Benjamin CRAGIN

1740 - 1816  (75 years)

• Name	Benjamin CRAGIN
  Birth	8 Jul 1740	Acton, Middlesex Co, MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1776	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [2, 3]
  Death	19 Apr 1816  [4]
  Burial	Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   [4]
  Person ID	I2869	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	Mercy ROBBINS,   b. 1744   d. 20 Apr 1820 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1766  [5]
  Children	1. Benjamin CRAGIN,   b. 4 May 1767, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH d. 25 Jan 1804, Weston, VT (Age 36 years)   2. Sarah CRAGIN,   b. 13 Dec 1769, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH   3. Aaron CRAGIN,   b. 16 Apr 1772, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH d. 13 Feb 1849, Benson, NY (Age 76 years)   4. Moses CRAGIN,   b. 4 Dec 1778, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH d. Apr 1804, Benson, NY (Age 25 years)   5. Simeon CRAGIN,   b. 4 Jan 1787, Temple, Hillsborough Co, NH d. 21 Sep 1858, Mason Village, NH (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S128] Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts To The Year 1850., ((Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1923)). p. 30. [S5113] 1860 US Census / Lowry, William. [S5116] Jay Mack Holbrook, compiler, Holbrook, New Hampshire 1776 Census, ((Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, 1976)). p. 33. [S5001] Ann Mensch, abstractor, Mensch, Old Village Burial Ground, Temple, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. [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. 13.