Crane-Pierson families papers, 1800-1914.

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Crane-Pierson families papers, 1800-1914.

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Papers of two New Jersey families including correspondence, other documents, and genealogical notes; papers of Benjamin Crane, judge of Court of Common Pleas and resident of Pequannock Township, Morris County, N.J.; and papers of Rev. George Wilson Pierson, pastor, Third Presbyterian Church, Wantage Township, Sussex County, N.J., and later of Presbyterian Church, Florida, N.Y.

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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New Jersey Historical Society Library

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Crane family.

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Pierson, George Wilson, -1880

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George Pierson, the fifth of the ten children of Nancy Crane (1775-1841) and Dr. Isaac Pierson (1770-1833), was born on October 16, 1805 in Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from Princeton College (now University) in 1823 and became the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange and then the First Presbyterian Church of Wantage, New Jersey. He married Eliza L. Day in Orange, New Jersey and with her and their family moved to Florida, New York, where be became the pastor of the ...

Presbyterian Church (Florida, N.Y.)

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Third Presbyterian Church of Wantage (N.J.)

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New Jersey. Court of Common Pleas (Morris County)

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Morris County was established on March 15, 1738/1739 and was named after the Governor of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris (1671-1746). The first Morris County court met at Morristown on March 25, 1740. Jacob Ford and Samuel Tuthill were the first judges appointed by the county in 1776. The attorney general acted as the Prosecutor of the Pleas before 1824, and if he was absent the court appointed a lawyer to perform his duties. A County Court of Common Pleas heard cases between two people as oppo...

Crane, Benjamin, 1787-1863

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Pierson family.

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Pearson family.

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