Person Sheet


Name Judeth BARKER
Birth 7 Nov 1701, Concord, Middlesex, MA
Death 26 Dec 1762, Acton, Middlesex, MA85
Father William BARKER (1674-1703)
Mother Dorothy HAYWARD (1673-)
Spouses:
1 John Benjamin CRAGIN
Birth 25 Mar 1701, Woburn, Middlesex, MA84
Death 28 Jan 1794, Temple, Hillsboro, NH
Father John CRAGIN Jr. (1677-1704)
Mother Deborah SKELTON
Marriage 23 Dec 1725
Children: John Benjamin (1729-1797)
Judith (1730-1752)
Mary (1733-1769)
Joseph (1735-1820)
Dorothy (1738-1813)
Benjamin (1740-1816)
Francis (1741-1826)
Anna (1741-)
Timothy (1745-1763)
Military Notes for John Benjamin (Spouse 1)
86John Cragin fought in the Revolutionary War (there is a monument to that aeffect in Temple, NH.)
Misc. Notes
85John was one of 3 children and a twin of Anna. After his wife's death he moved from Acton to Temple, NH about 177579 and lived there with his eldest son, Deacon John Cragin, until his death.

The History of the Acton Arboretum Herb Garden - In 1976-77 the Town of Acton purchased 53 acres of conservation land representing a variety of natural habitats including deep woods, meadows, swampland, a pond, an old apple orchard and a glacial esker. In 1986 an amended town article specified that the land be used for The Acton Arboretum. In 1989 and invitation was extended to the Acton Garden Club to research and develop a period herb garden in a historical foundation on the site.
The land where the foundation in located was owned by the Reed Family prior to the Revolutionary War. The Tuttles later put in an orchard and John Cragin eventually built a house, assumed to have been located on the foundation visible from Taylor Road. After the house was moved, a shed was built to store the orchard and farming equipment. The shed burned down in the 1960's.
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