Deacon John CRAGIN^[1]

1729 - 1797  (68 years)

• Name	John CRAGIN
  Title	Deacon
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	8 Jan 1728/1729	Concord, Middlesex Co, MA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  move	Jun 1771	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH
  Census	1776	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [3]
  anecdote	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [4]
  anecdote	1777	Concord, Merrimack Co, NH   [4]
  war	Oct 1777	Saratoga, NY
  anecdote	1778  [4]
  anecdote	Sep 1786	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [4]
  Death	16 May 1797  [5]
  Burial	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [5]
  Person ID	I2625	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	John CRAGGEN,   b. 25 Mar 1701, Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA d. 23 Jan 1794, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Judith BARKER,   b. 7 Nov 1701, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 26 Dec 1762, Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1728
  Family ID	F183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah BARRETT,   b. 8 Feb 1731/2, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 30 May 1771, Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Capt John CRAGIN,   b. 18 Mar 1769, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 21 Jun 1853 (Age 84 years)   2. Judith CRAGIN,   b. 26 Jun 1757, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 30 Sep 1759, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 2 years)   3. John CRAGIN,   b. 11 Aug 1758, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 2 Oct 1759, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 1 year)   4. Simeon CRAGIN,   b. 20 Nov 1761, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 1 Jun 1832, Embden, ME (Age 70 years)   5. Levi CRAGIN,   b. 1 Nov 1763, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA   6. Samuel CRAGIN,   b. 14 Apr 1766, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 2 May 1766, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 0 years)   7. Judith CRAGIN,   b. 20 May 1767, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. Abt 1858 (Age 90 years)   8. Mary CRAGIN,   b. 20 Mar 1767, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 3 Feb 1771, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F2270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah SPAULDING,   b. 22 Aug 1739, Townsend, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Children	1. Sarah CRAGIN,   b. Abt 1776   d. 4 Jan 1779 (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 120 [Concord Regs. Book II] [S128] Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts To The Year 1850., ((Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1923)). p. 120 [Concord Regs. Book II] [S5116] Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Holbrook, New Hampshire 1776 Census, ((Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1976)). p. 33. [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)). [S5001] Ann Mensch, abstractor, Mensch, Old Village Burial Ground, Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.