Wikipedia Biographical Summary:

"...William Cranch (July 17, 1769 – September 1, 1855) was an American judge and the second reporter of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States..."

"...Born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, he was a nephew of Abigail Adams. His father was Richard Cranch, an English-born clockmaker and Massachusetts legislator and his mother was Mary Smith, the elder sister of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States. William Cranch graduated from Harvard College with honors in 1787 and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1790..."

"...Cranch died in Washington, D.C., aged 86..."

"...William Cranch's daughter Abigail Adams Cranch married William Greenleaf Eliot. William Eliot and Abigail Cranch were the parents of Henry Ware Eliot and the grandparents of T. S. Eliot..."

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'William Cranch', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 5 June 2011, 19:57 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Cranch&oldid=432731873> [accessed 15 August 2011]