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Deacon John Bridge
b.Bef 1593
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Deacon John Bridge |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Bef 1593 |
Based on estimated date of marriage. |
| Marriage |
Bef 1618 |
Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Matthew).
to Unknown |
| Emigration[1] |
1634 |
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| Residence[1] |
1634 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Other[1] |
4 Mar 1634/35 |
Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay. |
| Marriage Contract |
29 Nov 1658 |
to Elizabeth _____ |
| Marriage |
Aft 29 Nov 1658 |
to Elizabeth _____ |
| Will[1] |
Bef 15 Apr 1665 |
Undated; before date of death. |
| Death[2][4][6] |
15 Apr 1665 |
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Burial[5][7] |
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Old Burying Ground Harvard Square, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Probate[4] |
3 Oct 1665 |
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John Bridge's tombstone
"In memory of John Bridge, Esq., a member of Hooker's company that left Braintree, Essex County, England, in 1631. In 1632 settled in this city and became a leading citizen. He was admitted a freeman in 1634. He had the supervision of the first public school established in the colony in 1635 and this led to the erection of Harvard College in 1638. He was chosen a Deason at the reorganization of the church in 1636. He was Selectman from 1635-1652. He represented the town in the Legislature, 1637 to 1641. He was employed by the General Court to lay out lands, served on committees and performed other inportant duties. He was a large landholder in Cambridge as well as other parts of the colony. He filled almost all the offices of honor and trust within the gift of his fellow citizens, and was greatly esteemed for his integrity and Christian virtues. He died April 15, 1665"[3]
External Links
An Account of the Descendents of John Bridge - Google Books
An Account of the Descendents of John Bridge - www.archive.org
History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877
Image Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "John Bridge", 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)
I:393ff.
ORIGIN: Unknown
OCCUPATION: Yeoman [MLR 1:93].
CHURCH Membership: Admission to Cambridge church prior to 4 March 1634/5 implied by freemanship. "John Bridge also Deacon of the Church: & Elizabeth his wife, both in full communion," were in the list of Cambridge church member compiled in January 1658/9 [CaChR 4].
FREEMAN: 4 March 1634/5 [MCBR 1:370].
- ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year of 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1914-15)
II:484.
Bridge, John, (died) Apr. 15, 1665, grave record, cemetery at Harvard Square.
- ↑ Bridge, William Dawson. Genealogy of the John Bridge family in America, 1632-1924. (Cambridge, Mass.: Murray, 1924)
xxiv.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bridge, William Dawson. Genealogy of the John Bridge family in America, 1632-1924. (Cambridge, Mass.: Murray, 1924)
1.
- ↑ John Bridge, in Find A Grave.
- ↑ Date of inventory is earlier that date of death. Both the Bridge genealogy and Anderson have death on 15 April 1665, but the inventory performed on the 11th of that month.
- ↑ The Find A Grave memorial calls him "John Henry Bridge". No evidence appears to support him having a middle name. It would have been highly unusual at that time.
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