When Joseph Henry Crandall was born in 1773, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Joseph Crandall, was 27 and his mother, Esther Hall, was 27. He married Nancy Lamphere on 3 April 1796. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 6 February 1837, in his hometown, at the age of 64, and was buried in Lamphear Ground, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
On May 29, 1790, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original 13 colonies to become a state.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Raghnaill ‘son of Raghnall’, a Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Rǫgnvaldr ‘ruler of the gods’, cognate with Reynolds . Compare Grannan .
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