Person:Bridget Henchman (1)

Name^[1]^[4]	Bridget Henchman
Married Name	Bridget Richardson
Married Name	Bridget Chandler
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	Est 1640	Estimate based on date of first marriage.
Marriage	28 Nov 1660	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lieutenant James Richardson
Marriage	8 Oct 1679	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto William Chandler
Death^[2]	6 Mar 1731	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)
Burial^[3]		South Church Cemetery, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 7. Lieut. James Richardson², in Vinton, John Adams; Franklin Richardson; and Isaac Richardson. The Richardson Memorial: Comprising a Full History and Genealogy of the Posterity of the Three Brothers, Ezekiel, Samuel and Thomas Richardson, Who Came from England and United with Others in the Foundation of Woburn, Massachusetts in the Year 1641; of John Richardson of Medfield, 1679; of Amos Richardson of Boston, 1640; of Edward and William Richardson of Newbury, 1643; with Notices of Richardsons in Endland and Elsewhere. (Portland, Maine: Brown Thurston & Co., 1876)
42, 43.

"… Bridget Henchman, ~~daughter~~ [sister] of Major Thomas Henchman, … James Richard … dying intestate, his wife's brother, Capt. Thomas Henchman, was appointed administrator."
↑ William² Chandler, in Chandler, George. The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler, who Settled in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1637. (Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1883)
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"Mrs. Bridget Chandler died 6 March, 1731; but her pastor, Rev. Samuel Phillips, says she attained the age of 100 years."
↑ Bridget Henchman Chandler.
↑ A number of secondary sources call her daughter of Major Thomas Henchman. However, the timelines of their marriages and deaths support the assertion in The Richardson Memorial and Wyman's Charlestown that she was, instead, his sister.