Bridget
Clifford
formerly [surname unknown] aka Huggins
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Huggins
— married
1631 in Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay
Wife of
John Clifford Sr
— married
6 Feb 1672 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Descendants 
Mother of
Susanna (Huggins) Allen, Esther (Huggins) Austin, James Huggins, John Huggins, Elizabeth Huggins, Bridget Huggins, Martha (Huggins) Marshall, Hannah (Huggins) Woolworth, Katherine Huggins, Nathaniel Huggins and James Huggins
Died
at about age 84
in Springfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay
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Disputed Origins
There are no quality sources showing that Bridget was the daughter of Henry Green and mother Joan Groves, with several sources showing her last name as unknown.[1][2][3]
One possible explanation of her last name being given as Green, with her father being Henry, may be a misreading of a court case in Essex. On October 10, 1659, Bridget [Huggins] testified about the daughter of Henry Green. GDMNH's abbreviations could have been misinterpreted. GDMNH says this about Huggins' wife: "W. Bridget, ± 44 in 1659, dep. in Essex Ct. ab. Henry Green's dau."[1]
The court records say this: "Bridgid Huggins, aged about forty-four years, testified that being desired by Goodwife Green to look at her child's leg, she found it very much swollen, red and raw and not much better than when she went to the Bay. This was about a week after the child's return. Sworn in Hampton court, 6:8: 1659, before Tho. Bradbury,* rec." [4]
Biography
Bridget ______ was born about 1611 based on her first marriage. She married first, John Huggins by 1636, at Hampton, New Hampshire Colony.[3] She married second, John Clifford Sr. April 6, 1671, at Hampton, New Hampshire Colony.[5][6]
Bridget ______ (Huggins) (Clifford) died at Springfield, Massachusetts, May 7, 1695.[2][7] Bridget died on 7 May 1695 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Children
- Child: Esther Huggins
- Child: Elizabeth Huggins
- Child: Bridget Huggins
- Child: John Huggins
- Child: Martha Huggins
- Child: Susanna Huggins
- Child: Hannah Huggins
- Child: Nathaniel Huggins
- Child: Katherine Huggins
- Child: James Huggins
Notes
John Clifford married his third wife, February 6, 1672, Mrs. Bridget Huggins, widow of John Huggins1. He died Oct 17, 1694, "aged eighty years" (Town Record ) [6]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Libby, Charles T., Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire Reference Volume 3, page 355
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hatcher, Patricia Law, "The Edmund Marshall Family of Chebacco, Essex County, Massachusetts" The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Reference volume 160 (2006), page 283 $Subscription
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference volume 2, page 814 $Subscription
- ↑ Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 2, page 230
- ↑ Torrey, Volume 1, page 335
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dow, Joseph, History of the town of Hampton, New Hampshire. From its settlement in 1638, to the autumn of 1892., published 1893. Reference Volume 2, page 638
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Volume 1, page 69 $Subscription
See also:
- Marriage: "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947", database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 004243144; FHL microfilm: 1000975; Record number: 1688; Packet letter: A, FamilySearch Record: FLFR-HCC (accessed 26 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-64LH-RK Image number 04091.
- Death: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", database with images, citing Digital film/folder number: 004375670; FHL microfilm: 185414; Image number: 66; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: B07525-0, FamilySearch Record: XPJ4-6LM (accessed 26 January 2024) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D1ZQ-313, Bridget Clifford death 7 May 1695 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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She is already connected to Huggins-126. What are you wanting to do?
I'm so sorry to have bothered you. She is there now. I was trying and trying to add her but it wasn't taking. Then there was a merge and she is there. Thanks so much for the reply :-)
Barb
Thank you, Doug.
Cheryl, PGM Co-Leader
Same approximate birth year, same deathk date and place. Same spouse Huggins (will set duplicate children for merging). 2nd spouse on Unknown is supported by sources on profile. Please merge to Unknown.
Profile managers for both this profile and Bridget Green were contacted over a week ago and there has been no response. Nor have there been responses to earlier posts on either Bridget profile saying that her name should be changed to Unknown. Neither this profile or the other profile have any quality sources for her last name being Green.
Let's change her last name to Unknown, and then I'll propose a merge for the other Bridget into this profile.
Thank you.
edited by S (Hill) Willson
The court records say this: "Bridgid Huggins, aged about forty-four years, testified that being desired by Goodwife Green to look at her child's leg, she found it very much swollen, red and raw and not much better than when she went to the Bay. This was about a week after the child's return. Sworn in Hampton court, 6:8: 1659, before Tho. Bradbury,* rec." Source: Records and files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts, Volume 2, page 230
Unless someone finds something else actually tying the Bridget who was baptized in 1611 to the same Bridget who married Huggins and then Clifford, I think her name should be changed to Unknown, and she should be removed from these parents. Her bio originated, intending to be the Bridget who married Huggins, and was an immigrant to New England.
Thoughts?
edited by S (Hill) Willson
Bridget _____ did marry first Huggins and then Clifford, that much is clear. It is her parentage that is unclear, at least based on the few sources mentioned.
What sources do show her parentage?
Thank you for the heads up, Linda. Do you wish to propose the merge, please?