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stephen crane -lrb- continental congress -rrb-

`` for the writer and poet see : stephen crane . ''
stephen crane -lrb- 1709 -- july 1 , 1780 -rrb- was an american politician from elizabethtown -lrb- elizabeth , new jersey -rrb- who was a delegate to the continental congress from 1774 to 1776 .
he also served in the provincial congress of new jersey , new jersey general assembly and new jersey legislative council .
crane was part of the congressional delegation that opposed separation from great britain which caused the state 's provincial congress to replace their entire delegation in june 1776 .
crane was born in elizabethtown .
he served as sheriff of essex county and was elected as a member of its town committee in 1750 .
he was also a judge of the court of common pleas .
from 1766 to 1773 , he was a member of the colony 's general assembly 1766 -- 1773 and served as speaker in 1771 .
he was also mayor of elizabethtown before he became a member of the continental congress .
until his death in 1780 , crane held several public offices in new jersey .
crane was bayoneted by british troops passing through elizabethtown on their way to springfield on june 23 , 1780 , and died of his wounds on july 1 , 1780 .
he was buried at the first presbyterian churchyard in elizabeth .
