Cram Family - Earlville Post

1 1 Prepared by Stuart Bloom, PO Box 487, Earlville , IL 60518. 2005 by Stuart Bloom. All rights Chandler StuartEzekiel StuartFrank StuartHarland StuartAbigail CramRuth BachelderAbigail LaneAbigail EastmanJohn CramBenjamin CramJohn CramCram FamilyJOHN1 cram (1597-1682) M. (1624) ESTHER WHITE (D. 1677)BENJAMIN2 cram (B. C1640) M. (1662) ARGENTINE CROMWELLJOHN3 cram (B. 1665) M. MARY WADLEIGHABIGAIL4 cram (1695-1773) M. (1714) JOHN BATCHELDER (1692-1753)John1 cram (1597-1682) and Esther (White) cram (d. 1677)JOHN1 cram was baptized on 29 Jan 1596/97 at Filby, Lincolnshire, England, the son of THOMASA and JANE (_____) cram and grandson of JOHNB cram of Well in Alford, cram married ESTHER WHITE in June 1624 at 1629, the Crams were at Farlsthorpe, Lincolnshire.

2 They had come to New England and were in Muddy River (later Brookline), Mass. by minister at Filby was the Rev. John Wheelwright, who came to Massachusetts in 1636, and the Crams may have come with He was definitely in New England with a houselot at Muddy River by January 1637/38, and may have crossed over by 1635. 5In 1637 in Massachusetts, Wheelwright became involved in a theological dispute with the colony s government. He and his followers were banished from the colony, and they established a settlement in Exeter, N. H. Since the Crams appear in Exeter in 1637,6 they were undoubtedly still followers of Rev. later managed to get back into the good graces of the Massachusetts Bay Colony authorities and then moved to Hampton, N.

3 H. (then within the boundaries of Massachusetts). By 1650 John cram had followed Wheelwright to cram died in Hampton on 16 May cram made a will in which he mentions sons Benjamin and Thomas and daughters Mary and cram died in Hampton on 5 Mar 1681 and Esther (White) cram had the following children: i. Elizabeth cram , baptized at Filby on 11 Mar 1625/2611 ii. John cram , baptized at Filby 16 Feb 1627/28,12 died young13 iii. John cram , born in Filby 13 Apr 1629,14 buried at Farlsthorpe on 16 Apr 163315 iv. Joseph cram , baptized at Farlsthorpe 5 Oct 1632,16 drowned at Exeter, on 24 Jun 164817 v. BENJAMIN2 cram , born about 1640,18 q. v. vi. Thomas cram , born about 1644,19 probably in Exeter. He married Elizabeth Weare on 20 Dec She was the daughter of Nathaniel Weare of Hampton.

4 21 They resided at Hampton. 22 vii. Mary She married Abraham Tilton in Hampton on 25 Jan Abraham Tilton was the son of William and Susanna (_____) Mary was living in 1671/72 but apparently died soon thereafter26 and Abraham married (2) Deliverance _____ (probably Littlefield).27 Abraham died on 28 Mar viii. Lydia cram , born in Exeter on 27 Jul 1648,29 living in 166530 Benjamin2 cram (b. c1640) and Argentine (Cromwell) CramBENJAMIN2 cram (JOHN1) was born about 1640,31 probably in Exeter, N. cram married ARGENTINE2 CROMWELL (GILES1) in Hampton, N. H. on 28 Nov 2 cram cram made his will on 1 Mar 1707 It was proved on 5 Dec Argentine survived and Argentine (Cromwell) cram had the following children: i. Sarah cram , born on 19 Sep She married Jacob Basford of Hampton Falls (as his second wife) on 27 Mar They were living in Chester, N.

5 H. in ii. JOHN3 cram , born in Hampton on 6 Apr 1665,39 q. v. iii. Benjamin cram , born on 30 Dec He married (1) Sarah She was the daughter of JOSEPH and ABIGAIL (PARTRIDGE) SHAW, q. v. He married (2) Elizabeth _____, who was named in the process of administration of his will in December iv. Mary cram , born on 6 Aug 166943 v. Joseph cram , born on 12 Apr He married Jane Philbrick on 17 May vi. Hannah cram , born on 22 Aug She married William Fifield on 26 Oct He died on 8 Mar 1714 She was living in vii. Esther cram , born on 16 Oct 167550 viii. Jonathan cram , born on 26 Apr He died on 3 Dec ix. Elizabeth cram , born on 3 Jan She married Samuel cram (b. 1665) and Mary (Wadleigh) CramJOHN3 cram (BENJAMIN2 JOHN1) was born on 6 Apr 1665 in Hampton, N.

6 cram married MARY3 WADLEIGH (ROBERT2 JOHN1).56 Mary cram died before 13 Jan 1730. On that date, John married Susanna (Page) She was daughter of Francis Page and the widow of Benjamin cram made his will in It was proved in and Mary (Wadleigh) cram had the following children:61 i. Benjamin He married Abigail She was born on 24 Jun 1700, the daughter of John and Abigail (Batchelder) Dearborn. ii. John He married his cousin Mary iii. Jonathan He lived on the homestead in Hampton His will was made in 1759 and proved in iv. ABIGAIL2 cram , born in Hampton on 10 Sep 1695, married JOHN BATCHELDER, q. for cram Family1 Victor Channing Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, NEHGR 68:64-80 (1914)2 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, citing Filby PR.

7 The date is given by Sanborn as 8[?] June3 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families,.1:3164 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 5 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 6 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:3167 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 8 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:3169 Dow, History of Hampton, 2:64910 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31611 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:316; Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, citing Filby PR12 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:316; Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, citing Filby PR13 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31614 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:317; Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, citing Filby PR15 Davis, Mass.

8 & Maine Families, 1:317; Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, citing Farlsthorpe PR16 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:317; Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers, citing Farlsthorpe PR17 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:3173 cram Family18 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 19 He is called about 65 in 1709 and about 69 in 1713 [Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:317]20 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31721 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 22 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 23 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31724 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:317, 3:45725 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 3:445-44626 Davis, Mass.

9 & Maine Families, 3:45827 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 3:45828 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 3:46029 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31730 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31731 Sanborn, The Lincolnshire Origins of Some Exeter Settlers 32 Hampton VR, 1:74, from Hampton Town Book, 2:398. She is named in her father s will as Argentine cram , wife of Benjamin. [Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts, 2:335, citing Essex Co. PR 6583]33 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31734 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31735 Davis, Mass. & Maine Families, 1:31736 GDMNH, 113*37 GDMNH, 23*38 GDMNH, 23*39 GDMNH, 113*40 GDMNH, 113*41 GDMNH, 113*42 GDMNH, 113*43 GDMNH, 113*44 GDMNH, 113*45 GDMNH, 113*46 GDMNH, 113*47 GDMNH, 177*48 GDMNH, 177*49 GDMNH, 177*50 GDMNH, 113*51 GDMNH, 113*52 GDMNH, 113*53 GDMNH, 113*54 GDMNH, 113*55 Dow, History of Hampton, 2:65056 GDMNH, 652*57 GDMNH, 113*58 GDMNH, 25*59 GDMNH, 113*60 GDMNH, 113*61 Order uncertain.

10 GDMNH, 113*, says that he had seven children, but names only Benjamin, John, and Jonathan62 GDMNH, 113*63 GDMNH, 113*64 GDMNH, 113*65 GDMNH, 113*66 GDMNH, 113*67 GDMNH, 113*68 GDMNH, 113*4 cram Family