Benjamin CRANSTON, III
1727 - Aft 1778 (> 52 years)-
Name Benjamin CRANSTON Suffix III Born 18 Jan 1726/27 Warren, RI 
[1] Gender Male Died Aft 1778 [2] Person ID I16540 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Benjamin CRANSTON, II, b. 27 Feb 1706/07, Newport, RI , d. Bef 1774 (Age < 66 years) Mother Elizabeth ESTABROOK, b. Nov 1703 Married 5 Mar 1728/29 [1] Family ID F06402 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah BOWEN, b. Apr 1731, Swansea, MA , d. Sep 1771, Warren, RI (Age ~ 40 years) Married 19 Feb 1748/49 Warren, RI [2] Children 1. Caleb Cranston, b. 12 Feb 1749/50, Warren, RI 2. Benjamin Cranston, IV, b. 7 Feb 1754, Warren, RI 3. Sarah Cranston, b. 8 Sep 1755, Warren, RI 4. Elizabeth Cranston, b. 2 Jul 1757, Warren, RI 5. Phebe Cranston, b. 21 Mar 1762, Warren, RI 6. William Cranston, b. 1 Feb 1764, Warren, RI 7. Stephen CRANSTON, b. 1767, Warren, RI , d. 28 Sep 1792, In narrows off Bristol, RI (Age 25 years)8. Peleg Cranston, b. 2 Mar 1770, Warren, RI 9. Ann Cranston, b. 15 Jul 1771, Warren, RI , d. 15 Jul 1771, Warren, RI (Age 0 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F06400 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Keziah Unknown, d. Aft 1783 Married Between 1771 and 1777 Children 1. Harte Cranston, b. 3 May 1778, Warren, RI Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F05132 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Notes exerpted from "Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of Rhode Island," p. 296 (published in Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. I):
"In 1759 Benjamin Cranston was second lieutenant on the sloop Roby, a privateer; his name is in the census of 1774; and he was one of those on the Colonial ship General Stark, which was lost on the coast of Maine in the Revolutionary War."
- Notes exerpted from "Descendants of Gov. John Cranston of Rhode Island," p. 296 (published in Genealogies of RI Families, Vol. I):
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