Thomas Brigham

Abt 1603 - 1653  (~ 50 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Thomas Brigham
  Born	Abt 1603	Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Biographical Information	Thomas Brigham was made by the general court a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Company, 18 Apr 1637 and thus became a member of the body politic and acquired the right to vote. He was selectman 1640, 1642, 1647. A constable from 1639 to 1642. A Poem by Honorable Johnson Brigham: THOMAS BRIGHAM, THE PURITAN No "doubting Thomas" was our family's founder; In faith he rode the wide Atlantic's waves. On yonder rock-ribbed shore he lived, expounder Of simple creed that Service only Saves.* His name shall stand with us for strenuous living, For honest thinking, and for righteous laws; For humble doing and for noble giving Of self for conscience or for freedom's cause. Soul calls to soul, by kinship's ties united; From out the past we hear a hale godspeed; Soul answers soul, by trials unaffrighted, We, too, would serve, or bravely do the deed. Our course should mark the way of progress plainly. And bid the true and daring walk therein; Against it must detraction war but vainly, Who strives for progress can but grandly win. *A free translation of the Brigham Family Association motto, "In Cruce Salus."
  Library book: History of the Brigham Family	001
  Immigration / Naturalization	Thomas Brigham fathered the first Brigham generation in America. History books have called him "The Emigrant" or "The Puritan". In the spring of 1635 a group of adherents of Rev. Thomas Shepherd, who had been preaching in Buttercombe, a few miles north of Home on Spalding Moor, decided to migrate with him to the new world in order to escape religious persecution. On April 18 1635, they embarked on the ship "Suzan and Ellen" on a voyage from Bristol to Boston, that would last sixty-four days. Appearing in the passenger list: Thos. Brigham, aged 32 Symon Crosby, husbandman, aged 26 Ann Crosby, uxer, aged 25 Tho. Crosby, child aged 8 weeks. Ann was the daughter of Thomas and Isabel Brigham, therefor Thomas's first cousin. Soon after reaching New England, Thomas Brigham settled in Cambridge, MA. His 14 acre homestead adjoining that of Simon Crosby. He owned a windmill and records show he owned a third of all the swine in town.
  		Susan & Ellen Manifest. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality; Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold For a Term of Years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and Others Who Went From Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : With Their Ages and the Names of the Ships in Which they Embarked, and Other Interesting Particulars; from MSS. Preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England by John Camden Hotten. Published by the author, London, England 1874. Page 62.
  Died	8 Dec 1653	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  		Cambridge MA Showing Thomas Brigham Estate. The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907
  Buried	10 Dec 1653	Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  Siblings	8 siblings
  1. Henry Brigham,   b. 27 Dec 1599, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1640, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  2. Gillian Brigham,   b. Abt 1601, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  3. Margaret Brigham,   b. Abt 1605, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  4. William Brigham,   b. 1607, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1640
  5. Captain Sebastian Brigham,   b. Abt 1609, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  6. John Brigham,   b. Abt 1611, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  7. Philipa Brigham,   b. Abt 1614, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  8. Robert Brigham,   b. Aft 1614, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
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  Father	John Brigham,   b. 1573, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 11 May 1621, Hothan, Yorkshire, England  (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Constance Watson,   c. 17 Aug 1578, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England ,   d. Abt 1616, Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	30 Sep 1599	Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy Hurd,   b. Abt 1616, England ,   d. 22 Dec 1693, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Married	Abt 1641	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Thomas Brigham,   b. 9 Mar 1641, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Nov 1717, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 76 years)  [Birth]   2. John Brigham,   b. 16 Mar 1644, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Sep 1728, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)  [Birth]   3. Mary Brigham,   b. Abt 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 1676, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 27 years)  [Birth]   4. Hannah B Brigham,   b. 9 Mar 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 8 Dec 1719, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)  [Birth]   5. Samuel Brigham,   b. 12 Jan 1652, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Jul 1713, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  (Age 61 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F87	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1603 - Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England Married - Abt 1641 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Died - 8 Dec 1653 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Indian Burial Ground on Thomas Brigham's Land. The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. By W.I. Tyler Brigham. Published by the Grafton Press, New York, 1907
  		Puritan Great Migration to New England.

  
  

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  History of Town of Marlborough History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town. By Charles Hudson. Published by Press of T. R. Marvin & son, Boston MA. 1862. View this by clicking above or save by right clicking here (note the B&W version is searchable): History of Town of Marlborough History of Town of Marlborough B&W Note that the list of people whom I have associated these files with does not begin to cover all of the individuals discussed in this book.