Johanna Axtell
Born: March 21, 1745/46
Married: March 10, 1763 Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts
Died:May 05, 1846, Berkeley, Bristol, Massachusetts
Father: William Axtell b.1713
Mother: Hannah Spooner b.c.1715
Husband: Bernice Crane b.1743
Children
Abiathar Crane b.1765 m Mary Wood
Benjamin Crane b.1767 m. Alinda Briggs
Lurana Crane b.1771
Barnabas Crane b.1775 m. Hannah Crane
Jemima Crane b.1778 m. John Jones
William Crane b.1781
Notes:
Also "Joanna Axtell Crane"
-"History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, 1883 p189"-"Bernice Crane was one of the early settlers of Berkeley, Mass. His wife lived to be a centenarian. ..."
-An Axtell website: "She died May 5, 1846, aged one hundred years, one month, and fifteen days. In religion she was a Congregationalist, belonging to the Congregational Church at Berkley for forty years. She is said to have had a firm, even temper, a strong masculine understanding, a deep interest in her friends and neighbors"
-Her great-grandson Colonel Crane named Axtell Drive in Scarsdale, NY after her. He was 9 years old when she died.
Sources:
-Birth Source: "Cincinatti, Queen City" p897; Various Axtell Family Histories
-Marriage Source: NEHGR 53:229, Husband's Pension Application. (Intention listed 1/15/1763)
-Death Source: Berkley town records. Vol 26, p46.
-1790 Census accounts for all children.
-Birth Records for all children.