Elijah Crane (August 29, 1754
-February 21, 1834)
was a
Canton, Massachusetts
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of downtown Boston.
Hist ...
farmer, and inn keeper,
who served as the first Town Clerk, and on the first Board of Selectmen of
Canton, Massachusetts
Canton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,370 at the 2020 census. Canton is part of Greater Boston, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of downtown Boston.
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Crane was also the first representative to the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
from
Canton,
and the sheriff of
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a boro ...
from May 16, 1810
to 1811 and from June 20, 1812
to 1834.
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Crane also served as the 24th Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts during 1833 and until his death in 1834.
He was involved with the creation of the ]Dedham Bank
The Dedham Bank was a bank in Dedham, Massachusetts. It was located on the corner of High and Pearl Streets.
Those involved with the establishment of the bank in 1814 include Elijah Crane, Willard Gay, Samuel Haven, John Guild, Jabez Chickerin ...
.
Revolutionary War service
Crane served with his militia company during the Siege of Boston
The siege of Boston (April 19, 1775 – March 17, 1776) was the opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army, which was garrisoned in what was then the peninsular town ...
, at the fortification known as the Lamb's Den in the American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
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1834 deaths
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