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Eber Crandall (1676 - 1727)

Eber Crandall
Born in Westerly, County of Providence Plantations, Rhode Islandmap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and
Husband of — married about 1701 in Rhode Islandmap
Husband of — married about 1702 in Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantationsmap
Husband of — married about 1709 in Rhode Islandmap [uncertain]
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Died at about age 51 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

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Eber Crandall was born in 1676, the son of Elder John Crandall[1] and Hannah Gaylord, in Westerly, Rhode Island.[2][3]

Eber married first Mary last name unknown[3] about 1701 in Newport/Westerly Rhode Island.[4] There were no children from this marriage.

Eber was admitted freeman at Westerly Rhode Island on 29 Jun 1702.[5]

Eber married second about 1702 to Patience, daughter of George Lanphere, and they had the following children:[1][3][5][6]

  1. John, b. abt. 1703; m.1st Mary Crandall; m.2nd unk.
  2. Eber, b. abt. 1703; m. 10 Feb. 1732 Mary Long.
  3. Samuel, b. abt. 1707; m. 14 Oct. 1731, Sarah Worden.
  4. Joseph, b. abt. 1709; m. Edith Hiscox 2 May 1735.

Eber married third, about 1709, May or Mary, daughter of Nicholas or John Cottrell, and they had the following children:[1][3][6]

  1. Mary, b. abt. 1710; m. John Crandall, Jr.
  2. Nathaniel, b. 28 Feb. 1711; in. Jemima (Cartee) Wilcox.
  3. Jonathan, b. abt. 1715; in. 1st ; in. 2nd, 12 Apr. 1747, Hannah Downing.
  4. Ebenezer, b. abt. 1717; m. Thankful (Willett) Clarke.
  5. Jeremiah, b. 1718; in. Keziah.
NOTE: Mary's father, Nicholas Cottrell d. 1727, he was the son of Nicholas who died in 1715, who in turn was son of Nicholas who was first mentioned in Newport, Rhode Island on 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/Mary Cottrell’s mother was Dorothy Pendleton.

Eber died in 1727. His will dated 22 Aug 1727 was proved 15 Sep 1727[7][5] and named his wife & all 9 children, and also named Nicholas Cottrell & Nathaniel Cottrell as co-executors.[3]

Research Notes

Some online trees/files refer to Eber Crandall as "Ebenezer" Crandall. No source for the name Ebenezer has been found.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families." Chicago IL: J.H. Beers & Co., 1908. Available online at Archive.org. Volume 3, Page 1813.
  2. ↑ Gifford, Paul M., "The Probable Origins and Ancestry of John Crandall, of Westerly, Rhode Island (1618-1676)," published in Rhode Island Roots, vol. 32, no. 4, Dec 2006, pages 165-186. Online database of NEHGS - AmericanAncestors.org: John Crandall of Rhode Island pages 182-185.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 John Cortland, Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants. New Woodstock, New York: 1949. Page 8 & page 15. Also available at Ancestry.com.
  4. ↑ "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012, Provo, UT, USA.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register." Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database, available by subscription: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) vol.160. page 48.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Savage, James and John Farmer. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those who Came Before May, 1962, Volume 1; Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co., 1860. page 471.
  7. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649997_00316). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 2-4, 1699-1736, image 316. Westerly, Council and Probate Records, 1719-1731, No. 3, Restored book Page 230-231. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Free Ancestry.com image of Will
  • Roger K. Crandall, "Descendants of Elder John Crandall" (N.p.: n.p., 2008.), page 78 (source not found in Google search)




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