AZARIAH CRANDALL, SR.
1739-1808
by Billie (Mrs. Glynn) Bushart

Azariah Crandall, Sr., a Revolutionary soldier, was born May 18, 1739 in
Stonington, Connecticut and died February 10, 1808, at Dutchess County, 
New York.  He was the son of Samuel and Sarah (Worden) Crandall.  Samuel
was the grandson of Elder John Cradall of Rhode Island who was a colonial
pioneer, Firs Baptist Elder, Deputy Commissioner and statesman of Newport 
and Westerly, Rhode Island.  He also was the head of the Crandall family 
in America.  Elder John Crandall was born in Monomuthshire, England.

Azariah married first Rebecca Reynolds at Stonington, Connecticut April 15,
1735. She was the daughter of James and Rebecca Reynolds.  Rebecca Crandall 
was the mother of all of Azariah's children, namely:  John, Sarah, Joseph,
Elizabeth, Azariah, Jr. (our ancestor), William, Nathaniel, Olive and Reed.

Azariah Sr. married second Mrs. Sarah (Carey) Stark, place and date unknown.
Mrs. Stark was the daughter of Rev. Henry and Sarah Carey and widow of James
Stark.

Azariah, Sr., came to Beekman Precinct and Poughquay, Dutchess County, New 
York in 1774. He was a signer of the Articles of the Association of Dutchess
County, New York.  

He was a private in the Dutchess County, New York militia, third Regiment, 
under Col. John Fields.

For a while a Mr. And Mrs. (Hulda) Charles E. Foreman printed a booklet which
they used for a Christmas card and it kept up the Crandall line currently, but
one has not been received for several years.

(Members of The Jacob Flournoy Chapter DAR, descended from Azariah Crandall, 
Sr. are Mrs. Glynn F. Bushart, Mrs. Bill Rice and Mrs. Keith Hockman.)

Taken from the Fulton Dailey Leader, Fulton, Kentucky, March 19, 1976