He was mustered into federal service as a private in Captain Edmund Fuller's Company (detached from the New York Militia) on October 8, 1814.

He died in Dunn Brook, Oneida County, New York, on May 13, 1905,[1] at the age of 105.

After his death, Cronk's body was displayed in the main lobby of New York City Hall.

He is interred in the Mount of Victory, Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

At the time of his death, he had 14 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren (his great-granddaughter Jane lived to over 100 years of age, making the two "serial centenarians").