Major General Paul Brigham

1746 - 1824  (78 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Paul Brigham
  Title	Major General
  Born	6 Jan 1746	Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Library book: History of the Brigham Family	128
  Military Service	Continental Army, American Revolution
  	2nd Vermont Governor. He was a Captain in the Revolutionary War in a Connecticut regiment commanded, first, by Colonel Chandler and afterward by Colonel Isaac Sherman. He entered the Army 1 Jan 1777 and was discharged 22 Apr 1781. A portion of the time he served under the immediate command of General George Washington, and was engaged in the important battles of Germantown, Monmouth, and Fort Mifflin. He wintered in Valley Forge 1777-1778. He was enlisted by General McDougal from Coventry, Connecticut and his regiment seems to have been largely composed of men from that section of the State. After the war he moved to Norwich, Vermont, where he became a local and state leader, serving in numerous offices including Member of the Vermont House of Representatives, Delegate to Vermont's constitutional conventions, High Sheriff of Windsor County, presidential elector, and Major General of the Vermont Militia. Brigham was Windsor County Assistant Judge from 1783 to 1786 and 1790 to 1795, Probate Judge in 1800, and Presiding Judge in 1801. He served on the Governor's Council from 1792 to 1796, and was Lieutenant Governor from 1796 to 1813, and acted as Governor in 1797 after the resignation and death of Governor Thomas Chittenden. After losing the lieutenant governorship in 1814, Brigham returned to the office in 1815 and served until 1820. The journal of his Army experiences was published as "A Revolutionary Diary of Captain Paul Brigham, November 19, 1777-September 4, 1778."
  		Paul Brigham Service. Paul Brigham Service.
  		Lydia Brigham Request For Pension. Lydia Brigham Request For Pension.
  		Captain Paul Brigham In Revelutionary War. A History of Norwich, Vermont by Merritt Elton Goddard and Henry Villiers Partridge. Published by The Dartmouth Press, Hanover, Hew Hampshire 1905. Page 183.
  Died	15 Jun 1824	Norwich, Windsor, Vermont
  Buried	Norwich, Windsor, Vermont
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Thomas Brigham,   b. 7 Mar 1742, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 10 May 1800, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut
  2. Dinah Brigham,   b. 14 Nov 1743,   d. 16 Mar 1836
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  Person ID	I3235	Nagel
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Paul Brigham,   b. 30 Jun 1718,   d. 3 May 1746, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut  (Age 27 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Catherine Turner,   b. 1718, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 1779, Tolland County, Connecticut  (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1 Jul 1741
  Family ID	F1100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Sawyer,   b. 15 Aug 1744, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 19 Sep 1838, Norwich, Windsor, Vermont  (Age 94 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1767
  Children	1. Thomas S Brigham,   b. 23 Mar 1769, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 6 May 1844, Wayne, Kennebec, Maine  (Age 75 years)  [Birth]   2. Mary Brigham,   b. 12 Oct 1770,   d. Mar 1773  (Age 2 years)   3. Don Josephus Brigham,   b. 24 Mar 1774, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 28 Dec 1856, Norwich, Windsor, Vermont  (Age 82 years)  [Birth]   4. Paul Wooster Brigham, Sr,   b. 26 Oct 1776, Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut ,   d. 3 Jan 1865, Norwich, Windsor, Vermont  (Age 88 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Jan 1746 - Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut Died - 15 Jun 1824 - Norwich, Windsor, Vermont Buried - - Norwich, Windsor, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos		Captain Paul Brigham 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
  		Governor Paul Brigham. Governor Paul Brigham - Second Governor of Vermont and other offices. My second cousin eight times removed.