Judith BARKER^[1]

1701 - 1762  (61 years)

• Name	Judith BARKER
  Birth	7 Nov 1701	Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  Gender	Female
  orphan	14 Jan 1705/6	Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [2]
  	On 14 January 1705/6 in Middlesex County Court, Judith was named as the orphan of William Barker. Her uncle, John Barker, Jr. qualified as her guardian.
  Occupation	Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3]
  	In addition to her responsibilities as a colonial wife and a mother, Judith practiced midwifery during her years in Acton. She is "said" to have assisted with 1400 births.
  Death	26 Dec 1762	Acton, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [4]
  	Judith was 61 years old at the time of her death.
  Person ID	I2629	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William BARKER,   b. 9 Nov 1674, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 17 Dec 1703, Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Dorothy HAYWARD,   b. 23 Jan 1673/4, Concord, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. After 25 May 1721 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1695/6	Concord, Middlesex Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [5]
  Family ID	F329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John CRAGGEN,   b. 25 Mar 1701, Woburn, Middlesex Co, MA d. 23 Jan 1794, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1728
  Children	1. Deacon John CRAGIN,   b. 8 Jan 1728/1729, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA d. 16 May 1797 (Age 68 years)   2. Judith CRAGIN,   b. 17 Dec 1730, Concord. Middlesex Co, MA d. 16 Nov 1752, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 21 years)   3. Mary CRAGIN,   b. 21 Jan 1732/1733, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA d. 20 Mar 1769, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA (Age 36 years)   4. Joseph CRAGIN,   b. 28 Jun 1735, Concord, Middlesex Co, MA d. 8 Jun 1820, Winslow, MA (Age 84 years)   5. Dorothy CRAGIN,   b. 3 Jan 1738/1739, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 21 Nov 1813, Fairfield, ME (Age 74 years)   6. Benjamin CRAGIN,   b. 8 Jul 1740, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 19 Apr 1816 (Age 75 years)   7. Francis CRAGIN,   b. 2 Mar 1742/1743, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA d. 26 Aug 1826, New Ipswich, NH (Age 83 years)   8. Anna CRAGIN,   b. 2 Mar 1742/1743, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA   9. Timothy CRAGIN,   b. 28 Sep 1745, Acton, Middlesex Co, MA
  Family ID	F183	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. 51. (Concord Registers - Book II) [S1644] Judith Barker, Middlesex Co, MA guardianship file no. 1040 (1705). [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)). [S128] Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts To The Year 1850., ((Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1923)). p. 260. [S142] Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635 - 1850., ((Boston: T. Todd, printer, 1895)). p. 43 [Concord Registers - Book II]