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Thomas Brigham
Mercy ( Mercie) Hurd (1613/1618-1693)
FYI
Thomas Brigham, the ancestor of the Brighams in New England, embarked
at
London for America April 18, 1635 in the ship Susan and Ellyn, Edward
Payne
master. He was 32 years of age and consequently was b 1603.
He settled in
Watertown near the Cambridge line, on land which was afterward set
to
Cambridge. He was made freeman in 1639 and was selectman in 1640
and
subsequently. He m about 1637 Mercy Hurd b in England.
He died Dec 18,
1653 and she m 1655 Edmund Rice, then of Sudbury but afterwards of
Marlborough. He d and she m as her 3rd husband William Hunt of
Marlborough
who d 1667 and she d 1693.
Source History of the Town of Marlborough 1657 to 1851 by Charles Hudson
Charles Brigham married Mary Peters of R.I.; he moved to Grafton and
became
one of the most prominent citizens. He was magistrate and represented
the
Town in the General Court. William Brigham Esq., Boston Lawyer,
is a
descendant of this family.
Source History of the Town of Marlborough 1657 to 1851 by Charles Hudson
Samuel Brigham d 7/24/1713 and is buried in Old Common Cemetery in
marlborough, Ma.
Cherubs Head over Deaths Head
Here lyes Buried
The Body of Cap'
Samuel brigham
Desceased July the 24th 1713
in the 59th year of his age
Source: Marlborough Burial Ground Inscriptions published by Franklin
P.
Rice 1980
Samuel Brigham m Elizabeth Howe. He d July 1713 and she died July
26,
1739. He resided about a mile and a qurter east of the Old Meeting
House
Common (my comment - where Old Common is now) near where Daniel Brigham
now
resideds (my comment - 1862) where he erected a tannery, occupied by
his
descendants to this day (my comment - 1862). He was a large land
owner
Source History of the Town of Marlborough 1657 to 1851 by Charles Hudson
Samuel Brighams residence
The Samuel Brigham II House - Built before 1689 for use as a residence
and
a farm.
Recommended for listing in the National Register
of Historic Homes
This house still stands and can be located
on what is now known as
Brigham St.. Captain
Samuel Brigham was born in the house January
25, 1689. He married
Abigail Moore on
August 23, 1716. He was one of forty
who bought Grafton off of the
Indians in 1727. His
father, also named Samuel, was one of the
original petitioners for the
grant of this Plantation.
In 1711 this house was designated as Garrison
Number 4 and was one of
the 26 Garrisons
established to protect the citizens from Indians
attacks. (See History
of Marlborough)
Samule Brigham II erected the first part of
this house. In spite of
some alterations, including a
new main entry, this house is significant
both for the probable very
early date of one of it's
"ells" and as an illustration of a rare house
type that has several
representatives in
Marlborough, the eighteenth century non symetrical
"three quarters"
house. The main part of
the building is a two room deep, 2 1/2 story
house with a large
chimney placed off center at
the roof ridge. Its four bay facade
arrangement reflects a two
windowed room on one side of
the door and a room with one window on the
other. Although all
sections of the house are
clap boarded, the upper story of the main
house is clad in patterned
shingles, possibly an
alteration of the 1890's. The windows
of the main part of the house
are 6 over 6 sash (2 over 2)
at the first story and 6 over 9 sash in projecting
frames at the
second.
Abutting the rear northwest corner of the main
house is a succession
of ells. The first, which
may well be an earlier house, is 1 1/2 stories,
two bays wide, with 3
over 6 sash windows at the
upper story and 6 over 6 sash at the first.
To it's west is a lower
one story, two bay ell, with a
shed roofed extension on it.
Source Massachusetts Historical Commision Inventory Form No. 34
....john