Genealogy Richard Remmé, The Hague, Netherlands » Thomas Brigham (1603-1653)

Personal data Thomas Brigham 

• He was born in the year 1603 in Holme Upon, Spalding Moor, Yorkshire, England.Sources 2, 4
• Immigrated.

  
  
  In the spring of 1635 a group of adherents of Rev. Thomas Shepherd, who had been preaching in Buttercombe, a few miles north of Home on Spalding Moor, decided to migrate with him to the new world in order to escape religious persecution.
  
  On April 18 1635, they embarked on the ship "Suzan and Ellen"  on a voyage from Bristol to Boston, that would last sixty-four days. Appearing in the passenger list:
  
  Thos. Brigham, aged 32
  Symon Crosby, husbandman, aged 26
  Ann Crosby, uxer, aged 25
  Tho. Crosby, child aged 8 weeks.
  
  Ann was the daughter of Thomas and Isabel Brigham, therefor Thomas's first cousin.
  
  Soon after reaching New England, Thomas Brigham settled in Cambridge, MA. His 14 acre homestead adjoining that of Simon Crosby. He owned a windmill and records show he owned a third of all the swine in town.

• He died on December 8, 1653 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, he was 50 years old.Sources 2, 3, 4
• He is buried on December 10, 1653 in Old Common Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.Source 2
• A child of John Brigham and Constance Watson
• This information was last updated on December 22, 2020.

Household of Thomas Brigham

He is married to Mercy Hurd.

They got married about 1641 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Thomas Brigham  1641-1717 
2. John Brigham  1645-1728 
3. Mary Brigham  ± 1649-1676 
4. Hannah B Brigham  1649-1719 
5. Samuel Brigham  1652-1713 

Notes about Thomas Brigham

HoBF 001
BIO Thomas Brigham was made by the general court a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Company, 18 Apr 1637 and thus became a member of the body politic and acquired the right to vote. He was selectman 1640, 1642, 1647. A constable from 1639 to 1642.

A Poem by Honorable Johnson Brigham:

THOMAS BRIGHAM, THE PURITAN

No "doubting Thomas" was our family's founder;
In faith he rode the wide Atlantic's waves.
On yonder rock-ribbed shore he lived, expounder
Of simple creed that Service only Saves.*

His name shall stand with us for strenuous living,
For honest thinking, and for righteous laws;
For humble doing and for noble giving
Of self for conscience or for freedom's cause.

Soul calls to soul, by kinship's ties united;
From out the past we hear a hale godspeed;
Soul answers soul, by trials unaffrighted,
We, too, would serve, or bravely do the deed.

Our course should mark the way of progress plainly.
And bid the true and daring walk therein;
Against it must detraction war but vainly,
Who strives for progress can but grandly win.

*A free translation of the Brigham Family Association motto, "In Cruce Salus."

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Thomas Brigham?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Timeline Thomas Brigham

Click on the names for more info. Symbols used:  grandparents    parents    brothers/sisters    children