Elder John Crandall

1612 - 1676  (64 years)    Has 3 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	John Crandall  [1]
  Prefix	Elder
  Birth	1609-1612	Monmouthshire, Wales   [2]
  Christening	16 Feb 1617
  Parish records of Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, near Monmouthshire, England. This is near the Welsh border. Some people think he may have come from Wales.
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Nov 1676	Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA   [2, 3]
  He died in Newport RI because he had moved there "on account of the Indian war."
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  + 1. Elder John Crandall,   b. 1609-1612, Monmouthshire, Wales d. 29 Nov 1676, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA  (Age 64 years) ▻ Hannah Gaylord;   Mary Opp,  m. Mar 1649   2. Anne Crandall   d. Yes, date unknown
  Association	Family: John Crandall / Elizabeth Drake (Relationship: speculative descend)
  Person ID	I320930	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also John Crandall at Find a Grave
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2002

  
  

  Father	James Crandell   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Eleanor,   b. Abt 1595, Gloucestershire, England bur. 8 Jun 1618, Westerleigh, England (Age ~ 23 years)
  Marriage	Between 1615 and 1616	Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England
  Family ID	F127892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Gaylord   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Jeremiah Crandall,   b. 1 Aug 1674   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F127890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Oct 2001

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Opp,   b. Abt 1625, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA d. 20 Aug 1670, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1649	Grand Island, Rhode Island, USA
  Children	1. Jane Crandall   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John Crandall   d. 1704   3. Sarah Crandall   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Reverend Joseph Crandall,   b. 1661, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA d. Sep 1737, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 76 years) + 5. Samuel Crandall,   b. 1663, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA d. 19 May 1736, Tiverton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years)   6. James Crandall,   b. Bef 1669   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Peter Crandall,   b. Bef 1669   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F127891	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2002

  
  

• Notes

  One of early settlers of Westerly, RI Baptist; became the first Elder in Westerly, RI; also associated with Baptists in Newport RI. 1655 - Freeman 1658-1663 Commissioner 1667 Deputy 1670-1671 Deputy (from Westerly)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1052] Crandall, John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants, (New Woodstock, NY, 1949), 1, 14 (Reliability: 2). [S1052] Crandall, John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants, (New Woodstock, NY, 1949), 1 (Reliability: 2). [S1053] A. P. Crandall, Genealogy of Elder John Crandall and His Descendants, (1888), 9 (Reliability: 2).