Henry Bridgman

Abt 1770 - Abt 1796  (~ 26 years)

• Name	Henry Bridgman  [1]
  Born	Abt 1770	Long Island City, Queens, New York Colony, British North America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 1796	Macquapit Lake, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I1472	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	John Bridgman,   b. Abt 15 Jun 1730, Buckland Filleigh, Devonshire, England ,   d. Between 1776 and 1784, Probably New York, USA  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Bowman,   b. Abt 1740, England ,   d. Abt 1801, King's County, New Brunswick  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	18 May 1753	Buckland Filleigh, Devonshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F400	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Phoebe Thurston,   b. Abt 1770,   d. Aft 1812, Probably Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Ontario  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	1 Nov 1792	Gagetown Anglican Church, Gagetown, Queen's County, New Brunswick   [1]
  Children	1. John Bridgman,   b. Abt 1793, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN, Macquapit Lake, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada  [natural]   2. Jane Bridgman,   b. Abt 21 Jan 1795, Gagetown, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN, Macquapit Lake, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada  [natural]   3. Joan Bridgman,   b. Abt 21 Jan 1795, Gagetown, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 1816, Providence, Manitoba, Canada  (Age ~ 20 years)  [natural]   4. Henry Bridgman,   b. Abt 1796, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN, Macquapit Lake, Queen's County, New Brunswick, Canada  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The following article regards Henry Bridgman. His brother, here incorrectly named as Thomas, is buried with him. Thomas is actually buried in Grimsby, Ontario. It is speculated that the brother may correctly be John Bridgman. "Bridgman, Thomas [sic] and Henry, two brothers, the first settlers on the Grand Lake. They moved subsequently to the Macquapit Lake Shore, where they died about the 1796. They were interred on the Macquapit Lake Shore, on the rear of the farm of William Olmstead. There were also buried their three children, Henry, John, and Jane; also a man by the name of Power. 'Til about twenty-five years ago, these graves were surrounded by a picket fence, within which stood two tombstones, one bearing an inscription. Strange to say, at the time referred to, some fishermen on the Macquapit Lake tore away the fence, which they used for fuel, and took away the tombstones for anchors for their nets. The writer regrets his inability to give names of these robbers of the dead, that they might go down to future ages loaded with infamy. Some persons from Ontario came to Jemseg a few years ago inquiring about these graves, over which they proposed erecting a monument, but went away without obtaining any information about them." -- from the History of Queen's County, New Brunswick, by E. Stone Wiggins, 1876, reprinted and indexed by George H. Hayward, 1993.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Richardson Family Data File, Dr. David Richardson. Date of Import: Jun 24, 2002