_Henry BRIDGHAM _____+
| (1623 - 1670) m 1644
_Joseph BRIDGHAM ____|
| (1651 - 1707) m 1700|
| |_Elizabeth HARDING __
| (1623 - 1672) m 1644
_Joseph BRIDGHAM ____|
| (1701 - 1759) m 1722|
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| |_Mercy WENSLEY ______|
| (1667 - 1746) m 1700|
| |_____________________
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|--Joseph BRIDGHAM
| (1732 - 1789)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________
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|_Abigail WILLARD ____|
(1702 - 1776) m 1722|
| _____________________
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[NI0205]
From "Rhode Island", page 81:
"Dr. Joseph Bridgham, youngest child of Dr. Joseph and Abigail, was born in Boston, Nov 22, 1734. He became a well known physician in Seekonk, and Rehoboth. His home was in a small cottage in Seekonk, which was known as the Dr. Bridgham house until its destruction by fire in 1881. Late in life he purchased a farm in Seekonk, and moved on it, that being his home at the time of his death and also that of his wife. This farm is still owned by his descendants, but owing to the change in the Sate line the part which has the house is now in Rhode Island. On March 30, 1777, Dr. Bridgham was elected a member of the committee of Correspondence and Safety. The record in the State Archives has some mention of his running for governer. He died Dec. 4, 1789, and was buried in the old burying ground on Seekonk Common, now in East Providence, R. I."