Henry Bragg (1682 - 1768)

Born 12 Apr 1682 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Munro) Bragg — married 1705 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island

Husband of Elizabeth (Davis) Bragg — married after 21 Jul 1727 in Bristol, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Jan 1768 at age 85 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island

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Biography

Henry was born on 12 April 1682 at Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Henry came with his parents to Bristol probably during the early 1690s.

He married first Susannah [Munro] by 1 August 1708, when both were baptized at the Church of Christ in Bristol. Children:^[4]

• Abigail b. 1 May 1709, bap. July 1709; m. Samuel Morris in 1728
• Susannah b. 28 July 1712, bap. 7 September 1712; poss. m. William Hoar in 1734
• John b. 14 February 1714/5, bap. 24 July 1715
• Anne or Alice b. 25 May 1717, bap. probably 1717; poss. m. Simeon Potter in 1741
• Henry b. 8 June 1719; d. 26 October 1739^[5]

(Susannah possibly also had marriage intentions with John Day in 1731, since no marriage is known to have occurred.)

Susannah died on 27 November 1724.^[5]

Henry is undoubtedly the Henry Bragg who married Elizabeth Davis after intentions 21 July 1727.^[6]

Children:

• Elizabeth b. 10 July 1728, m. David Wilson on 12 September 1751
• [child] d. 9 April 1730
• (possibly) [child] d. 19 May 1735 (father's name not given)
• (possibly) Sarah d. 22 April 1764, unmarried
• (possibly) Catherine m. Nathaniel Munro on 11 July 1756
• [child] d. 23 November 1743

Elizabeth died in 1741.

Henry died on 23 January 1768 at Bristol, Rhode Island. The record called him 90 years old, which was probably rounded.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aBirthsB.shtml
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLY-W79 : 4 December 2014), Elizabeth Mackmallen in entry for Henry Bragg, 12 Apr 1682; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
3. ↑ Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1916-1925.Original data: Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts to the end Note: V. 1. & 2. Births.--V. 3. & 4. Marriages.--V. 5. & 6. Deaths. APID: 1,10110::0
4. ↑ Arnold, vol. 6, Bristol births, page 66
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Arnold, vol. 8, page 223
6. ↑ Arnold, vol. 6, Bristol marriages, page 10
7. ↑ Link to index entry, Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Death Index, 1630-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (21 vols., Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912).

• American-Genealogical Biographical Index, citing Genalogy Column of the Boston Evening Transcript 1906-1941.( the Greatest Single Source of Material For Gen. Data For the Northeast Area and For the Period 1600-1800. Completely Indexed in the Index.): 2 May 1904, 1682; 30 Mar 1934, 2651; 7 Dec 1921, 9298; 11 Oct 1927, 6043; 2 Jul 1928, 7398; 6 Aug 1928, 7398; 28 Apr 1930, 9004; 9 Jul 1930, 9004

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 December 2019, 18:25), entry for Henry Bragg(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KG4K-D8L); contributed by various users.

• Ancestry tree

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Margaret Bell for creating WikiTree profile Bragg-425 through the import of Bell Salerno Family Tree.ged on May 18, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Margaret and others.