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     John Quincy Cranch was born on 5 December 1803.¹ He was the son of Hon. William Cranch and Anna Greenleaf.¹ John Quincy Cranch died on 14 January 1804.¹

     Margaret Dawes Cranch was born on 15 April 1819.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. William Cranch and Anna Greenleaf.¹ Margaret Dawes Cranch married Hon. Erastus Brooks on 12 January 1844.¹ Margaret Dawes Cranch died on 30 January 1895 in Staten Island, New York, at the age of 75.¹

     Richard Cranch was born in 1727 in Kingsbridge, Devon.² He married Mary Smith, daughter of Rev. William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy.³ Richard Cranch died on 16 October 1811 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.⁴

     Richard Cranch was born on 26 June 1797.¹ He was the son of Hon. William Cranch and Anna Greenleaf.¹ Richard Cranch died in August 1824 at the age of 27 unmarried.¹

     Virginia Cranch was born in January 1815.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. William Cranch and Anna Greenleaf.¹ Virginia Cranch died on 30 January 1815.¹

     Hon. William Cranch was born on 17 July 1769 in Weymouth, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Cranch and Mary Smith.¹ Hon. William Cranch married Anna Greenleaf, daughter of Hon. William Greenleaf and Mary Brown, on 6 April 1795.² Hon. William Cranch died on 1 September 1855 in Washington, District of Columbia, at the age of 86.¹ He graduated from Harvard in 1787 and was admitted to the bar in 1790. He practised for a time in Braintree and Haverhill, Mass., and removed to Washington, D.C., in 1794, where he was Commissioner of Public Buildings in 1800. In 1801 President Adams appointed him to the bench of the circuit court of the District of Columbia. He was reporter of decisions of the supreme court, 1801-15. He was appointed chief justice of the circuit court of the District of Columbia by President Jefferson, Feb. 24, 1806, and continued at the head of the court till 1855. It is recorded that out of all his decisions only two were overruled by the U.S. supreme court. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Antiquarian Society. Harvard gave him the degree of LL.D. in 1829. He published in six volumes the reports of the circuit court of the district, 1801-41, and also nine volumes of the reports of the U.S. supreme court. He prepared a code of laws for the District of Columbia and published a memoir of John Adams in 1827.¹

     William Greenleaf Cranch was born on 11 January 1796.¹ He was the son of Hon. William Cranch and Anna Greenleaf.¹ William Greenleaf Cranch died in February 1872 at the age of 76 unmarried.¹

     Clare Harris Crane married Harry Brewer Kendall.

     Eleanor Crane was born in 1917.¹ She married Daniel Tower, son of Gilbert Sanders Tower and Elizabeth Osgood Collier, in 1941.¹

     Margaret Crane was the daughter of Major Peter Crane.¹ Margaret Crane married Hon. Timothy Fuller, son of Rev. Timothy Fuller and Sarah B. Williams, on 28 May 1809 in Canton, Massachusetts.^1,2 Margaret Crane died on 31 July 1859.¹

     Margaret Crane married Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Gold, on 23 January 1625 in Ipswich.² Margaret Crane died in 1675.²

     Anne Cranmer was the daughter of Thomas Cranmer and Anne Carpenter.^1,2 Anne Cranmer married Rev. John Seller on 10 April 1581 in St. Mildred's, Cantebury, (Waters notes that the date is 1581 in the parish register, but 1591 in the transcript.)³ Anne Cranmer was buried on 5 January 1625/26 in Canterbury Cathedral.⁴

     Archdeacon of Canterbury and younger brother of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer.² Edmund Cranmer was born say 1491.³ He was the son of Thomas Cranmer and Agnes Hatfield.⁴ Edmund Cranmer married Alice Sandes before 1534.³ Edmund Cranmer died before 20 April 1571.¹

     John Cranmer was the son of Thomas Cranmer and Agnes Hatfield.¹

     Thomas Cranmer was the son of Edmund Cranmer and Alice Sandes.^2,3 Thomas Cranmer married Anne Carpenter.² Thomas Cranmer died on 3 June 1604.²

     Thomas Cranmer married Agnes Hatfield.¹ Thomas Cranmer died on 27 May 1501.²

     Archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas Cranmer was born on 2 July 1489 in Aslockton, Nottinghamshire.¹ He was the son of Thomas Cranmer and Agnes Hatfield.¹ Thomas Cranmer was executed on 21 March 1556 in Oxford at the age of 66.¹

     John Craw. Grocer and Wine merchant. He was born on 28 May 1815 in Greenlaw, Berwickshire.¹ He was the son of John Craw and Margaret Purves.² John Craw married Betty Purves on 16 June 1839 in Earlston, Berwickshire.^3,4 John Craw married as his second wife Ann Scott Bell, daughter of George Bell and Ann Scott, on 28 October 1863 in Jedburgh, Roxburgshire.^1,5 In 1880 John Craw was living in 48 Castle Gate, Jedburgh.⁶ He married thirdly Jane Blacklock, daughter of Ebenezer Blacklock, in 1883.² John Craw died on 19 January 1897 in Edinburgh at the age of 81 of senile decay

     John Craw married Margaret Purves.¹

     Surgeon John Craw M.D. was born on 21 June 1842 in Earlston, Berwickshire.^1,2 He was the son of John Craw and Betty Purves.³ Surgeon John Craw M.D. died on 1 July 1874 in Royal Naval Hospital, Malta, at the age of 32 unmarried.

     Amey Crawford married Robert Gibbs, son of Robert Gibbs and Mary Shrimpton, in 1723.¹

     Elizabeth Crawford was the daughter of John Crawford.¹ Elizabeth Crawford married Rev. Gershom Stewart, son of Rev. James Stewart and Jean McLachlan, on 3 December 1752 in Edinburgh recorded as Betty Crawford.² Elizabeth Crawford died in 1777.¹

     Dr. James Crawford was born on 20 February 1794 in Ballyshannon, County Donegal.¹ He married Emma Matilda Platt on 9 May 1834 in Montréal.^1,2 Dr. James Crawford died on 28 December 1855 in Montréal, Québec, at the age of 61.¹

     John Crawford. Clerk of customs in Bo'ness.²

     Selina Jane Crawford was the daughter of Dr. James Crawford and Emma Matilda Platt.² Selina Jane Crawford married Henry Atkinson.¹

     Elizabeth Parnham Craycroft married Ignatius Digges, son of William Digges and Elinor Brooke Darnall.¹ Elizabeth Parnham Craycroft died before 1766.¹

     Helen Usher Crease was born circa 1867.² She married David Crombie Greig, son of Peter Greig and Elizabeth Campbell Crombie, on 5 September 1895 in Strand, London.^1,3 Helen Usher Crease died on 4 April 1951.¹

     Joseph Crediford married Esther (Unknown).

     Lydia Crediford was the daughter of Joseph Crediford and Esther (Unknown).¹ The marriage intention of Lydia Crediford and Dummer Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Lydia Sewall, was published on 6 January 1759.¹