When Benjamin Crandall was born about 1763, in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Elder Edward Crandall, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Kenyon, was 40. He married Esther Meech on 30 December 1784, in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 2 daughters.
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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.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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