C Crigan and Alexander

Found on Family Search, British Census - C is Probably not our Caleb

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," C. Crigan in entry for Alexander Crigan, 1780

I post this type of entry just to have it saved under Cragin... perhaps it will be of value later.

Cragin Relatives?

MIDDLESEX COUNTY.

1641

spent." He died March 28, 1837, aged seventy-two years.

He married (iirstj (^published December 19, 1793), January 19, 1794, Betsey Cragin, who
was born in 1777, and died October ij, 1807, aged thirty-eight years, daughter of Samuel
and Mercy (Chapin) Cragin, who were married September 23, 1769. Samuel Cragin, her
father, was born November 5, 1739, the son of Benjamin and Experience (Aldrichj Cra-
gin, who were married June 13, 1727. Benjamin Cragin, her grandfather, was born No-
vember 2y, 1702, the son of John and Deborah (Skelton) Cragin, who were married April
13, 1700. John Cragin was son of the immigrant ancestors, John and Sarah (Dawes)
Cragin, who were married November 4, 1661

Caleb Cragun Family, England Ireland America

CALEB CRAGUN (first gen.)

b.ca. 1700, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England

d. (unkn)

He resided near the home of Oliver Cromwell. Caleb Cragun moved to Ireland where he married an "Irish lady". They had a son PATRICK CRAGUN.

PATRICK CRAGUN (second gen.)

b.ca. 1743/45, in Northern Ireland.

d. (date unkn), in Va. Tradition tells that some years later his remains were brought to Indiana, and reburied near Whitestown in Boone Co., in a field of a farm near ENOCH CRAGUN, Sr.'s old farm.

JOHNATHAN O. Q. CRAGUN wrote (date unkn) "Our great grandfather PATRICK CRAGUN is buried near Whitestown, Ind. I saw where he was buried some five years ago while I was in Indiana."

Some descendants of Enoch Cragun (son of ELISHA CRAGUN, 1786) stated that they had visited a cemetery at Whitestown, Indiana, and had seen the graves of Patrick Cragun & his son, Elisha Cragun. They said that the cemetery had no name and is in the church yard there.[1]

A trip was made to Whitestown, Ind., in Aug. 1964, by JEAN CRAGUN TOMBAUGH of Rochester, Ind., and a search of four graveyards was made. There were many Cragun graves, but none for our Patrick Cragun. Many were found that were impossible to read, and many that were broken off and the inscription missing. Only one cemetery had no name, and appeared to be very old indeed. It was just off the road enclosed with wire fence. I believe the twp is Eagle twp, and the cemetery is located about two miles south of Whitestown, on the left (east) side after crossing a small bridge. There was no church, although there might have been one originally.

From John Cragin, Scotland

Tradition in the family of Jean (Cragun) Tombaugh, tells that our ancestor was originally of Scotland and the name was McCRAGUN. Also, that Caleb Cragun moved from England to Ireland where he married and had children, one of whom was a son PATRICK, who came to America about the time of the Revolutionary War.[1],[2]. So, right or wrong, we will begin with the Craguns of Scotland.

I visited my cousin FRANCIS KIMBALL CRAGIN, who resides in Woburn, Mass., and there saw the result of his investigation, which was a very complete genealogy of his branch of the family from its founder, the original and only JOHN CRAGIN

With these exceptions all of the Cragins in this country are descendants of the John Cragin who settled in Woburn, Mass. about 200 years ago, and there lived and died.

To the Jean Tombaugh article in full:

CRAIGEN - Local. In 1272 the church of Cragyn (now Craigie) in Kyle was confirmed to the Monks of Paisley by THOMAS de CRAGYN son and heir of JOHN HOSE, who had assumed his surname from his lands (RMP., p.232).

He may be the THOMAS de CREGEYN del counte de ARC who rendered homage in 1296 (Bain 11, p.206). ADE CRAGYNE who held a tenement of Irvine 1477 (Irvine, 1, p.149) most probably derived his name from the same source.

A family of this name in New Pitsligo village were remarkable for their longevity.

(AEI., p.47) CHRISTAIN CRAIGANE was liferenter of Readfurd, 1630 (LIM., p.110)

PATRICK CRAIGEN in Burnebray of Gorthie, 1670 (Dunblane) and

ROBERT CRAIGIN in the Parish of Sumbennan, 1716 (SCM., IV, p.171).

WM CRAIGEN was a member of the Huntley Volunteers, 1798 (Well p.19) (a history of the volunteer movement in Strathbogie from 1798-1808) and

JOHN W. CRAIGEN from King Edward served in the first Great War (Turriff) of Craigie.[3]

......'After a thirty years war in Scotland the Irish took posession permitting any of the Scotch to remain that would join their party, and many, rather than desert their cattle and lands, remained and intermarried with the Irish nobility. The greater part fled to the mountains, and lived there until they were a powerful army, and then came down and retook their lands. The name was then a combination of Irish and Scotch, being McCRAGIN.'

JOHN CRAGIN (Craggen), from Scotland.

b. 1634, Scotland.

d. 27 Oct 1708, Woburn, Mass.

bur. prob. Woburn, Mass. (Woburn Record of Deaths 1640-1873)

From south of Scotland in the "John & Mary" 1652, to Charlestown, Mass., as a prisoner of Cromwell, and sold as a slave to Thomas Kimble.

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