Experience (Pitcher) Bugbee (1642 - aft. 1686)

Born 25 Jul 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Bugbee — married 1663 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1686 after age 43 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Experience, daughter of Andrew Pitcher and Margaret Russell, was baptized on 25 Sep 1642 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA.^[1] She died at Woodstock, Windham County, CT, but no record of her death has been found in Woodstock vital records.

She was called "my eldest daughter Experience" by the will of Andrew PITCHER dated 4 Dec 1660 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA.^[1][2]

She married Joseph BUGBEE, son of Edward BUGBEE and Rebecca (—?—), before 1664 at Roxbury, Suffolk County, MA; children (b. Roxbury; surname BUGBEE):^[1][3]

1. Joseph - b. 17 Sep 1664
2. Rebecca - b. 16 Sep 1666
3. Edward - b. 31 Jan 1668
4. Samuel - b. 31 Aug 1673
5. Abigail - b. 16 Nov 1676
6. Mehetabel - b. 20 Aug 1679
7. Jonathan - b. 23 May 1683; ? bp. 11 Jun 1682
8. Josiah - b. 2 Nov 1684

Research Notes

• Her memorial at Find A Grave notes that the stone and date of death may not be hers.^[4][5]
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (an unreliable source) includes a marriage for Experience Pitcher and Joseph Ripley giving no date or place. The only records found for that name were Joseph Ripley (b. 9 May 1658; d. 18 May 1738) who married Hannah Bradford, granddaughter of William Bradford of the Mayflower^[6] and the birth of "Joseph, s. of Abraham Ripley and Mary, born Jany 25 1666." in the vital records of Hingham, MA.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Great Migration 1634-1635, (AmericanAncestors.org: NEHGS, 2010), v5, M-P, Andrew Pitcher, p 470.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Plymouth, Wills, p 186-7 (image 102 of 226), Andrew Pitcher of Dorchester.
3. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (AmericanAncestors.org: NEHGS, 2001-2018), Roxbury v1, p 46-7; giving dob of ch Abigail, Jonathan, Josiah, Mehetabel, Samuel, Nathaniel.
4. ↑ Find A Grave, (findagrave.com, 1995-present), memorial 20916295, Experience Pitcher Bugbee; giving b. 25 Jul 1642, Dorchester, Suffolk Co MA, d. 5 Jun 1721, Woodstock, Windham Co CT, Woodstock Hill Cemetery, headstone illegible. [1]
5. ↑ Vital Records of Woodstock, Connecticut, 1686-1854, (AmericanAncestors.org: NEHGS, 2009), p 26; giving "Experience Bugbee Daughter of Samll Bugbee by Dorothy his wife born Febr 13: 1720/1 Dyed June 5th 1721."
6. ↑ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, (AmericanAncestors.org: NEHGS, 2020), William Bradford, 3142:3.[2]
7. ↑ Hingham, MA: Vital Records, 1637-1845, (AmericanAncestors.org, Vital Records of Hingham, Massachusetts, ca. 1639-1844. Hersey, Reuben. Mss 901. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections Department, New England Historic Genealogical Society.) [3]

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Louisville KY: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution), Microfilm, 508 rolls.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Ancestors_for_wikitree.ged on 29 March 2011.
• WikiTree profile Pitcher-80 created through the import of Tom.ged on Jun 1, 2011 by Tom Elliott. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Tom and others.
• WikiTree profile Pitcher-106 created through the import of Ancestors of PBHowe.ged on Jun 6, 2011 by Buck Howe.
• Wilfred Vasile, firsthand knowledge.
• WikiTree profile Pitcher-275 created through the import of Peak_2012-08-12_2012-08-12_AutoBackup_2012-11-01_01.ged on Nov 2, 2012 by Andrea Peak. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Andrea and others.
• WikiTree profile Pitcher-276 created through the import of Peak_2012-08-12_2012-08-12_AutoBackup_2012-11-01_01.ged on Nov 2, 2012 by Andrea Peak. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Andrea and others.