John Cragin

Family

Sources

1. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Family Records (Cragin), pp. 213-214: "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in that part of the town now called Acton, from whence he re. to Temple, N. H.; ch: (4th Gen.) I. Dea. John ... II. Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1730 ... III. Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1732. IV. Joseph, b. June 28, 1735. V. Dorothy, b. Jan. 3, 1738 ... VI. Benjamin ... VII. Francis ... VIII. Anna, b. Mar. 2, 1742 ... IX. Timothy, b. Sept. 28, 1745." and "4. Francis, (seventh ch. of the 3d John Cragin,) re. from Acton to Temple with his father and brothers, John and Benjamin, m., (1) Elizabeth Law ... m., (2) Sybil Piper." Explicit child-of; sibling dates agree with Acton VR.

2. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Cragin family, p. 213: "2. John, (sixth child of the 1st John,) was b. Sept. 19, 1677; m. Deborah Skelton. (3d Gen.) I. John, (hereafter.) II. Anna, b. Mar. 25, 1701. III. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1702. This John C. d. Jan. 26, 1703, ae. 26." and "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in ... Acton." Explicit child-of; sibling names/dates match Woburn VR exactly.

3. Woburn Records of Births (Johnson 1890), SIMONDS: "Sarah, d. of William, July 28, 1644. Judith, d. of William, March 3, 1646. Mary, d. of William, Dec. 9, 1647. Caleb ... 1649. William ... April 15, 1651 ... Huldah, d. of William, Nov. 20, 1660." Concord VR: "John Barker & Judda Simonds maried 9. desem. 1668"; "Judeth Barker ye wife of John Barker her Husband dyed Aprill ye 10th day 1704 [58 yrs g.s.]" (=> b. ~1646). Shattuck (1835) Appendix SYMONDS: "William Symonds was one of the first settlers; his wife d. 1641; da. Judith m. John Barker, and Sarah m. John Heywood."

   Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Part I Births (E. F. Johnson, 1890), CRAGGEN: "John, s. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701." "Anna, d. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701." "Benjamin, s. of John and Deborah, Nov. 27, 1702." Also "John, s. of John, Sept. 19, 1677." Matches locked john-cragin-bsb (b. Mar. 1701, family of Woburn). (Day conflict kept: Blood gives John b. Mar. 24 and Anna Mar. 25, 1701; Woburn VR gives both Mar. 25 — likely twins.)

4. Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (NEHGS, 1923), Births, CRAGIN: "Francis, [twin] s. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3." Same block: "Anna, [twin] d. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3"; "Benjamin, s. John and Judeth, July 8, 1740, in A."; "Dorothy, d. John and Judeth, Jan. 3, 1738, in A."; "John, s. John and Judeth, Jan. 8, 1729, in Concord now Acton"; "Joseph ... June 28, 1735"; "Mary ... Jan. 21, 1733"; "Timothy, s. John and Judeth, Sept. 28, 1745, in A." Marriages: "Law, Elisebeth [int. Elisabeth] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Sept. 9, 1766"; "[Piper,] Sibella [int. Sibil] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Mar. 30, 1773." Matches locked francis-cragin-bsb (Acton; m. (1) Elizabeth Law, (2) Sybil Piper; brothers John and Benjamin).

   Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (NEHGS, 1923), Births, CRAGIN: "Francis, [twin] s. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3." Same block: "Anna, [twin] d. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3"; "Benjamin, s. John and Judeth, July 8, 1740, in A."; "Dorothy, d. John and Judeth, Jan. 3, 1738, in A."; "John, s. John and Judeth, Jan. 8, 1729, in Concord now Acton"; "Joseph ... June 28, 1735"; "Mary ... Jan. 21, 1733"; "Timothy, s. John and Judeth, Sept. 28, 1745, in A." Marriages: "Law, Elisebeth [int. Elisabeth] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Sept. 9, 1766"; "[Piper,] Sibella [int. Sibil] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Mar. 30, 1773." Matches locked francis-cragin-bsb (Acton; m. (1) Elizabeth Law, (2) Sybil Piper; brothers John and Benjamin).

5. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Family Records (Cragin), pp. 213-214: "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in that part of the town now called Acton, from whence he re. to Temple, N. H.; ch: (4th Gen.) I. Dea. John ... II. Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1730 ... III. Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1732. IV. Joseph, b. June 28, 1735. V. Dorothy, b. Jan. 3, 1738 ... VI. Benjamin ... VII. Francis ... VIII. Anna, b. Mar. 2, 1742 ... IX. Timothy, b. Sept. 28, 1745." and "4. Francis, (seventh ch. of the 3d John Cragin,) re. from Acton to Temple with his father and brothers, John and Benjamin, m., (1) Elizabeth Law ... m., (2) Sybil Piper." Explicit child-of; sibling dates agree with Acton VR.

6. Woburn Records of Births (Johnson 1890), SIMONDS: "Sarah, d. of William, July 28, 1644. Judith, d. of William, March 3, 1646. Mary, d. of William, Dec. 9, 1647. Caleb ... 1649. William ... April 15, 1651 ... Huldah, d. of William, Nov. 20, 1660." Concord VR: "John Barker & Judda Simonds maried 9. desem. 1668"; "Judeth Barker ye wife of John Barker her Husband dyed Aprill ye 10th day 1704 [58 yrs g.s.]" (=> b. ~1646). Shattuck (1835) Appendix SYMONDS: "William Symonds was one of the first settlers; his wife d. 1641; da. Judith m. John Barker, and Sarah m. John Heywood."

   Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Part I Births (E. F. Johnson, 1890), CRAGGEN: "John, s. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701." "Anna, d. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701." "Benjamin, s. of John and Deborah, Nov. 27, 1702." Also "John, s. of John, Sept. 19, 1677." Matches locked john-cragin-bsb (b. Mar. 1701, family of Woburn). (Day conflict kept: Blood gives John b. Mar. 24 and Anna Mar. 25, 1701; Woburn VR gives both Mar. 25 — likely twins.)

7. Henry Ames Blood, History of Temple, N.H. (1860), store history: "Artemas Wheeler opened a store at the old meeting-house stand in the Spring of 1794. In 1797, he and his father, Col. Abijah Wheeler, built the large house now owned by Adam R. Searle ... Wheeler failed and fled to Lansingburgh, N.Y." Same book, Cragin register: "VII. Esther, b. Apr. 10, 1781, m., Artemas Wheeler, Jan. 29, 1799." Col. Abijah Wheeler town officer 1793-1801; m. Hepzibeth (Spaulding?) b. Concord 1763, on May 31, 1784.

   Henry Ames Blood, "The History of Temple, N.H." (1860), Cragin family, p. 213: "2. John, (sixth child of the 1st John,) was b. Sept. 19, 1677; m. Deborah Skelton. (3d Gen.) I. John, (hereafter.) II. Anna, b. Mar. 25, 1701. III. Benjamin, b. Nov. 27, 1702. This John C. d. Jan. 26, 1703, ae. 26." and "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in ... Acton." Explicit child-of; sibling names/dates match Woburn VR exactly.