Mrs. Crane's grave is marked by a brown sandstone stele featuring a winged skull in its tympanum, a grim soul effigy which was popular during the early colonial period, but which largely gave way to soul effigies of the portrait type by the mid-1700's. It appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver". Rebecca's survivors at the time of her death included her husband.
*Although Rebekah Crane's maiden name has been given as "Lamson" and "Lampson" in some sources, evidence suggests that
it is more likely that she was the daughter of Job Prince, a sea captain, and the former Rebecca (nee Phippen) Baldwin, a widow at the time of her marriage to Job. (See Genealogy of New Jersey Families, Volume I, p.180-181, for discussion of maiden name controversy.)
Mrs. Crane's grave is marked by a brown sandstone stele featuring a winged skull in its tympanum, a grim soul effigy which was popular during the early colonial period, but which largely gave way to soul effigies of the portrait type by the mid-1700's. It appears to be the work of a craftsman known only as the "Common Jersey Carver". Rebecca's survivors at the time of her death included her husband.
*Although Rebekah Crane's maiden name has been given as "Lamson" and "Lampson" in some sources, evidence suggests that
it is more likely that she was the daughter of Job Prince, a sea captain, and the former Rebecca (nee Phippen) Baldwin, a widow at the time of her marriage to Job. (See Genealogy of New Jersey Families, Volume I, p.180-181, for discussion of maiden name controversy.)
Inscription
"Here Lyes ye Body of
Rebekah, wife of
Azriah Crane Aged
48 years Dec. June
ye 15 1 7 3 9"
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