Moses Bridges (1790 - 1873)

Born 7 Mar 1790 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Emily (Eaton) Bridges — married 1813 in Swans Island Maine

Descendants

Died 6 Jun 1873 at age 83 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States

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Descendant of Ann Greenslade Pudeator.

Biography

Moses Bridges came to this island in 1847.^[1] He was born in Sedgwick, March 17, 1790. Here he married Emily Eaton (in about 1813); they lived a few years in Sedgwick, where their oldest child was born in 1818. (Note: children were born before 1818). He bought of Rufus B. Allyn, Swan's agent, the eastern Calf island, containing one hundred and sixty-two acres, for which he paid $400. He was given a deed of the island by Allyn May 23, 1823, and a mortgage was given; this mortgage was discharged in December, 1839. He then disposed of this property and moved to Marshall's island. Whether he had any legal title to the part of the island he occupied, we do not know, but in 1847 he exchanged his part of Marshall's island with Silas Hardy for the "Point" below Sadler's. It is claimed there was a mortgage on this place when Mr. Bridges bought it and later it was foreclosed, which turned Mr. Bridges out of doors in his old age. Mr. Bridges died in 1873, aged eighty-three years; his wife died in 1850, aged fifty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges were the parents of eleven children. History of Swans Island page 156

Census records indicate that Moses was a farmer & soldier. He died on 6 June 1873 at the age of 83 in Swan's Island, Hancock County, Maine, USA. Moses was buried in Grindle Hill cemetery, Swan's Island. ^[2]

Ancestry Thru Lines indicates relationships among descendants of Stillman, Elizabeth, Julia, Daniel, Parker, Abigail, Moses.

Moses Bridges and Emily Eaton had the following children:^[3]

i. Stillman Bridges

ii. Elizabeth "Betsey" Bridges

iii. Julia Ann Bridges

iv.Capt. Daniel Bridges

v. Parker F. Bridges

vi. Jane Bridges

vii. Abigail D. Bridges

viii.Moses Bridges II

ix. Maria Naomi (Bridges) Wilson (1842-1924)

x. Justina (Bridges) Sadler (1837-1909)

xi. Emily Bridges

Moses Bridges and Nancy Moon were married on 30 July 1851. Married by William Fife, Esq. Nancy Moon died on 19 December 1892. She was born in Gouldsboro, Hancock County, Maine, USA. Nancy Moon Bridges applied for a pension based on Moses' service in the War of 1812. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1
2. ↑ 2,3
3. ↑ 2
4. ↑ 4

1. Small, H.W., MD (1898). A History of Swan’s Island, Maine. Ellsworth, ME: Hancock County Publishing.

2. http://swansisland.org/swansgenealogy/MosesBridges/b281.htm#P283

3. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77209868

4. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 Number - #1SO 9794Pension Number - #2SC 6053Pension Number - #3WO 24393Pension Number - #4WC 26493Bounty Land Number - #129265 80 50Bounty Land Number - #216107 80 55Roll number11Archive Publication NumberM313

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