Bethiah (Ward) Brigham (1681 - 1765)

Born 25 Mar 1681 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Elnathan Brigham — married 17 Jun 1705 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1765 at age 84 in Coventry, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

Bethiah Ward was born 25 March 1681 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. She is the daughter of William Ward and Hannah Brigham.

Bethiah Ward and Elnathan Brigham were married 17 June 1705 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. ^[1]

She passed away at the age of 83, 15 Apr 1765 ^[2] and is buried in Pink Cemetery, Coventry, Tolland, Colony of Connecticut. ^[3]

She is called Bethia Brigham in the 1719 will of her mother. From this comment above, William & Hannah are the correct parents.

Sources

1. ↑ Bethiah Ward, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910" Citation "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V58M-NGL : 4 December 2014), Jonathan Brigham and Bethiah Ward, 17 Jun 1705; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.
2. ↑ Bethiah Brigham, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934" Citation "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F72G-L21 : 3 December 2014), Bethiah Brigham, 15 Apr 1765; citing , reference 00662; FHL microfilm 3,343.
3. ↑ Bethiah Ward Brigham, "Find A Grave Index" Citation "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVJ-G936 : 11 July 2016), Bethiah Ward Brigham, 1765; Burial, Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut, United States of America, Pink Cemetery; citing record ID 22104892, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 April 2017, 22:27), entry for Bethiah Ward(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZV5-8GD); contributed by various users.
• See mother's profile for details and sources
• Source: S22 Author: Eric A. Johnson Title: Johnson Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: Johnson Web Site CONT Family tree: 6909740-2 Media: 441293-1 Type: Smart Matching Page: Bethiah Brigham [Ward] Event: Smart Matching Role: 1027068 Data: Date: 17 OCT 2013 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Notes

Note N380Confusion over parents - Samual Ward & Sarah Howe or William Ward & Hannah Brigham!

Bethiah Ward married Elnathan Brigham, son of Thomas Brigham and Mary Rice, on 27 June 1705 at Marlborough, MA; (your authors note that Elnathan's name is damaged in the original church record, and the published record lists him as (Jo)nathan - it also gives the date as June 17).2,3,1,4,5 Bethiah Ward died on 15 April 1765 at Coventry, CT.1

She was presumably the daughter either of Samuel and Sarah Ward (q.v.) or of William and Hannah Ward (q.v.). Both couples had daughters named Bethiah around 1682. Examination of the probate records for Samuel Ward may settle the issue.6 Her married name was Brigham. She and Elnathan Brigham were living in 1741 at Mansfield, CT.2

http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p19.htm#i1785

Sarah & Samual

SARAH2 HOWE (JOHN1 HOW) was born 25 September, 1644 in Sudbury MA, and died 11 August, 1707

in Marlborough MA. She married SAMUAL WARD June 1667, son of WILLIAM WARD and ELIZABETH ?.

Children of SARAH HOWE and SAMUAL WARD are:

i. SARAH3 WARD, b. 23 April, 1668; d. Unknown.

ii. JOSEPH WARD, b. 1670; d. Unknown; m. ABIAH WHEELOCK.

iii. ELIZABETH WARD, b. 21 May, 1672; d. Unknown; m. NATHANIEL HAPGOOD.

iv. MARY WARD, b. 1676; d. Unknown.

v. SAMUAL WARD, b. 08 March, 1677/78; d. Unknown; m. MARY ?.

vi. BETHIAH WARD, b. 25 May, 1681; d. Unknown; m. ELNATHAN BRIGHAM, Unknown. ********

vii. DANIEL WARD, b. 1687; d. 13 April, 1700.

OR

Hannah & William

http://www.familytreemaker.com/_glc_/3658/3658_53.html

The History of the Brigham FamilyAuthor: Willard Irving Tyler BrighamCall Number: R929.2 B855Zb v. 01

This book contains a record of several thousand descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant. 1603-1653.

Bibliographic Information: Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler. The history of the Brigham Family. The Grafton Press. New York. 1907.

HANNAH2, daughter of Thomas1 and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham; born in Cambridge, Mass., 9 March, 1649-50; died in Marlborough, Mass., Dec., 1719; married (1) Gershom Eames(*) of Marlborough, who went to Watertown, Mass., on the breaking out of King Philip's War, where he died 25 Nov., 1676; married (2) William, son of William Ward (who was in Sudbury as early as 1639, and owned land there); born in Sudbury, 22 Jan., 1640; died in Marlborough, 25 Nov., 1697.

The historians have had a good deal of trouble over Hannah with respect to her marriage, Morse having married her to Samuel Wells of Glastonbury, Conn., and Hudson (p. 357) concurring with the historian of Shrewsbury that Gershom Eames married Hannah Johnson, daughter of Solomon and Hannah Johnson. The Sudbury records show the birth of a Hannah, daughter of Solomon Johnson (who was Solomon, Jr.), but she would have been only 14 years old when Gershom Eames married Hannah Brigham. Paige corrects these errors (pp. 501-2), and we can support him with overwhelming evidence. Paige first quotes two Massachusetts public records; one wherein her name is given as Hannah Ward and another where William Ward, her husband, joins with Thomas2, John2, and Samuel2 Brigham, in 1681, in conveying to Nicholas Fessenden certain of the Thomas1 Brigham land in Cambridge. Paige continues:

"I do not find any Hannah Ward in that town who could represent herself as a daughter of Thomas Brigham, except the wife of William Ward, who united with the Brighams in the sale of (*)

The name in the early records is spelled with an E, but most of the families have dropped the E and spell it Ames (Hudson's History of Marlborough, p. 358).

the Cambridge land. This Hannah had been the wife of Gershom Eames; and is supposed by her descendant, Andrew H. Ward, in his History of Shrewsbury (p. 457) to have been a daughter of Samuel Johnson of Sudbury. But I think it more probable that Thomas Brigham was her father, and that John Brigham, who witnessed the execution of her will, Oct. 30, 1714, was her brother."

Hannah Eames had two children: Hannah (named for herself) and a posthumous daughter, Mary. She lived in Marlborough both before and after her marriage to Mr. Ward, although she probably accompanied her first husband to Watertown at the time of King Philip's War. In her will, executed 30 Oct., 1714, she makes pathetic reference to the boy Elisha, who was killed or stolen by the Indians. After the usual introductory formula, she devises as follows:

WILL OF HANNAH BRIGHAM-EAMES-WARD.....

Children (Eames or Ames), born probably in Marlborough:

i Hannah3, b. 3 Feb., 1675.

ii Mary (posthumous), b. 1677; d. 1772, ‘. 95 yrs. and 1 mo.; m. 11 March, 1696, John, son of Elias and Sarah (Blanford) Key

Marlborough; moved to Shrewsbury about 1723; built a new house and part of the family slept in the new one and part in the o

one, just before the building was completed. In Aug., 1723, both houses were burned and two of his sons sleeping in the new

house perished. He was a Major and d. 1768, in his 94th yea

Ch. (Keyes):

Gershom4, b. 1 March, 1698; m. about 1718, Sarah (???); moved to Boston and became wealthy; 5 ch.

2 Mary, b. 24 Oct., 1700; m. 1720, Daniel Rand.

3 Solomon, b. 30 Aug., 1703; m. Sarah (???). 2 c

4 Hannah, b. 9 July, 1706; m. 1725, Gershom Flag

5 Thankful, b. 24 May, 1709; m. 1728, Jonas Keye

6 John, b. 30 April, 1712; burned to death, Aug., 172

7 Sarah, b. 5 March, 1715; m. 21 Dec., 1721, Joshua Wilde

8 Stephen, b. 2 April, 1718; also burned to death, Aug., 172

Children (Ward) born in Marlborough (as per Hudson's History of Marlborough):

iii William, b. 27 March, 1680; m. Jane Cleveland, and res. in the part of Marlborough which is now Southboro. He rose to the ra

of colonel and was a J. P. Ch: 1 Hezekiah; 2 Elisha; 3 William; 4 Charles; et al.

iv Bethiah, m. Elnathan3 Brigham, 11. ***************

v (Col.) Nahum, b. 18 Dec., 1684; m. 16 July, 1714, Martha, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth (Kerley) Howe; b. 30 July, 1687; followed the sea in early life, and then moved to Shrewsbury, where he was a Colonel, J. P., Rep. and Judge. Their sixth child was (Gen.) Artemas4, b. 1727; grad. Harvard Coll., 1748, was Major in the French War; at the opening of the Revolution was appointed General and Commander-in-chief of all the forces raised by the Colony; he had command of the troops besieging Boston until the appointment of Washington as Commander-in-chief. He then commanded the right wing of the besieging army until the capitulation, after which he had command of the department of the East. He served several terms in Congress, was president of the governor's council, and until his death judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Worcester County.

vi Elisha, b. 12 Jan., 1686; was killed or taken captive by the Indians in Worcester, 1709, while riding post from Marlborough to Hadle

vii Bathshebah, b. 16 May, 1689; d. 6 Oct., 1693.

viii Gershom, b. 3 Jan., 1693; rep. Marlborough, 1738; d. unm., 173

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