Gershom Brigham

1680 - 1749  (68 years)

• Name	Gershom Brigham
  Born	23 Feb 1680	Marlboro, MA
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jan 1749	Marlboro, MA
  Buried	Brigham Cemetery Marlborough Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I3812	Ramage | Rice Lines
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2013

  
  

  Father	Thomas Brigham,   b. 1641, Cambridge, MA ,   d. 25 Nov 1717  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Rice,   b. 19 Sep 1646, Sudbury, Middlesex, MA ,   d. Bef 30 May 1695, Marlborough, MA  (Age 48 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1665	Marlborough, MA
  	Mary Rice married Thomas Brigham, son of Thomas Brigham and Mercy Hurd?, on 27 December 1665 at Marlborough, MA, registered without the bride's maiden name.
  Family ID	F1320	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Mehitable Warren,   b. 22 Apr 1684, Medfield, Norfolk, MA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	18 May 1703	Medfield, MA
  Children	1. Martha Brigham,   b. 6 Oct 1704 + 2. Joseph Brigham,   b. 21 Apr 1706, Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1786, Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 80 years)   3. Abigail Brigham,   b. 25 Nov 1708   4. Gershom Brigham,   b. 4 Nov 1712   5. Benjamin Brigham,   b. 19 Feb 1714
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2013
  Family ID	F1308	Group Sheet

  
  

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  Brigham Homestead

  
  

• Notes

  He was a surveyor for the west end in 1710 at Marlborough, MA.4 He was a "tythingman" in 1716.4 He was a constable in 1721.4 He was on the Committee to "seat the Meeting" in 1727.4 He was a Selectman in 1733. Gershom Brigham married Mehitable Warren, daughter of Joseph Warren and Experience Wheelock, on 18 May 1703 at Medfield, MA.5,2,3,4,8 Marriage banns for Gershom Brigham and Mehitable Spring were published on 28 December 1729 at Weston, MA; listed as Gershom of Marlborough and Mehitabel Stimson of Weston.9 Mehitable Spring married 2nd Gershom Brigham, daughter of Henry Spring and Mehitable Bartlett, on 17 February 1729/30 at Marlborough, MA, Mehitable Stimpson was of Weston. Gershom settled on the homestead of his father in Marlboro, and was surveyor for the west end of the town, 1710; tything-man, 1716; constable, 1721; one of a committee to "seat the meeting," 1727; selectman, 1733. Children, born in Marlboro: i Martha b. 6 Oct., 1704. ii Joseph, b. 21 Apr., 1706. iii Abigail, b. 25 Nov., 1708; m. 25 March, 1729, John Snow of Marlboro; they probably moved away. Children: (Snow), b. Marlboro: 1 John\ b. 25 Nov., 1729. iv Gershom, b. 4 Nov., 1712. V Benjamin, b. 19 Feb., 1714-15. Source: History of the Brigham Family