Ellery B. Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family Vol. II (1900) — independently corroborates TWO Cooper-Crane marriages on the Daniel-Sr tree: Agnes 'Neaty' Cooper [p.729] × David Crane, and Mary (Cooper) Crane [p.732] × Israel Crane (+ son Israel C. = [p.860]). [verbatim]

Transcription and notes

Source: Ellery Bicknell Crane, Genealogy of the Crane Family, Volume II — Descendants of Benjamin Crane of Wethersfield, Conn., and John Crane of Coventry, Conn.; also of Jasper Crane of New Haven, Conn., and Newark, N.J.; and Stephen Crane of Elizabethtown, N.J. (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1900). Full text: archive.org genealogyofcrane02cran. An independent, non-Cooper published genealogy — usable to corroborate the Cooper–Crane intermarriages on the Daniel-Sr tree.

Data from the source [verbatim] — David Crane × Agnes "Neaty" Cooper (p. ~479, entry 188)

Under the Stephen Crane of Elizabethtown line, "David Crane⁴ [63], (Stephen,³ Daniel,² Stephen¹)":

"David Crane⁴ [63], (Stephen,³ Daniel,² Stephen¹), married Anne Sayre, Nov. 21, 1762. She was born May 23, 1742, and died Nov. 24, 1805. In 1806 he married 2d, Agnes Neaty Cooper, daughter of John Cooper, but had no children by her. She died Sept. 4, 1833, aged 61 years. He was an alderman; died Aug. 20, 1822, aged 79 years."

• David Crane (an alderman; b. ~1743, d. 20 Aug 1822 aged 79) — of the Stephen-Crane-of-Elizabethtown line. 1st wife Anne Sayre (m. 21 Nov 1762; b. 23 May 1742, d. 24 Nov 1805).
• 2d wife (m. 1806): "Agnes Neaty Cooper, daughter of John Cooper" — no children by her; she died 4 Sept 1833, aged 61 (⇒ b. ~1772).
• His children (all by 1st wife Anne Sayre) died young (David 1772–1791; Sarah 1778–1778), buried Union Cemetery, Connecticut Farms, N.J.

Data from the source [verbatim] — Israel Crane × "Mary" (= Mary Cooper) (p. 348, entry 787)

Under the Jasper Crane of Newark line, "Israel Crane⁵ [313]" (of Cranetown / Lyons Farms, Essex Co.):

"787. Israel Crane⁵ [313], (Israel,⁴ Joseph,³ Jasper,² Jasper¹), married Mary ⸻. After the death of Mr. Crane, Aug. 2, 1795, aged 40, she married Captain ⸻ Meeker. She died Feb. 25, 1831, aged 71 years. Both were buried at Lyons Farms, N.J. April 27, 1789, he was chosen one of the overseers of highways, and again in 1792. He subscribed £100 towards building the church in 1794. Child: 788—1. Israel C."

• Israel Crane (Israel⁵, son of Israel⁴, Joseph³, Jasper², Jasper¹) — d. 2 Aug 1795, aged 40 (⇒ b. ~1755); Essex-Co. (Cranetown/Lyons Farms) civic figure (overseer of highways 1789 & 1792; £100 church subscription 1794).
• Wife "Mary" (maiden name not given by the genealogy = Cooper); after Israel's death she married a Captain Meeker; she died 25 Feb 1831, aged 71; both buried Lyons Farms, N.J.
• One child listed: "Israel C." (= Israel Cooper Crane).

Significance (interpretation — flagged)

• Corroborates [p.729] — Agnes ("Agness" in her father's 1778 will [A.29]; "Neaty" in Littell [I.4]) Cooper, daughter of John Cooper of Long Hill [p.8] (Daniel Sr's son ⇒ a tier-2 line), married David Crane, no children. A third, independent witness (after A.29 + Littell), first from a non-Cooper genealogy. New vitals: d. 4 Sep 1833, aged 61 → b. ~1772; m. 1806 (David's 2nd wife). Confirms "David Crane of Union, Essex Co." = Connecticut Farms / Union, N.J.
• Corroborates [p.732 Mary (Cooper) Crane Meeker] — every fact in entry 787 matches her FaG ([G.302]): husband Israel Crane d. 2 Aug 1795 aged 40 (= b. ~1755, matching the FaG's "Oct 1755 – 2 Aug 1795"); she remarried a Captain Meeker (= Obadiah Meeker); she d. 25 Feb 1831 aged 71 (FaG: "71 y 8 m 10 d"); buried Lyons Farms. ⇒ an independent, non-Cooper confirmation of this gen-3 node (Daniel Jr's daughter). It also places Israel Crane in the Jasper-Crane-of-Newark line (Israel⁵ [313] ← Israel⁴ ← Joseph³ ← Jasper²/¹) + adds his civic record — data the FaG lacked.
• Supports [p.860 Israel Cooper Crane] — the genealogy's sole listed child "Israel C." = Israel Cooper Crane (already FaG-locked at [G.303]); a second source that he is Mary + Israel's Crane-line-continuing son.
• The genealogy OMITS Mary's daughters — it lists only son "Israel C.," not L.4's daughters Sarah (Crane) Woodruff [p.859] / Nancy (Crane) Johnson [p.861] / William [p.862, d. young]. This is the genealogy's known under-recording of married-out daughters, NOT evidence against them (Nancy b.1786, Sarah m.1800 — both pre-date Israel's 1795 death ⇒ genuine Crane daughters). So p.859/p.861 stay tree-only.

Not corroborations — naming-echoes + unplaced brides (recorded so they aren't re-chased)

• "Agnes Cooper Crane," b. 6 Aug 1809 Union NJ, d. 15 Jan 1867, m. Rev. Curtis Talley Jr (1836) (Crane genealogy entry 504-3; = [name.466]) — confirmed a CRANE, not a Cooper (maintainer FamilySearch pull 2026-07-07, PID KNDB-D6S): parents William Crane (1778–1830, KNDB-DZ1) × Sarah Townley (1776–1832, KNDB-DZW) — the Stephen-Elizabethtown Crane line ([I.183] entry 501). No Cooper anywhere in her ancestry (Crane/Townley/Ross/Clark) ⇒ her "Cooper" is a middle name honoring [p.729] Agnes "Neaty" Cooper, a relative-by-marriage in the same Crane community (David Crane [63] × Agnes Cooper married 1806; William Crane named a daughter "Agnes Cooper" ~1809). A neat sign p.729 was a remembered person. Likewise the recurring "Cooper Woodruff" / "Cooper Woodruff Crane" names = Cranes/Woodruffs carrying "Cooper" as a given/middle name, not Coopers.
• RESOLVED 2026-07-07 (maintainer FaG pulls) — both "unplaced brides" are OUT OF SCOPE:
• Fanny Cooper (m. Abner Crane 1796 at Lyons Farms → Bethel, Clermont Co., OH; d. 8 Aug 1833) = daughter of Constant Cooper × Phebe Vanderhoff (FaG 35506290) — a Hanover-Twp / Dutch-origin Cooper (cf. [fam.10] / [p.100 Constant Cooper]), NOT Daniel Sr's line. Filed as [name.465] (disambiguation: a second "Cooper × Crane at Lyons Farms" marriage, coincident in place with our Mary [p.732] × Israel Crane but not kin). Her husband Abner Crane (1768–1835) = s/o Benjamin Crane × Elizabeth Headly.
• "Mahala Cooper" (a Crane "married Mahala Cooper, Nov. 7, 1819") = Amos Crane (1788–1872) × Mahala Cooper ([FaG 5770235] = [name.467]): she b. ~1798/99 Herkimer, NY, d. 25 Aug 1857 Greenville, Montcalm Co., Michigan (headstone "w/o Amos, ae 58"). Parentage unknown ⇒ unplaced; her New-York origin makes a Daniel-Sr (NJ) link unlikely though unproven. (An earlier pull, "Mahala J. Steed Cooper" FaG 152612671, was a WRONG match — a Steed who married a William Cooper in Monroe Co., OH; discard that one.)

Cross-references

• David-Crane marriage: p.729 Agnes Cooper + p.8 John of Long Hill · A.29 John's 1778 will
• Israel-Crane marriage: p.732 Mary (Cooper) Crane + p.860 Israel Cooper Crane · G.302 / G.303
• I.4 Littell · L.4