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Abigail Bridgham (Willard)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plympton, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
Death: 1776 (73-74)
Seekonk, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Simon Willard and Elizabeth Willard
Wife of Dr. Joseph Bridgham
Mother of Dr. Joseph Bridgham, III; Abigail Gerrish [uncertain]; Mercy Thomas; Elizabeth Russell; Sarah Bridgham and 4 others
Sister of Samuel Willard; Katherine Campbell and George Willard
Half sister of William Walley; John Walley; Abiel Walley; Elizabeth Walley and Sarah Checkley

Managed by: Carol Ann Selis
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About Abigail Bridgham

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Willard-223



ID: I56

Name: Abigail Willard

Sex: F

Birth: 19 JAN 1702/1703 in Plympton Plymouth Massachusetts

Baptism: 24 JAN 1703/1704

Death: 1776 in Seekonk Bristol, Massacusetts

Burial: Seekonk Common

_IFLAGS: 0

Note:

Had 6 siblings, only her branch survived.

Source: Willard Genealogy, Sequel to Willard Memoir.

Joseph Willard and Charles Wilkes Walker, 1915, Boston, MA.

Change Date: 8 AUG 2004 at 23:35:26

Father: Simon Willard b: 6 FEB 1676 in Groton Middlesex Massachusetts

Mother: Elizabeth Alden b: 9 APR 1665 in Massachusetts

Marriage 1 Joseph Bridgham b: 16 APR 1701

Married: 18 OCT 1722

Children

John Bridgham b: 22 NOV 1723

Joseph Bridgham b: 1732 or 11-22-1723
Abigail Bridgham b: 21 NOV 1724
Mercy or Mary Bridgham b: 27 DEC 1725
John Bridgham b: 27 AUG 1729 in Boston Suffolk Massachusetts
Hannah Bridgham b: 2 AUG 1730
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. Simon3 Willard (Samuel2, Simon1); born 6 December 1676 after the destruction of Groton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts;16,26 married Elizabeth Alden, daughter of Captain John Alden and Elizabeth Phillips, 30 April 1702;27 died circa 1712.26 He can be found as WFA Genealogy #19 in the 1915 Willard Genealogy.25

Elizabeth Alden was born on 9 April 1665.27 She married John Walley Jr.28

The four known children of Simon3 Willard and Elizabeth Alden all born Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, were as follows:

+ 29. i. Samuel4 Willard, born 19 January 1702/3; married Mary Lord; married Dorothy Rogers. 30. ii. Abigail Willard; born 19 January 1702/3;28 married Dr. Joseph Bridgham 18 October 1722 (Joseph was of Boston).29,28 31. iii. Katherine Willard; born 20 December 1704;28 married Rev. Othniel Campbell 24 October 1734.28 32. iv. George Willard; born 14 February 1706/7;28 died 29 May 1707 at Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.28

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Abigail Bridgham's Timeline

1702
January 19, 1702
Plympton, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
1723
November 22, 1723
Boston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1724
November 21, 1724
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1725
December 27, 1725
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1727
August 4, 1727
1728
September 1728
1729
August 27, 1729
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1732
July 9, 1732
1736
May 30, 1736
Barnstable, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States