Stephen Bragg (1783 - 1863)

Born 12 May 1783 in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Husband of Hannah Wing — married 28 Mar 1805 in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Died 21 Dec 1863 at age 80 in Albion, Kennebec, Maine, USA

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Biography

1850 US ensus Name:Stephen Bragg Age:67 Birth Year:abt 1783 Birthplace:Maine Home in 1850:Albion, Kennebec, Maine, USA Gender:Male Family Number:193 Household Members:NameAge

• Stephen Bragg 67
• Hannah Bragg 67

Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922 Name:Stephen Bragg Gender:Male Death Date:21 Dec 1863 Death Place:Albion, Kennebec, Maine, USA

Name:Stephen Bragg Birth Date:12 May 1783 Birth Place:Vassalboro, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America Death Date:21 Dec 1863 Death Place:Albion, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America Cemetery: Shaw Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place:Albion, Kennebec County, Maine, USA Spouse: Hannah Bragg Children: Alvin Bragg Stephen Bragg

Maine Genealogist, Nov 2005, Issue 4 WING FAMLY BIBLE

• Gideon Wing born in Falmouth Mass May 11th OS [i.e., Old Style or Julian: AD 1744 Abigail his wife born in Duxbury October 2 of 1749, Married February 25th NS [i.e., New Style or Gregorian] AD 1757
• David Lancaster born in Albion Maine February 15th 1806 Harriet his wife born in Albion Maine August 30th 1809, Married June 20th 1829 [Another page marked Births]
• Wm Wing was born July 11th AD 1768 Allen Wing was born August 27th 1770 Abigail born Nov 20th 1772
• Joseph born Nov 14th 1780
• Hannah born January 22 1783

[Another page marked Deaths]

• Gideon Wing died Feb' 27th 1821 in the 77th year of his age Abigail Wing died July 2d 1837 in the 88th year of her age [On opposite side of the same page]
• Stephen Bragg died December 21 1863 in the 80 first year of his age Hannah Bragg died February the 19 1870 aged 87 years and 28 days *Stephen Bragg Jr died Mayl2th aged 54 years 1 month 28 days

[Research notes: Gideon Wing's birth on 11 May 1744, as the son of William and Mary (Allen) Wing, is recorded at Rochester, Mass. His marriage on 25 Feb. 1767 to Abigail Ripley of Duxbury, Mass., is recorded at Duxbury.
2 Abigail, b. at Duxbury, 2 Oct. 1749, was a daughter of Abner and Abigail (Robbins) Ripley.
3 Gideon and Abigail apparently lived first in Duxbury, as the births of their first two children, William and Allen (the dates agreeing with those in the Bible record above) are recorded in Duxbury.
4 The births of the next two children are not recorded in Duxbury and have not been independently corroborated; however,
the birth of the last child, Hannah, in 1. Vital Records of Rochester, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, 2 vols. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1914), 1:310; his parents' marriage intentions on 2 Oct. 1736 re¬corded in ibid., 2:328. 2. Vital Records of Duxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), hereafter Duxbury VRs, p. 334. 3. Duxbury VRs, p. 133; her parents' marriage on 14 March 1746 recorded in ibid., p. 294. 4. Duxbury VRs, p. 197. 1783, is recorded in the records of Vassalborough, Maine, the date also agreeing with the Bible record
5 Gideon was a Revolutionary War soldier and pensioner.
6 According to a Wing genealogy, after the close of the Revolutionary War, Gideon settled first in Hallowell and moved to Vassalborough in 1782, where he was among the original members of the First Baptist Church of Vassalborough. He d. 27 Feb 1821, age 76 years 9 months 16 days, and his wife Abigail d. 2 July 1837, age 87 years 9 months 19 days?

Gideon 's eldest son, William, m. (int.) New Bedford, Mass., 21 Aug. 1807, Mercy Chase, both of New Bedford.8 He and Mercy moved to Albion, Maine, where several children are recorded, including a son named Joseph Chase Wing.9 Marriages for the other children are recorded in Vassalborough:1.

• Allen Wing and Ardra Robinson, m. 24 May 1796
• Shubal Bragg and Abigail Wing, m. 22 Dec. 1791
• Joseph Wing and Chloe Robinson, m. 7 Jan. 1802
• Stephen Bragg and Hannah Wing, m. 28 March 1805
  

Stephen and Hannah Bragg had a daughter, Harriet, b. Albion, 10 Aug. 1809.11
The deaths of Stephen Bragg, Hannah (Wing) Bragg, and their son Stephen Bragg Jr. are also recorded in the Albion records, the dates agreeing with those in the Bible..'
2 Harriet Bragg and David Lancaster filed marriage intentions at Albion on 30 May 1829.
3 The actual marriage is not recorded in Albion, but is given in the Bible record as 20 June 1829. David and Harriet had ten children whose births are recorded in Albion.
4 In the 1850 census, the David Lancaster family was enumerated in Albion two households away from Stephen and Hannah Bragg and three households away from the family of Stephen Bragg Jr.
5 It would appear the Gideon Wing Bible was passed to his daughter Hannah (Wing) Bragg and then to her daughter Harriet (Bragg) Lancaster.

Leslie Dow Sanders (P.O. Box 13, Marblehead MA 01945-0013) is a Contributing Editor of The Maine Genealogist. 5. Angela M. Foster, comp., Vital Records of Vassalboro, Maine (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2003), hereafter Vassalboro VRs, p. 31. 6. Revolutionary War Pension Application, #W26020. 7. Conway P. Wing, A Historical and Genealogical Register of John Wing, of Sandwich, Mass., and His Descendants, 1632-1888 (New York: De Vinne Press, 1888), pp. 119-20. 8. Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, 3 vols. (Boston: New Eng-land Historic Genealogical Society, 1932-41), 2:605. 9. Elizabeth M. Mosher, transc., Vital Records of Albion, Maine, Prior to 1892 (Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1989), hereafter Albion VRs, pp. 55, 59, 60. 10. Vassalboro VRs, pp. 3, 5, 7, 9. 11. Albion VRs, p. 31. 12. Albion VRs, p. 216. 13. Albion VRs, p. 104. 14. Albion VRs, p. 138. 15. 1850 U.S. Census, Albion, Kennebec Co., Maine, p. 267, #s 188/192, 189/193, 191/195.

Sources

• 1850; Census Place: Albion, Kennebec, Maine; Roll: M432_258; Page: 267B; Image: 351
• Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922
• Find-A-Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35968846?ftm=1
• Maine Genealogist, Nov 2005, Issue 4 WING FAMLY BIBLE

Contributed by Leslie D. Sanders The information listed below is from a Bible published in 1818 by M. Carey and Sons, Philadelphia: [First page of family record section]