Notes:

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.

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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]

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According to http://web.tampabay.rr.com/weishaupt/cradec:
Thomas CRAM (CRAMBE) was born on 28 Oct 1567 in Alford, England. He was baptized on 28 Oct 1567 in Alford, England. He died about 1639 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. Thomas of Alford and Bilsby. The father of the first Cram to immigrate to the United States was identified by Michael Cram in the "Cram Sourcebook - 1996". Thomas Crambe was from Alford and Bilsby and most probably born in Alford. As the testor of 1638, an abstract of his April 3, 1638 will can be found in the Cram Sourcebook, Vol 1, page 201.

Thomas married Jane UNKNOWN about 1587 in England. Jane was born in 1567 in Bilsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on 17 Feb 1612 in Bilsby Parish, Lincolnshire Co, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Janeta BROMEBYE on 11 Jan 1583 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. Janeta was born on 19 Mar 1564-1565 in Scotton, Lincolnshire, England; died before 1635 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The inhabitants of Hampton and of the other towns in the province had,with few exceptions, refrained from joining Edward Gove in his quixoticattempt to reform the government; but they could not be insensible to thetyranny of Governor Cranfield. They ever had been, and still were, readyto assist in suppressing acts of rebellion; but they were not prepared toyield to oppression without a struggle. They regarded it as their rightto pour their complaints into the ears of the king, and to ask forredress. But under Cranfield's administration, it was dangerous tocomplain. Still, this appeared the only proper course to be pursued, andafter some consultation, it was adopted. So careful and so cautious hadbeen the movements of the leading men, that their agent had beenselected, funds had been raised to meet his expenses, and he had left theprovince, and was already at Boston, about to embark for England, beforethe governor was aware of their design.

The agent, selected and sent on this important mission, was NathanielWeare, Esq., a leading citizen of Hampton. The confidence thus reposed inhim indicates that he had the reputation of being a man of ability,prudence and integrity; and the result showed that their confidence hadnot been misplaced.

Fear of being detained by the governor constrained Nathaniel to hasten toBoston, without waiting to obtain the evidence he needed to substantiatethe charges being brought against Governor Cranfield. He was accoumpainedto Boston by Maj. William Vaughan of Portsmouth, and to him was intrustedthe important service of procuring depositions to be forwarded toEngland; but on his return from Boston, he was immediately arrested bythe governor's order, and committed to prison, where he was confined ninemonths much to the detriment not only of his own private interests, butto those of the oppressed people, as this prevented him from obtainingthe evidence necessary for the the King. Other individuals undertook thework that had been assigned to Mr. Vaughan, but they were denied accessto the public records, and when they applied to the governor to summonand swear witnesses for them, their request was not granted. Hence it wasnecessary to go out of the province to have the depositions properlyauthenticated.

When Mr. Weare arrived in England, he was not prepared to bring hiscomplaints to the king at once; but after waiting a considerable time fordepositions from home, and waiting in vain, he ventured to profer somegeneral charges against Governor Cranfield. By this means a way wasopened for procuring, in a few months, the needful evidence for, thecomplaint having been referred to the Board of Trade, they transmitted acopy to the accused, that he might prepare a defense; and at the sametime ordered him to allow the complainants access to the records, and toafford them every facility for obtaining and authenticating evidence.

However humiliating this order might be, it was from such a source, thathe dared not disobey. As he was charged with not following theinstructions of his commission, concerning Mason's claims, but allowingthose claims to be tried in courts not properly constituted, heimmediately, upon the receipt of this communication from the Board ofTrade, suspended the suits that had been brought, until a decision as tothe legality of the courts could be made by the proper authorities.

Nathaniel meanwhile received the evidence needed and presented hischarges in a new and more specific form. A hearing was at length hadbefore the Lords of Trade (March 10, 1685), who reported to the king"that Cranfield had not pursured his instructions with regard to Mason'scontroversy; but instead thereof, had caused courts to be held and titlesto be decided, with exorbitant costs; and that he had exceeded his powerin regulating the value of coins'" Nathaniel had brought other chargesagainst the governor but in relation to them the Lords of Trade expressedno opinion. The report, as made, was accepted by the king in council(SOURCE: History of Hampton, New Hampshire by Joseph Dow).

Nathaniel married Sarah UNKNOWN (GOOCH?) in 1629 in Rockingham, New Hampshire. Sarah was born about 1606 in England; died in 1682 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Richard set sail at London in the Truelove, Sept 17, 1635 at age 34,already having sent his wife Elizabeth Basselle in the Planter in April,1635; sons William and Francis, sailed in the Rebecca; and daughterElizabeth sailed in the Susan and Ellen in the company of friends. He wasa planter in Hampton in 1638. He took Freeman's Oath there on 13 Mar1639. Was commissioner for the ending of small causes and lot-layer in1639; signed the petition in Howard case in 1643; signed petition ofExeter inhabitants in 1645. He owned a house and land in Exeter in 1650.Richard was fined by the General Court 12 Nov, 1659, 3 pounds anddisenfranchised for entertaining Quakers.

He gave part of his house lot in Hampton to his daughter Grace and herhusband, Nathaniel Bolter, in 1660.

The inhabitants of Hampton became increasingly hostile to Quakers, so in1660-61 he migrated to Nantucket Island with his second wife, Jane, widowof George Bunker, his stepchildren, and his sons John & Richard. Richardand his John, along with eight other men bought Nantucket Island in 1661from Thomas Mayhew for 30 pounds silver and two beaver hats.
He sold his remaining property in Hampton to his son-in-law, NathanielBolter in 1663.Richard set sail at London in the Truelove, Sept 17, andarrived in December of 1635 at age 34. He had sent his wife Elizabeth inthe Planter in April; sons William and Francis, sailed in the Rebecca;and daughter Elizabeth sailed in the Susan and Ellen in the company offriends, all in that year. His daughter Grace must have also been sentahead, 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 thefounders, then on Nantucket Island with John Swain, his son, and eightothers.

He was a planter in Hampton in 1638, was Commissioner for the Ending ofSmall Causes and lot-layer in 1639; he signed a petition in the Howardcase in 1643 and the petition of Exeter inhabitants in 1645. He owned ahouse and land in Exeter in 1650, and gave part of his house lot inHampton to his daughter Grace and her husband, Nathaniel Bolter, in 1660,and another tract to Hezekiah, eldest son of his deceased son William, in1663.

Richard was fined by the General Court on 12 Nov, 1659 for entertainingQuakers. Richard and his son John, along with eight other men boughtNantucket Island in 1661 from Thomas Mayhew for 30 pounds silver and twobeaver hats. He became a Quaker and moved to Nantucket with his secondwife, Jane, his stepchildren, and his sons John & Richard. He sold hisremaining property in Hampton to his son-in-law, Nathaniel Bolter in1663.

He took the Freeman's Oath on 13 Mar 1639. He married Jane, widow ofGeorge Bunker, in 1658/9. His daughter Dorothy married Thomas Abbot, andlater Edward Chapman; and Elizabeth married Nathaniel Weare.

He died April 14, 1682 in Nantucket.

Richard married Elizabeth Ann BASILLE (BASSELLE?) about 1637 in Elngland. Elizabeth was born about 1605 in London, Middlesex, England; died on 15 Jul 1657 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]