Marcena Greenwood (Turner) Bridgham (1827 - 1909)

Born 31 Oct 1827 in Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Apr 1909 at age 81 in Mattapoiset, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Marcena Greenwood Turner was born October 31, 1827, in Maine, the daughter of Alvin and Hepzibah (Wood) Turner.

She married Samuel Roland Bridgham on November 28, 1851. He was born in Hebron, Maine on May 12, 1825.

In 1860, he lived in Hebron where he was a farmer with real estate worth $2,500, and a personal estate of $955. His household included his wife Marseny [sic], their son Samuel, and their daughters Harriet, and Lydia. The two older children attended school. Also included in this household was 34-year-old farm laborer, Samuel Smith. He ran a farm of 100 improved acres and 20 unimproved acres.

In 1870, he lived in Hebron and was a farmer with real estate worth $1,400 and a personal estate worth $500. Included in his household were his wife Marcena G., and all nine of their surviving children: Crosby (farm worker), Hattie, Lydia, Mary, Oaks, Annie, Stafford, Alice and a 2-month-old infant born in March. All but the two youngest children attended school. He ran a farm of 90 improved acres, 12 wood-land acres, and 2 unimproved acres.

In July, 1872, “A daughter of Samuel Bridgham has been an invalid for many months with a disease that has baffled the skill of many physicians. She has been fourteen days without taking anything but water.” It is not known which of his five daughters was ill; possibly his daughter Harriet who died in November, 1872.

Samuel was a farmer in Hebron in 1850, 1860 and 1870. However, Samuel does not appear in the Maine 1880 census. In fact, his wife, Marsena [sic], is listed as the head of household, and she is listed as the farmer in the 1880 non-population census. Instead, we find a 55-year-old miner named Samuel Bridgham, born in Maine about 1925, in Denver, Colorado in 1880. So it appears that Samuel took a shot at finding some gold out west.

In 1880, Marsena [sic] Bridgham of Hebron was head of the household while her husband, Samuel, was mining in Colorado. Included in her household were her daughter, Mary who was “making pants,” son Ambrose, a farm worker, daughter Annie, son Stafford, daughter Alice, son Ezra; and her 12-year-old nephew, John E. All the children had attended school. I cannot place the nephew, John E. Bridgham. It is possible that this was an enumerator error, and that “Bridgham” is not his last name. Marsena rented a farm of 5 tilled acres.

In 1900, Samuel owned with a mortgage his home and farm in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, where he appeared to be retired (no occupation was listed). Living with him was his wife of 49-years, Marsena. Only eight of her ten children were living in 1900; Derrick and Harriet had died. Also living with them was their youngest son, Ezra, no occupation listed.

Samuel R. Bridgham died of “disease of the brain” in Mattapoisett on December 18, 1902, at the age of 77.

Marcena died of “senile decay” in Mattapoisett on April 16, 1909 at the age of 81. Samuel and Marcena are both buried at the Bog Brook Cemetery in Hebron, Maine.

Facts

NAME
Marcena Greenwood Turner ^[1]
Marsena ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
Marsena G. Turner ^{[9] [10]}
Marseny G. Turner ^[11]
Marcena G. Turner ^{[12] [13]}
Marcena B. Turner ^[14]
Marcena Turner ^{[15] [16]}
Marcene Turner ^[17]
Mersena Turner ^[18]

SEX
Female

BIRTH
31 OCT 1827; Maine, United States ^{[1] [19] [20] [21] [22] [11] [9]}
ABT 1828; Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[10]
ABT 1828; Maine, United States ^[18]
31 OCT 1829 ^[23]

DEATH
16 APR 1909; Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ^[10]
16 APR 1909; Senile decay ^[24]

BURIAL
Bog Brook Cemetery, Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[24]

RESIDENCE
1850; Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[18]
1860; Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[11]
1870; Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[1]
1880; Hebron, Oxford, Maine, United States ^[9]
1900; Mattapoisett, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States ^[22]

FAMILY
Husband
Samuel Roland Bridgham
Wife
Marcena Greenwood Turner
Marriage
28 NOV 1851 ^{[20] [19] [22]}

Research Notes

Marsena is the daughter of Alvin and Hepzibah (Wood) Turner, of Hebron, Maine.

Her name could be Marcena or Marsena.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Source: Title: "1870 Census" , Page: Maine, Hebron, Oxford Co., Roll M593_550, p. 202 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
2. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of a Birth," for Stafford S. Bridgham
3. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of a Birth," for Ezra Carter Bridgham
4. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of Death," for ___ Bridgham
5. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of a Birth," for Samuel Crosby Bridgham
6. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of a Birth," for Lydia Jarvis Bridgham
7. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of a Birth," for Harriet Newel Bridgham
8. ↑ Source: Title: FindaGrave , Page: "Copy of an Old Record of Birth," for ___ Bridgham
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Source: Title: "1880 Census" , Page: Maine, Hebron, Oxford Co. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Source: Title: "Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915" , Page: for Marsena G. (Turner) Bridgham. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Source: Title: "1860 Census" , Page: p. 48 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
12. ↑ Source: Title: Marriage Certificate , Page: for her son, Samuel C. Bridgham, www.digitalarchives.wa.gov
13. ↑ Source: Title: "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" , Page: for Samuel Crosby Bridgham and Mabel Norma Ford. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
14. ↑ Source: Title: "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" , Page: for Oakes A. Bridgham and Elizabeth B. Potter. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
15. ↑ Source: Title: "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" , Page: for Stafford Sturtevant Bridgham and Emma Oulton. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
16. ↑ Source: Title: "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" , Page: for Ezra C. Bridgham and Mabel F. Morse. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
17. ↑ Source: Title: "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" , Page: for Alice M. Bridgham and Herbert E. Godfrey. , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2} Source: Title: "1850 Census" , Page: Hebron, Oxford, Maine; Roll: M432_263; Page: 34A; Image: 71 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} Source: Title: "Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914" , Page: p. 299 , Author: Frederick Greenwood , Publication: Name: Name: the Lyons Genealogical Co., New York. 1914;; , Call number: R929.2 G816 , Repository name: www.familytreemaker.com
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} Source: Title: "Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books", Vol. 120 , Page: p. 208
21. ↑ Source: Title: "1900 Census" , Page: p. 217 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1 22.2} Source: Title: "1900 Census" , Page: p. 176 , Repository name: www.ancestry.com
23. ↑ Source: Title: email , Page: Joyce Rich
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1} Source: Title: email , Page: from Joyce L. Rich, Dec 9, 1999