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Welcome to the largest genealogy site on the internet of Crandalls, Crandells, Crandles, Crandolls, Crundalls, etc., and descendants of Elder John Crandall.

The largest number known descendants are from Elder John CRANDALL line. It is vast and includes many notable figures. This is massive undertaking that continues with frequent updates and additions. The basis for the start of this project would not have been possible without all the hard work of so many other Elder John descendants. Included are the first twelve generations of Elder John Crandall descendants. This is by no means a complete record of all descendants as work continues identifying additional lines and individuals. As new data and research reveals additional descendants, they are added. For security and privacy reasons, later generations are limited. Every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the data presented here.

The 12 generations contained in this work has over 25,000 descendants of Elder John and over 47,000 total individuals.

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The book Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants, by John Cortland Crandall, New Woodstock, New York, 1949 has been added for reference.

To locate those included in JCC’s work on this site: Do a search on the the JCC number (JCC #—-; example JCC #1234) for that individual or their parent or, check name index to see if they have been included in index. Not all individuals have been added or have links to them. Work continues on the index as time permits. The first 6 generations have been completed. Generation 7-11 have many added, but are not yet complete.

NOTE: Please remember while Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants is a great starting place for Crandall researchers, there are many errors contained within this work. These errors are, but not limited to spelling, typo, omissions and lineage errors. Please remember to verify all information with other sources.

This information on this site is compiled from those earlier works as well as additional research using sources such as biographies, burial records, census records, newspapers and other archival material. This work is by no means a complete record of descendants or ancestors. The site tries to include as many references as available for those individuals contained within this work, with attention source material such as burial, census records, biographies and newspapers obits. Work continues on adding reference material as time permits. Information and documentation Elder John has been omitted as I have no new research on his ancestral roots and it is not the purpose of this site to duplicate or take credit for the exceptional work of JCC or C.F.A. research on him. I would like to make a personal note of Earl P. CRANDALL, CFA #1 for all the hard work and time that he put into the Crandall Family Genealogy. Please see C.F.A. works for information on him.

First Generation

1. John Crandall

Colonial pioneer, First Baptist Elder, Deputy Commissioner, and statesman of Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island, the head of the Crandall family in America, was born in Monmouthshire, England, on the line between England and Wales in 1612. His mother is supposed to have been a Scotch lady. He came to Boston within a very few years after the landing of the Pilgrims, in 1634. Several writers have ascertained that he was associated with the Congregational Church at Salem as 1635 and that “he was certainly living in Providence as early as 1637” and while there are many reasons for believing these statements correct and that John Crandall was a close associate of Roger Williams was one of the founders of Providence, unfortunately it seems impossible certainly to confirm them. Many of the original Providence records were early destroyed.

The first valid documentary account of John Crandall in New England shows him to have been actively identified with the Baptist Church in Newport, July 21, 1651. His name next is found, with that of Matthew West in the Freemen’s list of Newport, 1655.

John Crandall was the first Baptist Elder at Westerly, “Elder Crandall was well calculated both by talent and sufferings to lead his people in their devotions. He took an active part In the border difficulties between Massachusetts and Connecticut and subsequently between Connecticut and Rhode Island, concerning the lines between the states.”

“With other founders of Westerly Mr. Crandall settled on the Misquamicutt land before 1665. He was commissioner for a number of years, served as deputy from both Newport and Westerly, and in other capacities which evidence that he was a man of importance. Through the seven sons of Elder Crandall the name became a common one and the family numerous in Rhode Island.” (From Representative men and old families of Rhode Island.)

Through the marriage of Elder John Crandall’s sons and daughters, the family became allied with other important pioneer families who were prominent in the early history of Rhode Island, and New England. Among these were the Gorton, Babcock, Burdick, Hubbard, and Witter families.

The name or origin of his first wife is not known, but it is recorded that she died in 1670 and was buried August 2 of that year in Westerly. From examination of the birth and marriage records of their children, and the dates at which sons were listed as freemen, it may be inferred that John Crandall was first married about the year 1649. He married, second, Hannah Gaylord.

Elder John Crandall died before November 29, 1676 at Newport where he was sojourning on account of the Indian War (King Philip’s War).

The Journal of American History gives the following sketch of the life of Elder John Crandall, which is substantially correct with the probable exception of the account of his activities prior to 1651:

As early as 1635 Rev. John Crandall, who is believed to have been of Welsh
ancestry, was living in Salem where, as elsewhere in the Massachusetts Bay
Colony, there was at this time much opposition to all dissenters from the
authorized tenets of the Puritans. John Crandall was the minister of the
Salem church, but he adopted the opinions of the Baptists, which were very
obnoxious to the Congregationalists, and in the autumn of 1635 he was
dismissed as pastor. As did so many others of the early Baptists of New
England he determined to settle in the Narragansett country. The Indians
proved friendly and he obtained from them a grant of land. He has been
called one of the founders of Providence. He was certainly living in
Providence as early as 1637.

In 1669 he appears in “a list of the Free Inhabitants of the Town of Westerle” May the 18, (John Crandall’s name headed the list). Directly after this he, with Tobias Saunders, was authorized by the colony to summon juries and hold corts, they being appointed “Conservators or His Majesty’s Peace.”

John Crandall was one of the original purchasers from Chief Sosoa of Narragansett of the Misquamicutt tribe, of the land comprising Westerly, from which Hopkinton was later formed. The townships of Westerly, Hopkinton, Charleston and Richmond, as they now are, were a tract called by the Indians Misquamicutt and on August 27, 1661 John Crandall was one of the nine signers of a petition to the Court of Commissioners for the Colony of Providence Plantations, in session at Portsmouth, for the purchase of that part of the tract which became Westerly. His house was near Burdens Pond and a part of it now stands, as one room in the homestead occupied by lineal descendants, of the ninth and tenth generations. Across from the house in the old orchard field is the original cemetery, in which twenty seven bodies are buried. There are three rows of graves containing nine bodies each. These rows of graves run parallel with a swamp near by. Elder John is buried in the row nearest the swamp in the end grave to the left as one stands facing the swamp. Next to his grave is that of his son John. Each of the twenty seven graves is indicated by a field stone some 14 inches in width, appearing four to eight inches above the ground set at the head while a smaller stone marks the foot of the grave. There is no inscription on any of the stones. On the 6th day of October 1932 A. Julian Crandall of Ashaway, Rhode Island and Rev. Wm. S. Crandall of Binghamton, New York, standing in the little historical burying ground, agreed that a suitable marker should be placed thereupon. They further concluded that a large native field granite boulder with a bronze plaque properly lettered, embedded in the same would be most suitable. The two third cousins resolved that they would sponsor the project. He was the first Baptist Elder at Westerly and held a number of public offices at various times. In 1658, 1659, 1662, 1663 he was a Commissioner, and was a Deputy to the General Court in 1667, 1670 and 1671, representing Westerly during the two latter terms.

He had lived prior to his settlement at Westerly, at Newport.

There was much dispute between the colonies of Massachusetts and Connecticut as to their jurisdictions, and especially as to jurisdiction over grants in Rhode Island, which however, had been confirmed by a royal charter to their purchasers. A claim was made in 1662 by Connecticut of land reaching beyond Misquamicutt to Narragansett Bay. On October 17, 1667, a letter was sent by the Connecticut authorities, to those of Rhode Island complaining that John Crandall had taken possession of about a square mile of land, which he had laid out to his sort, on the west side of the Pawcatuck River. On May 14, 1669 he and Joseph Torrey were appointed commissioners for the purpose of conferring with the Connecticut authorities concerning these land disputes. Certain individuals lent thirty five shillings to the Colony of Rhode Island in order to pay the expenses of Mr. Crandall to Connecticut. A few months later, on November 18, the governor and assistants of Connecticut sent a letter complaining that John Crandall and some others had appropriated a large tract of land in the township of Stonington, Connecticut. A reply to this complaint was sent by the Town of Westerly on March 11, 1669, signed by John Crandall and Tobias Saunders, in which all illegal seizure of land or other offense against the Colony of Connecticut was denied, and a counter charge was made; “but we are very sensible of great wrongs that we have sustained by them for many years.” In 1671 the dispute grew so serious that Mr. Crandall, with others, were actually carried off by the Connecticut authorities and was imprisoned at Hartford. On May 2, of that year the Rhode Island assembly advised him not to yield to Connecticut’s claims and assured him of the Colony’s support and that his financial losses would be borne by the Colony.

The Reverend John Crandall was twice married. The name of his first wife is unknown, but she died in 1670 and was buried on August 2 of that year. He married, second, Hannah Gaylord.

The subjoining summary recorded events in the later life of John Crandall “of Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island” is from Austin’s Authoritative Volumes Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, and One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families of Rhode Island.

John Crandall was early associated with the Baptists, at Newport, subsequently becoming the first Elder of that denomination at Westerly.

1651, July 21. He, with John Clarke and Obediah Holmes, “being the representatives of the Church of Newport, upon the request of William Witter, of Lynn, arrived there, he being a brother in the Church, who by reason of his advanced age, could not undertake so great a journey as to visit the church. William Witter lived about two miles out of Lynn and the next day being Sunday, they spent in religious services at his house, and were there apprehended by two constables at the instance of the Massachusetts authorities, while Mr. Clarke was preaching, and the next morning they were sent to prison in Boston. For the dire offense of holding this little meeting, and on other frivolous pretexts Obediah Holmes was fined, imprisoned and whipped.
1651, July 31. He was sentenced to pay a fine of L5 or be publically whipped. He was released from prison upon his promise of appearing at next court.
1658; 59; 62; 63 Commissioner.
1661, August 27, he and eight others signed a letter of the Court of Commissioners of Rhode Island, concerning a tract of land at Westerly, that they and others desired approbation and assistance of Rhode Island in settling upon.
1661, September 9. He had half a share at Westerly assigned him.
1667, Deputy.
1667, October 17, Westerly. He was complained of in a letter from Connecticut to Rhode Island authorities, for having come on west side of Pawcatuck River and laid out about a mile square of land to his son.
1669, May 14. He and Joseph Torrey were appointed Commissioners to treat with Connecticut relative to jurisdiction of lands. The sum of 35 shillings was lent to the Colony of Rhode Island by individuals for John Crandall’s voyage to Connecticut.
1669, May 18. His name was on the List of Inhabitants. (Westerly)
1669, November 18. A letter was sent him by Governor and Assistants, of Connecticut, complaining that he and others had appropriated a great parcel of Stonington township, and seeking for satisfaction.
1669, March 11. He and Tobias Saunders answered on behalf of Westerly denying any guilt in matter complained of, “but we are very sensible of great wrongs we have sustained by them several years.” The letter closes: “As for your advice to agree with those, our neighbors of Stonington and the other gentlemen we hope that your colony and ours, will in the first place lovingly agree, and then we question not but that there will be an agreement between us and our neighbors of Stonington, and the rest of the gentlemen.”
1670, June 19. He as Conservator of the Peace of Westerly, wrote a letter a little prior to this date, to the Governor of Rhode Island, informing him “of an entrance made into our jurisdiction by some of Connecticut, and of their carrying away some inhabitants prisoners.”
1670, August 2. His first wife was buried.
1670, October 3. He deeded eldest son, John of Newport, “for love &c.;, all my good, chattels, debts, household utensils, and all other personal estate, movable or immovable quick or dead putting him in quiet and peaceable possession by payment of is in silver, by his son.”
1670, 1671. Deputy from Westerly.
1671, January 30. Bills were allowed by Assembly, for hire of a boat to go to Narragansett with Mr. John Crandall Sr. in the year 1670 and for hire of Sarah Reape’s horse for use of Mr. John Crandall to go to Hartford.
1671, May 2. He, having been “as is asserted” apprehended and now is in durance, by the Colony of Connecticut and having desired the advice of the Governor &c.; of Rhode Island whether to give bond or abide imprisonment, the Colony will bear his charges and endeavor to justify his actings therein.
1671, may 6. He was allowed 20 shillings, to bear his charge to Connecticut.

1675, January 23. In a letter from Ruth Burdick, to her father Samuel Hubbard, of Newport, she says, “Brother Crandall hath the ague and fever still, and have been but little amongst us this winter, Sister Crandall is brought to bed with a son, and is in a hopeful way.” (Ruth Burdick’s daughter Deborah (Samuel Hubbard’s granddaughter) later married Elder John Crandall’s son (by his first wife) Joseph Crandall.

He died in Newport, having moved there on account of the Indian War.

1676, November 29. Under this date Samuel Hubbard, writes from Newport to Mr. Edward Stennitt in London, and after speaking of the devastation caused by King Philip’s War, he recounts the recent deaths in the First Baptist Church: He says: “of the old church, First Mr. Joseph Torrey, then my dear brother John Crandall, then Mr. John Clarke, then William Weeden, a deacon, then John Salmon; a sad stroke in very deed, young men and maids to this day I never knew or heard the like in New England.” Samuel Hubbard also wrote a few years later; “my dear brother John Crandall of Squamicut, is dead and his first wife a Sabbath keeper, the first that died in that blessed faith in New England.”

His second wife was Hannah Gaylord, born 30 Jan. 1647, and probably was daughter of William and Ann (Porter) Gaylord, of Windsor, Connecticut. The said Hannah married a Crandall as is shown by the settlement of her brother Hezekiah Gaylord’s estate in 1677.

Home of John C. Crandall

Elder John Crandall died at Newport November 29, 1676, From the compiler the following data of Elder John has been furnished: That he was born probably Shropshire, England near the Welsh border. The western portion of this county was formerly a part of Wales and later annexed to England. Hence the reason why some authorities have made the assertion that Elder John Crandall was a Welchman. One good authority states that he died 29 Nov. 1676 at the age of 67 yrs. which would indicate that he was born in 1609 and judging from the known ages of some of his associates, this would seem probable. His first wife by whom he had 7 children has not been positively identified but record shown that she died 1 Aug. 1670. (Mildred Small of Etna, Pa. states she found in the records in Washington, D.C. that the first wife of Elder John was Mary Opp who died 20 Aug. 1669) Elder John married second, Hannah Gaylord, b. 30 Jan. 1647; d. 3 Aug. 1678. After the death of Eld. John his widow married, second, John Cottrell, Jr. Hannah Gaylord was the dau. of William (William, John Nicholas) and Ann (Porter) Gaylord.

Children of Eld. John by his first wife

(2) John, b. abt. 1649; m. Elizabeth Gorton
(3) James, b. abt. 1651
(4) Jane, b. abt. 1653; m. Job Babcock
(5) Sarah, b. abt. 1654; m. Josiah Witter
(6) Peter, b. 1655; m. Mary Babcock
(7) (Rev.) Joseph; b. 1661; m. Deborah Burdick
(8) Samuel, b. 1663; m. Sarah Colby (or Celly)

Children of Eld. John and Hannah (Gaylord) Crandall

(9) Jeremiah, b. Aug. 1673; m. Priscilla Warner
(10) Eber, b. 1676; m. 1st [unk.]; m. 2nd Patience Lanphere; m. 3rd Mary Cottrell.

This is the old Crandall homestead mentioned in the deed. from the Harisons to John Crandall 1864. He lived here for many years before the deed was finally given. Located in Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., N.Y. Crandallville but later changed to Howardville when the Howards were granted the Post Office. The compiler and his father were both born here.

Second Generation

2. John Crandall

Son of Eld. John, b. abt. 1649 in Newport, R.I.; d. 1704; m. 18 June, 1672 in Warwick, R.I. by John Green, J.P., Elizabeth Gorton, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Maplet) Gorton. (one record gives her as Elizabeth (Burton) Gorton). (Samuel Gorton b. 1592; d. 1677; was in Boston 1836; Plymouth 1638; settled in Warwick, R.I. 1641).

John called himself the son and heir of John Crandall of Newport, deceased. He confirmed to his “beloved brothers Jeremiah and Eber, now resident of Newport, and in tuition of their mother, Hannah Crandall, a certain house formerly the Mansion House of my father John Crandall together with 200 acres thereto belonging, lying and being in westerly.”

12 Dec. 1682 he sold to George Lawton, Jr. of Freeman’s Lands, New Plymouth, certain land in Narragansett for 40s.

His will was dated 25 Jan. 1704, proved 14 Aug. 1704, made wife Elizabeth exrx; named friend Job Babcock, brother Peter, and son in law Stephen Wilcox overseers; gave to son John 5s he “having had already”; son Peter, wastermost part of the farm I now dwell on; son Samuel rest of the land and housing; dau. Elizabeth Wilcox 5s; dau. Mary Phillips 5a; wife Elizabeth all movables and the whole use of all lands till sons Peter and Samuel were of age.

Children of John & Elizabeth Gorton Crandall

(11) John, b. abt. 1675.
(12) Elizabeth.
(13) Mary.
(14) Peter, (not of age in 1704).
(15) Samuel, (not of age in 1704), Res. Newport and Kingstown, R.I.

3. James Crandall

Son of Eld. John, b. 1651 probably in Newport, R.I.; took oath of allegiance in Westerly 17 Sept. 1679; Freeman in Westerly 1681.

(Howard Stillman Crandall of Westerly spent many years compiling the Crandall records. He worked especially on the line of James and the following is taken from his letter to Prof. Albert Rogers Crandall)

James became dissatisfied with the settlement of his father's estate
(leaving all to the eldest son which was the old English custom); left
home when be became 21, going down the Pawcatuck River which runs into the
ocean near the end of Fisher's Island and made his home almost opposite
Watch Hill an Long Island where he married a girl whose sister had married
a man by the name of **Raynor** who lived in Suffolk Co. on the seat end of
Long Island. Because of his wife's religion, which was not of the Seventh
Day Baptist faith, James was disowned by the rest or the family. James had
quite a large family. His eldest son Samuel Nelson desiring a better
education went to Manhattan. His father and the rest of his family removed
to Cape May Co., N.J. where the exodus of whalers on Long Island had found
new fields to explore. After receiving his education Samuel went to
Duchess Co., N.Y. and probably had a large family.  Soon after, his two
older brothers followed him. Samuel had sons Eber, Samuel and James and
probably others as there are records or many Crandalls in this locality
and Schaghticoks, Rensselaer Co., N.Y. and Cold Springs, Putnam Co., N.Y.
which seems to point to the fact that they are the descendants of James.
Being dissatisfied in Duchess Co. they after a time migrated to Rochester,
N.Y. thence to Canada and finally some of them were in Ann Arbor, Michigan
where we have Palmer Crandall and later Tanner Crandall. Many of these
Canada Crandalls corresponded with Howard to establish their line with
James. Also in the history of Tomkins and Tioga Counties, N.Y. is is an
account of the line of a Henry Crandall son of Eber and Dinah (Vaughn), b.
22 Sept. 1795 in Schaghticoks, Rensselaer Co., N.Y.; d. 9 Mar. 1882 in
Millport, N.Y.; m. 19 Oct. 1816 in Smithville, N.Y.; Eliza, dau. of
Charles Hill of Madison Co., N.Y. Eber Crandall was a native of Cold
Spring, Duchess Co., N.Y. having been born there in 1755. His father
having lived and died there. His father James was or English ancestry
settling on Long Island before the dawn of the 17th century. Eber moved to
Argyle, Washington Co., N.Y. when Henry was an infant and after other
moves he finally came to Tomkins Co. where he died.

The history of Tomkins Co. establishes without doubt another line from James, son of Eld. John. While some positive connections are missing from dates and locations it is safe to assume that they are in the line of James and they will be found in a later section of the genealogy.

Children of James:

Samuel Nelson. John.

Rueben.

JANE CRANDALL, of Eld. John, b. abt. 1653 probably in Westerly, R.I.; d. 1715; m. Job Babcock who died 1718; son of James, b. in Eng. 1612; d. 1679, and his wife Sarah ( – ) . Job was an Indian Interpreter.

Children of Job and Jana (Crandall) Babcock:

A. Job. B. John.

C. Benjamin.

D. Jane m. James Bremen.

E. Sarah m. James Hall. Their son, James Hall, Jr. b. 1701 had Benjamin b. 1722; m. Penelope Palmiter, a Westerly and Hopkinton, R.I. Their dau. Temperance Hall b. 8 July 1755; d. 1 June 1846; m. 19 Mar. 1770 by John Larkin, J.P., at Hopkinton, Daniel Burdick or Hopkinton, R.I., Petersburg and Lincklean, N.Y., son of William (Dee. Benjamin, Robert), b. Hopkinton 20 Dec. 1746; d. 3 Dec. 1808; had 9 children (see Burdick. gen. p. 51).

F. Mary (see P-16) m. as (2) wife, William Tanner, Sr.

G. Elizabeth m. Mr. Brand.

H. Hannah m. Daniel Stanton.

I. Mercy.

SARAH CRANDALL of Stonington, Conn., dau. of Eld. John, b. abt. 1654 probably at Westerly, R.I.; m. 1676, as his 2nd wife, JOSIAH WITTER, b. 1640; d. 1685, son of William Witter who was b. in Eng. 1584; d. in Lynn. Mass., 1659. He came to America with his wife Hannah, son Josiah and dau. Hannah who m. Thomas Barden. After the death of William Witter his widow Hannah came, to Stonington, Conn. with her son Josiah and lived to a great age. (Witter Gen.)

Josiah’s first wife was Elizabeth, dau. or Thomas Wheeler whom he married 25 Feb. 1661/2 at Lynn,

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Mass. , and who d. 2 Aug. 1672.

SARAH, m. 2nd, abt. 1667 PETER BUTTON, son of Matthias and — (Teagle) Button, b. 1660.

Chilren of Josiah and Sarah (Crandall) Witter:

(1) John, b. 11 Mar. 1677/8. Sarah, b. 7 Feb. 1679

(2) Hannah, b. 17 May 1681.

(3) Abigail, b. 14 Aug. 1684

Children of Peter and Sarah (Crandall) Button:

Peter, b. 1 Jan. 1688. Mary, b. 6 Oct. 1689.

Matthias, b. 16 Jan. 1692.

Eliphal, b. 16 Dec. 1694.

Jedediah.

Samuel.

Cyrus.

Joseph.

Elizabeth.

The following families are descended from Sarah (Crandall) Witter:

(1) JOHN WITTER of William and Sarah (Crandall) Witter, b. 11 Mar. 1677/8, at Stonington, Conn.; d. 1725; m. 1st, abt. 1703 Sarah Tefft, dau. or Samuel and Elizabeth (Jencks) Tefft and granddaughter of John and Mary ( - ) Tefft; m. 2nd. Mrs. Mary Lewis, a widow. John was 60 yrs old in 1757.

Children of John and Sarah (Tefft) Witter: Born probably in Westerly, R.I. Esther, b. Nov. 1705.

Elizabeth, b. 10 Feb. 1706. Josiah, probably d. young.

John, probably d. young.

Samuel, probably d. young.

Ebenezer, probably d. young.

Hannah, b. 20 Jan. 1713.

Joseph, b. 4 Apr. 1716; m. 9 Dec. 1736, Sarah Steward. (Witter Gen. p. 31).

Sarah, b. 20 Nov. 1717.

(4) John, b. 1718 or 1719.

Children of John and Mary ( — ) Witter:

Abigail, d. young. Mary, b. May 1722.

Abigail.

William, probably d. young.

Martha, b. 11 July 1727.

(4) JOHN WITTER, son of John and Sarah (Tefft) Witter. b. 1718 or 1719; m. Anne, dau. of Peter Davis a Quaker minister 7 Sept. 1740 (Witter Gen. P. 33) (Comp. of Am. Gen. vol vii, p. 116).

Children or John and Anne (Davis) Witter: (Witter Gen. pp. 33 and 47.)

John, b. abt. 1741; m. Miriam, dau. of James Worden 7 Apr. 1763. Samuel, b. 29 June 1745; m. 5 Jan. 1769, Tacy Porter.

Hannah, m. Nathan, son of Timothy Porter.

Sarah, b. 1743; d. 1804; m. David, son or David Dewey.

(2) HANNAH WITTER, of William and Sarah (Crandall) Witter, b. 17 Mar. 1681 in Lynn, Mass.; 5 Nov. 1703, Thomas Park, b. 1676.

Note. John H. Abbott, 3624 Virginia Ave., Kansas City, Mo. furnishes his line back to Hannah as folIows:

Benajah Parke, b. 8 July 1718; m. 20 may 1741, Lydia Parrish b. 16 Sept. 1719. Hannah Parke b. 14 Feb. 1743; m. abt. 1763 Jeremiah Bailey b. abt. 1740.

Benjamin Bailey, b. 7 Nov. 1768; m. 27 Nov. 1794 Lydia Gore b. 7 May 1768.

Hannah Bailey, b. 2 Dec. 1805; m. 10 July 1927 Cornelius Courtright b. 28 May 1803.

Caroline Courtright, b. 4 Nov. 1842; m. 29 Dec. 1834 Robert M. Abbott, b. 15 June 1836.

John H. Abbott, b. 26 Feb. 1866; m. 2 June 1913 Mabel G. Hax.

(3) ABIGAIL WITTER of Sudbury, Preston and Guilford, Conn. dau. of William and Sarah (Crandall) Witter, b. 14 Aug. 1684, Stonington, Conn.; m. 6 Feb. 1706 JOHN FREEMAN (Joseph Dorothy (Hayes), John) , b. 16 Mar. 1680; d. 1725.

Children of John and Abigail (Witter) Freeman: Born in Preston and Guilford, Conn..

(5) Dorothy b. 31 Mar. 1709; m. Isaac Williams. (6) Elizabeth, b. 27 Oct. 1710; m. Oliver Clark.

John, b. 16 Dec. 1712.

Ebenezer, b. 1714; m. Mary Blodgett.

James, b. 1716; m. Phoebe Kinney.

Abigail, b. 1718/19; m. Joseph Stanton.

Sarah, b. 14 Dec. 1724; m. John Coggswell.

(5) DOROTHY FREEMAN of Preston, Conn. dau. of John and Abigail (Witter) Freeman, b. 31 Mar. 1709, at Preston, Conn.; m. 26 Dec. 1727, Isaac Williams (Charles, Mark) b. 11 July 1694, Preston, Conn; d. 1745.

Children of Isaac and Dorothy (Freeman) Williams; b. in Preston, Conn.

Hannah. b. 11 Dec. 1728; m. Silas Geer. Boaz, b. 30 Mar. 1737.

(7) Isaac, b, 1739; m. Mary Arnold.

Tamar, b. 18 Sept. 1743.

(7) ISAAC WILLIAMS of Copenhagen, Lewis Co., N.Y., son of Isaac and Dorothy (Freeman) Williams, b. 1739 in Preston, Conn.; d. and bur. 1830 in Copenhagen, N.Y.; m. 1764 Mary Arnold (Samuel, David, Josiah, Joseph, John) of Hartford, Conn., b. 15 Apr. 1745 in Haddam, Conn.; d. 9 Dec. 1789 in Norwich (now Huntington), Mass. She was his 1st wife. Isaac was mentioned in the will of his uncle Mark Williams in 1762 and was called the 2nd son not yet 21 years old, but older then his sister Tamar. Isaac was a soldier of the French and Indian War and of the Revolution. He lived part or his life In Saybrook, Conn. and Norwich, Mass.

Children of Isaac and Mary (Arnold) Williams: 3 born in Conn. and the others in Norwich, Mass.

Dorothy, m. Rev. Joseph Dimmock. They had 6 sons and 4 daughters. (See Hannah Dimmock who m. David N. Crandall, and 4 of his sisters and 1 brother who m. Dimmocks and who might be children of Joseph and Dorothy (Williams). Lydia, m. Samuel Weeks.

Molly m. Kendrum Sampson.

Freeman, m. Mercy Packard.

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Patty (Martha), m. Asa Porter. John m. Rachel Anderson.

(8) Susannah, b. 29 Sept. 1764; m. 4 Sept. 1808, Elijah Anderson.

(8) SUSANNAH WILLIAMS of Lewis Co., N.Y. and Crawford Co., Pa. dau. of Isaac and Mary (Arnold) Williams, b. 29 Sept. 1784, in Norwich, Mass.; d. 4 Feb. 1843; m. 4 Sept. 1608 Elijah Anderson (Joseph Jonathan, Joseph) of Hingham, Mass. b. 15 Mar. 176; in Cummington, Mass.; d. 21 San. 1857.

Children of Elijah and Susannah (Williams) Anderson:

Elijah Riley, b. 20 July 1809, Hampshire Co., Mass. (9) William Earl, b. 6 Feb. 1812, Lewis Co., N.Y.; m. 17 Jan. 1837, Frances Austin.

Alanson, b. 30 ;an. 1814.

Achash, b. 21 Dec. 1816; d. young.

Levi Merritt, b. 30 May 1821.

Samuel Loveland, b. 6 Sept. 1825.

John Wesley, b. 12 Apr. 1828.

(9) WILLIAM EARL ANDERSON of Crawford Co., Pa. son of Elijah end Susannah (Williams) Anderson, b. 6 Feb. 1812 in Lewis Co., Pa.; d. 11 Dec.. 1859 in Lewis Co., Pa.; m. 17 Jan. 1837, Frances Austin, b. abt. 1816; d. 15 July 1907; dau. of Grinmen who was son of Silas and Sarah (Crandall) Austin (See their record). Both are buried in the old cemetery at Edinboro, Pa.

Children of William Earl and Frances (Austin) Anderson: Born in Crawford Co., Pa.

Hiram Marion, b. 6 June 1836; m. Mary Elizabeth Gibson. Jane Maria, b. 2 Feb. 1840.

Leury Edelia, b. 1 Aug. 1843.

(10) Samuel Wallace, b. 2 Sept. 1652; m. 14 May 1876 Lydia Louise Hall.

(10) SAMUEL WALLACE ANLERSON or Crawford Co., Pa. son of William Earl and Frances (Austin) Anderson, b. 2 Sept. 1852. Crawford Co., Pa., (living 14 Jan. 1943); m. 14 May 1876, Lydia Louise Hall (Thomas Caleb, Isaac, Benajah (Revolutionary Soldier) b. 28 Feb. 1855 in Crawford Co., Pa.

Children of Samuel Wallace and Lydia Louise (Hall) Anderson: Born in Crawford Co., Pa.

BLanche Amanda, b. 8 July 1877. Alta Maude, b. 28 Sept. 1878.

Guy, b. 5 Nov. 1880.

Bessie Mary, b. 25 Dec. 1882.

Clyde, b. 25 Nov. 1884.

Emmett, b. 25 May 1887.

Hazel May, b. 24 June 1898.

(6) ELIZABETH FREEMAN of Preston, Conn. b. 27 Oct. 1710; m. 8 Nov. 1729, Oliver Clark, son of Isaac and Miriam (Tracy) Clark (Witter Gen. p. 34).

Children of Oliver end Elizabeth (Freeman) Clark: Born in Preston, Conn.

James, m. Ruth Polly. Olive.

Elizabeth, b. 17 Mar. 1744; m. 1762, Jonathan Herrick. (They were ancestors of Elisha Loomis 1321 West Ill. St., Cleveland, O. Record by Rev. William Ellsworth Witter, Rochester, N.Y).

Zephaniah, d. young.

Phany.

Zephaniah, b. 16 Feb. 1751/2; in Zulyma Cooley. Their son Abel Russell Clark M. Anna, dau. of Elizabeth (Witter) Marsh.

Reference for the above is Bessie Anderson McQuillan; Albion, Pa.

PETER CRANDALL of Westerly and Ashaway, R.I. son of Eld. John., was b. abt. 1655 in Westerly and died 1734. He married Mary Babcock, dau. of James Jr. and Jane ( – ) Babcock. The records of this family are not clear. The data taken from Arnold’s Vit. Records of R.I. contain a mistake, but just what it is and where it is seems impossible to determine at this date. From the records it would appear that Anna, who first married James Babcock, Jr. later married a Brown; that as the wife of James Babcock, she was the mother of Mary who married Peter Crandall and that as the wife of Mr. Brown, she was the mother of George Brown who married Charity, the dau. of Peter and Mary (Babcock) Crandall. Howard Crandall tried during his lifetime to straighten out the tangle with the result that he wrote: By the records Mary Babcock and George Brown, were half brother and sister; that Charity Crandall was the wife and also the niece of George Brown; that Peter Crandall was brother in law to his son in law George Brown; that Jane Brown was grandmother and mother in law or Charity (Crandall) Brown; that Jane Brown was, mother in law of Peter Crandall, which would make Mary Babcock, wife of Peter Crandall, his sister in law. This would also make Charity marrying her uncle, George Brown. Mr. Crandall finally gave up the problem and no one since his time has been able to solve it.

It would appear that George Brown and Charity (Crandall) Brown had the following children:

George. Peter.

John.

Elizabeth.

Sarah.

Ruth.

William, who was left by will all his father’s Cooper’s tools.

Peter Crandall took the oath of allegiance in Westerly 17 May 1679; was a Freeman in 1681; deputy from 1699 1704; Justice of Peace and Lieut. of Militia and was an important man of his time.

Children of Peter and Mary (Babcock) Crandall:

Charity, b. in Ashaway; m. George Brown.

Peter; m. 27 Feb. 1717/18 Mary Burdick.
(Col.) John, m. 1st Mary Crandall; m. 2 19 Apr. 1740, Esther Lewis.

Samuel

James (said by Howard Crandall to have had a son Reuben who was father of Rev. Reuben and Palmer. This however, has not been proven.

Rev. JOSEPH CRANDALL of Newport, Westerly, and South Kingstown, R.I., son of Eld. John, b. abt. 1661 in Westerly, R.I.; d. 12 Sept. 1737; m. abt 1681, Deborah Hubbard Burdick, dau. of Robert and Ruth (Hubbard) Burdick, b. 11 Jan. 1640. Ruth

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Hubbard was dau. of Samuel, and Tacy Cooper Hubbard. Tacy (Tasy,Tase) Cooper came to Dorchester, Mass. 9 June 1634 from England and was married to Samuel Hubbard when she was 28 yrs. old. (Hist. of Windsor, Conn. from the Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles. Vol. 3 p. 28). Samuel Hubbard came to Salem, Mass. in 1633 and married Tacy Cooper 4 Jan. 1636 at Windsor, Conn. by Mr. Ludlow. They were both in the party that marched through the wilderness from Watertown, Mass. during the terrible winter of 1635 to become the founders of Conn. They were persecuted in Mass. for expressing their Baptist views. Samuel Hubbard finally in 1648 found refuge in R.I. where he was associated with Eld. John Crandall and others in founding the colony of R.I. which stands above all others for Its democratic principles.

Rev. Joseph Crandall was an ordained minister of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Newport, R.I. 8 May 1715.

Children of Rev. Joseph and Deborah. (Burdick) Crandall: Dates, places and order of birth not known.

John, b. abt. 1682; d. 1767; m. 1st – ; a. 2nd Hannah – ; m. 3rd Elizabeth Lewis.
Lydia, b. abt. 1683; m. Robert Babcock.
Joseph, b. 1684; m. 16 Feb. 1716 Ann Langworthy.
Mary, b. abt. 1686; m. 1706 Nathaniel Wells.
Deborah, b. abt. 1688; m. Dr. George Stillman, 13 April 1706.
Thankful, b. abt. 1690; m. Stephen Saunders.
Tacy, b. abt. 1692; m. John Lewis.
Jane, b. abt. 1694; m. Cyrus Richmond.
SAMUEL CRANDALL, Son of Eld. John, of Tiverton, Little Compton, and Newport, R.I., b. probably in Westerly, R.I. 1663; d. 19 May 1736 in Tiverton, R.I.; m. 1685 in Little Compton, Sarah Colby, dau. of Edward Colby, b. 1665/6; d. 3 Aug. 1758 in Tiverton, R.I. (her name has sometimes been given as Sarah Celly).

Children of Samuel and Sarah (Colby) Crandall:

Samuel, b. 30 Oct. 1686; m. 3 May 1706 Mary Wilbur.
Mary. b. 17 May 1689; m. 15 Dec. 1714, Thomas Brownell.

James, b. 23 Aug. 1692 (?)

Jane, b. 23 Aug. 1692; m. 10 May 1712 William Wilbur.
John, b. 11 Jan. 1695.
Peter, b. 25 Oct. 1697; m. 11 Nov. 1717 Mary Richmond.
Joseph, b; 28 Nov. 1701; m. 29 July 1720 Elizabeth Church.

Ref. Austin’s Gen. Dict. and Vit. Rec. of R.I.

JEREMIAH CRANDALL of Newport, R.I., son of Eld. John and Hannah (Gaylord) Crandall, b. Aug. 1673 in Westerly, R.I.; d. 1718; m. Priscilla Warner, dau. of John and Ann (Gorton) Warner who died 24 Feb. 1750. After the death of Jeremiah his widow m. 2nd Abraham (Lieut. Gershom, Robert, Lockwood.

On 31 Aug. 1696 Jeremiah bought of his brother John 100 acres of land.

Children of Jeremiah and Priscilla (Warner) Crandall: (No sons have been traced who married and had any male descendants).

Jeremiah, b. 25 June 1702; d. 1725 unmarried. Ann, b. 1703; d. 1725 unmarried.

John, b. 4 Oct. 1704; died unmarried.

Hannah, b. 1705; m. 1727 Robert Austin.

James, b. 4 Sept. 1706; d. 1728 unmarried.

Sarah, d. 1721; unmarried.

Experience, m. 7 Nov. 1728 David Sprague.

Patience, d. 1725; unmarried.

Susannah. b. 11 Mar. 1715.

Mary, b. 13 May 1717.

EBER CRANDALL of Westerly, R.I. son of Eld. John and Hannah (Gaylord) Crandall, b. 1676 in Westerly; d. 1727; m. 1st Mary _; m. 2nd probably Patience Lanphere, dau. of George; m. 3rd May Cottrell, dau. of Nicholas, who d. 2 Dec. 1735. Nicholas Cottrell d. 1727 was the son of Nicholas who died in 1715, who in turn was son of Nicholas who was first mentioned in Newport, R.I. 20 May 1638; d. 1680; Freeman in Newport 1655. His will dated at Taunton, Mass. Feb. 1680. His widow took oath to his will 1 July 1681 at the age of 36 yrs. therefore, she was not the mother of all his children. May Cottrell’s mother was Dorothy Pendleton.

Children of Eber and Patience (Lanphere) Crandall: (There were none given by the first wife).

John, b. abt. 1703; m. let Mary Crandall; m. 2nd –.
Eber, b. abt. 1705; m. 10 Feb. 1732 Mary Long.
Samuel, b. abt. 1707; m. 14 Oct. 1731, Sarah Worden.
Joseph. b. abt. 1709; m. Edith Hiscox 2 May 1735.

Children of Eber and May (Cottrell) Crandall:

Mary, b. abt. 1710; m. John Crandall, Jr.
Nathaniel, b. 28 Feb. 1711; m. Jemima (Cartee) Wilcox.
Jonathan, b. abt. 1715; m. 1st m. — , 2nd 12 Apr. 1747, Hannah Downing.
Ebenezer, b. abt. 1717; m. Thankful Curtis.
Jeremiah, b. 1718; m. Kaziah —.

22 Aug. 1727 Eber made his will, which was proved 15 Sept. 1727 in which he named as executors his friend Nicholas Cottrell of Westerly, and his brother, Nathaniel Cottrell of North Kingstown. He bequeaths to his wife May and to children John, Eber, Samuel, and Joseph, children of his first wife, and Mary, Nathaniel, Jonathan. Ebenezer, and Jeremiah, children of his second wife, and provides that his executors may sell his lands and put out his children to apprenticeships.2. JOHN CRANDALL, of Eld. John, b.. abt. 1649 in, Newport, R.I.; d. 1704; m. 18 June, 1672 in Warwick, R.I. by John Green, J.P., Elizabeth Gorton, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Maplet) Gorton. (one record gives her as Elizabeth (Burton) Gorton). (Samuel Gorton b. 1592; d. 1677; was in Boston 1836; Plymouth 1638; settled in Warwick, R.I. 1641).

12 Dec. 1682 he sold to George Lawton, Jr. of Freeman’s Lands, New Plymouth, certain land in Narragansett for 40s.

Children:

John, b. abt. 1675.
Elizabeth.
Mary.
Peter, (not of age in 1704).
Samuel, (not of age in 1704), Res. Newport and Kingstown, R.I.
JAMES CRANDALL, of Eld. John, 1651 probably in Newport, R.I.; took oath of allegiance in Westerly 17 Sept. 1679; Freeman in Westerly 1681.

James became dissatisfied with the settlement of his father’s estate (leaving all to the eldest son which was the old English custom); left home when be became 21, going down the Pawcatuck River which runs into the ocean near the end of Fisher’s Island and made his home almost opposite Watch Hill an Long Island where he married a girl whose sister had married a man by the name of Raynor who lived in Suffolk Co. on the seat end of Long Island. Because of his wife’s religion, which was not of the Seventh Day Baptist faith, James was disowned by the rest or the family. James had quite a large family. His eldest son Samuel Nelson desiring a better education went to Manhattan. His father and the rest of his family removed to Cape May Co., N.J. where the exodus of whalers on Long Island had found new fields to explore. After receiving his education Samuel went to Duchess Co., N.Y. and probably had a large family. Soon after, his two older brothers followed him. Samuel had sons Eber, Samuel and James and probably others as there are records or many Crandalls in this locality and Schaghticoks, Rensselaer Co., N.Y. and Cold Springs, Putnam Co., N.Y. which seems to point to the fact that they are the descendants of James. Being dissatisfied in Duchess Co. they after a time migrated to Rochester, N.Y. thence to Canada and finally some of them were in Ann Arbor, Michigan where we have Palmer Crandall and later Tanner Crandall. Many of these Canada Crandalls corresponded with Howard to establish their line with James. Also in the history of Tomkins and Tioga Counties, N.Y. is is an account of the line of a Henry Crandall son of Eber and Dinah (Vaughn), b. 22 Sept. 1795 in Schaghticoks, Rensselaer Co., N.Y.; d. 9 Mar. 1882 in Millport, N.Y.; m. 19 Oct. 1816 in Smithville, N.Y.; Eliza, dau. of Charles Hill of Madison Co., N.Y. Eber Crandall was a native of Cold Spring, Duchess Co., N.Y. having been born there in 1755. His father having lived and died there. His father James was or English ancestry settling on Long Island before the dawn of the 17th century. Eber moved to Argyle, Washington Co., N.Y. when Henry was an infant and after other moves he finally came to Tomkins Co. where he died.

Children of James:

Samuel Nelson. John.

Rueben.

JANE CRANDALL, of Eld. John, b. abt. 1653 probably in Westerly, R.I.; d. 1715; m. Job Babcock who died 1718; son of James, b. in Eng. 1612; d. 1679, and his wife Sarah ( – ) . Job was an Indian Interpreter.

Children of Job and Jana (Crandall) Babcock:

A. Job. B. John.

C. Benjamin.

D. Jane m. James Bremen.

F. Mary (see P-16) m. as (2) wife, William Tanner, Sr.

G. Elizabeth m. Mr. Brand.

H. Hannah m. Daniel Stanton.

I. Mercy.

SARAH CRANDALL of Stonington, Conn., dau. of Eld. John, b. abt. 1654 probably at Westerly, R.I.; m. 1676, as his 2nd wife, JOSIAH WITTER, b. 1640; d. 1685, son of William Witter who was b. in Eng. 1584; d. in Lynn. Mass., 1659. He came to America with his wife Hannah, son Josiah and dau. Hannah who m. Thomas Barden. After the death of William Witter his widow Hannah came, to Stonington, Conn. with her son Josiah and lived to a great age. (Witter Gen.)