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  Birth	Abt 1603	Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Dec 1653	Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I10212	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2004 00:00:00
  Father	John BRIGHAM, (2), b. Abt 1573, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
  Mother	Constance WATSON, b. 15 Aug 1578, Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
  Family ID	F4405	Group Sheet
  Family	Mercy HURD, b. 1615, England
  Married	1637	Massachusetts
  Children	> 1. Mary BRIGHAM, b. Between 1638 and 1639, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   2. Thomas BRIGHAM, (6), b. Between 1640 and 1641, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   3. John BRIGHAM, b. 9 Mar 1644/1645, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   4. Hannah BRIGHAM, b. 9 Mar 1649/1650, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   5. Samuel BRIGHAM, b. 12 Jan 1652/1653, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F4335	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Virkus, 7, 850. Came to America in the Susan and Ellen which left London 18 April 1635. Freeman in Cambridge 1636, constable and juryman 1639, selectman 1640-1642. G.H. Johnson 1913, One Branch of the Fay Family Tree; An Account of the Ancestors and Descendants of William and Elisabeth Fay of Westboro, Massachusetts, and Marietta, Ohio. Thomas emigrated in 1635, settling in Watertown, Massachusetts. He died leaving an estate worth 449£ 4s 9p to his three sons and one daughter. Orlin P. Fay 1898, Fay Genealogy: John Fay of Marlborough and his Decendants. In New England, he settled in that part of Watertown that became Cambridge at a later date. W.T. Brigham, History of the Brigham Family, LDS FHC microfilm 1033775, item #3. Thomas Brigham probably born in England 1603, died Cambridge, Massachusetts, 8 December 1653 (the 8th day of the 10th month, i.e. December in the old calendar, not October as recorded in other references). Probably buried in the old Burial Ground on the south side of Cambridge Common. Probably married in 1637. 8 April 1635: Thomas Brigham, age 32, named on a passenger list of those to be taken to New England on the Suzan and Ellen, under command of Mr. Edward Payne, Master. Place of residence unknown, but he owned 13 acres in Watertown, on the boundary of Newtown (later Cambridge), a village rather closer to his property. This is now partially occupied by Radcliffe College at the intersection of Brattle Street and Ash Street. In due course additional land grants were received. Other land transactions exist for Thomas Brigham including 180 acres in Shaw Shine, an area set off from Cambridge in 1655 and later incorporated as Billerica. 18 April 1637: Made Freeman by General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Company. 1 October 1639: Became Constable and joined with the Selectmen of the town. Reappointed 8 November 1642. 8 June 1646 and 4 November 1646: Thomas Brigham 7 shillings 6 pence and 4 shillings, respectively, for violation of laws regarding maintenance of hogs and oxen. Also 11 October 1647 and 12 January 1651 again fined. (Most of villagers were involved in violations.) Will dated 7 December 1653, proved 3 October 1654 at County Court held in Cambridge. Heirs include his wife (Mercy Brigham), eldest son Thomas and four other children: John, Mary, Hannah, and Samuell. Among overseers of the will is named William Towne. Value of estate 449 pounds 4 shillings 9 pence. The failure to record a deed of sale of Thomas's Watertown property lead to a lawsuit by four surviving children in 1695 to reclaim ownership. W.L. Rubbles, Brigham Ancestry, pp. 1, 3 and 6. Reverend Thomas Shepherd, preacher at Buttercrambe, Yorkshire, guided a party of Yorkshire men to emigrate. They embarked on the Susan and Ellen in London, 18 April 1635. Married in Massachusetts, but no record has been found. Emma Elisabeth Brigham 1927, The History of the Brigham Family, vol. 2. Settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on a homestead adjacent to that of brother-in-law Simon Crosby. From the "selvage1" database at WorldConnect. Please contact PetersonC@missouri.edu with corrections and additions.