Woodward and Kingsbery Genealogy
Born: 19 Sep 1646 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 11 Married: 27 Dec 1665 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 69 70 71 72 73 Died: 25 Nov 1717 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
He died in a chair in his home. At one time it was in the possession of the Marlborough Historical Society. (http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~historyofmarlborough/familybrigham.htm) Father: Thomas BRIGHAMMother: Mercy HURD Spouses: Susanna SHATTUCK Notes: "In 1686 he was one of a company to buy 6,000 acres of land near Marlboro and afterwards annexed to it. He drew many lots in the southwest part of Marlboro, known in later years as Warren Brigham's farm, on the south road to Northboro. His house built not long after King Philip's war is now or was lately [1907] standing. It was strongly built and used as a garrison house in time of Indian wars. Thomas Brigham was a leading citizen in his day." (Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs... Worcester County, Mass. p. 15) |
Born: 19 Sep 1646 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 62 63 64 65 66 Died: 30 May 1695 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 67 Father: Henry RICE Mother: Elizabeth MOORE Spouses: |
Children |
01 (M): Samuel BRIGHAM 74 Born: 12 Jan 1652 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Died: 24 Jul 1713 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 75 Spouses: Elizabeth HOWE |
Thomas BRIGHAM:
Buried: 20
Body lost or destroyed
Alt. Birth: about 1640-1641, Probably Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Alt. Birth: about 1642 30
Residence: about 1655, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 31 32
Residence: 1655, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 33
He moved to "Marlborough with his mother, who married Edmund Rice, and on arriving at age, he purchased a town right, settled in the south-west part of the town...."
Property: about 1663, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; a town right in the southwest part of town 34 35 36 37
"He bought of his ... step-father... Edmund Rice, a town right when he was of age. He paid thirty pounds for this valuable right to shares of the common land in Marlboro. The deed was given by Edmund Rice's executors, August 17, 1665." (Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs... Worcester County, Mass. p. 15)
Physical Description: "having thick, wavy black hair, black eyes and red cheeks; a fine looking man" 38
Miscellaneous: 31 Mar 1671, He was one of several young men who requested land 40-50 miles south or southwest from Marlborough 39
The government denied their request.
Property: 1686, "He was one of a company that purchased six thousand acres of land of the Indians in 1686 and annexed it to Marlborough" 40
"He left his real estate on the west side of the Sudbury branch of the Assabet river to his sons David and Gershom; to Nathan and Jonathan he left the part of the Eaton farm on the east side of the river."
Alt. Death: 25 Nov 1716, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts 45
Alt. Probate: 02 Jan 1717 46 47 48
Probate: 02 Jun 1717 49
Mary RICE:
Buried: 68
body lost or destroyed
Thomas Brigham married "Mary"
Revised: July 13, 2022
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