The origin of the name Crandall is Irish and the Coat of Arms contains Green with a gold lion and three gold escallops. The Crest is A Stag sitting on a mound.
Spelling variations include: McRannell, McReynolds, Reynolds, Grannell, Magranill, MacGrannell, MacRaghnald, MacRanel, McRanel, MacRannal, MacRannel, MacRanell, MacRanall and many more.
First found in county Connaught where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Anthony, James, John, Samuel, Thomas McReynolds settled in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1860; Christopher Reynolds settled in Virginia in 1622; Nathaniel Reynold settled in Salem in 1630.
