Gershom Brigham (1680 - 1749)

Born 23 Feb 1680 in Marlborough, MIddlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mehitabel (Warren) Brigham — married 18 May 1703 in Medfield, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Mehitable (Spring) Brigham — married 17 Feb 1730 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 3 Jan 1749 at age 68 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Gershom was born on February 23, 1680, in Marlborough.^[1] Gershom was a surveyor for the west end in 1710 at Marlborough, MA.4 He was a "tythingman" in 1716.4 He was a constable in 1721.4 He was on the Committee to "seat the Meeting" in 1727.4 He was a Selectman in 1733.

Gershom Brigham married first Mehitable Warren, daughter of Joseph Warren and Experience Wheelock, on 18 May 1703 at Medfield, MA.

Marriage[1] 18 May 1703 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Children

1. Martha Brigham b.6 OCT 1704 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 15 OCT 1782

2. Joseph Brighamb. 21 Apr 1706 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 29 Jul 1786 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

3. Abigail Brigham b. 25 NOV 1708 Marlboro, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 6 MAR 1790 Chesterfield, Cheshire, NH [P0765]

4. Gershom Brigham b. 4 NOV 1712 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

5. Benjamin Brigham 19 FEB 1714/15 Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

He married second Mehitable Spring, widow Stimson. Marriage banns for Gershom Brigham and Mehitable Spring were published on 28 December 1729 at Weston, MA; listed as Gershom of Marlborough and Mehitabel Stimson of Weston. Mehitable Spring married 2nd Gershom Brigham, daughter of Henry Spring and Mehitable Bartlett, on 17 February 1729/30 at Marlborough, MA, Mehitable Stimpson was of Weston.

Marriage

Gershom married Mehitabel Warren on 18 May 1703 in Medfield. His parents are Thomas Brigham and Mary Rice.^[2]

Children

Five children: ^[2]

Martha Brigham Oct 1704

Joseph Brigham-21 Apr 1706

Abigail Brigham-25 Nov 1708

Gershom Brigham Nov 1712

Benjamin Brigham Feb 1714

Sources

1. ↑ Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, To the end of the year 1849 (Published by Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts 1908) (Free e-book)(Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 39
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Gershom Brigham (1680-1749) on Find A Grave: Memorial #71639528 Retrieved 17 January, 2018.

• Link only; Copyright Edmund Rice Association [1]

• Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), 121.

"Brigham, … Gershum and Mehettabell Warren, [married] May 18, 1703."

• Brigham, William. The History of the Brigham Family (New York, 1907), Link

• http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Marlborough/aBirthsB.shtml

• http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Marlborough/aDeathsB.shtml