The Cranston Family Crest
On the tombstone of John Cranston [or Cranstoun], Esquire, Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (ob. 1680), and on that of his son, John Cranston, also Governor of the same colony (ob. 1727), both buried in the Old Newport (R. I.) Burial Ground, we find the arms we give, recognized by Burke as belonging to the Cranstouns of Rhode Island. The inscription points out that the deceased descended from James Cranston, Clerk Chaplain to Charles I.; also, that the first-named Governor was the greatgrandson of the first Lord Cranstoun [created, 1609; peerage extinct or dormant, 1869]. The dates seem very close together to admit of four generations, but the common origin is not denied.
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- Family
- Cranston
- Motto
Dum vigilo curo.
Careful while watching.- Blazon
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A Crane, Passant.
- Source
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America Hereldica