Re: Ashel/Asa/Asahel Cram/Lydia Lewis family
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Re: Ashel/Asa/Asahel Cram/Lydia Lewis family
SHARON WALTON 5/30/03
Sharon, It turns out that Daniel is listed in The History of the Town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, 1735-1905, by Rev. D. Donovan and Jacob A. Woodward, on p.721. I added the info there to my database, and have the following for you:
Ancestors of Daniel Cram
Generation No. 1
1.Daniel Cram, born January 08, 1815 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died January 10, 1898 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.He was the son of 2. Benjamin Cram and 3. Polly Vose.
Generation No. 2
2.Benjamin Cram, born March 08, 1774 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died April 12, 1835 in New Ipswitch, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.He was the son of 4. Benjamin Cram and 5. Olive Chamberlain.He married 3. Polly Vose Abt. 1806 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
3.Polly Vose, born June 14, 1780 in Stoughton, Massachusetts; died June 08, 1836 in New Ipswitch, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Children of Benjamin Cram and Polly Vose are:
i. Hannah V. Cram, born February 11, 1807 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died January 29, 1892.
ii. Mary Cram, born September 11, 1810 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died June 17, 1833.
iii. Luke Cram, born July 25, 1812 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died March 18, 1879 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
1 iv. Daniel Cram, born January 08, 1815 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died January 10, 1898 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
v. Hiram Cram, born November 03, 1818 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died March 02, 1854 in Yuba City, California.
vi. Benjamin H. Cram, born March 19, 1820 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
vii. Jeremiah Cram, born April 11, 1822 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died September 21, 1844.
Generation No. 3
4.Benjamin Cram, born 1754 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died January 31, 1836 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.He was the son of 8. Benjamin Cram and 9. Elizabeth Unknown.He married 5. Olive Chamberlain July 16, 1799 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
5.Olive Chamberlain, born August 16, 1750 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Child of Benjamin Cram and Olive Chamberlain is:
2 i. Benjamin Cram, born March 08, 1774 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died April 12, 1835 in New Ipswitch, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married (1) Sarah Woodward July 16, 1799 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married (2) Polly Vose Abt. 1806 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Generation No. 4
8.Benjamin Cram, born March 10, 1720/21 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died July 31, 1836 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.He was the son of 16. John Cram and 17. Sarah Holt.He married 9. Elizabeth Unknown.
9.Elizabeth Unknown, born Abt. 1722; died in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Children of Benjamin Cram and Elizabeth Unknown are:
i. Margaret Cram, born 1748 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
ii. Nathan A. Cram, born April 15, 1752 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died January 25, 1851 in Hancock, Hillsboro, New Hampshire; married Rachel Dutton; born September 09, 1757 in Hudson, Hillsboro, New Hampshire; died August 15, 1835 in Hancock, Hillsboro, New Hampshire.
4 iii. Benjamin Cram, born 1754 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; died January 31, 1836 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married Olive Chamberlain July 16, 1799 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
iv. Huldah Cram, born 1758 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
v. Jonah Cram, born 1763 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
vi. David Cram, born 1768 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire.
Generation No. 5
16.John Cram, born January 12, 1684/85 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died 1759 in Amherst, New Hampshire.He was the son of 32. Thomas Cram and 33. Elizabeth Weare.He married 17. Sarah Holt February 18, 1706/07.
17.Sarah Holt, born June 17, 1678; died Unknown.
Children of John Cram and Sarah Holt are:
i. Jonathan Cram, born February 21, 1707/08 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died January 23, 1790 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married Mary Chamberlain.
ii. Humphrey Cram, born November 18, 1710 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
iii. Phebe Cram, born July 08, 1713 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; married Moses Stiles.
iv. Joseph Cram, born September 23, 1713 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died December 24, 1714.
v. Huldah Cram, born August 07, 1715 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died August 21, 1810; married Ephraim Woodward.
vi. John Cram, born April 10, 1717 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1740; married Sarah Unknown.
vii. Elizabeth Cram, born June 27, 1719 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died April 30, 1806 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married Jonathan Chamberlain.
viii. Sarah Cram, born June 27, 1719 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died October 15, 1777; married Ephraim Putnam.
8 ix. Benjamin Cram, born March 10, 1720/21 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died July 31, 1836 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire; married Elizabeth Unknown.
x. Eli Cram, born March 10, 1720/21 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; married Hannah Unknown.
Generation No. 6
32.Thomas Cram, born 1644 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died 1708 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.He was the son of 64. John Cram and 65. Hester White.He married 33. Elizabeth Weare December 20, 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
33.Elizabeth Weare, born January 05, 1656/57 in Newbury, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died December 03, 1756 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.She was the daughter of 66. Nathaniel Weare and 67. Elizabeth Swaine.
Notes for Thomas Cram:
Thomas lived in Hampton Falls and served in King Philip's War. Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Weare, one of the most influential men in the town of Hampton and throughout the province.Twice, Thomas went as agent to England to lay the people's grievances before the King.
Children of Thomas Cram and Elizabeth Weare are:
i. Mary Cram, born August 14, 1682 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died Abt. 1755; married Ebenezer Knowlton May 03, 1722; died Unknown.
16 ii. John Cram, born January 12, 1684/85 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died 1759 in Amherst, New Hampshire; married Sarah Holt February 18, 1706/07.
iii. Thomas Cram, born November 09, 1686 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died August 24, 1751 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married (1) Mary Coleman; born Abt. 1700 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married (2) Mary Coleman Brown in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; born 1690 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died Unknown; married (3) Mary Coleman; born Abt. 1700 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
iv. Elizabeth Cram, born October 15, 1702 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died Abt. 1780; married Ezekiel Dow September 25, 1735; died Unknown.
Generation No. 7
64.John Cram, born January 29, 1595/96 in Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died March 05, 1681/82 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire.He married 65. Hester White June 08, 1624 in Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
65.Hester White, born 1598 in New Castle, Staffordshire, England; died May 16, 1677 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.She was the daughter of 130. Robert White and 131. Bromebye Janeta.
Notes for John Cram:
John Cram came to Boston in 1635 with a group of Lincolnshire men. He was alloted 16 acres at Brookline on Muddy River. He followed Wainwright north and in 1639 became one of the founders of Exeter, New Hampshire. He was a signer of the "Wainwright Combination."
John was in the first division of land at Exeter, alloted 8 acres and 4 poles. In 1658 he moved to Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He first settled in Hampton Falls near the site of the Weare monument. Later, the old Cram homestead was erected by him.It is the oldest house in town and was occupied by generations of the Cram family, beginning with Benjamin the son of John.It was said of John that he was "a man of sound and discriminating mind , judicious, and honest. " In the record of his death, he is styled, "Good old John Cram, one just in his generation".
John died in Hampton Falls on 5 Mar 1682.His wife, Hester, died 16 May 1677.
Children of John Cram and Hester White are:
i. Elizabeth Cram, born Abt. 1625.
ii. John Cram, born February 15, 1626/27 in Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died Bef. April 13, 1633.
iii. John Cram, born April 13, 1629 in Lincolnshire, England; died 1633.
iv. Joseph Cram, born October 05, 1632 in Farlesthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; died June 24, 1648 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
v. Benjamin Cram, born 1640 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died 1711 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Argentine Cromwell November 28, 1662 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire; born April 25, 1642 in New Hampshire; died Unknown.
32 vi. Thomas Cram, born 1644 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died 1708 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Elizabeth Weare December 20, 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
vii. Mary Cram, born Abt. 1646 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died Bef. 1669 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Abraham Tilton January 25, 1665/66; died Unknown.
viii. Lydia Cram, born July 27, 1648 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died Unknown.
66.Nathaniel Weare, born 1631 in England; died May 13, 1718 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.He was the son of 132. Nathaniel Weare and 133. Sarah Unknown.He married 67. Elizabeth Swaine December 03, 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
67.Elizabeth Swaine, born October 09, 1638 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died February 10, 1711/12 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.She was the daughter of 134. Richard Swaine and 135. Elizabeth Basselle.
Child of Nathaniel Weare and Elizabeth Swaine is:
33 i. Elizabeth Weare, born January 05, 1656/57 in Newbury, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died December 03, 1756 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Thomas Cram December 20, 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Generation No. 8
130.Robert WhiteHe married 131. Bromebye Janeta.
131.Bromebye Janeta
Child of Robert White and Bromebye Janeta is:
65 i. Hester White, born 1598 in New Castle, Staffordshire, England; died May 16, 1677 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married John Cram June 08, 1624 in Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England.
132.Nathaniel Weare, born Abt. 1608 in Barkenburough, Wiltshire, England; died March 01, 1679/80 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.He was the son of 264. Peter Weare and 265. Unknown.He married 133. Sarah Unknown 1629 in Rockingham, New Hampshire.
133.Sarah Unknown, born Abt. 1606 in England; died 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Notes for Nathaniel Weare:
The inhabitants of Hampton and of the other towns in the province had, with few exceptions, refrained from joining Edward Gove in his quixotic attempt to reform the government; but they could not be insensible to the tyranny of Governor Cranfield. They ever had been, and still were, ready to assist in suppressing acts of rebellion; but they were not prepared to yield to oppression without a struggle. They regarded it as their right to pour their complaints into the ears of the king, and to ask for redress. But under Cranfield's administration, it was dangerous to complain. Still, this appeared the only proper course to be pursued, and after some consultation, it was adopted. So careful and so cautious had been the movements of the leading men, that their agent had been selected, funds had been raised to meet his expenses, and he had left the province, and was already at Boston, about to embark for England, before the governor was aware of their design.
The agent, selected and sent on this important mission, was Nathaniel Weare, Esq., a leading citizen of Hampton. The confidence thus reposed in him indicates that he had the reputation of being a man of ability, prudence and integrity; and the result showed that their confidence had not been misplaced.
Fear of being detained by the governor constrained Nathaniel to hasten to Boston, without waiting to obtain the evidence he needed to substantiate the charges being brought against Governor Cranfield. He was accoumpained to Boston by Maj. William Vaughan of Portsmouth, and to him was intrusted the important service of procuring depositions to be forwarded to England; but on his return from Boston, he was immediately arrested by the governor's order, and committed to prison, where he was confined nine months much to the detriment not only of his own private interests, but to those of the oppressed people, as this prevented him from obtaining the evidence necessary for the the King. Other individuals undertook the work that had been assigned to Mr. Vaughan, but they were denied access to the public records, and when they applied to the governor to summon and swear witnesses for them, their request was not granted. Hence it was necessary to go out of the province to have the depositions properly authenticated.
When Mr. Weare arrived in England, he was not prepared to bring his complaints to the king at once; but after waiting a considerable time for depositions from home, and waiting in vain, he ventured to profer some general charges against Governor Cranfield. By this means a way was opened for procuring, in a few months, the needful evidence for, the complaint having been referred to the Board of Trade, they transmitted a copy to the accused, that he might prepare a defense; and at the same time ordered him to allow the complainants access to the records, and to afford them every facility for obtaining and authenticating evidence.
However humiliating this order might be, it was from such a source, that he dared not disobey. As he was charged with not following the instructions of his commission, concerning Mason's claims, but allowing those claims to be tried in courts not properly constituted, he immediately, upon the receipt of this communication from the Board of Trade, suspended the suits that had been brought, until a decision as to the legality of the courts could be made by the proper authorities.
Nathaniel meanwhile received the evidence needed and presented his charges in a new and more specific form. A hearing was at length had before the Lords of Trade (March 10, 1685), who reported to the king "that Cranfield had not pursured his instructions with regard to Mason's controversy; but instead thereof, had caused courts to be held and titles to be decided, with exorbitant costs; and that he had exceeded his power in regulating the value of coins'" Nathaniel had brought other charges against the governor but in relation to them the Lords of Trade expressed no opinion. The report, as made, was accepted by the king in council (SOURCE:History of Hampton, New Hampshire by Joseph Dow).
Child of Nathaniel Weare and Sarah Unknown is:
66 i. Nathaniel Weare, born 1631 in England; died May 13, 1718 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; married Elizabeth Swaine December 03, 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
134.Richard Swaine, born September 15, 1595 in Binfield, Berkshire, England; died April 14, 1682 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts.He married 135. Elizabeth Basselle.
135.Elizabeth Basselle, born 1605 in England; died July 15, 1657 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Notes for Richard Swaine:
Richard set sail at London in the Truelove, Sept 17, and arrived in December of 1635 at age 34. He had sent his wife Elizabeth in the Planter in April; sons William and Francis, sailed in the Rebecca; and daughter Elizabeth sailed in the Susan and Ellen in the company of friends, all in that year. His daughter Grace must have also been sent ahead, though I can find no record of her crossing. He settled at Rowley, Massachusetts then at Hampton, New Hampshire of which he was one of the founders, then on Nantucket Island with John Swain, his son, and eight others.
He was a planter in Hampton in 1638,was Commissioner for the Ending of Small Causes and lot-layer in 1639; he signed a petition in the Howard case in 1643 and the petition of Exeter inhabitants in 1645. He owned a house and land in Exeter in 1650, and gave part of his house lot in Hampton to his daughter Grace and her husband, Nathaniel Bolter, in 1660, and another tract to Hezekiah, eldest son of his deceased son William, in 1663.
Richard was fined by the General Court on 12 Nov, 1659 for entertaining Quakers. Richard and his son John, along with eight other men bought Nantucket Island in 1661 from Thomas Mayhew for 30 pounds silver and two beaver hats. He became a Quaker and moved to Nantucket with his second wife, Jane, his stepchildren, and his sons John & Richard. He sold his remaining property in Hampton to his son-in-law, Nathaniel Bolter in 1663.
He took the Freeman's Oath on 13 Mar 1639.He marriedJane, widow of George Bunker, in 1658/9. His daughter Dorothy married Thomas Abbot, and later Edward Chapman; and Elizabeth married Nathaniel Weare.
He died April 14, 1682 in Nantucket.
Children of Richard Swaine and Elizabeth Basselle are:
i. Elizabeth Swaine, born 1619 in England; died Bef. 1638 in Prob. Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts.
ii. William Swaine, born 1619 in England; died October 20, 1657 in Drowned en route to Boston on the Rivermouth; married Prudence Marston; born Abt. 1622 in Ormesby, Norfolkshire, England.
Notes for William Swaine:
In the autumn of 1657, an event occurred, which brought mourning and sorrow into several families in the town and cast a gloom over the whole community. A vessel sailed from our river, October 20, bound to Boston, having on board four men, two women and two children--eight persons in all--belonging to Hampton. From some cause not now known, the vessel, soon after leaving the harbor, either foundered, or was capsized, and all on board perished. The persons lost were these: Robert Reed, Sergt. William Swaine, Emanuel Hilliard, John Philbrick, his wife Ann, and their daughter Sarah, Alice, the wife of Moses Cox, and John Cox their son, and as is supposed, their only child.
The entry is thus quaintly made on the town records: "The sad hand of God upon eight psons goeing in a vessell by sea from Hampton to boston, who were all swallowed up in the ocean soon after they were out of the Harbour."
The wreck inspired John Greenleaf Whittier to write the poem, "The Wreck of the Rivermouth" in which he cites the belief of some Hampton residents that the wreck was caused by the witchcraft of Eunice "Goody" Cole, the "Witch of Hampton".
This poem expands on the true story of a Hampton shipwreck from 1657, when a group of eight were killed in a sudden storm. Whittier credits Celia Thaxter, poet from the Isles of Shoals, with giving him the idea for the story. The addition of poor Goody Cole, Hampton's only convicted "witch," shows Whittier's skill at weaving old legends together to heighten the drama of the story. His poem "The Changling" also features Goody, a woman so feared by townspeople that, after her death, she was buried with a stake driven into her heart.
Whittier also includes the character of Rev. Stephen Batchelder to whom he imagined he was related, though this connection, according to local historians, appears not to have been accurate. Related to a Hampton Minister or not, Whittier did write as many as dozen poems focused in the region around New Hampshire's small Seacoast .
Whittier's narrator "writes" the poem from Appledore Island, where Celia's circle of famous New England writers and artists gathered at her family's hotel. Looking back to the Hampton shore just eight miles away, he imagines the deadly storm, two centuries earlier, appearing suddenly and swallowing the small boat. We know Whittier, whose fame increased steadily in his later years, made many trips to the Isles. A confirmed bachelor from nearby Amesbury and Haverhill, Whittier corresponded often with Mrs. Thaxter. Modern fiction writer Julia Older has even speculated that their relationship was more than platonic, but that seems extremely unlikely. Celia's late grandaughter Rosamond Thaxter, in her book "Sandpiper" devoted an entire chapter to the relationship between the two poets from 1867-1892. When they first spent time together at Appledore House, Celia was in her early 30's and Whittier just coming into his fame at age 60.
Regarding "Wreck of Rivermouth" Whittier, using his formal Quaker style, wrote to Celia on August 8, 1868: "By the way, thee ought to like that poem, for it would scarcely have been written but for thee. The thought of thee and thy sea stories and pictures prompted it, and when writing I was wondering whether thee would like it."
iii. Francis Swaine, born Bef. January 25, 1620/21 in Binfield, Berkshire, England; died Bef. April 11, 1665 in Newtown, Queens, New York.
iv. Grace Swaine, born Abt. 1627 in Binfield, Berkshire, England; died Aft. 1663 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Nathaniel Boulter 1648 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; born September 16, 1619 in Chewton Keynsham, Somersetshire, England; died March 14, 1693/94 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
v. Dorothy Swaine, born 1636 in Prob. Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died Abt. 1706 in Prob. Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married (1) Thomas Abbott May 13, 1655 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; died September 07, 1659 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; married (2) Edward Chapman June 10, 1659 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; born Abt. 1612 in Whitby, Yorkshire, England; died April 18, 1678 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts.
Notes for Thomas Abbott:
Thomas appears on court records in 1650, and that year was paid a bounty for killing 2 wolves and 5 foxes, d.s.p.
His will read: "I give unto my brother George Abbott ten pounds, and unto my brother Nehemiah Abbott ten pounds, and my division of land at Merrimac, also I give unto my brother Thomas Abbott five pounds. The rest of my estate I give unto my wife."
vi. John Swaine, born Abt. 1637 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died Bet. 1715 - 1717 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts; married Mary Weare September 15, 1660 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; born Bet. 1633 - 1636 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died 1714 in Nantucket Island, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
67 vii. Elizabeth Swaine, born October 09, 1638 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts; died February 10, 1711/12 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire; married Nathaniel Weare December 03, 1656 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
viii. Nicholas Swaine, born Abt. 1642 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire.