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Thomas Cranston

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Thomas Cranston
Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
In office
1762–1764
Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
Personal details
Born(1710-10-30)October 30, 1710
Newport, Rhode Island
DiedMay 19, 1785(1785-05-19) (aged 74)
Newport, Rhode Island
Resting placeCommon Burying Ground
Newport, Rhode Island
Parent

Thomas Cranston was an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from August 1763 to May 1764,[1] and served as Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives at the time that Cranston, Rhode Island was created in 1754. Historians believe either Cranston or his grandfather (or father) Samuel Cranston may be the namesake of Cranston, Rhode Island because the first page of the first town record book of Cranston bears the inscription "the gift of Thomas Cranston to the town called Cranston."[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Manual - the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (1891), p. 208-13.
  2. ^ Steven Frias, Cranston and Its Mayors: A History (The History Press, 2011) pg. 10-20
  3. ^ "Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island" published in 1909, http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/k/o/t/Steve-A-Kottmeyer/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0488.html