(36) John CRAM Sr (12 Jan 1684/85-1759)

36. John CRAM Senior (Thomas, John, Thomas, John) was born on 12 Jan 1684/1685 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. He died in 1759 in Amherst, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA. John married Sarah HOLT daughter of Henry HOLT and Sarah BALLARD on 18 Feb 1706/1707 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born on 17 Aug 1678 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 1 Oct 1757 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.

NOTES on John CRAM

John and Sarah were admitted to the Hampton Falls church on 13 Apr 1711/1712. In 1737 they were dismissed to Wilmington, Massachusetts The births of their children, John through Eli, were probably in Hampton Falls and only recorded in Woburn. Not only were they members of the H.F. church, but he held office there during those years. Donovan, Rev. D. and Woodward, Jacob A., "History of The Town of Lyndeborough, NH," [1906, Tufts College Press], p. 710; Noyes/Libby/Davis, "Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire," (1939), p. 169, #3; Cram, Michael A., "The Cram Sourcebook," (1996, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD), v. 2, pp. 11-13.

First settler of Salem-Canada, now known as Lyndeborough, N. H.

They had the following children:

+ 74 M i. Jonathan CRAM Senior was born on 21 Feb 1707/1708. He died on 23 Jan 1790.

75 M ii. Humphrey CRAM was born on 8 Nov 1710 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. Humphrey moved to Connecticut as an adult.

76 F iii. Phebe CRAM was born on 8 Jul 1712 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.
Phebe married Miles STILES on 17 Oct 1737 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

77 M iv. Joseph CRAM was born on 23 Sep 1713 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 24 Dec 1794.

+ 78 F v. Hulda CRAM was born on 5 May 1715. She died on 21 Aug 1810.

79 M vi. John CRAM Junior was born on 10 Apr 1717 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. John married Sarah HARWOOD about 1740.

+ 80 F vii. Sarah CRAM was born on 27 Jun 1719. She died on 14 Oct 1777.

+ 81 F viii. Elizabeth CRAM was born on 27 Jun 1719. She died on 30 Apr 1806.

82 M ix. Benjamin CRAM was born on 10 Mar 1720/1721 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He died in 1823 in Lyndeborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA.
Benjamin married Elizabeth UNKNOWN.

83 M x. Eli CRAM was born on 10 Mar 1720/1721 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Sources

* Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;, Database online., www.ancestry.com."Record for John Cram."Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), Database online.

* Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births, Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;, Database online., www.ancestry.com."Record for John Cram."Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Births (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001), Database online.

* Joseph DOW, History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire From Its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892., V1, 650.