Brief Life History of Samuel
When Capt Samuel Brigham Sr. was born on 12 January 1652, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Brigham, was 49 and his mother, Mercy, was 11649. He married Elizabeth Howe in 1683, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 24 July 1713, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 61, and was buried in Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Samuel Brigham, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Samuel Brigham, "Find A Grave Index"
- Samuel Bridgam, "Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in East Yorkshire and Cumberland named Brigham, or from Bridgham in Norfolk, all of which are from Old English brycg ‘bridge’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’.
History: Thomas Brigham (c. 1603–53) came from London to Cambridge, MA, in 1635.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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