Tuesday, August 2, 2011

JOHN CRANDALL 1582-1676

[Ancestral Link: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Thomas Barber, son of Avis Tanner (Barber), daughter of Miss Babcock, daughter of Jane Babcock or Crandall, daughter of John Crandall.]


CRANDALL FAMILY ANCESTRIAL BURIAL SITE ELDER JOHN CRANDALL 1ST WIFE DIED 1669 1647 HANNAH GAYLORD 2ND WIFE 1678 1753 JOHN CRANDALL AFTER 1819 REV WAR VETERAN 1755 ANNA GARDNER WIFE ESTHER LEWIS CRANDALL LYDIA SAUNDERS CRANDALL 1738 LEWIS CRANDALL 1830 JOHN G CRANDALL 1790 HANNAH CRANDALL LIZZIE PRIMUS 1793 JOSHUA CRANDALL FROM "WESTERLY AND ITS WITNESSES" ERECTED BY THE CRANDALL FAMILY ASSOCIATION 30 MAY 1994 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Birth: Jan. 30, 1646 Windsor Hartford County Connecticut, USA Death: Aug. 3, 1678 Westerly Washington County Rhode Island, USA 2nd Wife of Elder John Crandall. ***** From: Westerly and It's Whitnesses, Page 282 "Crandall Ground (2)...This is found about forty rods west fo the Pound Road, and west of the Old Crandall house (now the residence of Mr. Charles Crandall), and without inclosure. None of the fifteen or twenty graves are lettered. Here lie the remains of John Crandall, 1st, and his two wives; (HANNAH GAYLORD AND MARY OPP) John Crandall, 2nd, and his wife Anna; Esther, Lewis, Hannah and Joshua Crandall; Lydia Crandall, wife of Charles; John Crandall, son of Charles." Family links: Spouse: John Crandall (1617 - 1676)* *Point here for explanation Burial: Old Crandall Cemetery Westerly Washington County Rhode Island, USA Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?] Created by: J Geoghan Record added: Feb 16, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 33908063 Added by: J Geoghan Added by: J Geoghan Photos may be scaled. Click on image for full size.
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Old Crandall Cemetery






Elder John Crandall Homestead




















Punished for Preaching
In 1651 occurred the event which gave immortality to the name of Obadiah Holmes, as the first martyr to
religious liberty in the the colony. In July of that year, he, in company with John Crandall and John Clarke
In 1651 occurred the event which gave immortality to the name of Obadiah Holmes, as the first martyr to
religious liberty in the the colony. In July of that year, he, in company with John Crandall and John Clarke
In 1651 occurred the event which gave immortality to the name of Obadiah Holmes, as the first martyr to
religious liberty in the the colony. In July of that year, he, in company with John Crandall and John ClarkeIn 1651 occurred the event which gave immortality to the name of Obadiah Holmes, as the first martyr to religious liberty in the the colony. In July of that year, he, in company with John Crandall and John Clarke, arrived in Lynn, Massachusetts, on a visit to William Witter, an aged member of the church in Newport. The following Sunday, as Mr. Clark was preaching to a small assembly in the house, he was arrested with his companions and the next day all were sent to prison in Boston. Mr. Clark was tried for the crime of preachingthe gospel and administering the sacrament while under sentence of excommunication, of disclaiming against the sprinkling of the infants, and similar charges. July 31, sentence was passed. Mr. Holmes was fined £ 30, Mr. Clarke £ 20, and Mr. Crandall £ 5, in default of this fine they were to be publicly whipped. Elder Clarke'sfine was paid by his friends and Elder Crandall was released on bail but Elder Holmes preferred to submit topunishment, rather than to acknowledge that he was in the wrong. He was kept in prison until September,when he received the infliction of thirty stripes. The sentence was executed with such severity that those who, in after years, saw the scars upon his back (which he was wont to call the marks of the Lord Jesus), expressed a wonder that he should survive. In the manuscripts of Gov. Joseph Jenckes it is recorded "that in many days, if not some weeks, he could take no rest but as he lay upon his knees and elbows." He was advised to make his escape by night, and says, "I departed, and the next day after, while I was on my journey, the constables came to search at the house where I lodged, so I escaped their hands, and was by the good hand of my HeavenlyFather brought home again to my wife and eight children. The brethren of our town and Providence having
taken pains to meet me four miles in the woods, where we rejoice together in the Lord. "
www.whipple.org/brown1851.pdf
found on ancestry.com

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