Claudia,
This may be of interest.
"One double tombstone covers the father and son, and lies in the common
burying place in Newport containing the following inscriptions:
"Here lieth the body of John Cranston, Esquire, Governor of the Colony
of Rhode Island, etc. He departed this life March 12, 1680 in the 55th
year of his age."
"Memoirs of Rhode Island, 1727: Death of Gov'r Samuel Cranston; p. 273
from "Papers presented by George K. Cranston, of Providence" from the
"Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: from Rhode Island Periodicals";
Indexed by Carol Lee Ford; The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.;
Baltimore, Maryland; 1983 (974.6 RI/Genealogies SCGS)
William R. randall
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Beebe, Cranmer, Hale, Lamb, RANDALL, Roberts and Wightman families
in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island
Randall Web Page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~randall
"John E. Sterling" wrote:
They are both buried in the Common Burial Ground in Newport under box tombs.
There is a family crest on one of them. If there are paintings of them they
may be at the Redwood Library in Newport, the Newport Historical Society, or
in the State House in Providence.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Claudia A Sweeney" <claudia.sweeney(a)gte.net>
To: <RIGENWEB-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 6:29 PM
Subject: [RIGENWEB] Governor Cranston, photos?
> I received an inquiry of where one would find a picture of Governors John
> and Samuel Cranston..The couple will be traveling to Newport in the near
> future..I imagine they would like to make a photo copy..
> Thanks for any ideas!..
> Claudia..
>
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