655/1656 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 20 Jun 1693.
- Joseph Crane was born on 1 Apr 1661 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 28 Apr 1707.
- 1. Elijah Crane was born in 1665 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, CT; died about Feb 1727 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, CT.
- Abraham Crane was born in 1667-1668 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 5 Jul 1713 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.
- Israel Crane was born on 1 Nov 1671 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT; died on 28 Apr 1707 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.
Generation: 3
4. John Crane was born on 31 Oct 1594 in Freston, Suffolkshire, England; died in in Connecticut. John married Elizabeth Hayward. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Hayward Children:
- 2. Benjamin Crane, Sr. was born in 1633 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 31 May 1691 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.
6. William Backus was born about 1606 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England (son of William Backus and Sarah Gardiner); died on 7 Jun 1664 in Norwich, New London County, CT; was buried in June 1661 in Post & Gager cemetery, Norwich, New London County, CT. William married Elizabeth Pratt about 1627 in England. Elizabeth was born about 1603 in England; died on 9 Feb 1642/1643 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Elizabeth Pratt was born about 1603 in England; died on 9 Feb 1642/1643 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Children:
- Sarah Backus was born on 31 Aug 1628 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 2 Jul 1702 in Norwich, New London County, CT.
- Samuel Backus was born in 1630 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England; died on 7 Jan 1630/1631 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
- 3. Mary Backus was born on 6 May 1632 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 8 Jul 1717 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT.
- Lieutenant William Stephen Backus was born on 23 Nov 1634 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1634 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died in 1721 in Norwich, New London County, CT.
- Lydia Backus was born on 31 Dec 1637 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died in 1696 in Haddam, Middlesex County, CT.
- Stephen Backus was born on 3 Jan 1640/1641 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT; died in 1695 in Canterbury, Windham County, CT.
- Hannah Backus was born on 11 Dec 1667 in Munich, New London County, CT; died on 25 Feb 1751/1752 in Norwich, New London County, CT.
Generation: 4
12. William Backus was born on 12 May 1551 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; was christened in in Whixley Parish, Green Hammerton, Yorkshire, England (son of Robert Backus and Isabel Bleasdale). William married Sarah Gardiner. Sarah was born in 1584. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Sarah Gardiner was born in 1584. Children:
- 6. William Backus was born about 1606 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 7 Jun 1664 in Norwich, New London County, CT; was buried in June 1661 in Post & Gager cemetery, Norwich, New London County, CT.