ELDER JOHN CRANDALL

• Death Notes
  • John Crandall
    Born:  1612
    Monmouthshire, [parish], [county], England  
    Died:  29 Nov 1676
    Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA 
    Elder John Crandall
    

• General Notes
  • "First appears in Salem, MA in 1634/35. Removes to Providence with Roger Williams about 1636. First real documentation of him is in Newport in 1651. One of the six purchasers of Misquamicutt (Westerly), RI in 1661. Builds his homestead on Pound Road circa 1665. Was first Baptist Elder in
    the U.S., later converting to the Seventh Day Baptist faith, holding meetings at his home in Westerly, RI. Removed to Newport because of the dangers of the King Philip Wars in 1676, and, while there, he died.
    
    "Buried in the family burial ground on the Homestead (Historical Cemetery #27). Monument erected by CRANDALL FAMILY ASSOCIATION 27 MAY 1991.
    
    "ABSOLUTELY NO DOCUMEMTATION for the tradition that he is the son of a Sir John CRANDALL & Elizabeth DRAKE of Monmouthshire, Wales.
    
    "The township of "Westerleigh" is certainly very circumstantial evidence, since he was one of the founders of "Westerly", Rhode Island." [216]