Judith (Barker) 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), Family Records (Cragin), pp. 213-214: "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in that part of the town now called Acton, from whence he re. to Temple, N. H.; ch: (4th Gen.) I. Dea. John ... II. Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1730 ... III. Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1732. IV. Joseph, b. June 28, 1735. V. Dorothy, b. Jan. 3, 1738 ... VI. Benjamin ... VII. Francis ... VIII. Anna, b. Mar. 2, 1742 ... IX. Timothy, b. Sept. 28, 1745." and "4. Francis, (seventh ch. of the 3d John Cragin,) re. from Acton to Temple with his father and brothers, John and Benjamin, m., (1) Elizabeth Law ... m., (2) Sybil Piper." Explicit child-of; sibling dates agree with Acton VR.

2. 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 p. 213: "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in that part of the town now called Acton ... (4th Gen.) I. Dea. John ... II. Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1730 ... V. Dorothy, b. Jan. 3, 1738; m. Joseph Cleaveland, of Concord, 1763. ... VII. Francis." Acton VR already locks Francis as "s. John and Judeth" (1742/3). Matching details: name Judith Barker; of Concord; age fits (b. 1701 → mother of children 1730–1745); daughter Dorothy mirrors maternal grandmother Dorothy Hayward.

3. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635–1850 (1895): "William Barker & Dorothy Hayward both of Concord were marryed March y' 12th 1695.6." "Judeth Barker y' daughter of William Barker & Dorothy his wife was Born Novemb' y' 7th day, 1701." (Sister Hannah Barker b. May 14, 1697 same parents.)

4. Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (NEHGS, 1923), Births, CRAGIN: "Francis, [twin] s. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3." Same block: "Anna, [twin] d. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3"; "Benjamin, s. John and Judeth, July 8, 1740, in A."; "Dorothy, d. John and Judeth, Jan. 3, 1738, in A."; "John, s. John and Judeth, Jan. 8, 1729, in Concord now Acton"; "Joseph ... June 28, 1735"; "Mary ... Jan. 21, 1733"; "Timothy, s. John and Judeth, Sept. 28, 1745, in A." Marriages: "Law, Elisebeth [int. Elisabeth] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Sept. 9, 1766"; "[Piper,] Sibella [int. Sibil] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Mar. 30, 1773." Matches locked francis-cragin-bsb (Acton; m. (1) Elizabeth Law, (2) Sybil Piper; brothers John and Benjamin).

   Vital Records of Acton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (NEHGS, 1923), Births, CRAGIN: "Francis, [twin] s. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3." Same block: "Anna, [twin] d. John and Judeth, Mar. 2, 1742-3"; "Benjamin, s. John and Judeth, July 8, 1740, in A."; "Dorothy, d. John and Judeth, Jan. 3, 1738, in A."; "John, s. John and Judeth, Jan. 8, 1729, in Concord now Acton"; "Joseph ... June 28, 1735"; "Mary ... Jan. 21, 1733"; "Timothy, s. John and Judeth, Sept. 28, 1745, in A." Marriages: "Law, Elisebeth [int. Elisabeth] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Sept. 9, 1766"; "[Piper,] Sibella [int. Sibil] and Francis Cragin, both of A., Mar. 30, 1773." Matches locked francis-cragin-bsb (Acton; m. (1) Elizabeth Law, (2) Sybil Piper; brothers John and Benjamin).

5. 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), Family Records (Cragin), pp. 213-214: "3. John, (first child of 2d John,) was born Mar. 24, 1701; m. Judith Barker, of Concord, and settled in that part of the town now called Acton, from whence he re. to Temple, N. H.; ch: (4th Gen.) I. Dea. John ... II. Judith, b. Dec. 27, 1730 ... III. Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1732. IV. Joseph, b. June 28, 1735. V. Dorothy, b. Jan. 3, 1738 ... VI. Benjamin ... VII. Francis ... VIII. Anna, b. Mar. 2, 1742 ... IX. Timothy, b. Sept. 28, 1745." and "4. Francis, (seventh ch. of the 3d John Cragin,) re. from Acton to Temple with his father and brothers, John and Benjamin, m., (1) Elizabeth Law ... m., (2) Sybil Piper." Explicit child-of; sibling dates agree with Acton VR.