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Colonel William Bridger 1655–1713 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1655

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 25 May 1713

Death Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Father: Col. Army

Mother: Hester Pitt

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Colonel William Bridger was born in 1655 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, the child of Col Joseph Bridger Colonial Army And Hester Elizabeth Pitt. Colonel William Bridger passed away in 1713 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Colonel William Bridger was born in 1655 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States, the child of Col Joseph Bridger Colonial Army And Hester Elizabeth Pitt.
  • Colonel William Bridger passed away in 1713 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States.

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Colonel Bridger's Ancestors

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Colonel Bridger
1655–1713
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Parents
Col. Joseph Bridger, Colonial Army
1628–1686
Woodmancote Manor, Parish of Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Hester (Elizabeth) Pitt
1631–1711
Bristol, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, Avon, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Samuel (Lawrence) Bridger
1584–1650
Slimbridge, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England
Mary (Margaret (Bridger)) Webb
1601–1683
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England
Christopher (Robert Pitt 1605+++*# Captain of Privateer Thunder in 1628 war against France, Colonel, immigrant, House of) Burgess
1605–1672
Bristol, Dorset, England
Hester (Elizabeth (Pitt) Stevens Stephens 1608+++*#) Immigrant
1608–1634
Devon or Dorset, England
Great-Grandparents
Lawrence Oxford
1558–1630
Marie Elliott
1562–1612
Nicholas Sir
1577–1663
Elinore Lady
1578–1652
William Bristol
1578–1624
Mary Gibbs
1582–1634
George Stevens
1575–1653
Amy Clarke
1582–1629
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir I
1525–1597
William Tanner
1530–1573
Gillian Fairchild
1535–1578
Edmond Webbe
1560–1653
Joane Wilmote
1560–1637
Johannis Wight
1555–1580
Mary Webbe
1560–1580
Thomas Owner
1550–1613
William Gibbes\Gybbes
1531–1601
Jacob Clarke
1558–1593
Elizabeth Olriche
1560–1601

Colonel Bridger's Timeline

2 Records

1655
1655
Birth of Colonel William Bridger in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
1713
25 May 1713
Age 58
Death of Colonel William Bridger in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1655
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1713
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

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