Crocker, Ephraim 1a

Birth Name Crocker, Ephraim 2a
Gender male
Age at Death 78 years, 4 months, 6 days

Notes

Note

Apparently, Ephraim Crocker was the guardian of his young half-brother, Isaac Crocker, his father’s son by his second marriage. Isaac was twenty-six years younger than Ephraim, according to Ephraim’s statement that he was 77 years old in 1832, and if Isaac was born in 1781, which corresponds to his date of death in Sacramento, Calif., 11 February 1856, at 74 years of age. When Isaac Crocker became 21 years of age, he went to Fort Edward, N.Y., and received his share of his father’s estate from his half-brother, Ephraim Crocker.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1755-01-04 Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut   2a 1b
Residence 1832 Fort Edward, Washington, New York when he applied for a Revolutionary War pension 1a
Death 1833-05-10 Fort Edward, Washington, New York   2a
Military Service       1a
Note: 1

During the Revolutionary War, Levi Crocker and his sons sided with the Patriots in Washington County, N.Y. His sons, Levi and Ephraim Crocker, and several of their neighbors in Argyle, were taken as prisoners to Canada in the spring of 1782 by Tories who had been former friends. After months of starvation in freezing temperatures, they were finally released after the war had ended

Note: 2

He stated that he had been born in Cornwall, Town of Kent, Conn., and that he had served in Capt. Levi Crocker’s company during the Revolutionary War

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Crocker, Levi1728-05-11before 1785
Mother Paine, Freelovebefore 1779
    Sister     Crocker, Freelove
    Brother     Crocker, Ezekiel
    Sister     Crocker, Amy
    Sister     Crocker, Hannah
    Brother     Crocker, Levi 1753-12-19 1797-04-12
         Crocker, Ephraim 1755-01-04 1833-05-10
    Sister     Crocker, Sarah 1762
    Brother     Crocker, Isaac about 1782 1856-02-11
    Brother     Crocker, Orin C about 1785

Families

Family of Crocker, Ephraim and Eldridge, Mary
Married Wife Eldridge, Mary ( * + before 1830 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage       2a
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Crocker, Maryabout 17901865-10-14
Crocker, Johnabout 17991848-11-29
Crocker, Leviabout 1805EITHER OCT 1838 OR NOV 1838
Crocker, Amyabout 1807