Ancestry of
Stephen Crane

Author of The Red Badge of Courage

Sarah Townley

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• • Grandmother of Stephen Crane — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Richard Townley 
  • Mother:
  • Rhoda Clark   
  • Birth Date:
  • 26 Oct 1776 
  • Birth Location:
  • Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey 
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Aug 1832 
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  • Burial Location:
  • First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey 
  • Spouse Name:
  • William Crane
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1802 
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  • Child:

  Jonathan Townley Crane (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Sarah Townley

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A027446.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/21/2014).
  • ³ Stephen Crane Studies, Blacksburg, Virginia: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1995, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 12-13.
  • ⁴ Crane, Ellery Bicknell, Genealogy of the Crane Family, Vol. II, Worcester, Massachusetts: Press of Charles Hamilton (1900), 480, 495.
  • ⁵ Hill, Frank Alden, The Mystery Solved: Facts Relating to the Lawrence-Townley, Chase-Townley, Marriage and Estate Question . . ., Boston: Rand Avery Company (1888), 66.
  • ⁶ Lee, Francis Bazley, Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. I, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 24.
  • ⁷ Littell, John, Family Records, or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and Vicinity) Above Chatham with Their . . ., Feltville, New Jersey: Stationers' Hall Press (1852), 435.
  • ⁸ Wikipedia, "Jonathan Townley Crane", (accessed 02/21/2014).