The major family names in my ancestry that I am researching are the Crandall, Bailey, Lamborn, Lewis, Moody, Packer, Pember and Spaulding lines. Along the years I have found many mistakes in my information and am always interested when someone makes corrections or adds to my information. Therefore be sure to always check what I have against original documents for accuracy. With that said I hope that this information is useful to you in your research.
Crandall's
Ancestral Legacy
Reverend Elder John Crandall Homestead John Crandall's Barn
Reverend Elder John Crandall,
one of the founding settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island, was born about
1612 in Monmouthshire, Wales to Sir John James Crandall and Elizabeth
drake. Some biographers put his date of birth closer to February 16, 1617
(the date of his christening recorded at Westerleigh, South
Gloucestershire, England). As such, some historians believe Westerly,
Rhode Island, was named for the town in England where he was christened,
or possibly even born. Other biographers place the year of birth as 1609
as noted on his modern day tombstone.[1]
The St Lawrence Plaindealer reported Thomas Jefferson declared that he,
Crandall, with three other men, Holmes, Clark[e] and Williams, did more
than anyone else to establish political and religious liberty in
America".[3]
For all this and much more information about Elder John Crandall go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Crandall
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All my genealogy is online
largest genealogy site on the internet of Crandalls, Crandells, Crandles, Crandolls, Crundalls, etc., and descendants of Elder John Crandall. The book "Elder John Crandall of Road Island and his descendents", by John Cortland Crandall is a JPG here.
The noble lineage for Michael Cadet Young contained in Walter Jorgensen Young's 1937 book, "The Young family of Bristol," is fraudulent.