Individual Details

Edmund Bridges

(Abt 1611/12 - 13 Jan 1684/85)

Edmund BRIDGES. His son, Edmund BRIDGES, Jr., married Sarah TOWNE and their daughter, Hannah BRIDGES married Samuel BARTON which then descends down to me. From Blodgett & Jewett, Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts, (1933) pg 42 26. EDMUND1 BRIDGES was undoubtedly the Edmund Bridges, aged 23, who came in the ship 'James,' John May, master, from London, 13 July, 1635. Where he resided before 1639, when he joined Roger's company in Rowley, is uncertain, probably in Lynn. In Rowley, he was a blacksmith and had an acre and half house lot, 1643, bounded on the north side by the cross street, the east end by the high street. His wife was Alice____. His second wife was Elizabeth_____who died in Ipswich, 3 Dec., 1664. He married in Ipswich, as his third wife, 6, Apr., 1665, Mary, widow of Richard Littlehale of Haverhill. He sold his dwelling house, blacksmith's shop, and rights to Isaac Cousins (46), and moved to Ipswich, where he was in 1644. He was about 46 years old, 1658 (Ct. R). He died in Ipwich, 13, Jan., 1684. His will, dated 6, Jan. 1684, mentions wife, Mary; son John Bridges; son Josiah Bridges; daughter Faith Bridges, alias Black; daughter Bethiah Bridges, alias Peabody; daughter Mary Bridges (Essex Probate, 304: 123). In Rowley his name appears of record as Edward Bridges. His widow, Mary, died in Ipswich, 24 Oct., 1691.

Events

BirthAbt 1611/12England
ImmigrationJul 1635Ship "James"
Marriage7 Sep 1639Elizabeth Manwaring
Event-Misc7 Sep 1639Freeman, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Residence1641Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
ResidenceBef 1648Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage6 Apr 1665Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States - Mary Lancton
Death13 Jan 1684/85Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
MarriageLiving

Families

SpouseElizabeth Manwaring (1614 - 1664)
ChildBethiah Bridges (1643 - )
ChildObadiah Bridges (1646 - 1677)
ChildJosiah Bridges (1650 - )
ChildHachaliah Bridges ( - 1671)
ChildLiving
ChildLiving
SpouseMary Lancton (1614 - 1691)
SpouseLiving
ChildEdmund Bridges Junior (1637 - 1682)
ChildJohn Bridges ( - )

Endnotes

1. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1601.

2. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1601.

3. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1601.

4. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1601.

5. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1602.

6. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1602.

7. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1602.

8. Compiler: George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (n.p: Lewis historical publishing company, New York, 1909, n.d), p. 1602.