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Joseph Brigham 1706 – 1786 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Apr 1706

Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 29 Jul 1786

Death Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Father: Gershom Brigham

Mother: Mehitable Warren

Spouse(s): Comfort Bigelow

Children(s): Mehitable Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Sarah Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Lavinah Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Martha Brigham, Steven Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Jonah Brigham, Lucy Brigham

The story of Joseph Brigham began in 1706 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Joseph Brigham married Comfort Bigelow, and had children including Mehitable Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Sarah Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Lavinah Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Martha Brigham, Steven Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Jonah Brigham, Lucy Brigham. Joseph Brigham passed away in 1786 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Brigham began in 1706 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  • Joseph Brigham married Comfort Bigelow, and had children including Mehitable Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Sarah Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Lavinah Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Martha Brigham, Steven Brigham, Joseph Brigham, Comfort Brigham, Jonah Brigham, Lucy Brigham.
  • Joseph Brigham passed away in 1786 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Gershom Brigham
1680 – 1749
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Mehitable Warren
1684 – 1729
Birth Location: Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Comfort Bigelow
1707 – 1755
Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Mehitable Brigham
1729 – 1762
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Comfort Brigham
1730 – 1734
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Brigham
1731 – 1791
Birth Location: Marlboro, , Massachusetts, USA
SB
Joseph Brigham
1732 – 1734
Birth Location: –
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Lavinah Brigham
1733 – 1784
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph Brigham
1735 – 1742
Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Comfort Brigham
1737 – 1742
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Martha Brigham
1739 – 1768
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Steven Brigham
1741 – 1811
Birth Location: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph Brigham
1743 – 1810
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Comfort Brigham
1745 – 1771
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Jonah Brigham
1747 – 1827
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Lucy Brigham
1752 –
Birth Location: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph Brigham's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Brigham
1706 – 1786
Birth Place: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Parents
Gershom Brigham
1680 – 1749
Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Mehitable Warren
1684 – 1729
Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Brigham
1641 – 1748
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Mary Rice
1646 – 1695
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Brigham
1603 – 1653
Mercy Heard
1616 – 1693
Henry Rice
1620 – 1711
Elizabeth Moore
1625 – 1705
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Rice
1594 – 1663
Thomasine Frost
1600 – 1654
John Moore
1602 – 1674
Elizabeth Whale
1612 – 1690

Joseph Brigham's Descendants

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Joseph Brigham (21 Apr 1706 – 29 Jul 1786) m. Comfort Bigelow (23 Sep 1707 – 24 Sep 1755)
  1. 1. Mehitable Brigham (14 Jul 1729 – 1762) m. Samuel Jones
    1. 1. Mehitable Jones (17 Aug 1749 – 27 Mar 1831)
  2. 2. Comfort Brigham (1730 – 1734)
  3. 3. Sarah Brigham (13 May 1731 – 1791) m. Benjamin Tayntor (3 Jan 1733 – 1793)
    1. 1. Sarah Tayntor (12 Mar 1756 – 1790)
    2. 2. Miriam Tayntor (28 Apr 1758 – 1825)
    3. 3. Anna (Sophia) Taintor (19 Jun 1760 – 29 Nov 1786) m. Cyrus Kingsbury (27 Feb 1764 – 7 Mar 1814)
    4. 4. Lucy Tainter (30 Oct 1761 – 19 Sep 1816)
    5. 5. Lucretia Tayntor (30 Oct 1763 – )
    6. 6. Joseph Tayntor (2 Nov 1765 – )
    7. 7. Electa Tayntor (28 Jul 1767 – )
    8. 8. Benjamin Tayntor (1768 – 1835)
    9. 9. Patty Taintor (1768 – ) m. Abner Perry
    10. 10. Dinah Houghton (1772 – 1835)
    11. 11. Joseph Taynter (6 Jul 1775 – 22 Dec 1847)
  4. 4. Joseph Brigham (1732 – 1734)
  5. 5. Lavinah Brigham (10 Jul 1733 – 21 Aug 1784) m. Thaddeus Howe (30 May 1733 – 13 Mar 1799)
    1. 1. Susanna Howe (22 Jun 1758 – 19 Apr 1837) m. Gershom Rice (31 Jul 1755 – 12 Apr 1837)
      1. 1. Stephen Rice (15 Apr 1779 – 16 Aug 1821)
      2. 2. Anna Rice (1781 – )
      3. 3. Susanna Rice (1783 – 15 Jun 1873) m. Ivory Bigelow (1 Jan 1785 – )
      4. 4. Edward Rice (16 Mar 1784 – 12 Sep 1858)
      5. 5. Henry Rice (1787 – )
      6. 6. Mary Rice (3 Mar 1791 – 28 Sep 1871) m. Luke Fosgate (12 Feb 1787 – 26 Nov 1873)
        1. 1. Joel (Howe) Fosgate (16 Mar 1818 – 3 Apr 1903)
        2. 2. George (Washington) Fosgate (25 Feb 1824 – 30 Dec 1891)
        3. 3. Caroline Fosgate (11 Mar 1831 – 13 Feb 1917)
      7. 7. Henry Rice (23 Jun 1794 – )
    2. 2. Nanne Howe (16 Feb 1760 – 3 Nov 1814) m. Jonas Morse (17 Mar 1736 – 1 Dec 1799)
      1. 1. John (Ward) Morse (1 Nov 1781 – )
      2. 2. Nancy Morse (4 Jun 1783 – 1833)
      3. 3. Henry Morse (25 Jul 1785 – )
      4. 4. Willard Morse (27 Apr 1789 – )
    3. 3. Jonah Howe (22 Feb 1762 – 8 Dec 1834) m. Betty Cranston (1768 – 14 Feb 1806)
      1. 1. Lavinia Howe (8 May 1793 – )
      2. 2. Betsey Howe (20 Nov 1794 – )
      3. 3. Lydia Howe (12 Jun 1796 – )
      4. 4. Martha Howe (2 Oct 1797 – )
      5. 5. Thaddeus Howe (12 Mar 1799 – )
      6. 6. Lynian Howe (23 Nov 1800 – )
      7. 7. Rufus Howe (15 Apr 1802 – )
      8. 8. Diana Howe (25 Oct 1803 – Nov 1860)
      9. 9. Cranston Howe (5 Aug 1805 – )
    4. 4. William Howe (4 Dec 1764 – 21 Jul 1820) m. Elizabeth Stow (12 Sep 1767 – 3 Jun 1835)
      1. 1. Joel Howe (20 Dec 1785 – 4 Oct 1820)
      2. 2. William (Loring) Howe (25 Apr 1797 – )
      3. 3. Elizabeth Howe (14 Oct 1800 – )
      4. 4. Sarah Howe (11 Jan 1806 – )
    5. 5. Lovina Howe (23 Mar 1767 – 17 Jul 1851) m. Moses Sherman (28 Jun 1761 – 28 Jun 1833)
      1. 1. Samuel (Maynard) Sherman (13 Nov 1797 – 18 Feb 1838)
    6. 6. Aaron Howe (15 May 1770 – 6 Sep 1857) m. Sarah Dana (18 Jul 1762 – )
    7. 7. Martha Howe (5 Feb 1773 – 22 Jul 1848) m. Francis Barnard (18 Dec 1768 – 28 Dec 1858)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Barnard (2 Oct 1796 – )
      2. 2. Loring Barnard (2 Feb 1798 – 1845)
      3. 3. George Barnard (21 Mar 1800 – )
      4. 4. Daniel (Stevens) Barnard (22 Jul 1802 – 20 Aug 1813)
      5. 5. Maryann Barnard (23 Aug 1805 – )
      6. 6. William (Francis) Barnard (8 Mar 1809 – )
      7. 7. Daniel (Sherman) Barnard (25 Aug 1815 – )
      8. 8. Edward (Dennison) Barnard (26 May 1818 – )
      9. 9. Elizabeth Barnard (5 Dec 1820 – )
    8. 8. Stephen Howe (10 Aug 1776 – 9 Apr 1778)
  6. 6. Joseph Brigham (14 Jun 1735 – 17 Jul 1742)
  7. 7. Comfort Brigham (29 Jul 1737 – 17 Jul 1742)
  8. 8. Martha Brigham (9 Sep 1739 – 22 May 1768) m. Daniel Barnes (19 Jul 1736 – 21 Oct 1813)
    1. 1. John Barnes (6 Nov 1763 – 12 Sep 1834) m. Sarah Howe (16 Oct 1766 – 5 Nov 1815)
      1. 1. Daniel Barnes (9 Apr 1786 – )
      2. 2. Henry Barnes (1787 – )
      3. 3. Louisa Barnes (1788 – )
      4. 4. John Barnes (1790 – )
      5. 5. Sarah (Sally) Barnes (1792 – )
      6. 6. Minerva Barnes (1794 – )
      7. 7. John (Barnes) Jr (1794 – )
      8. 8. Christianna Barnes (1796 – )
      9. 9. Christiana Barnes (27 Feb 1807 – 1906)
      10. 10. Mary Barnes (15 Aug 1810 – 1868)
      11. 11. Abraham Barnes (1814 – )
      12. 12. Marthra Barnes (1815 – )
    2. 2. Martha Barnes (9 May 1766 – 10 Oct 1860) m. Fortunatus Brigham (29 Sep 1759 – 4 Nov 1834)
      1. 1. Polly Brigham (3 Nov 1783 – )
      2. 2. Phebe Brigham (4 Jul 1785 – 22 Oct 1813)
      3. 3. Abraham Brigham (11 Jul 1788 – )
      4. 4. Nancy Brigham (29 Jun 1791 – 10 Jun 1850)
      5. 5. Samuel Brigham (24 Apr 1794 – 13 Dec 1795)
      6. 6. Samuel Brigham (20 Sep 1796 – )
      7. 7. Martin Brigham (25 Aug 1799 – 1882)
      8. 8. Lincoln Brigham (13 May 1803 – 16 May 1883)
      9. 9. Leonard Brigham (8 Oct 1806 – 13 Sep 1898)
      10. 10. Martha (Barnes) Brigham (22 Aug 1809 – )
  9. 9. Steven Brigham (15 Oct 1741 – 1811) m. Jemima Snow (18 Mar 1744 – 1785)
    1. 1. Edmund Brigham (29 Sep 1769 – 1770)
    2. 2. Sarah Brigham (21 Feb 1772 – 1772)
    3. 3. Jabez Brigham (28 Aug 1775 – 14 Jun 1834)
    4. 4. Pattey Brigham (9 Sep 1776 – 23 May 1784)
    5. 5. Dolly Brigham (10 Jul 1777 – 7 Jun 1782)
    6. 6. Stephen Brigham (21 Sep 1779 – 1819)
    7. 7. Dolly Brigham (20 Dec 1783 – 10 Jan 1858)
  10. 10. Joseph Brigham (27 Sept 1743 – 25 Aug 1810) m. Lydia Barnes (4 Apr 1743 – 23 May 1784)
    1. 1. Lydia Brigham (17 Aug 1766 – 4 Apr 1850)
    2. 2. Lucy Brigham (31 Dec 1771 – Jun 1855)
  11. 11. Comfort Brigham (26 Aug 1745 – 19 May 1771) m. Daniel Stevens (7 May 1746 – 7 Nov 1810)
    1. 1. Samuel Stevens (21 Feb 1771 – 29 Aug 1775)
    2. 2. Samuel Stevens (29 Oct 1776 – Jan 1791)
    3. 3. Lydia Stevens (18 May 1779 – )
    4. 4. Edward Stevens (10 Jul 1781 – 1 Aug 1782)
    5. 5. Lucy Stevens (18 Oct 1784 – )
    6. 6. Betsy Stevens (11 Sep 1786 – )
    7. 7. Sophia Stevens (14 Sep 1788 – )
    8. 8. Sally Stevens (2 Jul 1791 – )
    9. 9. Mary Stevens (14 Jul 1793 – )
    10. 10. Abigail Stevens (7 Sep 1795 – )
  12. 12. Jonah Brigham (19 Nov 1747 – 1 Dec 1827) m. Sarah Walker (1750 – )
  13. 13. Lucy Brigham (19 Aug 1752 – )

Joseph Brigham's Timeline

2 Records

1706
21 Apr 1706
Birth of Joseph Brigham in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1786
29 Jul 1786
Age 80
Death of Joseph Brigham in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Apr 1706
    Event Place: Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 188.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BJS.
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 212.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RCR.
    [3] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jul 1786
    Event Place: Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement in 1
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