Richard Cranch

1726 - 1811  (84 years)

• Name	Richard Cranch
  Birth	26 Oct 1726	Kingsbridge, Devon, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Nov 1726	Kingsbridge, Devon, England   [2]
  Death	10 Oct 1811	Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  Burial	Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I42980	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	John Cranch,   b. of Devon, England
  Family ID	F25136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Smith,   b. 9 Dec 1741, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 11 Oct 1811, Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1762  [1, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia,   b. 17 Jul 1769, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 1 Sep 1855, Washington, D.C. (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F25124	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He came to the new World in 1746.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8474] Find a Grave page for Richard Cranch. [S8470] "Sketches of Alumni at the Different Colleges in New England: Hon. William Cranch of Washington, D.C." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1:77, 1847. [S8470] "Sketches of Alumni at the Different Colleges in New England: Hon. William Cranch of Washington, D.C." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1:77, 1847., year only. [S8475] Find a Grave page for Mary Smith Cranch.