 1737 - 1814 (76 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Abijah Brigham |
| Title |
Lieutenant |
| Born |
26 Aug 1737 |
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Library book: History of the Brigham Family |
051 |
| Military Service |
Continental Army, American Revolution |
| He was a Lieutenant on the Sudbury muster roll of 1775; he marched on the Lexington alarm from Sudbury to Cambridge. He. was in Captain in. A. Wheeler's Company, Colonel. E. Howe's regiment, as 2d Lieutenant, commissioned 5 July, 1776; also, enlisted 20 Oct., 1779, as 2nd Lieutenant, in Captain. A. Cranston's Company., Colonel. Denny's regiment. |
| Occupation |
In times of peace he was a blacksmith, and resided on the ancient Dr. John Brigham homestead in Sudbury, where he was selectman in 1778, '81, and '87. |
| Died |
2 Apr 1814 |
| Buried |
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
 Siblings |
2 siblings |
| 1. John Brigham, b. 14 Sep 1726, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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| 2. Sarah Brigham, b. 10 Mar 1734, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I2251 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
27 Dec 2017 |
| Father |
Thomas Brigham, b. 6 May 1687, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Bowker, b. 1700, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
24 Dec 1724 |
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
| Family ID |
F1193 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Eunice Willis, b. 16 Jan 1741, d. 9 Mar 1826 (Age 85 years) |
| Married |
5 Jun 1759 |
| Children |
| | 1. Abel Brigham, b. 25 Mar 1760, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. Aug 1844 (Age 84 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. John Brigham, b. 19 May 1762, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 10 Jan 1833, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts (Age 70 years) [Birth] |
| | 3. Joseph Brigham, b. 26 Sep 1764, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts , d. 12 Jan 1842, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 77 years) [Birth] |
| | 4. Eunice, Brigham, b. Feb 1767, d. 1773 (Age ~ 5 years) |
| | 5. Reuben, Brigham, b. 21 Sep 1769 |
| | 6. Elizabeth Brigham, b. 14 Apr 1772, d. 1781 (Age 8 years) |
| | 7. Abner Brigham, b. 31 Oct 1774, d. 16 Aug 1807 (Age 32 years) |
| | 8. Eunice Brigham |
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| Family ID |
F1146 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 26 Aug 1737 - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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| Buried - - Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts |
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