Wilson, John (1)

»Worcester: MA»Woburn

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published on: 09 Feb 2017, Updated: 10 Feb 2017
Page contributors: Teresa Rust, Scott Wilson

Wilson, John, #1.* NEHGR, on the John & Sara Passenger List

Also on the John & Sara Passenger List:
Wilson, Andrew. NEHGR, SD
Wilson, Christopher. NEHGR, SD
Wilson, John, #2. NEHGR, SD

Descendant & Researcher: Scott Wilson –

First Generation in the New World

1. JOHN WILSON, was born presumably in Scotland and died at Woburn, Massachusetts on 02 Jul 1687. He settled at Woburn, Massachusetts where he first paid taxes in 1666.

SOURCES and NOTES:
“The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914: With Genealogical of Principal Families” written in 1914.
WILSON John:
John1 Wilson a Scotch prisoner of war taken at the battle of Dunbar was sent to America in 1650 He settled in Woburn Mass where he first paid taxes in 1666 He died July 2 1687 Samuel John1 b Dec 29 1658 d 1729 m Feb 24 1682 Elizabeth dau of Robert Pierce b Mar 6 1658 Res at Woburn Samuel Samuel John b Nov 21 1695 d Oct 11 1750 m Oct 29 1719 Sarah dau of James and Susanna Blodgett Simonds b Dec 13 1694 Res in Woburn Samuel Samuel Samuel2 John1 b July 22 1720 d June 21 1750 m June 5 1744 Abigail dau of Edward and Rebecca Johnson b July 15 1723 m 2 Nov 13 1751 Simeon Spaulding of Chelmsford Mass Res in Woburn 1 Supply Samuel4 Samuel3 Samuel2 John1 b Woburn Jan 15 1750 d July 21 1835 m 1 May 15 1777 Susanna Cutter 9 2 Apr 24

On 10 Feb 2017, Scott Wilson wrote, “I am trying to verify that John Wilson on the John and Sara passenger list is the first Wilson of my family to come to America. I found the following in “The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914: With Genealogical of Principal Families” written in 1914.
WILSON John
John1 Wilson a Scotch prisoner of war taken at the battle of Dunbar was sent to America in 1650 He settled in Woburn Mass where he first paid taxes in 1666 He died July 2 1687 Samuel John1 b Dec 29 1658 d 1729 m Feb 24 1682 Elizabeth dau of Robert Pierce b Mar 6 1658 Res at Woburn Samuel Samuel John b Nov 21 1695 d Oct 11 1750 m Oct 29 1719 Sarah dau of James and Susanna Blodgett Simonds b Dec 13 1694 Res in Woburn Samuel Samuel Samuel2 John1 b July 22 1720 d June 21 1750 m June 5 1744 Abigail dau of Edward and Rebecca Johnson b July 15 1723 m 2 Nov 13 1751 Simeon Spaulding of Chelmsford Mass Res in Woburn 1 Supply Samuel4 Samuel3 Samuel2 John1 b Woburn Jan 15 1750 d July 21 1835 m 1 May 15 1777 Susanna Cutter 9 2 Apr 24

I am quite sure that the Supply Wilson mentioned is my ancestor and am trying to determine if the John Wilson of Woburn is also my ancestor. There are a number of John Wilsons–as you might expect–and different sources and trees chose different Johns.”
Scott

Mackhome, David

»Worcester: MA»Woburn

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 30 March 2016
Updated: 21 Oct 2018
Page contributors: Teresa Rust, Kenneth Whittemore

Mackhome, David., on the John and Sara passenger list in NEHGR; could he be the “David Maccolm in Directory of Scots”…?

Name Variations: Comee, Comey, Comy, Mackhome, Macomey, and McComey.

First Generation in the New World

1. DAVID¹ MACKHOME/COMEY, was born, presumably in Scotland and died in 1676. He married, first, at Woburn/Concord by 1661, ELIZABETH (_____). He married, second, at Charlestown on 6 Sep 1671, HESTER/ESTHER HARVEY.

Sources and Notes:
On 21 Oct 2018, Kenneth Whittemore shared:
“Like a lot of SPOW’s arriving in Boston, on the ‘Unity’ and ‘John and Sara’, identification is complicated, my one identified SPOW from Worcester was David Comee. Only his first name is consistant, also known as MackHome, McComey, Macomey, Comy and Comey. According to Clan MacThomas, four of their people were on the ‘John and Sara’, David MackHome, John MackHolme, Glester MackTomas and Alexander Tompson…what the Clan says about the SPOW list, “The phonetic spelling of the names is based upon what an English speaking recorder thought that he heard the Gaelic speaking Highlanders pronounce. Additionally, the Clan Chief Andrew MacThomas of Finegand suggests that the individual listed as “Glester MackTomas” should perhaps be understood to be “Alistair” as “Glester” does not mean anything and is not a recognizable Scottish Christian name. Therefore, due to the phonetic spelling referenced above, perhaps these four men are better understood to be David McComie, John McColm, Alistair MacThomas and Alexander Thomson” Makes it challenging to perform online searches, even with soundex.”~ Kenneth

Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 (2) — Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.

Cragon, John

»Worcester: MA»Woburn

Battle:	Battle of Worcester in Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Ship/Arrival:	John & Sara, May 1652
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:
Residences:
Other SPOW Associations:

Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 09 Dec 2014
Updated: 21 Aug 2018
Researchers: Teresa Rust
Editors: Teresa Rust

List of his Descendants & Researchers

John Cragon is a name found on, A list of the passengers aboard the John and Sarah of London John Greene Mr. bound for New England, dated 11 Nov 1651. ~ Suffolk Deeds, LIBER I., Massachusetts, 1880. Google Books Online

Cragon, Craig, Craigie, Crag, Cragin, Cragg, Crage, Craggen, Craggene, Craggin

First Generation in the New World

JOHN CRAGON/CRAGGEN, was born, presumably in Scotland c1635 and died in Woburn, Massachusetts after 27 Oct 1708, aged 85 years. He married in Woburn, Massachusetts on 4 Nov 1661, SARAH DAWES.

Children of John and Sarah (Dawes) Cragon:
2. i. ABIGAIL² CRAGGEN, b. at Woburn, 4 Aug 1662; d. 17 June 1707; m. JOHN KNIGHT
2. ii. SARAH² CRAGGEN, 10 Aug 1664 m. FRANCIS NURSE
2. iii. ELIZABETH² CRAGGEN, 3 Aug 1666; m. JOHN SHEPARD
2. iv. MERCY² CRAGGEN, at Woburn, 25 Mar 1669; m. THOMAS SKELTON
2. v. ANNA² CRAGGEN, at Woburn, 6 Aug 1673; probably never married.
2. vi. JOHN² CRAGGEN, b. 19 Sep 1677; d. 26 Jan 1703 m. DEBORAH SKELTON
2. vii. RACHEL² CRAGGEN, 14 March 1680; d. 18 March 1680 TWIN
2. viii. LEAH² CRAGGEN,14 Mar 1680; d. 18 March 1680 TWIN

Will of John Cragin. — Will of John Craggin. Daughter in-law Deborah is widow to his son John. Mentions daughters Anna and Elizabeth. One son-in-law is Thomas Skelton.

Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)

SOURCES AND NOTES:
Nancy Westenfield () shared on 28 May 2017:
“I have one date that of the first John Cragon. I have four documents one by a family person who says death date is 27 of Jan and the other three good sources say death date 27 of Oct. Rest of info checks out with my sources.” (The discrepancy is probably because of the calendar difference. ~ Teresa)

Woburn, Massachusetts.
Source: Towns of New England and Old England, Ireland and Scotland, Containing
Narratives by Allan Forbes.
“CRAGGIN,” or CRAGIN.
John Craggin was taxed in the Country Rate, made Aug 26, 1666 and is numbered
April 3, 1668 with those who had right in the common lands of Woburn. He married
Sarah Dawes Nov 4, 1661; and by her had 8 children; two of whom, twins, Rachel &
Leah were born March 14, 1680 and both died four days later. He died Oct 27,
1708; his widow, Sarah, died Dec 23, 1725. ~ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/woburn/woburnhistory.txt

“CRAGGIN,” or CRAGIN.
John Craggin, Jun’r, his son entered his intentions of marriage with Deborah
Skelton, April 13, 1700: and to them were born twins, John & Anna, March 25,
1701 and, secondly, Benjamin b. Nov 27, 1702. John Craggin Jun’r d. Jan 26,
1703/4. [Woburn Records of Births, etc., Town Records, Vol I., pp. 43, 44.]~ http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/woburn/woburnhistory.txt

Nutfield Genealogy: John Cragin in Woburn

“Royalist soldier captured at Worcester. Transported from Gravesend to Boston on the “John and Sarah”, master John Greene, 13 May 1652. (NER) This comes from a book titled “Scots Banished to the American Plantations 1650-1775” by David Dobson. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. 1983. pg. 234.”

The Story of John Cragin “The Craggin Family” An excerpt from the book “Genealogy of Joseph Teel Mary Stetson Alexander Their Ancestors and Descendants” by Ethyl E. Beieler Gould. ~ REFERENCES FOR THE CRAGGIN FAMILY: THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, Vol. 15 (1938-9), pages 218-220; THE AMERICAN GENEALOGIST, (1994), pages 81-85: MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS PROBATES #5296; Hoyt’s OLD FAMILIES; SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND. Vol. III; Torrey’s NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1700; Sewall’s HISTORY OF WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS; June Craggin Godley’s THE CRAGGIN STORY REVISED, page 8-10; NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL GENEALOGICAL REGISTER Vol. for October 1847; WOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; PAGE FROM CRAGGIN FAMILY BIBLE; READING, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; MENDON, MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS; Collier’s ENCYCLOPEDIA Vol. 8, 1992, page 423

Cragin at angelfire.com

“John Craggen/Cragon had at least one daughter, Sarah who married, Francis NURSE, son of Rebecca Towne Nurse, hung as a witch in Salem, Massachusetts.” – submitted by David Edwin Hill

From American Ancestors.org:
“Either “John Crag” or “John Cragon” of the John and Sara evidently ended his days in Rhode Island. In September, 1683, “John Crage, a scotsman and a Tayler by Trade,” hanged himself from a cherry tree on the land of John Potter at Portsmouth.^[37]“

Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database.
AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).

Colonial Soldiers and Officers in New England, 1620-1775. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013).