Capt Samuel Brigham Sr.

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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Family Time Line

Capt Samuel Brigham Sr.
1652–1713
Elizabeth Howe
1665–1739
Marriage: 1683
Elizabeth Brigham
1685–1733
Hepsibah Brigham
1686–1757
Samuel Brigham Jr.
1689–1771
Lidiah Brigham
1690–1757
Lieutenant Jedidiah Brigham
1693–1763
Jotham M. Brigham
1695–1759
Timothy Brigham
1698–1775
Charles Brigham
1700–1781
Persis Brigham
1703–1757
Antipas Brigham
1706–1746

Sources (34)

  • 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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