Sarah (Dawes) 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), Cragin, pp. 212-213: John Cragin, a Scotch prisoner of war (Dunbar, 1650) sent to Charlestown 1652, "afterward married, in Woburn, where he resided and died. Her name was Sarah Dawes; their ch.: I. Abigail, b. Aug. 4, 1662; m. John Knight ... II. Sarah, b. July 10, 1664. III. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 3, 1666; m. John Shepherd, of Concord ... IV. Mercy, b. Mar. 25, 1669; m. Thomas Skelton, of Woburn, Dec. 29, 1701. V. Anna, b. Aug. 6, 1673. VI. John, (hereafter.) VII. Rachel, b. Mar. 14, 1680. VIII. Leah, b. Mar. 14, 1680; both d. young. 2. John, (sixth child of the 1st John,) was b. Sept. 19, 1677; m. Deborah Skelton." Seven sibling birth dates match the Woburn VR births exactly.

2. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Part I Births (E. F. Johnson, 1890), CRAGGEN, p. 63: "Abigail, d. of John, Aug. 4, 1662. Sarah, d. of John, Aug. 10, 1664. Elizabeth, d. of John, Aug. 3, 1666. Mercy, d. of John, March 25, 1669. Anna, d. of John, Aug. 6, 1673. John, s. of John, Sept. 19, 1677. Rachel, d. of John, March 14, 1680. Leah, d. of John, March 14, 1680. John, s. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701 ..." Part III Marriages: "John Craggen and Sarah Dawes, Nov. 4, 1661" (and under DAWES: "Sarah Dawes and John Craggen, Nov. 4, 1661"; editor's note: "A Scotch name").

   Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Part I Births (E. F. Johnson, 1890), CRAGGEN, p. 63: "Abigail, d. of John, Aug. 4, 1662. Sarah, d. of John, Aug. 10, 1664. Elizabeth, d. of John, Aug. 3, 1666. Mercy, d. of John, March 25, 1669. Anna, d. of John, Aug. 6, 1673. John, s. of John, Sept. 19, 1677. Rachel, d. of John, March 14, 1680. Leah, d. of John, March 14, 1680. John, s. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701 ..." Part III Marriages: "John Craggen and Sarah Dawes, Nov. 4, 1661" (and under DAWES: "Sarah Dawes and John Craggen, Nov. 4, 1661"; editor's note: "A Scotch name").

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, p. 63: "Abigail, d. of John, Aug. 4, 1662. Sarah, d. of John, Aug. 10, 1664. Elizabeth, d. of John, Aug. 3, 1666. Mercy, d. of John, March 25, 1669. Anna, d. of John, Aug. 6, 1673. John, s. of John, Sept. 19, 1677. Rachel, d. of John, March 14, 1680. Leah, d. of John, March 14, 1680. John, s. of John and Deborah, March 25, 1701 ..." Part III Marriages: "John Craggen and Sarah Dawes, Nov. 4, 1661" (and under DAWES: "Sarah Dawes and John Craggen, Nov. 4, 1661"; editor's note: "A Scotch name").