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According to Genealogy of Elder John Crandall and his Descendants (privately published) by A.P. Crandall in 1888, Mary Cottrell, 3rd wife of Eber Crandall was the daughter of Nicholas and Dorothy (Pendleton) Cottrell (page 15). This has been reiterated in Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and His Descendants, published in 1949 by John Cortland Crandall (see page 8).

According to Ancestors in the United States of Byron H. Bierce and his wife Mary Ida Cottrell of Cortland County, New York, compiled by Thurber H. Bierce and Lisle Cottrell, published in 1962 (see page 94-96), this is not possible.

Mary Cottrell that married Eber Crandall is the daughter of John Cottrell, who is an uncle of Nicholas Cottrell that married Dorothy Pendleton. John Cottrell probably married 1st Hannah Gaylord Crandall (mother of Eber Crandall) and subsequent wife whose name is not known is the mother of Mary Cottrell.

Nicholas Cottrell and Dorothy Pendleton had a daughter Mary who died on 2 Dec 1735. Her death date is attributed to Mary Cottrell that married Eber Crandall in Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his Descendants published in 1949 by John Cortland Crandall. This Mary was born in 1711 and married Nathan Randall 16 Dec 1730 in Westerly, RI and therefore could not be the Mary Cottrell that married Eber Crandall.^4,1,5,3