Stephen
Brigham
Born about in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Jedediah Brigham
and Bethiah Howe
Brother of
Dorothy Brigham, Solomon Brigham, Francis Brigham, Lucy Brigham, Bethiah Brigham and Winslow Brigham
Husband of
Betsy (Weeks) Brigham
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Brigham, Bettey (Brigham) Newton, Stephen Brigham, Abner Brigham, Asa Brigham, David Brigham, Lucy Brigham, Silas Brigham and Aaron Brigham
Died
at about age 89
in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
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| Created 22 Feb 2010
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Biography
Stephen was the son of Jedediah Brigham and Bethia Howe.
The 1880 History of Marlborough [1] says "Stephen, son of Jedediah and Bethia (How) Brigham, m. Jan 4, 1757, Betsey, dau. of John and Dinah Weeks; settled in Princeton Mass., where he d. in his 90th year."
[Estimated death date based on above text would be ~1820?]
Sources
- ↑ "History of the Town of Marlborough - Cheshire County, New Hampshire" by Charles A. Bemis, originally printed in 1881 by the Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, Ma., new edition printed by The Frost Free Library, produced by the New England History Press, Somersworth, NH. Copyright 1974 (p.429) Online here: https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofm00bemi
- "Howe Genealogies," by Daniel Wait Howe, Page 285
- Find A Grave shows the following: Find A Grave: Memorial #54803166 Retrieved 23 Oct 2017.
- Birth: Feb. 11, 1731
- Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death: Apr. 17, 1821
- Born 11 Feb 1731 at Marlboro, MA to
- Lt. Jedediah Brigham (1693-1763) and
- Bethia Howe (1695-1756)
- "Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849," Pages 14, 152
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Stephen by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Stephen:
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~0.78%
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Once the wives are merged, please merge Brigham-12 and Brigham-40.
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