Ithamar Brigham (1729 - 1784)

Born 6 Oct 1729 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 3 May 1784 at age 54 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Lieutenant Ithamar Brigham served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Ithamar Brigham is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 121118
Rank: Lieutenant

A Lieutenant in Capt. William Brigham's company of Minutemen, Col. Jonathan Ward's regiment which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775.

Ithamar Brigham was born on October 6, 1729 in Marlborough, MIddlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Thomas Brigham and Sarah Stratton. ^[1]

He married Ruth Ward on September 13, 1753 in Marlborough. ^{[1] [2]}

Together they had these children born in Marlborough: ^[1]

1. Ruth Brigham, b. 1756, d. 1797.^[1]
2. Ithamar Brigham, b. 1758.
3. Daniel Brigham, b. 1760.
4. Silas Brigham, b. 1763.
5. Abner Brigham, b. 1766, d.y.^[1]

His wife Ruth died May 29, 1766. ^[1]

Ithamar married secondly, Mary Beeman, in Marlborough on March 29, 1768. ^{[1] [2]}

Together they had 1 child born in Marlborough: ^[1]

1. Abraham Brigham, b. 1771.

Ithamar died on May 03, 1784 in Marlborough. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-11-30), "Record of Ithamar Brigham", Ancestor # A014444.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32986726/ithamer-brigham : accessed 30 November 2021), memorial page for Ithamer Brigham (6 Oct 1729–3 May 1784), Find A Grave: Memorial #32986726, citing Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Joe & Connie, and Mariah (contributor 46889617) .

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 7, No. 4, p. 194

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 2, p. 529

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-RLN : 10 November 2020), Ithamar Brigham, 13 Sep 1753; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-XBDV : 19 April 2021), Itharmer Brigham and Ruth Ward, 13 Sep 1753; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009656.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-TYZ : 10 November 2020), Ithamar Brigham, 29 Mar 1768; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-DJHX : 19 April 2021), Ithamer Brigham and Mary Beeman, 29 Mar 1768; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009656.

• Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts (Franklin P. Rice, Marlborough, Mass., 1908); p. 35-40, p. 230, p. 346-8