Born before in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Daughter of George Best
and Margaret (Henderson) Best
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Crandon
— married
20 Nov 1718 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Jean (Crandon) Nye, Grace (Crandon) Spooner, John Crandon, James Crandon and Thomas Crandon
Died
after age 73
in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Jean (Best) Crandon was born in Scotland.
Baptised Jennet Best on November 11, 1694 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, she is the daughter of George Best and Margaret Henderson.[1]
She married John Crandon on November 20, 1718 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Cotton Mather, Presbyterian.[2]
Jean died November 18, 1767 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony and was buried in Acushnet Cemetery, Acushnet, Massachusetts.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X11P-9Q1 : 16 September 2021), Jennet Best, 1694.
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37231450
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