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• Birth	Abt 1641  [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UPD	25 OCT 2008 10:53:58 GMT-5
  Died	25 Nov 1717  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I1744	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Brigham Thomas,   b. 1603,   d. 18 Dec 1653
  Mother	Hurd Mercy or Mercie,   d. 28 Dec 1693
  Married	1637
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Rice Mary
  Children	1. Brigham Gershom,   b. 23 Feb 1680,   d. 03 Jan 1749   2. Brigham Nathan,   b. 17 Jun 1671
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Morse Susanna
  Family ID	F796	Group Sheet

• Notes

  THOMAS BRIGHAM m. Mary Rice, dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. She d. and he m. Mrs. Susanna Morse of Watertown. He d. Nov. 25, 1717, aged 76. He came into Marl, with his mother, who m. Edmund Rice, and on arriving at age, he purchased a town right, settled in the south-west part of the town, on what is now called the " Warren Brigham farm," and on the south road to Northborough. The house which he built after King Philip's war, is still standing; and even the chair in which he expired, is in the neighborhood, in the possession of one of his descendants, Mrs. Lewis Ames. He was a prominent man in the town. Thomas, the eldest son, md. Man,- Rice, eldest dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Moore) Rice. Henry Rice was the eldest son of Edmund Rice, the emigrant. Mr. Brigham removed to Marlboro previous to his marriage, and settled in the southwest part of that town. He was prominent in public affairs. He d. Nov. 25, 1717. After the death of his wife he was again md., but his first wife was the mother of his nine children, of whom the second son was Nathan Brigham, b. June 17, 1671; md. Elizabeth Howe, eldest dau. of Isaac and Frances (Woods) Howe, of Marlboro. She was found dead, kneeling beside her chair, March 29, 1733, aged 60. He md. (2d) Mehetable Parke, He was a captain in the training-band, and held many town offices. He d. Feb. 16, 1747, aged 76. By his first wife he had eight children, the eldest of whom was Nathan Brigham, b. Nov. 28, 1693; md. Dec. 24, 1717, Dinah Rice, dau. of Edmund and Ruth (Parker) Rice, of Westboro, Mass. He settled in Marlboro. His wife d. about 1730. leaving oneson and four daughters. Mr. Brigham md. (2d) Elizabeth Snow. When the town of Southboro was erected, his farm fell within its borders, where his descendants were highly respectable. By his second wife he had one son, William Brigham, b. in Southboro, formerly a part of Marlboro, April 8, 1735. He md. Sept. 4, 1759, Rebecca Ball, probably a dau. of Peter and Abigail (Dix) Ball. She died Dec. 14, 1763, leaving children: ( 1) William, b. Feb. 27, 1761; md. Sarah Baker, and resided in Southboro; (2) Rebecca, b. Feb. 1, 1763; md. Jewell, of St. Albans, Vt.; (3) Peter, b. Dec. 27, 1764; md. and resided in Westboro; (4) Abigail, b. March 4, 1766 ; (5) Hollis, b. and d. Dec. 4, 1768. He md. (2d) Lydia Chamberlain, and removed to Marlboro, where he and his second wife died of the small-pox, 1793. The children by the second marriage were: (6) Ephraim, b. Oct. 9, 1771; md. Nov. 4, 1795, Lucy Rice, and (2d) Mary Hubbard. He resided in Marlboro, and was the father of fourteen children; (7) Hollis,b. March 14, 1773; d. unmd. June 3, 1837; (8) Willard, b. June 18, 1775; settled in Rindge; (9) Lydia, b. Dec. 29, 1776; md. Artemas Brigham, son of Winslow Brigham; (10) Polly, b. Jan. 30, 1779; md.Willard Howe; (11) Martha, 'b. March 22, 1782; md. Caleb Brigham, Jr., of Marlboro; (12) vSophia, b. Juno 12, 1784; md. Hon. Jedediah Loomis, of Montpelier, Vt.; (13) Dana, b. June 8, 1787, and died of lockjaw, unmd., 1809. (See Hudson's "Marlboro.")

• Sources

  [S138] History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Charles Hudson, Joseph Allen, 333 (Reliability: 2). [S138] History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Charles Hudson, Joseph Allen, 333 (Reliability: 3). [S144] History of the Town of Rindge, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Rowley, Ezra S. Stearns, (Name: 1875;), 454 (Reliability: 3).