Weymouth New England Genealogy - Cragin, Benjamin Esq.

Events

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Birth	1740-07-08	Acton, Middlesex, MA		General Birth recorded at First Congregational Church	1a
Death	1816-04-19	Mason Village (now Greenville), Hillsborough, NH			1a

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Cragin, John Benjamin	1701-03-25	1794-01-28
Mother	Barker, Judeth	1701-11-07	1762-12-26
Brother	Cragin, John Benjamin	1729-01-08	1797-05-01
Sister	Cragin, Judith	1730-12-17	1752-11-16
Sister	Cragin, Mary	1733-06-21	1769-03-20
Brother	Cragin, Joseph	1735-01-28	1820-06-08
Sister	Cragin, Dorothy	1738-01-03	1813-11-21
	Cragin, Benjamin Esq.	1740-07-08	1816-04-19
Brother	Cragin, Francis Sr.	1741/2-03-02 (Julian)	1826-08-26
Sister	Cragin, Anna	1741/2-03-02 (Julian)
Brother	Cragin, Timothy	1745-09-28	1763

Families

Family of Cragin, Benjamin Esq. and Robbins, Mercy

Married

Wife

Robbins, Mercy ( * 1744/5-03-01 (Julian) + 1820-04-20 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage	1766-11-27	Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA			2a

Narrative

June Godley records their marriage as 2 May 1766, but theChelmsford Vital records record it as 27 November 1766.

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Cragin, Benjamin	1767-05-04	1804-01-25
Cragin, Sarah	1769-12-13
Cragin, Aaron	1772-04-16	1849-02-13
Cragin, Moses Sr.	1778-12-04	1804-04-00
Cragin, Simeon	1787-01-04	1858-09-21

Narrative

Benjamin was among the first settlers of Temple, NH where all ofhis children were born. He was one of the town's leadingcitizens. He lived there from 1766 until 1816 when he and hiswife moved to Mason Village, NH to live with their son, DeaconSimeon Cragin. His farm in Temple was about 1 1/4 miles north ofthe Temple meeting house, on the road to Peterborough.Benjamin was chosen "selectman" of Temple and later served asrepresentative to Concord, NH, "to help lay a permanent plan orsystem of government". In 1769 he was chosen "Highway Surveyor",and was chairman of a committee formed to build a meeting housein 1770. He and his brother, Francis, each gave a lamb to helpdefray the expenses of the meeting house. He and his nephew,Stephen, each contributed 50 cents toward "somethiing toornament the pulpit in the meeting house"; the most that anyonegave was one dollar.

Pedigree

Cragin, John Benjamin
1. Barker, Judeth
  1. Cragin, John Benjamin
  2. Cragin, Judith
  3. Cragin, Mary
  4. Cragin, Joseph
  5. Cragin, Dorothy
  6. Cragin, Benjamin Esq.
    1. Robbins, Mercy
  7. Cragin, Anna
  8. Cragin, Francis Sr.
  9. Cragin, Timothy

Ancestors

Cragin, Benjamin Esq.
* 1740-07-08
+ 1816-04-19

Cragin, John Benjamin
* 1701-03-25
+ 1794-01-28

Cragin, John Jr.
* 1677-09-19
+ 1704-01-26

Cragin, John Sr.
* about 1634
+ 1708-10-27

Dawes, Sarah
* about 1640
+ 1725-12-23

Dawes, William
*
+ ...

Skelton, Deborah
*
+ ...

Barker, Judeth
* 1701-11-07
+ 1762-12-26

Barker, William
* 1674-11-09
+ 1703-12-17

Barker, John
* 1646
+ 1710-03-04

Simonds, Judah
* 1646-05-03
+ 1704-04-10

Simonds, William
* 1611
+ 1670-06-17

Phippen, Judith
* 1618
+ 1689-01-03

Hayward, Dorothy
* 1673/4-01-27 (Julian)
+ ...

Hayward, Joseph
* 1643-01-26
+ 1714

Heyward, George
*
+ ...

Hosmer, Hanna
* 1644-06-16
+ 1675

Hosmer, James
* 1605
+ 1685

, Alice or Ellen
*
+ 1665-03-03

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Birth Name	Cragin, Benjamin Esq.
Gender	male
Age at Death	75 years, 9 months, 11 days