Bridge Ancestors
Samuel Bridge, Jr.
Birth:6 Jan 1734/35 in Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA
Death:4 Aug 1799 in Worchester, Worchester Co., MA
Sex:M
Father:Samuel Bridge, Sr. b. 2 May 1705 in Cambridge Farms (now Lexington), Middlesex Co., MA
Mother:Susanna Paige b. 29 Apr 1711 in Bedford, Middlesex Co., MA
  
Burial: Burial Ground On Mechanic Street, Worchester, Worchester Co., MA 1

Spouses & Children
Hannah Townsend (Wife) b. 7 Apr 1734 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co., MA
2
Marriage: 16 AUG 1760 in Hardwick, Worchester Co., MA
Children: 
  1. Joshua Bridge b. 20 Dec 1761 in Hardwick, Worcerster Co., MA
  2. Susanna Bridge b. 24 Feb 1763 in Hardwick, Worcerster Co., MA
  3. DescendantsBezaleel Bridge b. 21 Nov 1764 in Hardwick, Worcerster Co., MA
  4. Hannah Bridge b. 11 Jan 1766 in Hardwick, Worcerster Co., MA
  5. Hannah Bridge b. 26 Apr 1767 in Hardwick, Worcerster Co., MA
  6. Samuel Bridge III b. 1 May 1768 in Hardwick, Worcerster Co., MA
 

Notes
Individual:
Cemetery: Burial Ground On Mechanic Street.
Stone: 26
Name: Samuel Bridge
Death Date: 04 Aug 1799
Age: Ętatis 65
Inscription: In Memory of; Deac. of the 2d Church in Worcester In life he exhibited the virtues of the active & useful Citizen, and graces of the pious & cheerful Christian. He was an example of fidelity & punctuality. A pattern of decency and order, and A promoter of every plan of public utility or private benevolence.
Married Mary Goodwin, March 1st, 1757.
Lived on the east side of what is now Lincoln street. Was a constable of the town of Worcester. A signer of the royalist protest of 1774. Crier of the Courts from 1779 to 1799.
The following notice is from the Spy of Aug. 7, 1799. "Died in this town, Dea. Samuel Bridge aged 65. By his death society has lost a vigilant and useful member. A friend to good order in all the concerns of social, civil and religious life; his example of attention, punctuality and fidelity is worthy of general imitation. He filled his station with honesty and honor, and supported his Christian profession by a constant observance of the offices of piety and an habitual exercise of the active virtues of the gospel."


Sources
  1. Title: Worcester, Massachusetts Burials, 1727-1859
  2. Title: Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
    Author: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
    Media: Electronic

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