Jedediah married Abigail YOUNG about 1760 in Weare, Hillsborough, NH, U.S.A.. Abigail (daughter of Aaron YOUNG, Deacon and Abigail DUDLEY) was born on 2 Oct 1738 in Francestown, Hillsborough, NH, U.S.A.; died on 27 May 1814 in Francestown, Hillsborough, NH, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ashel (Asahel?) CRAM was born on 12 Jan 1766 in Weare, Hillsborough, NH, U.S.A.; died in 1835.

Family/Spouse: Marion GORDON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Captain Thomas CRAM JR was born on 9 Nov 1696 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. He died in Aug 1751. Thomas was captain of the militia in Hampton Falls. He was a Masonian Proprietor of Ware, N.H. These Lords Proprietor, or Masonians, met at Porysmouth in 1749 to draw for lots in Ware. Thomas Cram's was lot #84, (Ranges 3 and 7). He was also one of the selectmen of Hampton Falls.

According to www.ironheritage.org/trail_2.htm, There is a place on Ottawa Lake Road (13 mile post zero and treaty tree) where Captain Thomas Cram placed the first marker at the survey point establishing the Wisconsin-Michigan state boundary in 1840. "As part of the settlement of the 'Toledo War' between Michigan and Ohio, most of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was granted to Michigan for the'Toledo Strip' which was granted to Ohio. He made a treaty for passage with Chief Ca-Sha-O-Sha and the band of Ojibwa (Chippewa) near a large tamarack tree at the headwaters of the Brule River."

However, 1840 is the wrong time frame for our Captain Thomas Cram. If this is the correct date, perhaps it was his son that placed the marker?

Thomas married Mary Coleman BROWN in 1719 ?. Mary (daughter of Jabez COLEMAN and Mary PRESCOTT) was born in 1696 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co, NH, U.S.A.; died on 31 Mar 1756 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co, NH, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec:
The family was affiliated with the Quaker Church. In 1674 Thomas and other Hampton men were admonished for calling a Quaker meeting. He was a soldier in the Narragansett, or King Phillip's War, which ended in 1676. On Dec 20, 1681 he was reported as a ship owner in Hampton Falls.

Thomas lived in Hampton Falls and served in King Philip's War. Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Hon. Nathaniel Weare, one of the mostinfluential men in the town of Hampton and throughout the province.Twice, Thomas went as agent to England to lay the people's grievancesbefore the King.

Thomas married Elizabeth WEARE on 20 Dec 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Elizabeth (daughter of Hon. Nathaniel WEARE and Elizabeth SWAINE (SWAYNE)) was born on 5 Jan 1658 in Newberry, MA, U.S.A.; died about 1722 in Hampton Falls, NH, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec:
Elizabeth WEARE * (daughter of Hon. Nathaniel WEARE * and Elizabeth SWAINE (SWAYNE) *) on 20 Dec 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. Elizabeth WEARE * was born on 5 Jan 1658 in Newberry, Massachusetts. She died about 1722 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire.

Jabez married Mary PRESCOTT on 2 Nov 1699 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of James PRESCOTT and Mary BOULTER) was born on 11 Jun 1677; died on 3 Jan 1740 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec:
John CRAM was born on 29 Feb 1596 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. He was christened on 29 Jan 1597 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. He emigrated in 1638 from Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. He died on 5 Mar 1682 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire. The majority of the Cram family history is from research conducted by Janet Stewart and was subsequently expanded by research conducted by Michael Cram (see the references). The numbering following the ancestoral Cram line came from Janet and helps to follow through the families - John Cram (#1) born 1595 through Rev. Abiel Cram (#7) born 1802.

From the Cram Source Book Vol I, Appendix G, page 195; "There is a dispute as to just who the parents of John Cram (the first member of the family to emmigrate from England to America) were. Victor Channing Sanborn, Esq., of Kenilworth, Illinois was published in the January, 1914 issue of New England Genealogical and Historical Register. Sanborn presents his proof that John Cram (1) was not descended from the von Cramms of Germany, but is of earlier English heritage." We have chosen to align our genealogy with the conclusions of Victor Sanborn which is in conflict with some family histories.

The name Cram is mostly from the German "kram". The German spelling was von Cramm as in the Village Cramm near Wolfenbuttel. Other early variations of the spelling include Crambe, Crame, and Cramme which appeared throughout parish registers. John's birth date has been reported as both 1597 and 1607 with disagreement on his who his parents really were. It was research by Michael A. Cram that presented the best case for identification as represented in this history. The essence of the connection was Hester and John's son Joseph who was mentioned in the 1632 transcripts of Falsthorpe, England where Joseph's baptism was recorded and the June 24th 1648 records of Exeter in New England where Joseph was reported drowned at age 15 years.

They lived in Alford (town), Newcastle-on-Tyne, Bilsby (Parish) and in Farlsthrope in Lincolnshire (County), England. The family immigrated to Boston with Rev. John Wainwright's party in (1638?) by some records.. He settled at Muddy River, now Longwood, Mass in 1635 and was a proprietor in Boston in this time frame. He was also an early proprietor of Exeter, N.H. after moving there in 1638. He later moved to Hampton, N.H. in 1650.

A will from the Old Norfolk County Records; "John Cram (his I mark) of Hampton, with consent of my wife Hester Cram, conveyed to my son Benjamin Cram my now dwelling house and houselot with ye barn and other buildings standing thereon; also 5 acres of salt marsh which was sometimes Richard Swaine's, bounded by Ben: Swett, Henry Green and Mr. Christopher Hussey; and, also, one-half of my stock of cattle and implements belonging to husbandry as cart, ploughs, chains, yokes and such like instruments. I convey to my son Tho Cram 6 acres of salt marsh, bounded by ye fals river, Phillip Lewis and John Marian; also 4 acres of meadow bounded by Anthony Stanian and Robert Tuck; also, my grant of 40 acres at ye new plantation and ye other half of my cattle and implements. My said sons are to maintain their father and mother during their lives; and to my daughter Mary 30L, to my daughter Lydia Cram 30L at various times specified, 24:12:1665. Signed, also, by Benjamin Cram (his + mark) and Thomas Cram (his V mark). Wit: Joseph Dow and Daniell Tilton. Ack. by all these parties May 21, 1668 before Samuel Dalton, Commisioner."

He was married to Esther "Hester" WHITE * on 7 Jun 1624 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. Esther "Hester" WHITE * was born about 1595 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. She emigrated in 1638 from Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. She died on 16 May 1677.

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From another (unknown) source:
John Cram of Bilsby and Farlesthorpe came to Boston in 1635 with a groupof Lincolnshire men. He was alloted 16 acres at Brookline on Muddy River.He followed Wainwright north and in 1639 became one of the founders ofExeter, New Hampshire. He was a signer of the "Wainwright Combination."

John was in the first division of land at Exeter, alloted 8 acres and 4poles. In 1658 he moved to Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. He firstsettled in Hampton Falls near the site of the Weare monument. Later, theold Cram homestead was erected by him. It is the oldest house in townand was occupied by generations of the Cram family, beginning withBenjamin the son of John. It was said of John that he was "a man ofsound and discriminating mind , judicious, and honest. " In the record ofhis death, he is styled, "Good old John Cram, one just in hisgeneration".

John died in Hampton Falls on 5 Mar 1682. His wife, Hester, died 16 May1677.

John married Esther (Hester) WHITE on 8 Jun 1624 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. Esther (daughter of Robert WHITE and Janeta BROMEBYE) was born in 1598 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England; died on 16 May 1677 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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According to web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/weisanc/d218.htm
Was a member of the Governor's Council, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, and one of the most distinguished men connected with the early colony to lay grievances of the people before the King of England.

According to freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dickmarston
Nathaniel and Elizabeth lived a few years in Newbury, Essex, Mass., then moved to Hampton in 1662. He was one of the most influencial men in the town and throughout the province. He served as councillor more than 20 years and he was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 1694-95.

Nathaniel married Elizabeth SWAINE (SWAYNE) on 20 Dec 1681 in Hampton, Rockingham Co, NH, U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard SWAINE (SWAYNE, SWAN?) and Elizabeth Ann BASILLE (BASSELLE?)) was born on 9 Oct 1638 in Newberry, MA, U.S.A.; died on 10 Feb 1711 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co, NH, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tobias married Lydia JACKSON on 16 Apr 1666 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of Nicholas JACKSON and Sarah RILEY) was born on 23 Jun 1647 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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To Hampton Falls New Hampshire 1665, then old county of NorfolkMassachusetts, now Rockingham Co New Hampshire. Freeman 1678, GranteeKingston New Hampshire 1694, Selectman 1695. Founded Hampton Falls.Helped to found Kingston New Hampshire 1694. Commuted to Kingston. Movedto Kingston New Hampshire 1725.

James Prescott came from Dryby, in the county of Lincolnshire, England in1665. He settled in Hampton, New Hampshire. He started a farm, on whichhe resided until he removed to Kingston in 1725, which was situated inthat part of Hampton which later came to be Hampton Falls om 1712/ Tjosfarm is located one and a half or two miles north of Hampton FallsAcademy, on the highway to Exeter. The precise time of James' admissionto the church is not known but he became a freeman in 1678 and no one butmembers of the church were eligible to that important and earnestlysought privilege. He was dismissed from the Hampton church and admittedto the church of Hampton Falls in 1712. He was later transferred to thechurch of Kingston on 29 Sep 1725. James was "a man of integrity andinfluence, possessing good sense, a sound and descriminating mind, onewhose judgment was much sought for and in whose opinion the people placedthe most confident reliance." In 1692 James is mentioned as a creditor ofHis Majesty's Province. In 1694, the town of Kingston was granted by Lt.Governor Usher to James Prescott, Ebenezer Webster and others, who becameexpensive landholders and influential proprietors. In 1700, Dec 19, Jameswas moderator at the meeting of the proprietors of Kingston, at whichmeeting James and Ebenezer were chosen a committee to run the linebetween Kingston and Hampton, in conjunction with a like committee fromthe latter town. At the same meeting it was voted to grant to James,Thomas Philbrick and Jonathan Sanborn, each, two hundred acres of land inthe westerly part of the town of Kingston. On 18 Jul 1701, he was atainchosen moderator of the proprietors' meeting, when the house or nearmeadow was granted to him. Beside the above, the proprietors of Kingstonvoted him tracts of land in 1705, 1710, 1715, 1719, 1720 and 1721. In1708, the Commons of Hampton voted to give to Jamaes Prescott ten acresof land where his house then stood, John Sanborn dissenting. On the 10thof April, 1711, they voted him four acres of land for eight poundsagreeably to the report of a committee, consisting of Josiah Chase, JohnStanyan, John Sanborn, John Redman, Joseph Swett and Samuel Dalton. In1709, James Sr. , Nathaniel and James, Jr. signed a petition for a newparish "at the Falls." In 1710, James, Sr., Jonathan and NathanialPrescott, signed a petition for a new parish at Hampton Falls which wasset off and incorporated into a new town by the name of Hampton Falls onthe 20th of April, 1712.

"James Prescott was a man of integrity and influence, possessinggoodsense, a sound and discriminating mind, one whose judgement wasmuchsought for, and in whose opinion the people placed the mostconfidentreliance" - The Prescott Memorial, Part II

James married Mary BOULTER in 1668 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel BOULTER and Grace SWAINE) was born on 15 May 1648 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 4 Oct 1735 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]