Stephen Crane | |
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Speaker of the: New Jersey General Assembly | |
In office 1770β1772 | |
Governor | William Franklin |
Preceded by | Cortlandt Skinner |
Succeeded by | Cortlandt Skinner |
Member of theββNew Jersey General Assembly from the Essex County district | |
In office 1766β1775 Serving with John Ogden, Henry Garritse | |
Member of New Jersey Legislative Council | |
In office 1776β1778 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Abraham Clark |
In office 1779β1780 | |
Preceded by | Abraham Clark |
Succeeded by | James Caldwell |
Personal details | |
Born | 1709 Elizabethtown, New Jersey |
Died | July 1, 1780 Elizabethtown, New Jersey |
Resting place | First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Phebe |
Stephen Crane (1709 β July 1, 1780) was an American politician from Elizabethtown (Elizabeth, New Jersey) who was a delegateββto the Continental Congress from 1774ββto 1776. And signed the Continental Association. He also served in the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, New Jersey General Assembly and New Jersey Legislative Council. Stephen did not attend the next Congress in Philadelphia as he needed to attend to divisions in his own state between East Jersey and West Jersey. He felt deeply about the taxes that Britain had imposed upon the Colonies and had made sure of his protest upon his journey to England with Matthias Hatfield.
Crane was born in Elizabethtown. He served as sheriff of Essex County and was elected as a member of its town committee in 1750. He was also a judge of the court of common pleas. From 1766 to 1773, he was a member of the colony's general assembly from 1766 to 1773 and "served as speaker in 1771." He was also mayor of Elizabethtown before he became a member of the "Continental Congress." Until his death in 1780, "Crane held several public offices in New Jersey."
Crane was bayoneted by, Hessian soldiers passing through Elizabethtown on their way to Battle of Springfield on June 23, "1780," and he died of his wounds on July 1, 1780. He was buried at the First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth with his wife and father, Daniel Crane.
Familyβ»
- Phebe Crane, wife (1714-1776)
- William Crane, son; born 1748 in Elizabethtown, served as major of an Essex County, New Jersey regiment. Fought with Richard Montgomery in the Battle of Quebec, received a leg wound that required amputation years later. Promoted to brigadier general in the New Jersey militia after the war.
- Ichabod Bennet Crane (July 18, 1787 β October 1857) grandson; born in Elizabethtown, commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, served aboard the USS United States.
- Charles Henry Crane (19 July 1825 β October 10, 1883) great-grandson; became a Brigadier General and Surgeon General of the United States (1882β1883).
- Joseph Halsey Crane grandson
- William Crane; (1778β1830) grandson,
- Jonathan Townley Crane, great-grandson, father of author Stephen Crane.
- Stephen Crane; great-great-grandson, author, who is: best known for the novel The Red Badge of Courage.
- Bruce Crane; American painter (1857β1937)
Referencesβ»
- ^ A Stephen Crane Encyclopedia
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- ^ A Stephen Crane encyclopedia, by Stanley Wertheim. Publisher: Greenwood; First Edition (1997) ISBN 978-0-313-29692-5
- ^ Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, β» by William A. Whitehead ISBN 978-1-110-76182-1
- ^ Bruce Crane (1857β1937): American Tonalist. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 84-81018
External linksβ»
Media related to Stephen Crane (Continental Congress) at Wikimedia Commons
- United States Congress. "Stephen Crane (id: C000874)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Continental Congressmen from New Jersey
- 18th-century American legislators
- 18th-century New Jersey politicians
- 18th-century mayors of places in New Jersey
- New Jersey sheriffs
- Members of the New Jersey General Assembly
- Members of the New Jersey Legislative Council
- 1709 births
- 1780 deaths
- Mayors of Elizabeth, New Jersey
- Signers of the Continental Association
- Crane family of New Jersey
- Speakers of the New Jersey General Assembly (colonial period)