Hi All, I have sent this to the Treat, Crain, and Smith lists and it occurred to me, belatedly, that I should have also sent it to all of you kind folks! Thanks for any and all help. Kathleen > >I have recently come across information on a webpage as follows: > > >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/h/a/m/Bonnie-L-Hamilton/GENE3-0012.html >: Ancestors of Joseph Alexander Cook > > 252. James Smith, born 1665 in Scotland; died 1717 in Orange, NJ. >He married 253. Mary Crane Abt. 1693 in Newark, NJ. > 253. Mary Crane, born 1675 in Newark, NJ; died Unknown in Orange, >NJ. She was the daughter of 506. Azariah Crane and 507. Mary Treat. > >Notes for James Smith: >James Smith , the ancestor of the Orange, NJ families, came to this >country from Scotland as a boy, about 1680. He was apprenticed to Deacon >Azariah Crane who was a blacksmith. He aquired property on the east >which became known as Scotland Ridge, and west sides of the Orange >(Newark) Mountains, the later tract, known as the Horseneck Purchase >bought from the Indians, extending west to the Passaic River. He was a >man of marked influence in the community. He married Mary Crane, >daughter of Azariah and Mary Treat Crane. When James died Mary married >John Baldwin. > >Ref >The Condits and their Cousins in America, v 6 ed Norman I Condit 1980 >Gen and Biog Hist of Newark, NJ, 1898 p 162 > > Children of James Smith and Mary Crane are: > > 126 i. Joseph Smith, born 1701 in Orange, NJ; died Unknown in >Orange, NJ; married Hannah Abt. 1722 in Orange, NJ. > ii. James Smith, born 1694; died Unknown. > iii. Mary Smith, born Abt. 1696; died Unknown. > iv. Hannah Smith, born Abt. 1698; died Unknown. > v. John Smith, born 1703. > vi. Ebenezer Smith, born Abt. 1705. > vii. David Smith, born 1705. > viii. Sarah Smith, born Abt. 1707. > ix. Jane Smith, born Abt. 1709. > >I am descended through James Smith, to Joseph, to Hannah m. Silas Dodd >(of Stephen). The Condit Genealogy only says that James married an >unnmaed Crane, and lists three male children; Joseph, 1701; David, 1705, >and James. Sketchy lines of descent are given for Joseph and David. I >don't have access to the Gen and Biog Hist of Newark, NJ, 1898 p 162, so >I don't know what this says. > >Can anyone verify and hopefully provide additional sources for the >marriage of Mary Crane and James Smith? Both the Crane and Treat >genealogies state she married a Baldwin, with no mention of James Smith. >I don't know what the details of the Baldwin marriage were either, so >can't eliminate this possiblity based on birthdates of children etc. > Does anyone have the maiden name of Joseph Smith's wife Hannah? >I would appreciate any and all help, > >Thanks, >Kathleen Pantano >kpantano@hotmail.com >kpantano@msn.com > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com