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Samuel Cranston

Male 1752 - 1830  (78 years)


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  • Name Samuel Cranston 
    Born 12 Apr 1752  Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Apr 1830  Sheridan, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I21895  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Peleg Cranston,   b. 16 Mar 1717/18, Swansea, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1805, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Mother Sarah Carr,   b. 14 Jan 1721/22, Jamestown, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1791, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 7 Sep 1749  Jamestown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • CRANSTON Peleg, of Thomas and Patience and Sarah Carr, of Thomas and Hannah; m. by Daniel Weeden, Warden, Sept. 7, 1749.
    Family ID F05129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Zilpha King,   b. 15 Jun 1761, Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jun 1844, Hanover, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1780  Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Cranston,   b. 27 Aug 1781,   d. Aft 1 Jun 1860  (Age > 79 years)
     2. John Cranston,   b. 11 Feb 1783
     3. Freelove Cranston,   b. 30 Jul 1784, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1862  (Age 77 years)
     4. Esther Cranston,   b. 26 Sep 1785,   d. 25 May 1849  (Age 63 years)
     5. Samuel Cranston, Jr.,   b. 30 Dec 1786, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Peleg Cranston,   b. 8 May 1788,   d. Abt 1875, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     7. Zilpha Cranston,   b. 1789, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1813, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     8. Naomi Cranston,   b. 14 May 1791, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1875, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     9. Barzillai Cranston,   b. 12 Mar 1793
     10. Hannah Cranston,   b. 21 Dec 1794
     11. Abraham Cranston,   b. 14 Apr 1796
     12. Serene Cranston,   b. 31 May 1798,   d. 16 Oct 1828, Scituate, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years)
     13. Helen Cranston,   b. 17 May 1800,   d. 15 Sep 1823, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
     14. William Cranston,   b. 9 Nov 1802
     15. Maria Cranston,   b. 26 Jul 1805,   d. 7 Apr 1806, Foster, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F08310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Samuel left Foster, RI, in 1821 and went to Sheridan, NY, where four of his sons had already settled.

      Samuel served honorably in the Revolutionary War; his widow received a war pension.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013338] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Newport.

    2. [S013000] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol 79 p 351.

    3. [S012523] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Jamestown -- Marriages.