Person:Henry Bright (7)

Henry's parents were identified through the will and estate records of his sister Elizabeth Dell.^[2][3]

1. ↑ Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records, 1630-1851. (Microfilm of manuscript at Watertown Town Hall: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970).

   BRIGHT Deacon Henery Dyed the 9th of [October] 1686

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Henry Bright, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
   239-43.

   ORIGIN: Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk MIGRATION: 1630 FIRST RESIDENCE: Boston REMOVES: Watertown
   BIRTH: Baptized St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 29 December 1602, son of Henry and Mary (_____) Bright [ Bond 99, 709].
   DEATH: Watertown 9 October 1686 [ WaVR 57]. On 7 October 1686 Sewall noted that "Deacon Bright carrying home chairs, &c. used at Mr. Bayly's [ordination], is hurt by his cart none seeing, so that he dies October 9, Saturday. It seems he was the only officer left in that church. Several of his ribs broken" [ Sewall 123].

3. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   1:253.

   HENRY, Charlestown 1630, prob. from Ipswich, in Suff.'k s. of Henry of Bury St. Edmunds, came in the fleet with Winthrop was very early, No. 48, enrol. in the ch. but not long after rem. to Watertown, there m. 1634, Ann, d. of Henry Goldstone, had Ann, wh. at her bur. 28 Oct. 1639, was call. 4 yrs. old; Abigail, b. 12 Oct. 1637, wh. m. 15 Aug. 1659, Elisha Odlin; Mary, 23 or 27 Apr. 1639, wh. m. 15 Oct. 1657, Nathaniel Coolidge; John, 14 May 1641; Ann, again, 17 Mar. 1644, m. 26 May 1670, Samuel Ruggles of Roxbury, as his sec. w. I presume; Elizabeth m. as sec. w. 23 July 1674, or 5 July 1675 (as various acco. are giv.) deac. Walter Hastings of Cambridge; Nathaniel, 5 May 1647; and Beriah, 22 Sept. 1651, m. 30 Nov. 1671, Isaac Fowel of Charlestown. He was freem. 6 May 1635, held in high esteem, deac. and d. 9 Oct. 1686, aged 84. He had elder br. Thomas of Ipswich, Eng. wh. in his will, of unkn. date, but pro. 1626, ment. this Henry, sis. Elizabeth and other sis. as minors, That Elizabeth wh. was in 1657, wid. Dell of Bow, near London, gave in her will to this br. £200, and to each of his 7 ch. £10. all wh. was paid here in 1658 and 9. Large pedigree from the time of Henry VII. prepar. by Somerby,is given by Dr. Bond.

4.   Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009)
   p. 7.

   Ancestor of Abigail Adams and John Quincy Adams.

5.   Robert Charles Anderson. The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012)
   144-49.

   Sketch similar to Great Migration but updated.
   
   His inventory included "a carbine belt and swivel, a backsword and belt, two pound of powder and bullets and shot bag" valued at £1 2s.[SPR 9:22]
   
   Bp St. James, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 29 Dec 1602, son of Henry and Mary (Woodgate) (Barker) Bright [NEHGR 155:379-81]
   
   Citing will of Elizabeth Dell of Bow" dated 12 Apr 1657 to her loving brother Henry Bright of New England, naming all of his children, etc. Henry Bright was second cousin of Anne (Derehaugh) Stratton {1637, Salem} NEHGR 155:379-81, 156-42-43, GMB 1782-85.

6. ↑ Engliash Ancestry of Anne (Derehaugh) Stratton, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
   155:379-81, 2001.

Founders of Watertown, MA

Located along the Charles River, Watertown was one of the first settlements in Massachusetts Bay Colony. After a brief stay by Roger Clapp and others who then went on to settle Dorchester. In late July 1630, Sir Richard Saltonstall led a group of about 115 households to settle at Watertown, which at the time included parts of present-day Cambridge and much of the surrounding area; the population approached Boston's in the mid 17th century. In 1632 the residents of Watertown protested against being compelled to pay a tax for the erection of a stockade fort at Cambridge; leading to the establishment of representative government in the colony. Full list of original heads of households See also: History of Watertown - Wikipedia entry - Richard Saltonstall on Wikipedia Watertown Founders' Monument Current Location: Middlesex County, Massachusetts   Parent Towns: None   Daughter Towns: Cambridge, Weston, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln