When Amos Crandall was born on 6 April 1795, in Waterford, New London, Connecticut, United States, his father, Silas Crandall, was 27 and his mother, Rebecca Beebe, was 28. He married Cynthia Potter on 30 October 1817. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1865 and Alfred, Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States in 1880. He died on 9 September 1887, in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Alfred, Allegany, New York, United States.