Rev. John Crandall, was born in England, and settled in Providence, Rhode Island, as early as 1637. He is the progenitor of all of the name of colonial ancestry in this country. He was a Baptist in religion, and for differing with the Puritan church was persecuted in Massachusetts, where he first settled .

From Providence he came to Newport, Rhode Island, as early as 1651, and became a prominent member of the Baptist church there, subsequently the first elder of the denomination at Westerly, Rhode Island. With John Chace and Obadiah Holmes he went to Lynn, Massachusetts, to hold services for the Baptists, was arrested there July 21, 1651, and sent to prison in Boston. Ten days later he was convicted of breaking the law by holding services and fined five pounds, in default of which he was to be publicly whipped. Upon his promise to appear at the next term of court he was released.

In 1655, he was a freeman of Rhode Island; in 1658-59, 1662-63, he was a commissioner.

With eight others he signed a letter to the court of commissioners of Rhode Island, dated August 27, 1661, in relation to a tract of land at Westerly, where they and others desired to settle.

He was a deputy to the general assembly in 1687, and in the fall of that year was living at Westerly. He and Joseph Torrey were appointed commissioners to treat with Connecticut as to jurisdiction over disputed territory, May 14, 1669, and he was supplied with thirty-five shillings by the colony of Rhode Island to pay his expenses to Connecticut.

In November 18, 1669, he received a letter from the governor and assistants of Connecticut, complaining that he and others had appropriated a large tract of land belonging to Stonington, Connecticut. He and Tobias Saunders answered the complaint for the Westerly people. He was conservator of the peace at Westerly in 1670, and deputy to the general assembly again in 1670-71.

He was arrested by the Connecticut authorities, May 2, 1671, and was advised by the Rhode Island government to decline to give bond. The Rhode Island colony promised to pay his expenses and defend him.

His first wife died August 1, 1670, and he married (second) Hannah Gaylord, probably daughter of William Gaylord and Ann (Porter) , of Windsor, Connecticut. She died in 1678. He died at Newport, where he had moved because of King Philip's war, in 1676.

Children of John and Hannah are:
John, married Elizabeth Gorton;
James;
Jane, married Job Babcock;
Sarah, married Josiah Witter;
Peter, died 1734;
Joseph,
Samuel, born 1663;
Jeremiah, died 1718;
Eber, born 1676 m. Patience Lanphere.

Eber, born 1676 in Newport RI, died Sept. 25, 1767. He married his 1st. Patience Lanphere, who was born in Westerly, RI, 1678 and died about 1708/09. He married 2nd. Mary Cottrell also of Westerly, in 1709.

Children Eber and Patience are:

Joseph. born 1708/09 in Westerly and Married on May 2, 1736 to Edith Hiscox . Edith was the daughter of Thomas Hiscox and Bethiah Clarke. She was born Sept. 6, 1709. Joseph was the third pastor of the first Seventh Day Baptist church in America located in Newport RI. He served the church there continuously for 37 years. Edith's father Thomas was also a pastor of this church. Her grandfather William was among founders of Seventh Day Baptists (also called Sabbatarian), was it's first pastor and served for 33 years.

Children of Joseph and Edith are:
Joseph, b. 1736
Edith, b. abt. 1740 in Westerly d. May 6, 1786, Hopkinton,RI
Nancy Maria, b. abt. 1746
Joseph, b. 1745/1746
Bethiah, b. Jun. 28, 1748 in Westerly, d. Jan. 8, 1824 in Brookfield, NY
Gideon, b. Feb. 25, 1752, d. Mar. 1841

Bethiah married George Denison, who was the son of Joseph and Lucy (Chesebrough) Denison, and was born in Stonington CT. They married Jan. 1, 1766 and they moved to Brookfield, in Madison county, New York. Bethiah's grave can be found in the back right portion of the Brookfield Cemetery. Her marker is sinking deeply in into the ground. Some of her children are buried close by. I did not locate George's marker, and there is a lot of unmarked space to the left of Bethiah's marker. Could be his stone was crumbled away or was vandalized.
I have read that a number of the older settlers graves were moved from family sites to this yard. Wether this family was one of those, I can not say.

I gathered the names and birth dates of the children of Bethiah and George from the Crandall Genealogy. Some of the dates may be incorrect. Edith's birth date has been passed on to me as Feb. 2, 1787, not 1780, as stated in the Crandall Genealogy. Edith's grave marker states that she died Aug. 23, 1853, aged 66 years and 6 months.

Children of Bethiah and Geroge Denison are:
Joseph, b. Nov. 29, 1766
Palmer, b. 1768
George, b. 1770
Nathaniel, b. Feb. 3, 1771
Lucy (Polly) b. 1778
Edith, b. 1780 m. Amos, son of Charles and Sally (Taylor) Welch
Daniel, b. Jan. 15, 1784
Asa, b. Jan 30, 1790
Jesse, b. Jan. 30, 1790; m. Nancy Marie, daug. of John and Nancy (Crandall) Cottrell.

George and Bethiah's daug. Edith, married Amos Welch, and there son Daniel, married Amos' sister, Phoebe Welch. Edith and Amos are buried in the Edmonston Cemetery. Edith's parents are Charles and Sally (Taylor) Welch of Charlestown RI, who both died in Brookfield in 1813 and are buried near Button Falls.

My line is from Edith and Amos though their daughter Nancy who married Isaac Terry.

See direct line to my NY Terrys

Note: The Children Eber and Mary Cottrell are:
Mary, b. 1710
Nathaniel, b. 1711
Jonahan, b. 1715
Ebenezer, b. 1717
Jeremiah, b. 1718
Nathaniel, b. 1718/19, d. 1795