Nancy (Kingsbury) Brigham (1777)

Born 21 Feb 1777 in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jabez Brigham — married 1794 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Nancy was born, 21 Feb 1777 in Holden, Massachusetts. She is a twin daughter of Joseph Kingsbury and Margaret Ware. Nancy, twin d. Joseph and Margaret, Feb. 21, 1777. ^[1]

She married Jabez Brigham of Boylston, 1794, in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ^{[2] [3]}

They had the following children born in Worcester: ^[2]

1. Betsey Brigham, b. Nov. 3, 1800.
2. Hosea Brigham, b. Dec. 6, 1802.
3. Moses Brigham, b. May 10, 1798.
4. Polly Brigham, b. Nov. 1, 1796.

She died in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Dec. 13, 1847, age 70, of Apoplexy. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts until 1849 .Birth Record
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity
3. ↑ Vital Records of the Town of Boylston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850
4. ↑ Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849

• Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity (The Society, Worcester, Mass., 1881-); Vol. 12, (1894) Worcester births, marriages and deaths;
  • p. 34-5
    • "Betsey, d. of Jabez and Nancy, Nov. 3, 1800."
    • "Hosea, s. of Jabez and Nancy, Dec. 6, 1802."
    • "Moses, s. of Jabez and Nancy, May 10, 1798."
    • "Polly, d. of Jabez and Nancy, Nov. 1, 1796."
  • p. 375 "Nancy Jabez Brigham of Boylston, _ _, 1794."

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110403108/nancy-brigham: accessed 28 October 2022), memorial page for Nancy Kingsbury Brigham (unknown–13 Dec 1847), Find A Grave: Memorial #110403108, citing Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7K2-QJ1 : 2 March 2021), Nancy in entry for Nancy B. King, 23 Nov 1846; citing Millbury, Massachusetts, p 171, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,809.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWCK-DQL : 2 March 2021), Nancy Brigham, 13 Dec 1847; citing Millbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, 196-47, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,810.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH12-92H : 10 November 2020), Nancy in entry for Moses Brigham, 25 Jul 1847; citing Marriage, Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009577.

• Vital Records of the Town of Boylston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1900); p. 59 "Jabez and Nancy Kingsbmy of Worcester, , 1794. At Worcester."

• Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1904); p. 59 "Nancy, twin d. Joseph and Margaret, Feb. 21, 1777."

• Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1903);
  • p. 132 "Nancy, wid. d. Joseph and Mary Kingsley, Dec. 13, 1847, a. 70 y. 9 m. 22 d. Apoplexy."
  • p. 144 "KING, Nancy B., d. Jabez and Nancy Brigham, Nov. 23, 1846, a. 39 y. 8 m. 6 d. Cancer in throat."