Notes:

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]

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]

Notes:

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]

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]

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