Elder John CRANDALL

Male - Bef 1676


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  • Name John CRANDALL  [1, 2
    • John Crandall, died 29 Nov 1676 in Newport.

      He married first (?). She died 1 Aug. 1670. he married second Hannah (?), died in 1678. She was perhaps the daughter of Hezekiah Gaylord, whose estate shows that she married a Gaylord.. Hannah Gaylord was born 30 Jan. 1647, daughter of William and Ann (Porter) Gaylord

      John Crandall lived for a time in Salem, Mass., where he was the minister of the Salem Congregational Church. He adopted the opinions of the Baptists and therefore was dismissed by the Congregationalists in 1635. He moved to Providence as early as 1637. In 1669 he was a freeman of Westerly in that part of town which is now Hopkinton, and was an elder of the First Baptist Church of Westerly. He served as deputy to the General Court in 1667/70. [1]
    Prefix Elder 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 29 Nov 1676  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I89175  Main Tree
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2020 

    Family 1 Sarah ?   bur. 2 Aug 1670, Westerly, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Sarah CRANDALL  [Birth]
    +2. Jane CRANDALL   d. 1715  [Birth]
    +3. Lt. Samuel CRANDALL,   b. 1663   d. 19 May 1736, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F36914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2020 

    Family 2 Hannah GAYLORD,   b. 30 Jan 1646, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1678 (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage Aft 2 Aug 1670  [2
    Family ID F36913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5366] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Little Compton Families" Vol. I, Little Compton, Rhode Island.

    2. [S8841] American Ancestor.org, Early New England Families, 1641 - 1700, Vol. 1.