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Cranston
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Cranstoun, or Cranstoune) is the family name of several Scotch clergymen.
1. JOHN (1), took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1611; was presented to the living at South Leith, Edinburgh, in 1620; transferred to Liberton in 1624; back to South Leith, first charge, in 1627; and died in 1629, aged about thirty-eight years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:99, 104, 115.
2. JOHN (2), took his degree at Edinburgh University in 1685; was appointed to the living at Crailing in 1692, and ordained; transferred to Ancrum in 1704, and died October 17, 1748, aged eighty-four years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:485, 493.
3. JOHN (3), was licensed to preach in 1730; presented to the living "at Ancrum as assistant and successor to his father in 1733, and ordained; and died January 17, 1790, aged eighty-four years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:485.
4. MICHAEL, was appointed the first Protestant minister at Selkirk in 1580; transferred to Liberton in 1585; transferred to Cramond in 1590; in 1596 was imprisoned for stirring up a tumult and uproar in Edinburgh. His opinions changed greatly as he advanced in life. He died in 1631. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:114, 132, 539.
5. ROBERT, took his degree at the University of St. Andrews in 1609; was presented to the living at Kettle or Lathris in 1626, in succession to his father; transferred to Scoonie in 1630; was a member of the assembly in 1638, and died in 1643, aged about fifty-four years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:495, 558.
6. THOMAS, was appointed to Borthwick in 1567, as the first Protestant minister there; transferred to Liberton in 1569; to Peebles in 1571; returned to Liberton in 1574; removed to Ashkirk in 1579, and to Liberton in 1580; retransferred to Liberton in 1582, and died in Edinburgh in 1585. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 1:113, 114, 235, 266, 542.
7. WILLIAM, was promoted from being regent at the University of St. Andrews; appointed to the living at Kettle in 1589; was a member of the general assemblies of 1590, 1597, and 1602; subscribed the protest against introducing episcopacy in 1606; deprived in 1620; again presented to Kettle in 1623 by the king, but resigned before May 1626, and died in January, 1633, aged seventy-seven years. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 2:495.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cranston'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/cranston.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
