Hi, In response to the Burnet inquiry; Did you ever come across a possible Moses Burnet involved in a counterfeit money ring for the British c. 1779 with a Benjamin Bonnell/Bunnell in or around Morris Co., NJ? I would be interested. Thanks, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "L. H_iler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 6:46 PM Subject: [NJMORRIS] Re: Brandt, Crane, Burnet > Posted on: Morris County Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NJ/Morris/12050 > > Surname: Brandt, Brant, Crane, Burnet, Burnett, Minton, Prince, Phippen, > Hennion, Baldwin, DeMott, Ward > ------------------------- > > Cheryl posted: > >I descend from Susannah Brandt, wife of Moses Crane, whose gravestone > >at Vail Cemetery, old Presbyterian Churchyard, Parsippany, NJ, says > >she departed this life August 17, 1776, in the 46 year of her life. > > My source was, "Genealogy of the Crane Family", Vol. 2, by Ellery B. > Crane; 1900; pg. 317 and I think it said the Aug, 14, but looks like that > is an error. > > >The gravestone of Moses Crane is in bad shape but JoAnn Crane-Coriston's > >book "Crane Chronicles" shows him b. 23 April 1730 d. 12 Feb 1795. Their > >son Daniel Prince Crane m. Phebe Burnet. Our family history states that > >Rachel Crane was their daughter and she married Moses Mount Ward. Their > >daughter Julia Ann Ward born at Wardsburg, an old part of Parsippany now > >under the Jersey City Reservoir, married my ancestor William Norcross > >Hennion. > > You must known Diane Ward Sives then? > > >I believe William and Julia (Ward) Hennion were third cousins as his > >mother was Phebe Baldwin, daughter of Ezekiel Baldwin and Martha (prob. > >Hayward). Phebe married John D. Hennion as his 2nd wife (first wife > >Catylyntie DeMott). Ezekiel Baldwin was the son of Zachariah Baldwin III > >and his wife Rebecca Crane d/o Azariah Crane Jr. This Rebecca Crane was > >supposedly the sister of Moses Crane. > > That exactly corresponds with the data I have. > > >I photographed a gravestone at Vail Cemetery for a John Crane died 15 > Oct > >1863 aged 80 years. The "Crane Chronicles" shows that Daniel Prince Crane > >and Phebe Burnet had a son named John. Near this John is a stone for a > >Ralph Crane. Clarissa DeMott, widow of John and Phebe (Baldwin) Hennion's > >son Abraham Hennion, married 2nd to a Ralph Crane. Clarissa and Abraham > >Hennion are buried in Montville and I wonder if this Ralph Crane buried > at > >Vail was her 2nd husband. > > I have several hundred Crane's listed, and one Ralph listed, also a child > of Daniel Prince Crane and Phebe Burnet. Phebe had a brother, Ralph > Burnet, my ancestor. Ralph Burnet married Rachel Crane, sister of Daniel > Prince Crane. > > John could be Decon John Crane, husband of Mary (Polly) Minton. He is > also a son of Daniel Prince Crane. > > >There is interesting documentation at the Terhune Library at Crane House > >in Montclair concerning the Prince family and it seems there are different > >opinions as to whether the maiden name of Azariah Jr's wife was Prince > or > >Lampson. > > Most of the data I've seen now shows Azariah Jr's wife as Rebecca PRINCE, > daughter of Job Prince & Rebecca Phippen. How she met Azariah Jr. (born > in NJ) is anyone's guess. But her mother is shown in Milford, New Haven > County, Connecticut; there's a chance the Crane's visited their "old > stomping grounds". > > Now if you know anything about Susannah Brandt, I'd be most happy! > > Thanks for posting. > > > Link: The Desendants of Edward Ball of New Jersey > URL: <http://www.altlaw.com/edball> >

Paul, If you have a copy of it, I believe this counterfeiting ring is mentioned in the Munsell's History of Morris County. If it's not this one, then there was more than one.......... Are you from Amesbury MA? If so, I've got the Lt Jonathan FARREN family of AmesburyMA and Newtown NH pretty well covered in the early/mid 1700s. If you know anyone there who is researching that line, let me know. Cheers Rich in NH Paul Bunnell wrote: > > Hi, > > In response to the Burnet inquiry; Did you ever come across a possible Moses > Burnet involved in a counterfeit money ring for the British c. 1779 with a > Benjamin Bonnell/Bunnell in or around Morris Co., NJ? I would be interested. >

Cheryl Hennion Hahn wrote:- ***excerpt*** > >There is interesting documentation at the Terhune Library at Crane House > >in Montclair concerning the Prince family and it seems there are different > >opinions as to whether the maiden name of Azariah Jr's wife was Prince > >or Lampson. Lawrence Hiler responded:- ***excerpt*** > Most of the data I've seen now shows Azariah [Crane] Jr's wife as Rebecca PRINCE, > daughter of Job Prince & Rebecca Phippen. Ed Burnet responds:- If you've any thought that Azariah's wife may be Rebecca Lamson, as published in "The Descendants of Jasper Crane," I refer you to an article in: Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey May 1988, Vol. 63, No. 2, pages 89 & 90 "Rebecca, The Wife of Azariah Crane II" by William Y. Pryor Mr. Pryor presents cogent evidence to support his conclusion that "...Rebecca was actually Rebecca Prince as indicated in 'Families of Early Milford, Connecticut.'" Ed Burnet