 1756 - 1830 (73 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Samuel Brigham |
| Title |
Doctor |
| Suffix |
Jr |
| Born |
23 Aug 1756 |
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Library book: History of the Brigham Family |
144 |
| Died |
24 Jun 1830 |
Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts |
 Siblings |
3 siblings |
| 1. Elizabeth Brigham, b. 17 Aug 1752, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 20 Jun 1798 |
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| 2. Anna Brigham, b. 29 Oct 1753, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 1803 |
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| Person ID |
I778 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Father |
Samuel Brigham, Jr, b. 3 Mar 1723, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 15 Feb 1756, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 32 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Anna Gott, b. 8 Jan 1731, d. 6 Jul 1799 (Age 68 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Family ID |
F1212 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mary Ball, b. 10 May 1766, Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts , d. 10 Aug 1852, Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 86 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Rowena Brigham, b. 1789, d. 17 Jul 1839 (Age 50 years) |
| | 2. Sally Brigham, b. 17 Apr 1791, d. 31 May 1832 (Age 41 years) |
| | 3. Stephen B Brigham, b. 16 Nov 1793 |
| | 4. Samuel Brigham, b. 19 Feb 1795, Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts , d. 15 Jul 1877, Clinton, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 82 years) [Birth] |
| + | 5. Mary Brigham, b. 13 Apr 1797, Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts , d. 30 Oct 1867, Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 70 years) [Birth] |
| | 6. Ann Gott Brigham, b. 30 Aug 1799, d. 29 Sep 1874 (Age 75 years) |
| | 7. Infant Brigham, b. 23 Aug 1801 |
| | 8. Sophia Brigham, b. 22 Nov 1803 |
| | 9. Theresa Brigham, b. 14 Oct 1804 |
| | 10. Jonas Ball Brigham, b. 28 Apr 1807, Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts , d. 1 Mar 1872, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 64 years) [Birth] |
| | 11. Lydia Brigham, b. 2 Nov 1809 |
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| Family ID |
F191 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 23 Aug 1756 - Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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 | Died - 24 Jun 1830 - Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts |
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| Notes |
- Samuel was born after his father's death. He was one of 4 young men from Westborough, of the name of Brigham, who joined the same class at Dartmouth College on the eve of the Revolution, the others being the future Honorable Elijah^ Brigham, and Moses" and Eli'^ Brigham. Samuel joined the army under Washington in 1777, as paymaster, and was present at the execution of Major Andre. He returned to college and was graduated in 1779- He then read medicine with Dr. Stephen Ball of Northborough, and began to practice in that part of Boylston which was once Shrewsbury. The old homestead is in the northeast part of Boylston, about half a mile from the town line of Berlin, and about 4 miles from Clinton, where some of his descendants live. Great things were expected of him, but before he could take the rank among practitioners which he might have attained, he met with a serious accident to the calf of his leg, was incapacitated from walking without crutches, and thus seriously handicapped in his profession as a country doctor. He became a magistrate and a writer of essays and verse. Morse states that he read some of Dr. Brigham's writings which showed him to have been a man of letters and of original thought as well as a patriot. Morse also says that he composed music as a recreation. This may very well have been the case, as he was brought up in the home of Capt. Maynard in Westborough, who was the richest man of his day there, and undoubtedly young Brigham had opportunities for self-culture and training beyond the curriculum of the college. He was related to the Parkmans and often mentioned in the Parkman Diary.
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