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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service / Civil Service
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Author: Michael Paul VanBuren
George Ranney, Jr., a son of George Ranney and Mary Hale, was baptized on 14 April 1723 in Middletown, Hartford (later Middlesex) County, Connecticut. He married Hannah Sage, a daughter of John Sage and Mary Hall, on 23 January 1745 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut. She was born on 15 March 1724 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut. They both received admission to full communion in East Middletown Church on 7 December 1746. They had the following nine children: George, Thomas, Francis, Hannah, Mary, Esther, Lucy, Jonathan, and Abigail.
When Ranney was about two years old, his father died. He and his sister Mary, according to family tradition, resided with their maternal grandparents, Thomas and Mercy (Hurlbut) Hale, for the rest of their childhood.
Ranney was listed and was the sole executor in his grandfather’s (Thomas Hale) will in 1743. He was given “two yoke of oxen and all my team tackling, as cart plows, harrows, etc.” He was also given the land with the Hale home, which he took complete possession of in 1752. Ranney also inherited lands in the Wongunk meadow, on an island, and on Indian Hill. Hale also bequeathed the “care of my negro man” to Ranney.
Ranney’s patriotic service included serving as a highway surveyor for his township during the Revolutionary War. He also took an oath of fidelity.
Ranney is enumerated in the 1790 census. The household of eight included 4 females, 2 males under 16, and 2 males 16 and over.
Hannah (Sage) Ranney died on 9 June 1797, probably in Chatham or Middlesex, Connecticut. George Ranney, Jr. died 23 February 1803, probably in Chatham or Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. They are buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in Portland, Middlesex, Connecticut, and both graves are marked with headstones. Ranney died intestate, and his property was inherited by his son Jonathan Ranney.
Sources:
Mullen, Connecticut Town Meeting Records, Vol. 1, p. 196.
Middletown Upper Houses, pg. 181.
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