Joseph Bridges (1737 - 1830)

Born 13 Mar 1737 in York, York, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 13 Jan 1830 at age 92 in Charlotte, Washington, Maine, United States

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Joseph Bridges was born at York, Maine, 13 Mar 1736, the son of John Bridges and Elizabeth Provinder; d at Charlotte, Maine, 13 Jan 1830; married, bef 1762, Mary "Polly" Moody and had seven children.

Joseph and Polly Bridges settled at Birch Point, now Perry, in 1780, then moved to Ox Cove, now Pembroke. From 1800 to 1811, plantation meetings were held at his or his sons' homes. About 1809, he and his sons moved to Charlotte. ^{[1] [2]}

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1. ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 3, p. 31
2. ↑ Mrs. Myrtle Fisher Seaverns, Charlotte, Maine, Vital Records (New England Historical and Genealogical Register), Vol. 101, p. 315 (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/i/11736/315/0)