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Richard Joseph Bridger 1627–1686 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Apr 1627

Birth Location: Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: 15 Apr 1686

Death Location: Whitemarsh Plantation, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, COLONIAL AMERICA

Father: Samuel Archbishop

Mother: Mary Webb

Spouse(s): Hester Pitt

Children(s): Martha Bridger

In 1627, Richard Joseph Bridger entered the world in Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, born to Samuel Lawrence Bridger 13 Bridges Reverend Archbishop And Mary Margaret Webb. Richard Joseph Bridger married Hester Pitt, and had children including Martha Esther Bridger. Richard Joseph Bridger passed away in 1686 in Whitemarsh Plantation, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, COLONIAL AMERICA.

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Biography

  • In 1627, Richard Joseph Bridger entered the world in Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England, born to Samuel Lawrence Bridger 13 Bridges Reverend Archbishop And Mary Margaret Webb.
  • Richard Joseph Bridger married Hester Pitt, and had children including Martha Esther Bridger.
  • Richard Joseph Bridger passed away in 1686 in Whitemarsh Plantation, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, COLONIAL AMERICA.

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Richard Bridger's Ancestors

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Richard Bridger
1627–1686
Birth Place: Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Samuel Lawrence Bridger 13 Bridges Reverend, Archbishop
1584–1650
Woodmancote, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England
Mary (Margaret) Webb
1601–1683
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Rev. (Lawrence Bridger 14 Bridges Rector and Clerk of Slimbridge by the President of Magdalen with the approval of the Bishop of) Gloucester.
1550–1630
Godalming, Waverley Borough, Surrey, England
Marie (Mary Tanner Elliott) Snipes
1562–1612
Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England
Nicholas (Webb Sir) Knight
1577–1663
Laycock, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Elinore Waighte
1580–1652
England, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Richard 15
1525–1597
Lady Eliot
1527–1597
William Tanner
1530–1573
Gillian Fairchild
1535–1578
Edmond Shakespeare
1560–1653
Joane Wilmote
1560–1637
Johannis Wieghte
1555–1580
Mary Webbe
1560–1580
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry 16
1502–1531
Elizabeth Budgen
1502–1559
Richard Elliott
1497–1575
Godiva Skinner
1505–1569
Walter Hawley
1500–1583
Elizabeth Bagail
1505–1583
Oliver Fairchild
1520–1558
Beatrice Magdoff
1520–1558
William London
1540–1599
Margaret Draper
1535–1604
Mary GGM
1540–1628
Thomas Wight
1540–1641
N.N. N.N.
1540–1605
Agnes Holems
1509–1572

Richard Bridger's Descendants

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Richard (Joseph) Bridger (28 Apr 1627–15 Apr 1686) m. Hester Pitt (1628–Jan 1711)
  1. 1. Martha (Esther) Bridger 1646–1697 m. Henry Mills 1642–1685
    1. 1. Ann Mills 1668–1707 m. James (Ladstone) Riddick 1650–1749
      1. 1. Ellinor Reddick 1690–1762 m. Richard (III: Arendell) 9 1690–1758
        1. 1. William Arendall 1746–1822 m. Persis Garrett 1754–1810

Richard Bridger's Timeline

2 Records

1627
28 Apr 1627
Birth of Richard Joseph Bridger in Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
1686
15 Apr 1686
Age 59
Death of Richard Joseph Bridger in Whitemarsh Plantation, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, COLONIAL AMERICA
Whitemarsh Plantation, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, COLONIAL AMERICA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Apr 1627
    Event Place: Woodmancote Mannor, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1686
    Event Place: Whitemarsh Plantation, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, COLONIAL AMERICA

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