CRANDALL.  The family name of Crandall is derived from the Welsh words kren, meaning round, or crans, meaning wood, and dol or dal, meaning vale.
     (1)  Elder John Crandall, a Baptist minister of Newport and Westerly, R. I., it is stated by the family, came from Wales to Boston in 1634-35.  He was arrested at Lynn, July 21, 1651, and suffered imprisonment at Boston, was fined ₤5, and publicly whipped for his attachment to the Baptist cause.  He fled to Rhode Island in 1637.  He was early associated with the Baptists at Newport, and was there made a freeman in 1655.  He became the first elder and preacher in Westerly, where his name is the first in the list of "free inhabitants," 1669.  He was commissioner in 1658, and several times thereafter, and was Deputy from Newport in 1667, and from Westerly in 1670-71.  He was one of the first Conservators of the Peace of Westerly, 1670, and exercised the duties of the office for ten years.  Elder Crandall officiated in Westerly as a member of the Newport Church, a distinct organization not being set up in Westerly until long after his death.  Elder Crandall was well calculated both by talents 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.  He was twice married.  His second wife, Hannah, died in 1678.  His own death occurred in 1676.  He was a man who in all stations and under all circumstances, however adverse, stood up nobly and boldly for the truth.”  His children were: John; James; Jane, who married Job Babcock; Sarah, who married Josiah Witter; Peter, whose wife’s name was Mary; Joseph, who married Deborah Burdick; Samuel, who married Sarah Colby (or Celbey); Jeremiah; and Eber.
     (II) John Crandall (2), son of Elder John, married June 18, 1672, Elizabeth Gorton, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Gorton, and was of Newport and Kings Town.  Mr. Crandall was a blacksmith by trade and occupation.  He was a freeman in 1671.  His children were: John, Peter, Samuel, Elizabeth and Mary.
     (II) Peter Crandall, son of Elder John, married Mary ___, and was of Westerly.  He resided on the Pawcatuck river on the old road leading towards Potter Hill, where he had a mill, the first and only one then in the town.  Crandall’s mill was a kind of a boundary, or standpoint, for years, and is frequently mentioned in deeds and other legal documents.  He was Deputy in 1699, 1700, 1701-04.  He was a lieutenant in the military and held other public offices.  Both he and his- wife died in 1734.  They had a daughter and one: son, Peter.
     (II) Elder Joseph Crandall, son of Elder John, married (first) Deborah Burdick, and was of Newport, Westerly, Kingstown and Newport,  I respectively.  Mr. Crandall became a very useful man, and filled the desk in the church at Newport to the great satisfaction of its members for many years.  He was called to the office of Elder there, and ordained May 8, 1715.  During his administration the church was at the height of its prosperity, many of the most wealthy and influential,  citizens being among its members.  Mr. Thomas Ward, whose father John Ward, of Gloucester, England, had been an officer in Cromwell’s army and came to New England about the time of Charles II; also Richard Ward and Samuel Ward, of Westerly, father, son and grandson, who each became governor of Rhode Island, were included  in the list of members.  Elder Crandall died Sept. 12, 1737.  His children were: John; Joseph, who married Ann Langworthy; Mary, who married Nathaniel Wells; Deborah, who married.  Dr. George Stillman; Lucy, who married John Lewis; Jane who married Cyrus Richmond; and Lydia.
     (II) Samuel Crandall, son of Elder John, born in 1663, married Sarah Celey, and was of Newport, and Little Compton, R. I.  They died,  he in 1736, and she in 1758.  Their children were:  Samuel, born Oct. 30, 1686; Mary, born May 17, 1689; Jane, born Aug. 23, 1692; John, born Jan. 11, 1695; Peter, born Oct. 25, 1697; Joseph, born Nov. 2, 1701; and Thomas, born July 27, 1707.
     (II)  Jeremiah Crandall, son of Elder John, by his second marriage, married Priscilla Warner, daughter of John and Ann (Gorton) Warner, and was of Newport and Westerly.  They died, he in 1718, and she in 1750.  Their children were: Jeremiah, Ann, John, Hannah, James, Sarah, Experience, Patience, Susannah and Mary.
     (II)  Eber Crandall, son of Elder John, born in 1676, married (second) a Lanphere, and (third) Mary Cottrell, and was of Newport and Westerly, R. I.  His children by the second wife were: John, Eber, Samuel and Joseph; and those by the third were: Mary, Nathaniel and Jonathan.
     (III) Joseph Crandall (2), son of Elder Joseph, married, Feb. 15, 1715, Ann Langworthy, and they had children: Joseph, born Jan. 21, 1716, married (first) Elizabeth Lewis and (second) Martha _____; James, born May 12, 1719, married (first) Demaris Kenyon, and (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders; William, born Aug. 6, 1721, married Deborah Crandall, and died in 1796; Simeon, born Jan. 15, 1724, married Mary Sweet; Joshua (3), born Oct. 15, 1727; Ezekiel, born Nov. 21, 1730; Ann, born July 2, 1733, married James Rhodes; and Benjamin, born Nov. 20, 1736) married Alice Kenyon.
     (IV)  Joseph Crandall (3), son of Joseph (2), was born Jan. 21, 1716, and was town clerk of Westerly, thirty years.  He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Lewis, and second to Martha.  His children were: Jonathan, born Feb. 6, 1739; Phineas, born Apr. 16, 1743; Anna, born Aug. 23, 1745; Elijah, born Jan. 17, 1747; Joseph, born Feb. 17, 1751; and Elisha, born in 1756.
     (V)  Phineas Crandall, son of Joseph (3), was born Apr. 16, 1743, and died Apr. 27, 1821.  He married (first) Ruth, daughter of David and Grace (Lester) Rogers, and they had seven children, namely: Silas, born in 1768, married Rebecca Beebe; Grace, born in 1769, married David Stillman; Rogers, born in 1772, married Mrs. Lucy (Potter) Barber: Esther, born Aug. 17, 1775. married Maxson Stillman; Ruth, born Feb. 28, 1778; Lydia, born in 1781, married Russell Wells; and Ezekiel, born in 1783.  He married (second) Hopestill Beebe, who died Aug. 25, 1853.  To this marriage came children as follows: Desire, born in 1786: Lucinda, born in 1790: Phineas, born in 1793: Lester, born in 1796; and Eliza, born in 1802.
     (VI)  Ezekiel Crandall, son of Phineas, was born in 1783, and he lived in the town of Hopkinton at Tomequang Valley, until 1826-27, when he removed to Genesee, Alleghany Co., N. Y., becoming one of the pioneers of that section, and there he lived the rest of his life, dying in 1833.  He worked at shoemaking.  He married Susan Wells, daughter of Samuel and Susan (Potter) Wells, and they had children: Henry Clinton, born July 16, 1809, married Lucinda Ennis; Samuel W., born Mar. 10, 1813, died Mar. 29, 1816; Susan W., born May 29, 1816, married Orra Stillman; Ezekiel Rogers, born June 26, 1820; Eliza, born Nov. 17, 1822, married Joseph Boss; George Potter, born Mar. 23, 1825, died Apr. 28, 1828; and William Wells, born Mar. 23, 1825, married E. Euphemia Potter.
     (VII) Ezekiel Rogers Crandall, son of Ezekiel, was born June 26, 1820, and he still resides on the farm which was cleared by his father, and there he has engaged in farming and lumbering.  He has been active in public affairs, and has been county supervisor, and justice of the peace.  In politics he is a Republican.  He has been a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Genesee, N. Y., since it was organized.  On Feb. 17, 1844, he married (first) N. Celestia Burdick, daughter of Joanne Polly (Wilcox) Burdick.  He married (second) Amy Lackey, daughter of Palermo and Eunice (Edwards) Lackey.  His children were; Ira B., born May 11, 1846, married Sardinia Hall, daughter of Benjamin S. and Lydia (Wells) Hall; Mary S., born Aug. 6, 1850, married Maxson A. Crandall, of Independence, N. Y.; and Frances E., born Oct. 16, 1854, married Orlando J. Warren, deceased, of North Cuba, New York.
     (VIII)  IRA B. CRANDALL, son of Ezekiel Rogers, was born at Genesee, N. Y., May 11, 1846, and he spent his early school days in his native town and at Alfred University, N. Y.  In 1867 Mr. Crandall came to Westerly, R. I., and for five years worked for Joseph H. Potter in the clothing store.  In 1872 he engaged in the clothing business with Orville Stillman on High street, in Westerly, continuing for about sixteen years - until 1886 - under the firm name of I. B. Crandall & Co.  Then Mr. Stillman retired from the business, and in October, 1903, it became The I. B. Crandall Company.  Mr. Crandall has been a member of the town council, and in 1898 was president of that body.  In 1890 he was elected to the General Assembly of Rhode Island from Westerly, serving two years.  He was a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Genesee, and after coming to Westerly became connected with the Pawcatuck Seventh Day Church, and is its treasurer.  He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.  Mr. Crandall married Sardinia E. Hall, daughter of Benjamin S. and Lydia (Wells) Hall and they have one daughter, Caroline M., born in 1872.
     (IV)  William Crandall, son of Joseph (2). born Aug. 6, 1721, died 1796.  He married; Mar. 12, 1746, Deborah Crandall.  They were lifelong residents of Westerly.  They had children: Anstress. born Feb. 18, 1748-49; William, born Oct. 8, 1731: Henry, born Jan. 7, 1734: Ruhamah, born May 26. 1756; Rhoda. born July 27, 1738; Arnold, born Oct. 24, 1763: Barney, born Oct. 11, 1765; Stennett, born Nov. 1, 1767; and Joel, born Jan. 19, 1771.
     (V) Henry Crandall, son of William, born Jan. 7, 1754, was married (first) July 17, 1777, by Peter Crandall, to Elizabeth, daughter of Abijah and Mary (Auchmady) Crandall.  They had one child, Lydia, born Mar. 8, 1779.  He married (second) Feb. 24, 1782, Mary, daughter of Major Silas Greenman, and she bore him children as follows:  William, born Dec. 28, 1782, married (first) Lydia Greenman, and (second) Nabby Cornell; Betsey, born Dec. 24, 1785, married James Reeves; Henry; Hannah, born v. 26, 1787; and Timothy, born Sept. 7, 1790. Between 1787-1790 Henry Crandall removed with his family to Petersburg, New York.
          (VI)  William Crandall, son of Henry, was born Dec. 28, 1782.  He went to DeRuyter, N. Y., and bought a farm in the woods and cleared it up, making the trip on horseback, and taking his wife behind him on a pillion.  During later years he lived on the adjoining farm with his son William G.  He adhered to the Seventh Day Baptist Church.  He married Lydia Greenman, at Petersburg, N. Y., and they had children:  William G., born July 11, 1806, married (first) Eliza Ann Maxson, and (second) Jane Stillman; Varnum, born in 1809, married Julia Mackee; Jonathan, born July 18, 1811, married (first) Emma Stillman, (second) Mrs. Lorena Johnson, and died Jan. 26, 1894; Darwin S., born in 1816, married Alzina Babcock; Polly; and Lydia Jane, born June 27, 1821, married Dwight Crumb.
     (VII)  Jonathan Crandall, son of William, was born at De Ruyter, N. Y., July 18, 1811.  He was a home-loving boy, and a good help to his mother, who had not the rugged constitution so necessary to pioneer women.  He married (first) Emma Stillman, born Sept. 27, 1814, daughter of Jesse and Esther (Maxson) Stillman.  She died Feb. 27, 1861, the mother of the following family:  Julia, born Oct. 8, 1834, married Roswell A. Crandall, and resides at Milton Junction, Wis.; Cornelia Jane (deceased), born Feb. 27, 1837, married A. O. Wells, who met with an accidental death Oct. 8, 1905, at Leonardsville, N. Y., by falling from a wagon; Orcelia, born Jan. 1, 1838, married (first) Benjamin Chapman, (second) Mr. Bowman, and resides at Findlay's Lake, N. Y.; Albert Newell, born May 6, 1841, married Mary M. St. John (sketch follows); Luman E., born Aug. 9, 1843, died Oct. 6, 1843; Judson L., born Jan. 6, 1845, married Mary J. Netherwood, and resides at Westerly , R. I.; Elizabeth Adelia, born June 9, 1848, died July 26, 1850; William H., born Apr. 2, 1851, resides at Westerly, R. I.; and Herman E., born Sept. 20, 1859, married Mary E. Whitford, and resides at new Britain, Connecticut.
     (VIII)  ALBERT NEWELL CRANDALL son of Jonathan, born May 6, 1841, at De Ruyter, N. Y., spent his boyhood days there, and attended the district school across the line in the town of Lincoln.  At the age of twelve years he went to Brookfield, N. Y.  In 1859 he came to Westerly, R. I., and began working for C. Maxson & Co., with whom he continued for twenty years.  In 1879 he went into the building business at No. 57 Main street, under the firm name of Randolph, Bentley & Co.  In July, 1900, he discontinued active business in the building line, selling out to r. A. Sherman.  Ever since coming to Westerly he has been a member of the Pawcatuck Seventy Day Baptist Church, and is president of its board of trustees.  Mr. Crandall served in the 9th R. I. Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, and he was at one time in command of a battalion in the militia.  Mr. Crandall was married in Leonardsville (Brookfield), N. Y., Jan. 19, 1870, by the Rev. L. C. Rogers, to Mary M. St. John, daughter of Milton Albert, born Oct. 1, 1872; Emma, born Mar. 2, 1881; and Willard Raymond, born Nov. 20, 1894.  Mr. Crandall is a member of Franklin Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Westerly.  He is a stanch Republican, but is by no means an office seeker.
     (IX)  Milton A. Crandall, son of Albert Newell, spent his school days in Westerly, graduating from the high school in 1890, after which he attended Union College for two years.  He then worked with his father, and in 1900 engaged in business for himself.  He is now located in Grand Junction, Colorado. 
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1812

CRANDALL BROTHERS are well known, industrious and useful citizens of Westerly.  They inherited a sturdy manhood from a long line of valiant patriots.  They are direct descendants of Preacher John Crandall, the first Seventh Day minister in America, and one of the early settlers of Newport, R. I.  Their grandfather, John Crandall, fought in the Revolutionary war.
     Charles Crandall, their father, a prominent farmer of Westerly, was born in February, 1797, and he died Nov. 24, 1874.  He had served as captain in the militia, and was a very influential member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.  On Mar. 8, 1826, he was married to Lydia Saunders, and to them were born eight children, all of whom are dead.  On Mar. 25, 1849, Mr. Crandall married (second) Margery, daughter of Henry C. and Hannah Gavitt (Gavitt), and to this marriage came the following children: Charles Henry, born Dec. 23, 1849, married Jane Holland, and has children, Frank Henry, Colby Holland, Charles Harold, Margery, Martha and Emily; John Franklin, born Dec. 25, 1851, married H. Louise Conner; Harriet Emily, born Oct. 20, 1854, married Sydney A. Chapman, and has children, Cora Margery and Sydney E.; and Oliver Perry, born May 24, 1858, married Harriet A. Pendleton, and has children, Charles Perry and Harry Franklin.
     The three sons, Charles H., John F. and Oliver P. Crandall, known in the business world as Crandall Brothers, learned in childhood that to want anything meant to work for it; many a time they gladly worked arduously all day for twenty-five cents, satisfied with the pay - willing to earn it with all the might of their manly natures.  After the father's death, in 1874, the youngest, Oliver P., at the capable mother's suggestion, managed the farm, sharing equally with her in all its products.
     In 1881 the three brothers pooled their assets, forming a company, having their good mother share with them, and the genial hospitality of that happy prosperous home attracted friends at all hours.  Each member of the company responded day and night to the call of progress, until now, in 1908, their few acres have increased to thousands.  Their swamps of maple, pine, and cedar supply an ever increasing demand; the worn out soil has been made to blossom like the rose.  The brothers are leaders in everything they undertake; they have won for themselves by their individual and combined efforts a position of honor; are associated with all measures tending to uplift the moral and advance the commercial standing of the community.
     The Spartan mother with vigorous helpful womanhood, at the age of eighty-two, lives in the Crandall homestead surrounded by the homes of her children, happy in the crowning joy of her life - the success of her boys, the Crandall Brothers.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1671

ALANSON CRANDALL, father of Mrs. Enoch W. Vars, was born Aug. 5, 1824, near the village of Rockville, R. I., son of Samuel Crandall, Sr., and he died Mar. 13, 1903, at his home in Tomaquag Valley, in the town of Hopkinton, where he had been an esteemed citizen for more than forty years.  He was one of a family of twelve children, the others being Samuel, William Clark, Nicholas, Daniel, Benjamin, Isaac, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Julia, Hannah and Lucetta.  When about twenty-two years of age during a revival of religion conducted by Rev. Alexander Campbell, after being powerfully wrought upon by the spirit of God and passing through deep exercise of mind, seeking the prayers of God's people in his behalf, he was converted, Sept. 26, 1846, received baptism at the hand of the presiding pastor of the Rockville Seventh Day Baptist Church, with which he united, and retained his membership to the end of his life.  While a resident member he was prominent and active in the affairs of the church, where he served as chorister and Bible School superintendent.  He was gifted in prayer, exhortation and music, and using these gifts made himself a living power for God.  To him the Christian religion was an abiding reality.  As a neighbor he was ever kind and obliging, often sacrificing his own convenience to accommodate others.  For those in affliction and sorrow he ever had a kind word.  He was possessed of tender feelings, and often shed tears of sympathy with the afflicted, never feeling that to do so was beneath his manhood.
     In politics Mr. Crandall was a Republican.  He represented his town in the State Legislature, and was for several years a member of the town council.  He served as a member of the executive committee of the Washington County Agricultural Society from its formation to within a year of his death, when he resigned because of failing health.  In Masonic circles he was affiliated with Franklin Lodge, No. 20, A. F. & A. M., of Westerly.
     On May 31, 1848, Mr. Crandall married Miss Ruby C. Whaley, and to them were born three children:  Albert W., of Providence, who resides at No. 13, Summit avenue, and has his office at No. 39 Smith street; Mary E., who died in 1889, in young womanhood; and Ruth A., wife of Enoch W. Vars, of Niantic, R. I.  Ruby C. (Whaley) Crandall, wife of Alanson Crandall, and daughter of Albert adn Ruth (Andrews) Whaley, was born in Coventry, R. I., Jan. 19, 1827, and died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch W. Vars, in Niantic, R. I., May 11, 1903.  Her early life was spent on a farm in the town in which she was born.  During her childhood her father died, but the mother kept the family together and reared them ina most creditable manner.  When the young girl reached the years of womanhood she found work at Phenix, and about 1844, while residing there, she accepted Christ as her Savior by the ordinance of baptism.  Later she removed to Rockville, and there met and married Alanson Crandall after which she united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church there, and remained a member all her life.  For nearly fifty-five years she made a model home for her husband and children.  She and Mr. Crandall were known as "Aunt Ruby" and "Uncle Lan."  As a wife and mother Mrs. Crandall was noble and true, as a neighbor kind and obliging, and the memory of a sweet, loving, faithful mother is the most blessed oen that we can retain through life.
     (VI) ALFRED GARDINER VARS, born Mar. 30, 1825, in Westerly, the eighth child of Isaac Vars (3), and Hannah (Saunders) Vars, spent his boyhood days, until six years old, on the home farm.  His father then moved to Stonington, and there the son lived on a farm for four years, when the family removed to Quonocontaug for three years, later residing two years at Avondale, and several years at Cross's Mills, running gristmills.  He returned to the old homestead for a time.  At the age of twenty-one years he had gone to sea on fishing and coasting vessels, and continued in that line for twelve years and more.  In 1862 he engaged in mercantile business in Niantic, R. I., and has ever since carried on that business.  On July 23, 1859, he moved to his present home, building the house himself.
     On Nov. 2, 1851, Mr. Vars was married in Niantic, to Jane P. Harvey, and they have had seven children, four of whom lived to adult age: John A., a resident of Niantic, is an engineer at Crumbs' Quarry; he married Mrs. Cordner Sherman.  Emma Jane, of Ashaway, is the wife of Oscar Wells.  Carrie Medora is unmarried.  Everett L., died at the age of nineteen years.  Mr. Vars has been a lifelong Whig and Republican.  He is a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Niantic.
     (VI) Nelson Byron Vars, son of Isaac (3), born May 6, 1831, in Stonington, Conn., married May 6, 1856, Lucy Ann, born Apr. 15, 1830, daughter of William West, of Westerly, R. I.  Mr. Vars is a photographer by profession, and is now a resident of East Greenwich, R. I.  During the years 1852-53 he was a resident of New York City; of Albany, N. Y., 1854-55; and of Norwich, Conn., 1861-68.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pages 962 -

Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1462

FREDERICK J. CRANDALL, a well known dairyman in Westerly, R. I., is descended from one of the oldest families of the State, early records of which are contained in this work.
     Joseph Crandall, grandfather of Fred J., was a son of James Kenyon Crandall, and a grandson of Elijah Crandall.  He was a farmer all his life in Hopkinton, R. I.  He married Nancy, daughter of Ethan Lewis, of Hopkinton, and they had a family of nine boys and three girls, of whom Benjamin, James H. and Henry are still (1906) living.
     James H. Crandall, son of Joseph and father of Fred J., was born Dec. 16, 1826, in Hopkinton, and was there educated.  His entire life has been devoted to farming, which he has carried on in Charlestown and Hopkinton, R. I.  On Feb. 29, 1852, he was married, in Charlestown, R. I., to Louisa Stannard Burdick, who was born Mar. 10, 1824, and who died Mar. 2, 1901.  They became the parents of four children: Harriet Ella, born Mar. 21, 1853, married Charles Edwin Burdick; Georgia Anna, born Sept. 17, 1854, married Simon Peter Nichols; Frederick James, born Apr. 3, 1857; and Evin Burnside, born June 16, 1862, died at the age of thirty-eight years.
     Frederick J. Crandall, son of James H., was born Apr. 3, 1857, in Charlestown, R. I.  Most of his boyhood days were passed in Hopkinton, and he remained on the home farm until he was of age.  He then engaged in farming for himself for a year on the old homestead, and afterward for four years lived on the farm in Charlestown, subsequently moving to the John Pendleton farm, on Potter Hill road, and Westerly.  A short time later he built his present home near the White School House.  Since locating in Westerly he has engaged in dairy farming.
     On Oct. 22, 1878, Mr. Crandall married Emma Frances, daughter of Aaron and Delilah Cole (Bishop) Kenyon, of Hopkinton, and they have had two children: Delilah Louise, who married Frank R. Randall, of Stonington, Conn., and has two children, Addie Emma and Fannie Hunting; and Frederick Kenyon.  Mr. Crandall is a Prohibitionist in his political belief, and is active in all movements for the welfare of his town.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1375

GEORGE NICHOLS CRANDALL, one of the successful business men and most highly respected citizens of Attleboro, Mass., died at his home in that city Aug. 17, 1902, at the advanced age of eighty-two years, nine months, twenty days.  He belonged to one of the old families of Charlestown, R. I., Charleston being his birthplace.
     The Charlestown Crandalls and those of Westerly, of which town Charlestown at one time formed a part, spring from the Newport family, the progenitor of which, (I) John Crandall, is said to have come to Boston in 1634 or 1635, but being persecuted on account of his Baptist principles removed to Providence and later to Newport.  He was early associated with the Baptists at the latter place, subsequently becoming the first elder of that denomination at Westerly.  In 1660 he became associated with others in the purchase of the Misquamicutt tract of land on the Pawcatuck river, now known as Westerly.  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 - Jacob, James, Peter, Joseph, Samuel, Jeremiah and Eber - the name became a common one and the family numerous in Rhode Island.
     The late George N. Crandall, alluded to in the foregoing, was a son of George N. and Thankful (Greene) Crandall, and as well sprang from early Rhode Island families on his mother’s side, she being a direct descendant of John Greene, of Kings Towne, R. I., who came to Narragansett about 1639, living in the family of Richard Smith.  From this John Greene, the Christian name of whose wife was Joan, the descent of Mrs. Crandall was through Benjamin Greene, of North Kingstown and East Greenwich, R. I., and his wife Humility; John Greene (2), of East Greenwich, R. L, and his wife Mary Aylesworth; Amos Greene, of Charlestown, R. I., and his wife Amy Knowles; and Henry Greene, of Charlestown, Rhode Island.
     The lineage of Mr. Crandall on his father’s side from the ancestor and settler, John Crandall, is through Jeremiah Crandall, James, Oliver and George Nichols.  These generations in detail follow in regular order.
     (II) Jeremiah Crandall, son of John the settler, married Priscilla Warner, daughter of John and Ann (Gorton) Warner, and lived at Newport and Westerly, R. I.  They died, he in 1718, and she in 1750.  Their children were: Jeremiah, born June 25, 1702; Ann; John, born Oct. 4, 1704; Hannah; James, born Sept. 4, 1706; Experience, born Dec. 28, 1709; Patience; Susanna, born March 11, 1715; and Mary, born May 13, 1717.
     (III)  James Crandall born Sept. 4, 1706, married (probably) (first) Feb. 27, 1742, Damarius Kenyon, of Charleston.  Their children of Westerly town record, according to Arnold, were: Eunice, born Jan. 24, 1743-44; Ezekiel, Oct. 11, 1746; Damarius, Sept. 8, 1749; Enoch, Nov. 1, 1752; Christopher, Sept. 11, 1755; Augustus, Mar. 27, 1761; Cynthia, Feb. 4, 1763; Charlotte, May 10, 1704; and James, July 16, 1766.  It was probably the father of these who married (second) at Westerly, R. I., June 26, 1768, he being then referred to as of Charlestown, R. I., Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders, born Dec. 15, 1736, of Westerly, widow of Elisha Saunders, and daughter of Oliver Chase and his wife, Elizabeth (Cleveland) Chase, of Berkley, Mass., until about 1740, when he removed to Westerly.  The children born to James and Elizabeth, the eldest in Charlestown, R. I., and the others likely in Westerly, where they are of town record, were:  Elizabeth, born Aug. 8, 1769; Mary, Aug. 3, 1771; Oliver, Sept. 30, 1773; Damarius, July 26, (?), 1776; Nancy, Sept. 4, 1778; and Fanny.
     (IV)  Oliver Crandall, son of James, born Sept. 30, 1773, was a well known member of the Society of Friends.
     (V)  George Nichols Crandall, son of Oliver, married Thankful Greene, and they lived in Charlestown, R. I., where he was occupied in farming, being an extensive land owner.  Their children were:  Patience, who married Jonathan Tucker; Ruth Ann, who married angus Monroe: Thankful, who married Thomas Arnold Pierce; George Nichols, mentioned below; William, who married Catharine Babcock, of Charlestown, sister of the first wife of George N.; and Beriah - all of whom are deceased.
     (VI)  George Nichols Crandall, son of George Nichols and Thankful (Greene) Crandall, was born in the town of Charlestown Oct. 27, 1819, and for half a century was identified with the business interests of Attleboro, Mass.  His boyhood days were spent on the farm and his education acquired in the local schools.  As a boy he became a clerk in a grocery store in Westerly, and when of age, he formed a partnership with Mr. Seeger under the firm name of Crandall & Seeger.  They carried on a grocery in the town of Westerly, the partnership lasting for six years, when Mr. Crandall bought out Mr. Seeger's interest and then for two years carried on the business alone.  At the end of that time he sold out and moved to Natick, in the town of Warwick, Kent Co., R. I., where he engaged in the hotel business and was also postmaster.  There he continued until 1855, when he sold out and moved to Attleboro, at which place he embarked in the grocery business, having as a partner George A. Whipple.  Their business was located on Park street, and the firm name of Whipple & Crandall soon became well known to the people of Attleboro and vicinity.  They remained together until 1866, when Mr. Crandall bought out Mr. Whipple’s interest, and carried the business on by himself until he sold it to Lucius Z. Carpenter.  The remainder of his life was then devoted to the real estate which he had acquired.  He built a fine home on North Main street, and there his death occurred Aug. 17, 1902, after a short illness.  His remains rest in Woodlawn cemetery, where a handsome monument marks his last resting place.
     Mr. Crandall was a stanch supporter of Republican principles, and was a veteran member of Company C Association, one of the oldest Republican clubs in the State.  In 1881 he represented the town of Attleboro in the State Legislature, and was a man of influence in that body.  For three years he was selectman of the town, and for a number of years a member of the board of assessors, and several years of the board of health.  For eighteen years he was special commissioner of Bristol county, Mass., for fourteen years justice of the peace.  For fifteen years he was vice president of the Attleboro Gas Light Company, and was also a director of the Attleboro Mutual Fire Insurance Company, and one of the assistant engineers of the Attleboro Fire District, which was formed in 1859.
     Mr. Crandall was a well read man, and was a deep student of law.  With his knowledge of public affairs generally through his long service as an official he figured as an adviser and assistant to the principal in many cases before the United States and Bristol County courts.  He was a man of decided action, and he meant what he said, and there was never any mistaking his meaning.  He was a man of domestic tastes and in public and private life was a man of honor and integrity.  His fraternal connection was with Oriental Lodge of Old Fellows at Attleboro.
     Mr. Crandall was twice married.  In 1844 he wedded Maria S. Babcock, daughter of Jesse Babcock, of Charlestown, R. I.  She died in Attleboro in 1856, leaving one son, George H.  Mr. Crandall married (second) in Attleboro, May 19, 1858, Frances A. Martin, who was born in that town, daughter of Dr. Alfred and Bebe (Dean) Martin, the former a well-known dentist and son of Hale Martin.  Mrs. Crandall still occupies the old home, having as her companion her niece Miss Kenyon, and she is greatly beloved by all who know her.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1516

JOSEPH C. CRANDALL (deceased), a man of prominence in the business and social life of Lebanon, Conn., and South Kingstown, R. I., was a son of Deacon Clark Crandall, and was born in Perryville Sept. 2, 1832.  His boyhood was spent in South Kingstown.  In 1853 he went to Providence and engaged in the grocery and market business, but afterward returned to South Kingstown, carrying on his father's farm at Perryville.
     In 1863 Mr. Crandall and his wife removed to Lebanon, Conn., where for thirty-three years he was engaged in farming.  In 1880 Mr. Crandall purchased the Trumbull farm, on Town street, Lebanon, formerly the property of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull.  There he resided until 1896, when felling the infirmities of age, and his family having all married and many of them located in this section, he sold out in Lebanon and came back to South Kingstown, purchasing the house where he died, and where, in November, 1903, he celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his marriage.  He had married in 1853 the eldest daughter of Benjamin Carpenter, of South Kingstown, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. P. Burbank, pastor of the Perryville Church, assisted by Rev. Isaac Church.
     During Mr. Crandall's residence in Lebanon he was honored with almost every office in the gift of the town.  He served as chairman of the board of selectmen and also as town agent for years, and was also town treasurer of the town deposit and school funds.  His familiarity with Probate matters made him administrator of many estates and guardian of many others.  He was a member of the Connecticut Legislature from Lebanon and in 1884 was elected and served as State senator.  He was appointed a county commissioner of New London county by Gov. Henry B. Harrison, and after two years in the Senate was again, for seven years, first selectman and town agent, his whole public career was marked by the utmost faithfulness and probity.  He was liberal and broad-minded, and made friends in whatever position he might be placed.  On returning to South Kingstown he was for two years a member of the town council.  For the last few years of his life he did but little active business except in assisting his brother-in-law, Wanton R. Carpenter, in the management of the hotel at Matunuck.  Mr. Crandall was a member and official of the Lebanon Baptist church for years and one of its active members and supporters; he served a number of years as Sabbath-school superintendent.
     Mr. Crandall's son Joseph, of Providence, was with his father the night before his death, and his father rose earlier than usual to bid him goodbye before he left on the early train, Saturday morning.  In the forenoon, about nine or ten a. m., Mar. 26, 1904, he had gone out into the yard and was splitting some kindling wood when he was stricken down with an affection of the heart.  He was discovered in a very few moments and carried into the house, but he died before a physician arrived.  The news of his death came as a shock to the community, for although not in the best of health all winter Mr. Crandall had been out and about the streets nearly every day.
     The following resolution was voted by the First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Conn., Mar. 27, 1904:
     "WHEREAS, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove our beloved brother, Joseph C. Crandall, from the cares and duties of this life, and well remembering the noble life lived among us and the activities in the discharge of his manifold duties imposed upon him as a public man, and the interest taken in the growth of God's kindom and the true welfare of the church of which he was for many years a loyal member, spending the prime of his strong manhood in promoting the interests of humanity in this place, therefore,
     "Resolved, That while bowing to the will of Almighty God in the removal of our brother Crandall, we desire to publicly express our hearty esteem, our abiding love, and deep reverence for his memory.  That we sincerely sympathize with the bereaved wife in this her dark hour of sorrow, and with the children of our brother, and share with them all in their deep sense of loss, mingling our tears with theirs, as they mourn the departure of a faithful husband and a loving father, and hereby assure his beloved family of our united prayers, that Divine comfort may be meted to them in their bereavement.
     "Resolved, That these resolutions be written upon the Church records, and a copy he conveyed to the bereaved family.
     "Done by vote of the church, Mar. 27, 1904.  The First Baptist Church of Lebanon, Connecticut.
                                    "NATHANIEL C. BARKER, Clerk,
                                    "R. E. TURNER, Pastor."
    Mrs. Alice Sweet Crandall is the daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Hazard) Carpenter, of South Kingstown, R. I., where her father was engaged in farming all of his life.  He was a member of the town council.  He and his wife were members of the Baptist church.  They were the parents of ten children:  Alice Sweet, Mrs. Crandall; Thomas A.; George, deceased; Wanton R.; George A.; Benjamin S.; Susan Abby, who married James Armstrong, of Jewett City, Conn.; Sarah, who married Rensselaer Healy; Edwin E.; and Medora C., who married Anthony Bliss, of North Attleboro, Massachusetts.
     To Joseph C. and Alice Sweet (Carpenter) Crandall were born: Sarah E. married Charles E. Pardee, and has a son, Louis C.; Benjamin Clark married Nellie M. Bailey, of Liberty Hill, Conn., and has two children, Harold Bailey and Bessie; John Howard married Abby M. Nichols, daughter of Joseph, and had four children, Chester, Leroy Prince, Joseph Nichols and Dorothy Martha; Alice Maria married (first) J. J. Lamb, by whom she had two children, Gilbert C. and John J., and after his death married (second) C. H. Windmiller; Joseph Lincoln married Clara D. Hamilton, and has one son, Lloyd Lincoln; George E. married Harriet Ellis, and has four children, Ellis Foster, C. Franklin, Alice E. and George.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1451

WILLIAM THOMAS CRANDALL, Secretary of the State Home and School of Rhode Island, is a descendant in the seventh generation from one of the earliest settlers of Rhode Island.
     (I)  John Crandall appears at Newport, R. I., as early as the year 1651, where he was associated  with the Baptists.  He subsequently became the first elder of that denomination at Westerly. He was a freeman in 1655, was commissioner several years, 1658-1662, inclusive. He had half a square assigned him at Westerly in 1661, was deputy in 1667, and again in 1670-71. He died at Newport in 1676, having moved there on account of the Indian war.  Mr. Crandall was twice married. The Christian name of his first wife, who was buried May 2, 1670, is not known.  His second wife's name was Hannah.  His children were: John, James, Jane, Sarah, Peter, Joseph, Samuel, all born to the first wife; and Jeremiah and Eber, born to the second wife.
     (II) Samuel Crandall, born in 1663, married in 1685, Sarah Celley, who died Aug. 3, 1758.  He died May 19, 1736.  Their children were: Samuel, born Oct. 30, 1686; Mary, May 17, 1689 (died July 11, 1732); James, Aug. 23, 1692 (died Jan. 30, 1782); John, Jan. 11, 1695; Peter, Oct. 25, 1697; Joseph, Nov. 28, 1701 (died June 2, 1731); Thomas, July 27, 1707.
     (III) Samuel Crandall (2), son of Samuel and Sarah (Celley) Crandall, born Oct. 30, 1686, married May 3, 1706, Mary Wilbor, born in 1685.  Their children were:  Thomas, born in 1707; Eber, in 1708; Samuel, in 1710; William and John, in 1711; John (2), in 1713; Peter, in 1715; Wilbor, in 1717; Sarah, in 1718; Joseph, in 1721 (died Jan. 19, 1791); Mary, born in 1723 (died Apr. 4, 1783); Lois, in 1725; Benjamin, in 1727; Lemuel, in 1729; Philip, in 1731; and Nathaniel, in 1733 (died Apr. 10, 1821).
     (IV)  Nathaniel Crandall, son of Samuel (2) and Mary (Wilbor), baptized June 10, 1733, in the United Congregational Church of Little Compton, married Sarah Wilcox, and had children: Falle, baptized in United Congregational Church, Tiverton, in July, 1757; Ezra, baptized in same, July, 1769; Nathaniel and perhaps others.  Nathaniel Crandall, the father, was a weaver by trade.
     (V) Nathaniel Crandell (2), son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wilcox), born June 2, 1779, died in 1842.  He was a baker by trade, and in 1810 he located in Taunton.  On Dec. 11, 1802, he married Comfort Bailey, born Dec. 14, 1781, daughter of Joseph and Ruth Bailey.  They had four children: William Bailey, born Apr. 16, 1804, at Tiverton, R. I.; Louisa, who married Alex. Seabury; Sarah, who married Charles Nourse; and Mary Ann, who married a Leonard.
     (VI)  William Bailey Crandell, son of Nathaniel and Comfort (Bailey) Crandell, married in Taunton, Abigail Howard Wetherbee, born in that city.  Their children were: Abby, who married Henry C. Perry; Sarah Bailey, who married Francis B. Dean, and had two children, Lewis B. (deceased) and Clarence; William Thomas, who died in infancy; William Thomas (2), born Aug. 4, 1834; Caroline W., who lives in Taunton; Charles Wetherbee, deceased; and Marianna who died young.
     William Bailey Crandell, passed his boyhood days in Taunton, Mass., and was there educated.  For many years he engaged in the dry goods business in Boston, Mass., and accumulated a considerable property.  He had an inherent love for music, and was a skilful player of the violin and flute, and owned much music and many instruments.  In his political faith he was first a Whig, and later a Republican.  He was influential in the Congregational Church, and left the record of a Christian life well lived.  He died Apr. 22, 1872, in Taunton, Massachusetts.
     (VII)  William Thomas Crandell spent his boyhood days in Taunton, Mass., and there attended the public schools and the academy.  For a time he engaged in business with Mr. Henry C. Perry, and in 1868 he went to Boston and for three years engaged in a jobbing shoe business.  His father's illness and death recalled him to Taunton, in 1872, and there he remained until 1878 when he removed to Providence.  In 1878 Mr. Crandell became president of the Union for Christian Work, and so continued for many years.  For ten years he has been secretary of the State Home and School, and is also treasurer of the Home for Aged Men.  It will thus be seen that Mr. Crandell has already given thirty years of his life to charitable work in Providence.  He is a member of the First Congregational Church.
     Mr. Crandell was married (first) in Taunton, Mass., to Mary P. Ellis.  On Apr. 16, 1878, in Providence, be married (second) Katharine Louise Anthony Peirce, daughter of James C. and Mary B. Anthony, and widow of Edward H. Peirce, who died Jan. 16, 1866, leaving her with two children: (1) Augustus R. Peirce, born Nov. 11, 1862, now president of the National Exchange Bank of Providence, married Ida W. Wilson, and has one son, James Anthony Peirce. (2) Amy W. Peirce.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 1115

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Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Page 520

WILLIAM EDWIN CRANDALL, now deceased, who for many years was extensively engaged in shipbuilding in Newport, was a descendant of one of New England's time honored families.  The genealogy of this family follows in chronological order:
     (I)  Rev. John Crandall, the first American ancestor of the Crandalls, came from Wales to Boston, Mass., in 1634-35.  He was a Baptist minister and was among those who were persecuted in the Boston Colony, and so fled to Rhode Island to find freedom of thought denied them in Massachusetts.  He settled first at Providence, in 1637, and later at Westerly, R. I., where he became the first elder.  On July 21, 1651, he and John Clarke and Obediah Holmes were thrown into prison in Boston for preaching and on July 31st he was sentenced to pay a fine of five pounds or to be publicly whipped.   He and his followers were instrumental in the settlement of Westerly, but later he and his family moved to Newport to escape the Indians, and there he died in 1676.  He was one of the first preachers in the old Seventh Day Baptist Church.  Twice married, his second wife’s name was Hannah Gaylord, and his children were: John, Jane, Sarah, Peter, Joseph, Samuel, Jeremiah and Eber.  From this source came all the early families of the name in Rhode Island and Connecticut, as well as many of those who settled in the State of New York.
     (II)  Rev. Joseph Crandall, fifth child of Rev. John, was born at Newport, probably in 1661, and is on record there as a resident as late as 1737, when he died.  He was a minister of the Seventh Day Baptist Church.  He is known to have moved from Westerly, R. I., to Kingstown in 1712, and to Newport three years later.  He married Deborah Burdick, and of their children there is record of only one, a son Joseph.
     (III)  Joseph Crandall was born about 1684, in Westerly, R. I., where he lived and died.  He married Ann Langworthy, daughter of Samuel and Rachel Langworthy, and they were the parents of a number of children, among whom were John, Enoch, James, William and Joshua.
     (IV)  William Crandall was born in Westerly, R. I., and died tehre in 1796.  He married Deborah Crandall.
     (V)  Joel Crandall was born in Westerly, Jan. 19, 1771, and died there apr. 14, 1850.  His whole life was spent in farming.  He was married, May 14, 1797, to Ruth Peckham, daughter of William Sweet Peckham, and they had eight children, all born between 1798 and 1818, namely: William Hazard, Henry, John, Joseph, Hannah, Amos, Silas Maxon and Thomas Franklin.
     (VI)  William Hazard Crandall was born in North Stonington, Conn., Feb. 21, 1798, and died Dec. 4, 1870, in Newport, R. I.  In early life he engaged in teaching, but his married mechanical ability soon led him into a more active life and he became a well-known ship carpenter.  His work was quite individual in character and he built his vessels according to theories worked out by himself.  Several of his neighbors in North Stonington were ship carpenters and Mr. Crandall decided to get out the timber and frame a ship near home that he might find employment for these men.  During the winter of 1830-31 this work was done, and the timber was cut, hewed and shaped, each piece being marked; in the spring it was taken to Westerly by teams and there loaded on vessels and carried to Newport, where it was set up and launched on the anniversary of Perry's Lake Erie victory, the 10th of September, and it was named the “Erie” in honor of that famous naval battle.  Inducements were then made to Mr. Crandall to set up in business in Newport, which he did, removing his family to that city in 1831.  He continued in the ship-building business for a number of years, but for some little time be fore his death he was surveyor of the custom-house of Newport.  For several years before he retired from the ship-building business his eldest son, William E., was his partner.
     In political faith Mr. Crandall was an old-line Whig, but later, after the formation of the Republican party, became a strong supporter of those principles.  In religious faith he was a Unitarian, and helped to found a church of that denomination in Newport about 1837.  Although he had attended school only six weeks in his life he was a man of most scholarly mind, a constant student, and one with whom books were a passion.
     Mr. Crandall was four times married, first to Harriet Lewis, of North Stonington, and to them were born five children: (1) William E. is mentioned below.  (2) Horace I. died in Malden, Mass.  He was a sailmaker by trade, and later be came a civil engineer, doing a great deal of marine railway and dry dock work.  He married Phoebe Hopkins, and (second) Sarah E. Cushman. His children were: Alpha, Eliza H., Annie W., James L. and Charles I. (3) George F., who died in Boston, Mass., in 1896, was engaged in ship-building for many years, and later became a marine architect.  He married Abby Stanhope Green, of Newport, and his children were:  Ada Fenton, Ella Pratt and Bertha Green, the last named dying in infancy.  (4) Harriet Frances married James Wheaton Lyon, of Newport.  She died in Chicago, Ill., leaving four children: James Wheaton, Jr., George F., Phebe M. and Eveline C.  (5) Thomas Wells died in infancy.
     William Hazard Crandall married (second) Mary Howard Moore, of Newport, and to them were born:  Roswell Park and Edward M., both of whom are deceased.  He married (third) Martha Yeomans, of Newport, and (fourth) Nancy A. Green, also of Newport.  There were no children by either of the last two marriages.
     William Edwin Crandall was born Feb. 2, 1822, in North Stonington, Conn.  His educational training was begun in his native town, and finished in Newport, R. I., where he removed with his parents when he was nine years of age.  After leaving school he went to work in his father’s shipyard, located on Washington street.  After working for his father for several years he showed such an aptness for that line of work that his father took him into partnership with him.  The firm of William H. Crandall & Son continued for several years, when the father withdrew from the business, and the younger son, George F., became a partner, under the firm name of W. E. & G. F. Crandall. Under that name these two brothers continued to conduct the shipyard with marked success until 1874, when the partnership was dissolved.  Mr. Crandall was a recognized authority on ship-building and marine architecture during his active career in that line, as was attested by the marked degree of success he attained.
     In political faith Mr. Crandall was a Republican, and served as a member of the Newport city council and of the school board for several years.  He also represented the city of Newport in the General Assembly of the State.  In religious belief his sympathies were with the Unitarian denomination, as his father had brought him up in that faith. For several years he was a director of the Rhode Island Union Bank, of Newport, and held the position of secretary of the board, while later he served for a number of years in the same capacity with the Union National Bank, which absorbed the business of the former institution.  Fraternally he was one of the charter members of Rhode Island Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F., of which he was a past noble grand.
     Mr. Crandall was married, Sept. 23, 1849, to Ruth C. Williams, daughter of Francis and Louisa (Gilmore) Williams, of Taunton, Mass., and to them were born children as follows: Harriet Louisa lives at home, unmarried.  William Francis, born Oct. 1, 1851, lives in Newport, unmarried.  Horace Gilmore, born Sept. 22, 1853, died Dec. 21, 1857. Eveline Lewis died aged two years and ten months.  Elizabeth Dean died aged one year.  Sarah Lewis lives at home, unmarried.  Henry Edwin, born Feb. 21, 1860, died Feb. 11, 1863.  Carrie Williams is unmarried and at home.  Anna Hazard married John Samuel McAdam, of Newport, son of Samuel McAdam, and a practicing lawyer in New York City, and to them were born three children, Roger Williams, and John and William (twins).  Albert Perry, born Jan. 16, 1866, is an organ builder and tuner of Boston, Mass.; he married, Sept. 2, 1891, Eleana M. C. Gardner, daughter of William H. and Hannah E. Gardner, of Jamestown, R. I., and they have two children, Alan Gardner and Ruth.
     William E. Crandall died in Newport, Jan. 22, 1886, aged nearly sixty-four years.  He was a man of high morals and integrity, and was highly esteemed and respected by his fellow-citizens.  Mrs. Ruth C. (Williams) Crandall, his widow, is a direct descendant of Richard Williams, who was the founder of Taunton, Mass.  Mrs. Crandall’s father was an extensive agriculturist and brick manufacturer at Taunton, and he lived on the same land upon which Richard Williams first settled, and which has been handed down from generation to generation.
Source: Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island - Vol. I - Publ. 1908 - Pages 519-520