Dea. John Bridge, of Cambridge

John Bridge

• BIRTH before 1593, England
• DEATH 15 Apr 1665 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• BURIAL Old Burying Ground Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Family

Parents unknown. This John Bridge is not the same as John Bridges, of West-ham, Esq.

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38422394/john-bridge

Born by about 1593, based on estimated date of marriage. Yeoman who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 & settled in Cambridge MA. Died in Cambridge, 15 Apr 1665.

Married (1) by about 1618, ____ ____. She was living 1 May 1654, when she acknowledged a deed, "this deed acknowledged by John Bridge & his wife," but her name was not used & her signature not required.

They had two children: Matthew & Thomas.

(2) Marriage contract signed 29 Nov 1658, with Elizabeth ____, widow of Roger Bancroft & Martin Saunders. She married (4) Reading, 29 Jul 1673, Edward Taylor, & died there 22 Jan 1686[/7?].

Savage says perhaps brother of Edmund of Roxbury, but we see no support for this.

Sources

• Anderson's Great Migration Study Project link
• A very good (But older) family study: Genealogy of the John Bridge family in America, 1632-1924by Bridge, William Dawson, b.1840; Bridge, Norman, b.1844 link
• Possible English Ancestry: Page 811 of The History of Augusta, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ...
• “The John Bridge Monument” (also known as The Puritan), in the northeast corner of the Cambridge Common in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wikipedia. Notice the birth date is given as 1578. However, Anderson has him as “before 1593” (that is, a younger man).

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Notes for John 'Deacon, the Puritan' Bridges/Bridge:

• (Research):Widower poss fm Essez in "B(H)ooker's Co." 1631
• Deacon, Member Mr. Shepherd's church in Cambridge in 1632
• Selectman Cambridge 1634-1652
• Served in General Court 1637-39

Apparently there was a statue of John Bridge in Cambridge Commons, Massachusetts.

It gives the following as inscriptions on the pedestal.

John Bridge, 1578 - 1665, left Braintree, Essex County, England, 1631, as a member of Rev. Mr. Booker's Company, settled here 1632 and stayed when that company removed to Connecticut. He had supervision of the furst public shcool established in Cambridge 1635, was selectman 1635 - 1652, deacon of the church 1636 - 1658, representative of the great and general court 1637 - 1641, and was appointed by that body to lay out lands in this town and beyond.
This Puritan helped to establish here church, school and representative agovernment, and thus to plant a Christian commonwealth.
Erected and given to the city September 20th 1882, by Samuel James Bridge of the sixth generation from John Bridge.
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.

The statue was the work of the sculptor, Daniel French.

From Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33

John Bridge has been claimed as a 1632 resident of New England, based on his inclusion in a Cambridge list of those who were responsible for maintaining fencing, apparently dated 7 January 1632/3 [CaTR 4]. This list must have been compiled at a later date [GMN 1:12], and the earliest record for John Bridge in New England is a grant of land at Cambridge on 4 August 1634 [CaTR 8]. This is consistent with his admission to freemanship on 4 March 1634/5 [MBCR 1:370], and implies arrival in New England in 1634.

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More About John 'Deacon, the Puritan' Bridges/Bridge: Burial: Unknown, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Immigration: 1632, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA. Will Probated: Oct 03, 1665

More About John 'Deacon, the Puritan' Bridges/Bridge and Unknown Bridge wife: Marriage: Alcester, Warwick, England. [SIC: unknown]

Children of John 'Deacon, the Puritan' Bridges/Bridge and Unknown Bridge wife are:

• i.+Matthew Bridges/Bridge, b. Apr 02, 1620, Alcester, Warwick, England, d. Apr 28, 1700, Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA1025. [SIC: Birth location unknown]

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From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38422394/john-bridge

John Bridge

• Birth: 1593 Essex, England
• Death: Apr. 15, 1665 Cambridge Middlesex CountyMassachusetts, USA

Born by about 1593, based on estimated date of marriage. Yeoman who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 & settled in Cambridge MA. Died in Cambridge, 15 Apr 1665. Married (1) by about 1618, ____ ____. She was living 1 May 1654, when she acknowledged a deed, "this deed acknowledged by John Bridge & his wife," but her name was not used & her signature not required. (2) Marriage contract signed 29 Nov 1658, with Elizabeth ____, widow of Roger Bancroft & Martin Saunders. She married (4) Reading, 29 Jul 1673, Edward Taylor, & died there 22 Jan 1686[/7?]. Savage says perhaps brother of Edmund of Roxbury, but we see no support for this. Source: Anderson's Great Migration Study Project

Family links:

Spouses:

• Wife Bridge
• Elizabeth Bancroft Saunders Bridge Taylor (____ - 1686)*

Children:

• Mathew Bridge (1620 - 1700)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Old Burying Ground Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

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Created by: Linda Mac Record added: Jun 16, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 38422394

A garbled Biography !!!!

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131971039/john-henry-bridges

John Henry Bridges was born abt 1578 in Braintree, Essex, England. He was the son of Thomas Brydges (1547-1578) and Anna (Scrope) Brydges (1549-?).

John married Joane French (1576-1648) in West Ham, Essex, England on January 19, 1598. Jone was the daughter of Jacob French (1555-1615) and Susan (Warren) French (1555-1613).

John and Joane Bridges were the parents of the following known children: Edward Bridge, Matthew Bridge, Mary Bridge and John Edmund Bridges.

John and family arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1632. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists

Index, 1500s-1900s about John Bridge. Annotation: Excellent directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151, Tepper, Passengers to America, pp. 468-470.

John Henry Bridges died 15 Apr 1665 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Source Bibliography:

• FARMER, JOHN. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662; Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long-I Page: 41 Source Publication Code: 1936.Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 about John Bridge: County:Massachusetts Colony - Township: Freeman 4 Sep Year:1634 Database: MA Early Census Index.

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