Dr. Samuel Brigham III

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Dr. Samuel Brigham III was born on 3 March 1723, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Brigham Jr., was 34 and his mother, Abigail Moore, was 26. He married Anna Gott on 9 January 1752, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 15 February 1756, in British West Indies, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Samuel Brigham III
1723–1756
Anna Gott
1731–1799
Marriage: 9 January 1752
Elisabeth Brigham
1752–1845
Anna Brigham
1753–1803
Susannah Brigham
1755–1840
Dr. Samuel Brigham IV
1756–1830

Sources (37)

  • Samuel Brigham, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Samuel Jr. Brigham, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Samuel Brigham, "Find A Grave Index"

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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