Governor
John
Cranston
Born in Scotland
Son of James Cranston
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Clarke) Stanton
— married
3 Jun 1658 in Newport, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Cranston, James Cranston, Caleb Cranston, Peleg Cranston, Benjamin Cranston, William Cranston, Elizabeth (Cranston) Brown and John Cranston
Died
at age 55
in Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]
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Biography
John Cranston
"Came to America in 1637 as proven by a letter written 26 Dec 1724 by his eldest son Samuel Cranston...was recommended by his grandfather to the tuition of Jeremiah Clarke a merchant and citizen of London. His name first appears in Colonial Record 13 March 1643/4 when he was chosen at the General Court of Elections held at Newport drummer of Portsmouth militia. At this same court his future father-in-law, Jeremy Clarke, was chosen treasurer of Newport."[1]
May have been one of the first medical doctor and surgeon in the colony. "1663. March. Capt. John Cranston, Lycenced and Commissioned Doctor of Phyissick and Chirrurgery." [2]
"Gov. John Cranston was brought over as a lad to New England about 1637 by Jeremiah Clarke, whose daughter he married." Page 249
Burial
- His epitaph reads "Here lyeth interred the body of Major John Cranston esq. Governor who deceased this life the 12 day of March in the 55th yeare of his age, 1680".
- Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
- GPS (lat/lon): 41.49517, -71.31515 [3]
Sources
- ↑ page 279 Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of Rhode Island - Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. I
- ↑ Smith, Joseph Jencks. Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647-1800 (Preston and Rounds Co., Providence, R.I., 1900) Page 4
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #5053601 John Cranston
- "Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of Rhode Island", p. 248
- Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013) Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 Vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol II, page 214, Jeremiah Clarke.
- Our Ancestors the Stantons by William Henry Stanton, 1922
- Moriarty, G. Andrews. Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, The American Genealogist (1949) Vol. 25.
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