Ramage Family History
Gershom Brigham

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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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Photos Brigham Homestead
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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
- 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.