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appointment as postmaster, May 13, 1893,
by President Cleveland. In political principle
he is a Democrat, but his uniform
courtesy and faithful discharge of his
duties made him popular with all parties
and his reappointment by successive presidents
is the result of the demand made
by his constituency. Mr. Crane is a member
of the First Congregational Church
of Wethersfield, and is active in promot-
ing the moral influences which tend to
elevate society. He is a member of the
Business Men's Association of Wethers-
field, takes an active part in neighborhood
affairs, and is respected and esteemed
throughout the community. He married,
May 9, 1900, Catherine Christie, who was
born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and died
January 14, 1917. They were the parents
of two children : Howard G. and David
C. Crane.
Mr. Crane is descended from another
old family in Connecticut, the Deming
family. The founder of the Deming
family in America was John Deming, an
early settler of Wethersfield, Connecticut,
where in 1641 his homestead included a
house, barn and five acres of land on the
east side of High street and west of the
Great Meadow. He married Honor,
daughter of Richard Treat (another pio-
neer), who may have been the daughter
of his second wife, Alice (Gaylord) Treat.
John Deming was a deputy in 1645, and
as such was appointed on a committee "to
give best safe advice they can to the In-
dians." He was among the first to obtain
a lot on the east side of the river, on
the "Naubuc Farms," now town of Glas-
tonbury, and it is recorded in the year
1640 to John Demion. He probably did
not live there, as his house was in Weth-
ersfield and he sold land on the east side
of the river in 1666. He purchased land
at various times in Wethersfield, much
of which he gave to his sons before his
death. The last recorded act of his life
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was the signing of a codicil to his will,
February 3, 1692. The will was proved
November 21, 1705.
Ebenezer Deming, fifth son and youngest
child of John Deming, was born about
1659, in Wethersfield, and in 1698 received
a deed of land from his brother David, of
Cambridge, and inherited other lands in
that vicinity from his father. He married
there, July 16, 1677, Sarah, whose
family name has become obliterated in the
records. Their eldest child, Ebenezer
Deming, born May 5, 1678, in Wethersfield,
was a hatter by trade, a landowner
in Wethersfield and Newington, and died
April 16, 1763. He married, December
27, 1704, Rebecca Treat, who was born
about 1686, and died December 26, 1753,
daughter of Lieutenant James and Re-
becca (Lattimer) Treat. Her second
son, Oliver Deming, born December 31,
1709, was buried in Wethersfield, September
30, 1789. He married, April 3,
1735, Lucy Hale, born September 6, 1718,
daughter of Nathaniel and Abigail (Francis)
Hale. Their eldest child, Lemuel
Deming. born October 16, 1735, was
buried in Wethersfield, April 25, 1790. He
married Hannah Standish, born May 22,
1739, died February 3, 1826, daughter of
Josiah and Hannah (Butler) Standish.
Their third son, Levi Deming, born November
25, 1764, baptized December 2,
following, died September 27, 1848. He
married, December 18, 1792, Sarah Grant,
daughter of Aaron and Mabel (Easter)
Grant, of East Windsor, Connecticut.
Their daughter, Pamelia Deming, born
November 8, 1800, became the wife of
David Crane, and grandmother of Harry
Weslev Crane.
BLISS, Francis Edward,
Publisher.
Francis Edward Bliss, whose death
occurred in Hartford, Connecticut, No-