In studying Wikipedia - and analyzing the times that Patrick Cragun was born, it appears the Counties below in this article are more likely where Caleb Cragun settled his family than Ulser.
The conditions which motivated the settlements were religous persecution in England and a chance to move up from being poor. It appears these platation movement participants came about 150 years or so after the plantation movement began. If Patrick were indentured out to a bootmaker, the family might have been poor.
Reading the below from Wikipedia would suggest that Counties Sligo, land in Wicklow and planned a full scale Plantation of Connacht, and County Roscommon were more likely locateion. Next, Wentworth surveyed the major Catholic landowners in Leinster
In England, Catholics were greatly outnumbered by Protestants and lived under constant fear of betrayal by their fellows. In Ireland however they could blend in with the local majority Catholic population in a way that was not possible in England. English Catholic planters were most common in County Kilkenny, where they may have made up half of all the English and Scottish planters to arrive in this region.[29] Given this it is no surprise that the sons and grandsons of English planters played a major part in the politics of the Confederation of Kilkenny in the 1640s, most notably James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven.
Plantations stayed off the political agenda until the accession of Thomas Wentworth, a close advisor of Charles I, to the position of Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1632. Wentworth’s job was to raise revenue for Charles and to cement Royal control over Ireland — which meant, among other things, more plantations, both to raise money and to break the political power of the Irish Catholic gentry. Wentworth confiscated land in Wicklow and planned a full scale Plantation of Connacht — where all Catholic landowners would lose between a half and a quarter of their estates. The local juries were intimidated into accepting Wentworth’s settlement and when a group of Connacht landowners complained to Charles I, Wentworth had them imprisoned. However, settlement only went ahead in County Sligo and County Roscommon. Next, Wentworth surveyed the major Catholic landowners in Leinster for similar treatment, including members of the powerful Butler dynasty. Wentworth’s plans were interrupted by the outbreak of the Bishops Wars in Scotland, which eventually led to Wentworth’s execution by the English Parliament and to civil war in England and Ireland. His constant questioning of Catholic land titles was one of the major causes of the 1641 Rebellion and the principal reason why it was joined by Ireland’s wealthiest and most powerful Catholic families.[30]
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
The Plantations of Ulster
Did a Patrick Cragun Father or Grandfather first live in Scotland. Were they some of those who did eventually move to England. Are we Cragun's a bit Scottish?
The counties of Ulster (modern boundaries) that were colonised during the plantations. Note that this map is a simplified one, as the amount of land actually colonised did not cover the entire shaded area
The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Scotland and England. Private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606,[1] while official plantation controlled by King James I of England and VI of Scotland began in 1609. All land owned by Irish chieftains of the Uí Néill and Uí Domhnaill (along with those of their supporters) was confiscated and used to settle the colonists. This land comprised an estimated half a million acres (2,000 km²) in the counties Tyrconnell, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, Coleraine and Armagh.[2] Most of the counties Antrim and Down were privately colonised.[1]
The "British tenants",[3] a term applied to the colonists,[4] were mostly from Scotland and England. They were required to be English-speaking and Protestant.[5] The Scottish colonists were mostly Presbyterian[3] and the English mostly members of the Church of England. The Plantation of Ulster was the biggest of the Plantations of Ireland. Ulster was colonised to prevent further rebellion, as it had been the region most resistant to English control during the preceding century.
Prior to its conquest in the Nine Years War of the 1590s, Ulster had been the most Gaelic part of Ireland, a province existing largely outside English control.[6] There were few towns, few roads and much of the country was thickly wooded.[7]
Throughout the 16th century Ulster was viewed by the English as being "underpopulated" and undeveloped.[8] An early attempt at plantation of the north of Ireland in the 1570s on the east coast of Ulster by Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, had failed (see Plantations of Ireland).
Many of the Gaelic Irish lived by “creaghting” (seasonal migration with their cattle) and as such, permanent habitations were uncommon.[9] The wars fought between Gaelic clans and between the Gaelic and English undoubtedly contributed to depopulation.[10] However by 1600 (before the worst atrocities of the Nine Years War) Ulster's total adult population according to Perceval-Maxwell was only 25,000 to 40,000 people.[11]
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The 16th century English conquest of Ireland was made piece by piece and starting in the reign of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and only being completed after sustained warfare in the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). During these wars the force of the semi-independent chieftains was broken.[12]
One man posted this on a forum:
The "British tenants",[3] a term applied to the colonists,[4] were mostly from Scotland and England. They were required to be English-speaking and Protestant.[5] The Scottish colonists were mostly Presbyterian[3] and the English mostly members of the Church of England. The Plantation of Ulster was the biggest of the Plantations of Ireland. Ulster was colonised to prevent further rebellion, as it had been the region most resistant to English control during the preceding century.
Prior to its conquest in the Nine Years War of the 1590s, Ulster had been the most Gaelic part of Ireland, a province existing largely outside English control.[6] There were few towns, few roads and much of the country was thickly wooded.[7]
Throughout the 16th century Ulster was viewed by the English as being "underpopulated" and undeveloped.[8] An early attempt at plantation of the north of Ireland in the 1570s on the east coast of Ulster by Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, had failed (see Plantations of Ireland).
Many of the Gaelic Irish lived by “creaghting” (seasonal migration with their cattle) and as such, permanent habitations were uncommon.[9] The wars fought between Gaelic clans and between the Gaelic and English undoubtedly contributed to depopulation.[10] However by 1600 (before the worst atrocities of the Nine Years War) Ulster's total adult population according to Perceval-Maxwell was only 25,000 to 40,000 people.[11]
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The 16th century English conquest of Ireland was made piece by piece and starting in the reign of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and only being completed after sustained warfare in the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). During these wars the force of the semi-independent chieftains was broken.[12]
One man posted this on a forum:
Desiring to keep it as simple as possible, arriving
at my own conclusions eventually - let me begin with the following words from
this source:History of Ireland 1598 - 1629: Defeat of Ulster and
the Ulster Plantation
"So this time the settlers were to live in specially built fortified towns known as Plantation Towns. In 1609 the English mapped out 4,000,000 acres of land and started gaving it out in 1610. Counties Down, Monaghan and Antrim were planted privately. Counties Derry and Armagh were planted with English. Counties Tyrone and Donegal were planted with Scots. Counties Fermanagh and Cavan were planted with both Scots and English.
The vast majority of the settlers were Scottish, as it turned out, and they brought with them a new form of Christianity, Presbyterianism, which was different from both Roman Catholicism and the Church of England, although it is classified as Protestant. They also brought new farming methods and a Puritan lifestyle."
That much, I believe, could be the crux of discovering what might have brought and/or sent my own Bell ancestors first TO Ireland (Antrim, I believe), and afterward from there To the American colonies.
We were always taught to be "Orange" on matters of Irish loyalty - though I must confess not knowing what the heck they were talking about until well past my 30th birthday. Therefore, I assume our role at the Irish Plantation was more or less as foreign occupiers?
Evidently at least some of our kin did not like being in that role, or were frightened out of it.
> So, when the text says that Antrim was "planted rivately" - then,
There are yet some more very interesting posts in this forum:http://www.scotland.com/forums/history/28015-why-exactly-scots-ireland.html
"So this time the settlers were to live in specially built fortified towns known as Plantation Towns. In 1609 the English mapped out 4,000,000 acres of land and started gaving it out in 1610. Counties Down, Monaghan and Antrim were planted privately. Counties Derry and Armagh were planted with English. Counties Tyrone and Donegal were planted with Scots. Counties Fermanagh and Cavan were planted with both Scots and English.
The vast majority of the settlers were Scottish, as it turned out, and they brought with them a new form of Christianity, Presbyterianism, which was different from both Roman Catholicism and the Church of England, although it is classified as Protestant. They also brought new farming methods and a Puritan lifestyle."
That much, I believe, could be the crux of discovering what might have brought and/or sent my own Bell ancestors first TO Ireland (Antrim, I believe), and afterward from there To the American colonies.
We were always taught to be "Orange" on matters of Irish loyalty - though I must confess not knowing what the heck they were talking about until well past my 30th birthday. Therefore, I assume our role at the Irish Plantation was more or less as foreign occupiers?
Evidently at least some of our kin did not like being in that role, or were frightened out of it.
> So, when the text says that Antrim was "planted rivately" - then,
There are yet some more very interesting posts in this forum:http://www.scotland.com/forums/history/28015-why-exactly-scots-ireland.html
Friday, May 18, 2012
Ulster County of Armagh, Ireland Is Consistant?
Update on Ulster: The Plantation of Ulster was presented to James VI as a joint "British", or English and Scottish, venture to 'pacify' and 'civilise' Ulster. Therefore at least half the settlers would be Scots. James had been King of Scots before he was King of England and needed to reward his subjects in Scotland with land in Ulster to assure them they were not being neglected now that James had moved his court to London. In addition, long-standing contact and settlement between Ulster and the west of Scotland meant that Scottish participation was a practical necessity.[16]
In a search for Patrick Cragun I found reference his father Caleb had roots to Ulster, County of Armagh. Armagh is mentioned as part of the plantation movement.
Plantation of Ulster
The counties of Ulster (modern boundaries) that were colonised during the plantations. Note that this map is a simplified one, as the amount of land actually colonised did not cover the entire shaded area
The Plantation of Ulster (Irish: Plandáil Uladh) was the organised colonisation (plantation) of Ulster – a province of Ireland – by people from Scotland and England. Private plantation by wealthy landowners began in 1606,[1] while official plantation controlled by King James I of England and VI of Scotland began in 1609. All land owned by Irish chieftains of the Uí Néill and Uí Domhnaill (along with those of their supporters) was confiscated and used to settle the colonists. This land comprised an estimated half a million acres (2,000 km²) in the counties Tyrconnell, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Cavan, Coleraine and Armagh.[2] Most of the counties Antrim and Down were privately colonised.[1]
The "British tenants",[3] a term applied to the colonists,[4] were mostly from Scotland and England. They were required to be English-speaking and Protestant.[5] The Scottish colonists were mostly Presbyterian[3] and the English mostly members of the Church of England. The Plantation of Ulster was the biggest of the Plantations of Ireland. Ulster was colonised to prevent further rebellion, as it had been the region most resistant to English control during the preceding century.
In a search for Patrick Cragun I found reference his father Caleb had roots to Ulster, County of Armagh. Armagh is mentioned as part of the plantation movement.
Plantation of Ulster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The "British tenants",[3] a term applied to the colonists,[4] were mostly from Scotland and England. They were required to be English-speaking and Protestant.[5] The Scottish colonists were mostly Presbyterian[3] and the English mostly members of the Church of England. The Plantation of Ulster was the biggest of the Plantations of Ireland. Ulster was colonised to prevent further rebellion, as it had been the region most resistant to English control during the preceding century.
Was Caleb Cragun Part Of The Plantation Movement
It seems to me that it a productive thing to focus on would be to document if Patrick Craguns Father, Caleb Cragun was truly part of the Plantation Movement. Both England and Scotland citizens moved to Ireland in the Plantation Movement. If we can find a record of Caleb we can possibley determine if he came from England or Scotland to Ireland.
Question then: Is there a list of who were in the plantation movement?
It does not appear that Dublin was a part of the plantation movement. This might dispute he was in the movement of that he was really from Dublin when Patrick Cragun ran away to America.Thank You Bart Fowers Cragun
It is my hope that others will collaborate on our interesting Cragun family history.
I received this information from a distant cousin, Bart Fowers Cragun. You may have seen his work on http://findagrave.com/ as he provided much on that site. Bart provided me the following. I had told him I would like to go deeper than our Aunt, Eva Heiner Cragun and to prove or dispel some of the Patrick Cragun fables and stories. I really wanted to prove them.
Even more, the trail with Patrick stops too soon. What about Caleb? Who was his mother?
From Bart:
I have been searching for more information on Patrick, but have yet to find anything concrete. The bulk of my information has come from the book written by my 2nd great aunt Eva C. Heiner.
The books that my grandfather, Earl B. Cragun, wrote also contain similar information.
Because there is no solid information available I have been researching for information on both Patrick and his father Caleb Cragun.
I would really like to know where the 'Cragun' name originated and how it was spelled. By doing so I hope to be able to solve some of our puzzle.
My grandpa Earl served his mission in Europe starting in 1927. Here are some of his writings concerning his genealogical research in Scotland & Ireland.
June 15th - I called at the Register House with Elder Duncan. A most marvelous collection of books is assembled here. Tens of thousands of well bound old records are on the steel shelves
in this massive fire-proof building, and adjoining buildings. My disappointment was a great one, in failing to find references to the name 'Cragun'. Craigen, Craig, Craigie, and almost a hundred
different forms of spelling of this name, is found in various parts of Scotland. However, the searchers of the records told me that most likely, possible, and very probable, that is came through a
succession of changes from the name more like M'Cracken, and that the M'Cracken's migrated to the Scottish West Coast at Wigtown, and then returned to Ireland. Many of them could have
dropped the 'Mac' (M'c) (Meaning 'son of') from their name. Thus, Cracken could be their new name. It may have been that the spelling was changed in Ireland or in America to Cragun. After
1600 A.D., the people in Scotland did less traveling about, than before that date. It was more usual for people to move westward. It was a very common thing for Scottish familes moving to Ireland,
to drop the Mac from their names.
June 22nd - Elder Royal Jensen and I, have spent the entire day in the Public Library in search for clues that will aid in tracing the 'Cragun' name preceding Patrick Cragun of 1726. After my findings today, I feel that most likely M'Cracken has no relationship to Cragun. The name Cragun, though varied in it's forms of spelling, is very much Irish. Many prominent citizens in this country are known by the names Cregan and Cragen. In the riots of 1922, the older records of the country were burned, and therefore, histories and genealogies are only obtainable as a rule, from the beginning of 1800. Churches and towns in Armaugh, and other counties, bear the name of Cragan, etc.
** (Interesting Note: My grandpa says 'Patrick Cragun of 1726', but for the most part all other information says Patrick was born around 1745/46)
June 25th - ... I rode along the border between Ulster and the Free State, for fifteen miles, to the Parish of Cragun, (spelled Creggan)....
June 26th - After a decent breakfast, I returned to the Creggan Parish Church by the way of this beautiful little road. I took a snap shot of the Creggan School, Church, and Rectory House. I made a special tour of the Cemetery and the gravestones. Both the Church and the Cemetery are very ancient in age and looks, and dates back to the Pre-Reformation days. Creggan means 'Little Rock'. The church stands on a rocky cliff which projects out into the gulch through which a stream called Creggan flows. The entire place is heavily wooded with beautiful trees, and covered with a blanket of grass and flowers. Some of the records in the church are very old, even dating back to 1780.
The Cragun name was not to be found on the records. The people in this part of the country are very curious. It's a question of death, when once they engage in fights and quarrels.
In Newry, I heard of a family of Cregans living there. I called at the home and as the woman (Mrs. Cregan) opened the door, she stepped back with great surprise, and stood spell bound. I told her my name and the purpose of my visit. I was invited inside. She said that at first sight she thought that I was her husbands cousin, who was killed in the war in a submarine, for I looked so very much like him. Upon the wall hung a picture of her husband, Mr. Cregan, and it looked just like my Uncle James Hyrum Cragun of Council Bluffs, Iowa. At last, Mr. Cregan arrived at the home, and an interesting conversation ensued. He owns a bus company bearing his name. He testified that hundreds of families of... (the page stops there, the next page being a different record. I will have to talk to my aunt to see if she still has the original record of this to search for my clues & information).
Please let me know what I can do to be of more help.
Thanks,
Bart Cragun > David Rhees Cragun > Earl Budge Cragun > Mormon Cragun > Wilford E. Cragun > Simeon Cragun > Etc.
http://www.mocavo.com/search?q=creggan
Mocavo: to date only searched cragun, Craguner, creggan to Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Creggan, County Louth
Mocavo: to date only searched cragun, Craguner, creggan to Griffiths Valuation of Ireland - Creggan, County Louth
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Index to the prerogative wills of Ireland, 1536-1810 (1897)
... to Prerogative Wills of Ireland. 291 1 Longueville, right hon. Richard, lord viscount 1777 Longworth, Elizabeth, Dubl., wid. [751 , , Fras., Creggan, co. Westmeath, gent. [803 , , Fras., Creggan, co. Westmeath, esq. [779 , , Geo., Athlone, co. Westmeath, esq. [784 , , Henry, Tubbrid, co. Westmeath [760 , , John, Athlone, co. Westmeath [782 , , Mary, Athlone, co. Westmeath, widow [762 , , Sarah, Creggan 1772 Lookup, George, late par. Covent Garden, Middlesex, now at The Hague, esq. (Copy) [767 Lopdell, Charles, Galvvay, burgess [801 , , Christopher, Derryowen ...
Index to the prerogative wills of Ireland, 1536-1810 (1897)
... to Prerogative Wills of Ireland. 291 1 Longueville, right hon. Richard, lord viscount 1777 Longworth, Elizabeth, Dubl., wid. [751 , , Fras., Creggan, co. Westmeath, gent. [803 , , Fras., Creggan, co. Westmeath, esq. [779 , , Geo., Athlone, co. Westmeath, esq. [784 , , Henry, Tubbrid, co. Westmeath [760 , , John, Athlone, co. Westmeath [782 , , Mary, Athlone, co. Westmeath, widow [762 , , Sarah, Creggan 1772 Lookup, George, late par. Covent Garden, Middlesex, now at The Hague, esq. (Copy) [767 Lopdell, Charles, Galvvay, burgess [801 , , Christopher, Derryowen ...
Patrick Cragun Info Found On A Forum
I was told about the deed. I can neither confirm nor deny, but about the same time as your message was posted, I received the following e-mail in reply to a Sullivan County Tennesee Inquiry. I do not know if it is the same deed.
"Patrick Cragor received a NC grant #308 dated 10 Nov., 1784. on Indian Creek, 170 acre. This had been entered 30 Dec., 1778 where he now lives. Patrick sold this land to Charles Barnett 19 Feb., 1812. This is recorded in Deed book 6, page 188, Sullivan County, TN"
** In the deed book index his last name was spelled craguner. Cragor on the actual deed.
In a posting that I read on a message board somewhere-- there was a mention that while Patrick Cragun was on one tax list, that in a surrounding county he was listed as infirm (to the best of my recollection, it was in the same year.) Do you have any knowledge of that? It's certainly possible that there were two Patricks in the area with similar Surnames. If you have any suggestions please let me know. just e-mail me. I have set up an e-mail just for genealogy correspondence.
In 1880 Edmond Crager (son of Patrick) stated that his father was born in Ireland-- we don't know if he traveled to the U.S. as an adult or came with his family as a child. He lived in Sullivan County Tennesse/Virgina/NC (you know the area). from at least 1784-1812
"Patrick Cragor received a NC grant #308 dated 10 Nov., 1784. on Indian Creek, 170 acre. This had been entered 30 Dec., 1778 where he now lives. Patrick sold this land to Charles Barnett 19 Feb., 1812. This is recorded in Deed book 6, page 188, Sullivan County, TN"
** In the deed book index his last name was spelled craguner. Cragor on the actual deed.
In a posting that I read on a message board somewhere-- there was a mention that while Patrick Cragun was on one tax list, that in a surrounding county he was listed as infirm (to the best of my recollection, it was in the same year.) Do you have any knowledge of that? It's certainly possible that there were two Patricks in the area with similar Surnames. If you have any suggestions please let me know. just e-mail me. I have set up an e-mail just for genealogy correspondence.
In 1880 Edmond Crager (son of Patrick) stated that his father was born in Ireland-- we don't know if he traveled to the U.S. as an adult or came with his family as a child. He lived in Sullivan County Tennesse/Virgina/NC (you know the area). from at least 1784-1812
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BIOGRAPHY: The first record of Patrick known to exist is his listing in 1779 as a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f or a total taxable estate of L640 and four shillings. While Negros were taxable property at that time, none were taxed to Patrick.
BIOGRAPHY: A 1784 listing of 5,486 North Carolina land grants in the new state of Tennessee shows at page 47, grant #1274 to be a general purchase grant to Patrick Cragon for 170 acres on Indian Creek, Sullivan County, Tennessee, a tributary of the Holston River. This farmsted was located only a few miles from Booher Creek, a tributary of Indian creek and the likely location of members of the Booher family. The Cragun and Booher families were later near neighbors in Boone County, Indiana. Patrick's greatgrandson, S. N. Cragun married Adelaide Booher at Worth Township, Boone County, in 1883, nearly one hundred years following their familiy's neighboring settlements in Tennessee.
BIOGRAPHY: The last known listing for Patrick was in 1812 showing that Patrick Creggon sold 164 acres on Indian Creek to Charles Barnette on Feb. 19, 1812. However, a bit earlier he is f ound as Patrick Cragun of record in Russel Co., VA in 1806, about 30 miles North of the Indian Creek farm, when he was exempt from County levies on account of age and bodily infirmity.
Web_Links: CRAGUN FAMILY Story. [From the Cragun Family Web site: http://home1/. gte.net/ben42/story.htm]
BIOGRAPHY: Prepared: December 16, 1996. Contents: Introduction Caleb Cragun Partick Cragun Elisha Cragun Hiram Cragun Strange N. Cragun Dwight B. Cragun Ben M. Cragun J. Patrick Cragun Rebecca M. Cragun Rachel A. Cragun A. Elisha Cragun Samuel F. M. Cragun
BIOGRAPHY: The origin of the spelling of the CRAGUN family name is something of a mystery. Members of the family have used different spellings over the years with one vowel substituting for another. For example, brothers have used different spellings, one choosing Cragun, another choosing Cragon and yet a third electing Cragan. The phonetic kryaghen is a transliteration from a Celtic (Gaelic) word meaning: a little rocky height, or a rocky wilderness. It is likely to have originally been a place name rather than a family name, but a place name from which family names were derived. Some of its anglicized usages include:
BIOGRAPHY: 1. Creggan. A town land in what once had been the Barony of Upper Fews, County Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland. It is here that proprietors settled Scottish and English prote stants on their estates to work the land. Through this area flows a small stream called Creeg an River. Creegan is also the name of a road in Derry, Londonderry County, Ulster. 2. Creagan. The name of a town land north of Oban, in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland. Here the name i s descriptive of the land: high and rocky. 3. Croghan. The name of a mountain (6,000 ft. high) west of the city of Arklow in County Wick low, Eire. The name is likely derived from the Gaelic word which is anglicized as croaghaun m eaning: a little pile of stones. 4. Cregan. A surname found throughout Ireland. One notable of that name is Martin Cregan of C ounty Meath, 1788-1870. He was portrait painter to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Francis Jo hnson, and was at one time president of the Royal Hibernian Academy. 5. Craigen. In 1272 the Church of Cragyn (now Cragie) in Kyle, Scotland was confirmed to th e monks of Paisley by Thomas de Cragyn, who assumed his name from his land.
BIOGRAPHY: Family tradition holds that Caleb Cragun was born in England in 1700 and lived a t Huntingdon, Huntingtonshire until he relocated to Ireland perhaps as a part of the Plantation Movement to settle lands forfeited to the British Crown by deposed Irish nobility. This settlement effort was being made using English and Scottish workers at the same time that other settlements were being established in Colonial America.
BIOGRAPHY: Caleb had a son named Patrick who was born c1745 in Ireland, perhaps in County Armagh, Ulster. However, Heiner reports that a book entitled, History of Cass County, Indiana found at the Indianapolis Library states on page 214 that, "the family of CRAGUN was founded in America by Patrick Cragun who came from Dublin, Ireland prior to the Revolutionary War and who took part in the struggles of the American Colonists that resulted in the winning of In dependence.'' She also reports that a genealogical history of South West Virginia states that one Patrick Cragun had been arrested for the fourth time by the King's officers for his revolutionary tendencies. The identity of his wife, Rose Alley (or Abby) or Hanna Elsy (perhaps a second marriage) is unclear as is the date (1780's) and place of marriage. They are however, tied to Russell County, Virginia located in the extreme southwestern part of the state 20 miles north of Bristol, through the record of their eldest son Isaac as recorded in the Cass County history. Otherwise the family is more closely identified with Sullivan County, Tennessee which borders Virginia and shares the city of Bristol.
BIOGRAPHY: The various spellings of his surname were characteristic of the times when clerk s and recorders often wrote what they thought they heard without knowing whether the name wa s being spelled correctly or not. Doubtless these records all refer to the same individual.
BIOGRAPHY: Patrick and Rose (Alley) Cragun had eleven children as follows: Isaac, b. 1785. Immigrated to Indiana and settled in Cass County. His line spells the name CRAGAN. Elisha, b. 1786. Immigrated to Fayette County, IN in 1814. His line spells the name CRAGUN. For further information, click on his name. John, b. 1787. Settled in Smith County, TN. His line uses the spelling CRAGON. Tyresha, b. 1789. No information. Lydia, b. 1791. Came to Franklin County, IN in 1819. Tabitha, b. 1793. No information. Hanna, b. 1795. No information. Joshua, b. 1796. Was in Franklin County, IN by 1822. Calib, b. 1796. Twin of Joshua. Was in Franklin County by 1819, then Howard County, IN by 1860. Elizabeth, 1799. Was at Nauvoo, IL in 1846. Syren, b. 1801. Was at Nauvoo, IL in 1846. Lucius, b 1803. No information. -
BIOGRAPHY: References Information on the history of the descendants of Patrick Cragun is found in the fo llowing four publications. Heiner, Eva L. Patrick Cragun Descendants in America 1744-1969. (J. Grant Stevenson, 230 Wes t 1230 North, Provo, UT 84601, 1969) 346pp. Tombaugh, Jean C. CRAGUN FAMILY ( Tombaugh House, 700 Pontiac Street, Rochester, I N 46975, 1990) 320pp. Cragun, Ben M., Col. (USA Ret.). The Cragun and Related Families in Boone County , Indiana 1835-1988. (112 Madison Court, Lebanon, IN 46052, 1988) 80pp. Cragon, Henry D.,Col. (AUS Ret.).Tennessee Cragons and Their Kinfolk. (217 Rockaway Road, Birmingham, AL 35209 1973) 102pp.
BIOGRAPHY: Do you have a comment? If you would like to make a comment or provide information about the CRAGUN family , please send it to: ben42@gte.net
SOURCES: Baptism, Confirmation and Endowment completed 26 Dec 1998 by Mayo Family at Los Angeles Temple
~Web_Links: CRAGUN FAMILY Story. [From the Cragun Family Web site: http://home1/. gte.net/ben42/story.htm]
BIOGRAPHY: Prepared: December 16, 1996. Contents: Introduction Caleb Cragun Partick Cragun Elisha Cragun Hiram Cragun Strange N. Cragun Dwight B. Cragun Ben M. Cragun J. Patrick Cragun Rebecca M. Cragun Rachel A. Cragun A. Elisha Cragun Samuel F. M. Cragun
BIOGRAPHY: The origin of the spelling of the CRAGUN family name is something of a mystery. Members of the family have used different spellings over the years with one vowel substituting for another. For example, brothers have used different spellings, one choosing Cragun, another choosing Cragon and yet a third electing Cragan. The phonetic kryaghen is a transliteration from a Celtic (Gaelic) word meaning: a little rocky height, or a rocky wilderness. It is likely to have originally been a place name rather than a family name, but a place name from which family names were derived. Some of its anglicized usages include:
BIOGRAPHY: 1. Creggan. A town land in what once had been the Barony of Upper Fews, County Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland. It is here that proprietors settled Scottish and English prote stants on their estates to work the land. Through this area flows a small stream called Creeg an River. Creegan is also the name of a road in Derry, Londonderry County, Ulster. 2. Creagan. The name of a town land north of Oban, in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland. Here the name i s descriptive of the land: high and rocky. 3. Croghan. The name of a mountain (6,000 ft. high) west of the city of Arklow in County Wick low, Eire. The name is likely derived from the Gaelic word which is anglicized as croaghaun m eaning: a little pile of stones. 4. Cregan. A surname found throughout Ireland. One notable of that name is Martin Cregan of C ounty Meath, 1788-1870. He was portrait painter to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Francis Jo hnson, and was at one time president of the Royal Hibernian Academy. 5. Craigen. In 1272 the Church of Cragyn (now Cragie) in Kyle, Scotland was confirmed to th e monks of Paisley by Thomas de Cragyn, who assumed his name from his land.
BIOGRAPHY: Family tradition holds that Caleb Cragun was born in England in 1700 and lived a t Huntingdon, Huntingtonshire until he relocated to Ireland perhaps as a part of the Plantation Movement to settle lands forfeited to the British Crown by deposed Irish nobility. This settlement effort was being made using English and Scottish workers at the same time that other settlements were being established in Colonial America.
BIOGRAPHY: Caleb had a son named Patrick who was born c1745 in Ireland, perhaps in County Armagh, Ulster. However, Heiner reports that a book entitled, History of Cass County, Indiana found at the Indianapolis Library states on page 214 that, "the family of CRAGUN was founded in America by Patrick Cragun who came from Dublin, Ireland prior to the Revolutionary War and who took part in the struggles of the American Colonists that resulted in the winning of In dependence.'' She also reports that a genealogical history of South West Virginia states that one Patrick Cragun had been arrested for the fourth time by the King's officers for his revolutionary tendencies. The identity of his wife, Rose Alley (or Abby) or Hanna Elsy (perhaps a second marriage) is unclear as is the date (1780's) and place of marriage. They are however, tied to Russell County, Virginia located in the extreme southwestern part of the state 20 miles north of Bristol, through the record of their eldest son Isaac as recorded in the Cass County history. Otherwise the family is more closely identified with Sullivan County, Tennessee which borders Virginia and shares the city of Bristol.
BIOGRAPHY: The first record of Patrick known to exist is his listing in 1779 as a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f or a total taxable estate of L640 and four shillings. While Negros were taxable property at that time, none were taxed to Patrick.
BIOGRAPHY: A 1784 listing of 5,486 North Carolina land grants in the new state of Tennessee shows at page 47, grant #1274 to be a general purchase grant to Patrick Cragon for 170 acres on Indian Creek, Sullivan County, Tennessee, a tributary of the Holston River. This farmsted was located only a few miles from Booher Creek, a tributary of Indian creek and the likely location of members of the Booher family. The Cragun and Booher families were later near neighbors in Boone County, Indiana. Patrick's greatgrandson, S. N. Cragun married Adelaide Booher at Worth Township, Boone County, in 1883, nearly one hundred years following their familiy's neighboring settlements in Tennessee.
BIOGRAPHY: The last known listing for Patrick was in 1812 showing that Patrick Creggon sold 164 acres on Indian Creek to Charles Barnette on Feb. 19, 1812. However, a bit earlier he is f ound as Patrick Cragun of record in Russel Co., VA in 1806, about 30 miles North of the Indian Creek farm, when he was exempt from County levies on account of age and bodily infirmity.
BIOGRAPHY: References Information on the history of the descendants of Patrick Cragun is found in the fo llowing four publications. Heiner, Eva L. Patrick Cragun Descendants in America 1744-1969. (J. Grant Stevenson, 230 Wes t 1230 North, Provo, UT 84601, 1969) 346pp. Tombaugh, Jean C. CRAGUN FAMILY ( Tombaugh House, 700 Pontiac Street, Rochester, I N 46975, 1990) 320pp. Cragun, Ben M., Col. (USA Ret.). The Cragun and Related Families in Boone County , Indiana 1835-1988. (112 Madison Court, Lebanon, IN 46052, 1988) 80pp. Cragon, Henry D.,Col. (AUS Ret.).Tennessee Cragons and Their Kinfolk. (217 Rockaway Road, Birmingham, AL 35209 1973) 102pp.
BIOGRAPHY: A 1784 listing of 5,486 North Carolina land grants in the new state of Tennessee shows at page 47, grant #1274 to be a general purchase grant to Patrick Cragon for 170 acres on Indian Creek, Sullivan County, Tennessee, a tributary of the Holston River. This farmsted was located only a few miles from Booher Creek, a tributary of Indian creek and the likely location of members of the Booher family. The Cragun and Booher families were later near neighbors in Boone County, Indiana. Patrick's greatgrandson, S. N. Cragun married Adelaide Booher at Worth Township, Boone County, in 1883, nearly one hundred years following their familiy's neighboring settlements in Tennessee.
BIOGRAPHY: The last known listing for Patrick was in 1812 showing that Patrick Creggon sold 164 acres on Indian Creek to Charles Barnette on Feb. 19, 1812. However, a bit earlier he is f ound as Patrick Cragun of record in Russel Co., VA in 1806, about 30 miles North of the Indian Creek farm, when he was exempt from County levies on account of age and bodily infirmity.
Web_Links: CRAGUN FAMILY Story. [From the Cragun Family Web site: http://home1/. gte.net/ben42/story.htm]
BIOGRAPHY: Prepared: December 16, 1996. Contents: Introduction Caleb Cragun Partick Cragun Elisha Cragun Hiram Cragun Strange N. Cragun Dwight B. Cragun Ben M. Cragun J. Patrick Cragun Rebecca M. Cragun Rachel A. Cragun A. Elisha Cragun Samuel F. M. Cragun
BIOGRAPHY: The origin of the spelling of the CRAGUN family name is something of a mystery. Members of the family have used different spellings over the years with one vowel substituting for another. For example, brothers have used different spellings, one choosing Cragun, another choosing Cragon and yet a third electing Cragan. The phonetic kryaghen is a transliteration from a Celtic (Gaelic) word meaning: a little rocky height, or a rocky wilderness. It is likely to have originally been a place name rather than a family name, but a place name from which family names were derived. Some of its anglicized usages include:
BIOGRAPHY: 1. Creggan. A town land in what once had been the Barony of Upper Fews, County Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland. It is here that proprietors settled Scottish and English prote stants on their estates to work the land. Through this area flows a small stream called Creeg an River. Creegan is also the name of a road in Derry, Londonderry County, Ulster. 2. Creagan. The name of a town land north of Oban, in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland. Here the name i s descriptive of the land: high and rocky. 3. Croghan. The name of a mountain (6,000 ft. high) west of the city of Arklow in County Wick low, Eire. The name is likely derived from the Gaelic word which is anglicized as croaghaun m eaning: a little pile of stones. 4. Cregan. A surname found throughout Ireland. One notable of that name is Martin Cregan of C ounty Meath, 1788-1870. He was portrait painter to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Francis Jo hnson, and was at one time president of the Royal Hibernian Academy. 5. Craigen. In 1272 the Church of Cragyn (now Cragie) in Kyle, Scotland was confirmed to th e monks of Paisley by Thomas de Cragyn, who assumed his name from his land.
BIOGRAPHY: Family tradition holds that Caleb Cragun was born in England in 1700 and lived a t Huntingdon, Huntingtonshire until he relocated to Ireland perhaps as a part of the Plantation Movement to settle lands forfeited to the British Crown by deposed Irish nobility. This settlement effort was being made using English and Scottish workers at the same time that other settlements were being established in Colonial America.
BIOGRAPHY: Caleb had a son named Patrick who was born c1745 in Ireland, perhaps in County Armagh, Ulster. However, Heiner reports that a book entitled, History of Cass County, Indiana found at the Indianapolis Library states on page 214 that, "the family of CRAGUN was founded in America by Patrick Cragun who came from Dublin, Ireland prior to the Revolutionary War and who took part in the struggles of the American Colonists that resulted in the winning of In dependence.'' She also reports that a genealogical history of South West Virginia states that one Patrick Cragun had been arrested for the fourth time by the King's officers for his revolutionary tendencies. The identity of his wife, Rose Alley (or Abby) or Hanna Elsy (perhaps a second marriage) is unclear as is the date (1780's) and place of marriage. They are however, tied to Russell County, Virginia located in the extreme southwestern part of the state 20 miles north of Bristol, through the record of their eldest son Isaac as recorded in the Cass County history. Otherwise the family is more closely identified with Sullivan County, Tennessee which borders Virginia and shares the city of Bristol.
BIOGRAPHY: The various spellings of his surname were characteristic of the times when clerk s and recorders often wrote what they thought they heard without knowing whether the name wa s being spelled correctly or not. Doubtless these records all refer to the same individual.
BIOGRAPHY: Patrick and Rose (Alley) Cragun had eleven children as follows: Isaac, b. 1785. Immigrated to Indiana and settled in Cass County. His line spells the name CRAGAN. Elisha, b. 1786. Immigrated to Fayette County, IN in 1814. His line spells the name CRAGUN. For further information, click on his name. John, b. 1787. Settled in Smith County, TN. His line uses the spelling CRAGON. Tyresha, b. 1789. No information. Lydia, b. 1791. Came to Franklin County, IN in 1819. Tabitha, b. 1793. No information. Hanna, b. 1795. No information. Joshua, b. 1796. Was in Franklin County, IN by 1822. Calib, b. 1796. Twin of Joshua. Was in Franklin County by 1819, then Howard County, IN by 1860. Elizabeth, 1799. Was at Nauvoo, IL in 1846. Syren, b. 1801. Was at Nauvoo, IL in 1846. Lucius, b 1803. No information. -
BIOGRAPHY: References Information on the history of the descendants of Patrick Cragun is found in the fo llowing four publications. Heiner, Eva L. Patrick Cragun Descendants in America 1744-1969. (J. Grant Stevenson, 230 Wes t 1230 North, Provo, UT 84601, 1969) 346pp. Tombaugh, Jean C. CRAGUN FAMILY ( Tombaugh House, 700 Pontiac Street, Rochester, I N 46975, 1990) 320pp. Cragun, Ben M., Col. (USA Ret.). The Cragun and Related Families in Boone County , Indiana 1835-1988. (112 Madison Court, Lebanon, IN 46052, 1988) 80pp. Cragon, Henry D.,Col. (AUS Ret.).Tennessee Cragons and Their Kinfolk. (217 Rockaway Road, Birmingham, AL 35209 1973) 102pp.
BIOGRAPHY: Do you have a comment? If you would like to make a comment or provide information about the CRAGUN family , please send it to: ben42@gte.net
SOURCES: Baptism, Confirmation and Endowment completed 26 Dec 1998 by Mayo Family at Los Angeles Temple
~Web_Links: CRAGUN FAMILY Story. [From the Cragun Family Web site: http://home1/. gte.net/ben42/story.htm]
BIOGRAPHY: Prepared: December 16, 1996. Contents: Introduction Caleb Cragun Partick Cragun Elisha Cragun Hiram Cragun Strange N. Cragun Dwight B. Cragun Ben M. Cragun J. Patrick Cragun Rebecca M. Cragun Rachel A. Cragun A. Elisha Cragun Samuel F. M. Cragun
BIOGRAPHY: The origin of the spelling of the CRAGUN family name is something of a mystery. Members of the family have used different spellings over the years with one vowel substituting for another. For example, brothers have used different spellings, one choosing Cragun, another choosing Cragon and yet a third electing Cragan. The phonetic kryaghen is a transliteration from a Celtic (Gaelic) word meaning: a little rocky height, or a rocky wilderness. It is likely to have originally been a place name rather than a family name, but a place name from which family names were derived. Some of its anglicized usages include:
BIOGRAPHY: 1. Creggan. A town land in what once had been the Barony of Upper Fews, County Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland. It is here that proprietors settled Scottish and English prote stants on their estates to work the land. Through this area flows a small stream called Creeg an River. Creegan is also the name of a road in Derry, Londonderry County, Ulster. 2. Creagan. The name of a town land north of Oban, in Lorn, Argyll, Scotland. Here the name i s descriptive of the land: high and rocky. 3. Croghan. The name of a mountain (6,000 ft. high) west of the city of Arklow in County Wick low, Eire. The name is likely derived from the Gaelic word which is anglicized as croaghaun m eaning: a little pile of stones. 4. Cregan. A surname found throughout Ireland. One notable of that name is Martin Cregan of C ounty Meath, 1788-1870. He was portrait painter to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Francis Jo hnson, and was at one time president of the Royal Hibernian Academy. 5. Craigen. In 1272 the Church of Cragyn (now Cragie) in Kyle, Scotland was confirmed to th e monks of Paisley by Thomas de Cragyn, who assumed his name from his land.
BIOGRAPHY: Family tradition holds that Caleb Cragun was born in England in 1700 and lived a t Huntingdon, Huntingtonshire until he relocated to Ireland perhaps as a part of the Plantation Movement to settle lands forfeited to the British Crown by deposed Irish nobility. This settlement effort was being made using English and Scottish workers at the same time that other settlements were being established in Colonial America.
BIOGRAPHY: Caleb had a son named Patrick who was born c1745 in Ireland, perhaps in County Armagh, Ulster. However, Heiner reports that a book entitled, History of Cass County, Indiana found at the Indianapolis Library states on page 214 that, "the family of CRAGUN was founded in America by Patrick Cragun who came from Dublin, Ireland prior to the Revolutionary War and who took part in the struggles of the American Colonists that resulted in the winning of In dependence.'' She also reports that a genealogical history of South West Virginia states that one Patrick Cragun had been arrested for the fourth time by the King's officers for his revolutionary tendencies. The identity of his wife, Rose Alley (or Abby) or Hanna Elsy (perhaps a second marriage) is unclear as is the date (1780's) and place of marriage. They are however, tied to Russell County, Virginia located in the extreme southwestern part of the state 20 miles north of Bristol, through the record of their eldest son Isaac as recorded in the Cass County history. Otherwise the family is more closely identified with Sullivan County, Tennessee which borders Virginia and shares the city of Bristol.
BIOGRAPHY: The first record of Patrick known to exist is his listing in 1779 as a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f or a total taxable estate of L640 and four shillings. While Negros were taxable property at that time, none were taxed to Patrick.
BIOGRAPHY: A 1784 listing of 5,486 North Carolina land grants in the new state of Tennessee shows at page 47, grant #1274 to be a general purchase grant to Patrick Cragon for 170 acres on Indian Creek, Sullivan County, Tennessee, a tributary of the Holston River. This farmsted was located only a few miles from Booher Creek, a tributary of Indian creek and the likely location of members of the Booher family. The Cragun and Booher families were later near neighbors in Boone County, Indiana. Patrick's greatgrandson, S. N. Cragun married Adelaide Booher at Worth Township, Boone County, in 1883, nearly one hundred years following their familiy's neighboring settlements in Tennessee.
BIOGRAPHY: The last known listing for Patrick was in 1812 showing that Patrick Creggon sold 164 acres on Indian Creek to Charles Barnette on Feb. 19, 1812. However, a bit earlier he is f ound as Patrick Cragun of record in Russel Co., VA in 1806, about 30 miles North of the Indian Creek farm, when he was exempt from County levies on account of age and bodily infirmity.
BIOGRAPHY: References Information on the history of the descendants of Patrick Cragun is found in the fo llowing four publications. Heiner, Eva L. Patrick Cragun Descendants in America 1744-1969. (J. Grant Stevenson, 230 Wes t 1230 North, Provo, UT 84601, 1969) 346pp. Tombaugh, Jean C. CRAGUN FAMILY ( Tombaugh House, 700 Pontiac Street, Rochester, I N 46975, 1990) 320pp. Cragun, Ben M., Col. (USA Ret.). The Cragun and Related Families in Boone County , Indiana 1835-1988. (112 Madison Court, Lebanon, IN 46052, 1988) 80pp. Cragon, Henry D.,Col. (AUS Ret.).Tennessee Cragons and Their Kinfolk. (217 Rockaway Road, Birmingham, AL 35209 1973) 102pp.
Notes from: Rawlins History and Genealogy
Patrick Cragunhttp://rawlinshistory.org/browsenotes.php?notesearch=&offset=1100&tree=&page=23
... a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f ... a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f ...
... a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f ... a taxable in Washington County, N.C. which became Sullivan County, TN after 1780. In this record he is entered as Patrick Craguner where he is shown to have been assessed on: 170 acres of land, val ue L100; four horses, value L510; three cattle, value L30; and ready money, four shillings; f ...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
My Latest Research On Patrick Cragun
Find a Grave: No new info to the stories. No documentation.
Ellis Island.com Nothing with C R A G U N
1790 Census, Sullivan County TN. There is a Patrick Creagan, Probably him.
1797 record of Patrick Creagon
Sent email to the Boone County Historical Society asking if they had anything on Patrick Cragun
To Do: Check name variations.
To Do: Ck out 4 arrests story
To Do: Study Indiana
Ellis Island.com Nothing with C R A G U N
1790 Census, Sullivan County TN. There is a Patrick Creagan, Probably him.
1797 record of Patrick Creagon
Sent email to the Boone County Historical Society asking if they had anything on Patrick Cragun
To Do: Check name variations.
To Do: Ck out 4 arrests story
To Do: Study Indiana
Patrick Cragun Ancestry dotcom Collaborate
Searched Ancestry.com > Collaborate > Surnames > Cragun = nothing of value
Patrick Cragun Info - Found on Mocavo.com - Genforum
Patrick Cragun b 1748 Ireland, d aft 1812 IN, md 17?? Hannah Elsy. They lived on Indian Creek in Sullivan County, TN from about 1775-1812 and raised 11 children there...Joshua, Caleb, Elisha, John, Tyresha, Lydia, Tabitha, Hannah, Isaac, Elizabeth, Syren/Simeon. I am looking for info on my 4th gr grandparents Patrick and Hannah. Thank you.
All other Mocavo search results regarding the search "Patrick Cragun" was quoting Eva Heiners Book.
All other Mocavo search results regarding the search "Patrick Cragun" was quoting Eva Heiners Book.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Find My Past dotcom
There are no records here of C R A G U N spellings but hundreds of C R A G I N. I am just getting started on http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ and will update here on my results as I move forward.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Researching Caleb Cragun In Dublin Ireland Parish Records
We have Caleb as Patrick Craguns Father and the story is told Caleb was sent from England to Ireland as part of the plantation movement. We seem to have no name for Calebs wife or documentation on Caleb in any way.
So today I searched in the Salt Lake City Family History library for any record of Caleb spelled C r a g u n. Nothing was found so I went through microfilmed parish of 2 Dublin Church records for the years he might have lived there.
I reviewed microfilm 992663 - Microfilm of typescript (28 leaves) in the Genealogical Office, Dublin.
with Parish register extracts, 1710 - 1809 ' Churchof Ireland. St. Annes CHurch (Dublin) Inlcudes buriels, marriages, and baptisms. looking in Dublin church records from years 1720 to 1820
and found no trace of any Cragun with any similar spelling.
So today I searched in the Salt Lake City Family History library for any record of Caleb spelled C r a g u n. Nothing was found so I went through microfilmed parish of 2 Dublin Church records for the years he might have lived there.
I reviewed microfilm 992663 - Microfilm of typescript (28 leaves) in the Genealogical Office, Dublin.
with Parish register extracts, 1710 - 1809 ' Churchof Ireland. St. Annes CHurch (Dublin) Inlcudes buriels, marriages, and baptisms. looking in Dublin church records from years 1720 to 1820
and found no trace of any Cragun with any similar spelling.
No Proof Patrick Cragun Was In the Boston Tea Party.
Today I researched the Boston Tea Party at The Family History Library in Salt Lake City. I was hoping to find the names of the participants and find our Patrick Cragun named as one of them.Good luck and bad luck for the story of Patrick.
The good luck is the legend can still live on. The bad luck between the two books about 64 people are named as participants. Neither names Patrick Cragun with any spelling.
However, there was a pact of secrecy about them for fear of reprisal by Britain. One of them, David Kennison is credited as being the last one of them who died, age 115. He affirmed their pledge to not reveal their names.
Also, perhaps more than 72 men boarded the 3 ships.That would be a greater number than the two books name. Additionally, there were up to 2000 people on the docks with the possibility that hundreds assisted. Patrick could have been one of these people.
If you search the index at the library the journals of Reverend John Ballantine are offered. I read it in great detail and found no reference that helped.
Two other publications were awesome. The first, "The Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773 by Caleb A Wall was mostly a talk and a 25 year reunion of the Boston Tea Party. It talks a lot about Captain Peter Slater who is credited with being the leader. It tells us about the 342 chests of tea on the 3 ships worth about $100,000.00 (Reference # 974.461H2w
It is a Patriotic booklet explaining the defiance of the citizens. England was violating what were to them sacred principles. They were resisting tyrants and thus were being obedient to God. The Boston Tea Party was the first deliberate act against British authority. It explains how King George 3rd reacted that he must keep up the right. Our whole Country was aflame with anger.
I loved this song and its history that was in the book:
In 1773 this song appeared in response to the incident known as the Boston Tea Party. The colonists objected to the tax imposed on the importation of tea into the colonies, while the tax on the exportation of it had been rescinded. In cities all along the eastern seaboard shiploads were either simply refused permission to unload their cargoes, or it was destroyed. In Boston, on 16 December, 1773, upwards of 8,000 people disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and boarded the ship, Dartmouth. They broke open 342 chests of tea and dumped their contents into Boston Harbor.
This song was published soon after the Boston Tea Party in the Pennsylvania Packet under the name of A New Song, but it became known as The Taxed Tea. The song was sung to the tune of Hozier’s Ghost.
As near beauteous Boston lying,
On the gently swelling flood,
Without jack or pendant flying,
Three ill-fated tea-ships rode.
Just as glorious Sol was setting,
On the wharf, a numerous crew,
Sons of freedom, fear forgetting,
Suddenly appeared in view.
Armed with hammers, axe and chisels,
Weapons new for warlike deed,
Towards the herbage-freighted vessels,
They approached with dreadful speed.
"Soon," they cried, "your foes you’ll banish,
Soon the triumph will be won;
Scarce shall setting Phoebus vanish,
Ere the deathless deeds be done."
Quick as thought the ships were boarded,
Hatches burst and chests displayed;
Axes, hammers help afforded;
What a glorious crash they made.
Captains! once more hoist your streamers,
Spread your sails, and plough the wave;
Tell your masters they were dreamers,
When they thought to cheat the brave
My favorite book was "Boston Tea Party, Trigger of Revolution. It had more detail and was like it were a compilation of stories of the time. It was pretty comprehensive. Reference # 974.4.H2bo a Q book.
All of these referenced were on the US Canada Floor.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Royal Cragun Birth Certificate
Royal Wilbey Cragun: Born August 6, 1915
Father Simeon Wilbey Cragun:
Mother Blanche Rebecca Bingham
Ogden, Utah
CLick here to see the certificate
Father Simeon Wilbey Cragun:
Mother Blanche Rebecca Bingham
Ogden, Utah
CLick here to see the certificate
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Stories of Patrick Cragun on FindAGrave
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| Bart Cragun Family |
There are some really giving people who participate in many ways in the genealogy world. One of these people is Bart Fowers who has posted memorials on Find A Grave. Bart has done a good job of posting the stories I know of about Patrick Cragun on http://findagrave.com/ There are more than one version of Patricks life and they are summarized on his find a grave memorial.
This is the link to Patrick's memorial, click here.
You can start at Patrick Cragun and be linked from one of his family members to another.
This is a helpful piece in our ancestry and yet much of the story is undocumented and there is more than one story.
They are a good read and makes one want to dig in and learn more.
The information as to birth and death dates of the various descendants listed in find a grave mirror those found in new family search, which will become FamilyTree and be available to all sometime before the end of this year.
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