Samuel CRAGIN^[1]

1795 - 1872  (77 years)

• Name	Samuel CRAGIN
  Birth	16 Feb 1795	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1850, 1860, 1870, 1872	Virginia   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	The 1850 census notes that Samuel made is living as a "store keeper" in Portsmouth, Virginia. By July 1860, and until his death in 1872, he is noted as a "farmer" in Norfolk County, Virginia.
  Death	15 Jul 1872	Norfolk Co, VA   [1]
  	Cause of death was noted as "old age". Samuel died in Norfolk County, Virginia on 15 July 1872. He was 77 years old.
  Person ID	I2035	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Capt John CRAGIN,   b. 18 Mar 1769, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 21 Jun 1853 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Ruth HEALD,   b. 23 Jul 1772, Temple, Hillsborough Co, Province of New Hampshire d. 17 Jan 1833 (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1788  [1, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lucy Anna BURNHAM,   b. 11 Aug 1820, Camden Co, NC d. Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC
  Marriage	2 Apr 1837	Camden Co, NC   [8]
  	The couple married in Camden County, North Carolina on 2 April 1837.
  Children	1. Adaline M. CRAGIN,   b. 30 Sep 1838, Pasquotank Co, NC d. 1881 (Age 42 years)   2. Josephine Victoria CRAGIN,   b. 17 Nov 1839, Elizabeth City, Pasquotank Co, NC d. 24 Sep 1929, Waverly, Sussex Co, VA (Age 89 years)   3. Mary Hester CRAGIN,   b. 29 Apr 1842, Norfolk Co, VA d. 19 Feb 1928, Portsmouth City, VA (Age 85 years)   4. Lucianna CRAGIN,   b. 14 Feb 1846, Virginia d. 27 Dec 1850, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 4 years)   5. Margaret Jane CRAGIN,   b. 18 Sep 1848, Norfolk Co, VA   6. Wisner Whitfield CRAGIN,   b. 27 Jun 1850, Norfolk Co, VA   7. Samuel E. CRAGIN,   b. 15 Jul 1852, Virginia   8. Ruth May CRAGIN,   b. 2 May 1855, Norfolk Co, VA   9. John H. CRAGIN,   b. 3 Oct 1858, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA   10. Joseph James CRAGIN,   b. Sep 1860, Norfolk Co, VA d. 12 Sep 1900, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Ann MICHEAU,   b. 29 Nov 1802, Tyrrell Co, NC d. 25 Nov 1836, North Carolina (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1820	Tyrrell Co, NC   [9]
  	The couple married in Tyrrell County, North Carolina on 23 March 1820.
  Children	1. John CRAGIN,   b. 7 Jan 1821, North Carolina d. 18 Sep 1823, North Carolina (Age 2 years)   2. Elleanor CRAGIN,   b. 16 Apr 1823, North Carolina d. 24 Sep 1840 (Age 17 years)   3. Mary Ann CRAGIN,   b. 16 Apr 1823, North Carolina d. 12 Sep 1825, North Carolina (Age 2 years)   4. Elizabeth G. CRAGIN,   b. 4 Feb 1825, Camden Co, NC d. 26 Feb 1897, Merrimack, Hillsborough Co, NH (Age 72 years)   5. Ann CRAGIN,   b. 16 Nov 1827, North Carolina d. 14 Oct 1852, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 24 years)   6. Samuel A. CRAGIN,   b. 20 Dec 1835, North Carolina d. Sep 1839, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, VA (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Resided: November 1850, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, VA Resided: July 1860, Portsmouth, Norfolk County, VA Resided: September 1870, Deep Creek, Norfolk County, VA

  
  

• Sources

  [S2993] Samuel Cragin, Virginia certification of death no. 2097013 (1873). [S105] L. June Cragin Godley, compiler, Godley, The Cragin Story 1634-1964: Descendants, Who Bore Family Name, of John Cragin of Scotland and Massachusetts, ((Little Falls, NJ: by the compiler, 1964)), p. 27. [S2996] 1870 US Census / Cragin, Samuel. [S2973] 1850 US Census / Cragin, Saml. [S2974] 1860 US Census / Cragin, Saml. [S105] L. June Cragin Godley, compiler, Godley, The Cragin Story 1634-1964: Descendants, Who Bore Family Name, of John Cragin of Scotland and Massachusetts, ((Little Falls, NJ: by the compiler, 1964)). p. 17. [S130] Ernest George Walker, Walker, Embden Town Of Yore, ((Skowhegan, ME: Independent-Reporter Company, 1929)). p. 55. [S105] L. June Cragin Godley, compiler, Godley, The Cragin Story 1634-1964: Descendants, Who Bore Family Name, of John Cragin of Scotland and Massachusetts, ((Little Falls, NJ: by the compiler, 1964)). p. 27. [S3040] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741 - 2004.. Samuel Cragin - Sally Micheau entry.