page_title: John Crane (soldier)
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: John Crane (soldier) / Biography / Early life
caption_attribution_description: The House of General Crane, rear. 1898 (approximate). Photograph. On Tremont Street, opposite of Hollis Street, Boston MA.
context_page_description: John Crane was a participant in the Boston Tea Party and a soldier during the American Revolutionary War.
context_section_description: Crane, son of Abijah & Sarah (Beverly) Crane, was born December 7, 1744 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He served in the French and Indian War as a substitute for his father, who had been drafted. After the war he became a housewright. He married Mehitable Wheeler in 1767 and opened a shop in Boston.
caption: Crane House, Tremont Street, Boston. ca.1898 photo.
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