Thomas Brigham & Mary Rice

Thomas was made a freeman 7 Mar 1690. He was also one of the purchasers of the old plantation "Ockoocangansett," which had been reserved for the Indians out of the ancient boundaries of Marlborough, and which many contended they forfeited during Philip's War. This is detailed under notes for his brother John as John appears to have been one of the leaders of this movement.

"in reality, we know little of his life. There are many missing links in the chain of events which only imagination can supply. Living in those troublous times, when wars followed each other in quick succession, he must have been surrounded by elements of danger of which only the echo comes down to us. He is said to have been a large, strong man of whom the Indians stood greatly in awe. It was his custom in war times, when going to mill, to have an escort of two dogs and two guns. Probably the guns, if not the dogs, accompanied him to church and other places."
History of the Brigham Family Vol 2

Brigham, Emma E., and Willard Irving Tyler Brigham., The History of the Brigham Family VOL 2 (The Tuttle Company, Rutland Vermont 1927. Print).
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Ronda R. McClure, The History of the Brigham Family, Descendants of Thomas Brigham (Newbury Street Press 2010).
Brigham, Emma E., and Willard Irving Tyler Brigham., The History of the Brigham Family VOL 2 (The Tuttle Company, Rutland Vermont 1927. Print).
Marlborough Vital Records (Franklin P Rice 1908), Pg 46.
Ibid., Pg 44.
Ibid., Pg 37.
Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler, Emma E. Brigham, and William Erastus Brigham, The History of the Brigham Family; a Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham (New York: Grafton, 1907 Print of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham ).
Orlin P. Fay, Fay Genealogy - John Fay and His Desendants (1898).
Marlborough Vital Records (Franklin P Rice 1908), Pg 41.
Ibid., Pg 38.
Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler, Emma E. Brigham, and William Erastus Brigham, The History of the Brigham Family; a Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham (New York: Grafton, 1907 Print of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham ).
Ronda R. McClure, The History of the Brigham Family, Descendants of Thomas Brigham (Newbury Street Press 2010).
Marlborough Vital Records (Franklin P Rice 1908), Pg 39.
Ibid., Pg 43.

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