The History of the Brigham Family

I»i;. .IiiilNsox IJuKiUAM, ])i's -MoiiR's, I;i. (SOil) State Librarian of Iowa For tlie ])ast twenty cifilif vcars President of The IJiiyliani Faniilv Association — THE HISTORY OF THE -- • ' FAMILY ^..BRIGHAM——. SECOND VOLUME By EMMA ELISABETH BRIGHAM With Foreword by WILLIAM E. BRIGHAM of the Editorial Staff of the Boston Evening Transcript and THE ENGLISH ORIGIN OF THOMAS BRIGHAM THE EMIGRANT, 1603-1635 Discovered by J. Gardner Bartlett, Member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HERBERT O. BRIGHAM State Librarian of Rhode Island THE TUTTLE COMPANY Publishers of Genealogies RUTLAND, VERMONT 1927 THE TUTTLE COMPANY PMNTED IN U. 8. A. >*.^,rr. -^ -^-Ha^^ <:;^c» './ 3 f * _) 1200023 ABBREVIATIONS b. -v^ ^cAu^ STctJOtyi t^ruij^ CONTENTS Foreword 9 English Ancestry of Thomas Brigham Introduction 15 EngUsh Pedigree 19 First Generation Genealogy 29 Second Generation Review 30 Genealogy 33 Third Generation Review 36 Genealogy 39 Fourth Generation Review 45 Genealogy 50 Fifth Generation Review 57 Genealogy 66 Sixth Generation Review 81 Genealogy 91 Seventh Generation Review 131 Genealogy 137 Eighth Generation Review 188 Genealogy 193 Ninth Generation Review 240 Genealogy 243 Appendix A 251 Appendix B 253 Index 255 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Pages Dr. Johnson Brigham (802) Title Reunion Pictures of the Brigham Association ... 18 Elizabeth Fay Brigham (258) 101 Henry Randolph Brigham (344) 113 Oshea S. Brigham, M. D. and Reed 0. Brigham, M. D. (384) 122 Rev. George French Brigham (502) 147 Mrs. Henrietta M. (Brigham) Andrews (517) . 150 Emma Elisabeth Brigham (693) 198 Dr. Gertrude R. Brigham (708) 206 Edward Brigham (738) 212 Frederick A. Brigham (738) 212 Hon. Elbert S. Brigham (741) 213 Mrs. Delia F. (Brigham) Corey (744) and Edwin S. Corey . 215 William E. Brigham (761) 221 William Munroe Brigham (763) and William Munroe Brigham, Jr 222 Henry Martyn Brigham (771), Mrs. Antoinette (Whiting) Brigham, and Harry Whiting Brigham .... 225 Herbert Olin Brigham (773) 226 Clarence Saunders Brigham (773) 226 Caleb Lewis Brigham (774) 227 Prof. Albert Perry Brigham (804) 238 William Curtis Brigham, M. D. (810) 244 Herbert Augustus Brigham (819), and Alice C. (Gilman) Brigham 246 FOREWORD One event of outstanding importance justifies the publication of this Second Volume of "The History of the Brigham Family"—the discovery of the true story of the English origin of the Brigham Family, of which, in the First Volume, all existing knowledge began with the arrival in this country of Thomas Brigham, the Puritan, in 1635. Mr. J. Gardner Bari;lett, one of the most competent of New England genealogists, had gone to England in 1914 to trace the British ancestrj^ of Simon Crosby, who was a fellow passenger with Thomas Brigham in the Susan and Ellen, and whose wife was Ann Brigham, a double first cousin of Thomas. While engaged in research in the interest of the Crosby family, Mr. Bartlett found the authentic record of the family from which Thomas^ Brigham had descended. Recognizing its importance to the Brigham family in this country, Mr. Bartlett wrote it out into an informative and read- able narrative, and kindly tendered it to the officials of the Brigham Family Association, at a price which testified rather to his zeal in the science which he adorns than to any desire for personal profit. Our gratitude for his generosity and our indebtedness for his enterprise and the priceless information he has imparted to us is unbounded. The highly important Introduction to Mr. Bartlett's Eng- lish genealogical data by our own Herbert 0. Brigham, State Librarian of Rhode Island, in Providence, R. I., opens the story of our English origin and lineage with vivid touches of history which enlarge our view of the movements in England which sent our ancestor to America. The late Willard I. T. Brigham, author of the First Volume of "The History of the Brigham Family," spent many months in the study of the British records in a futile effort to trace the origin and ancestry of Thomas the Emigrant of 1635 ; and we are much gratified to be able to state that the authoritative record as discovered by Mr. Bartlett confirms Willard 's tenta- tive conclusion that Thomas of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was born in and emigrated from Yorkshire. It becomes important to state, because of the many in- quiries regarding a Brigham Coat of Arms, that none of the 10 The Brigham Family descendants of Thomas^ in this country are entitled, through him, to use any of the numerous Coats of Arms borne by Brig- ham families in England. Mr. Willard I. T. Brigham held the idea at one time that Thomas came from the family of Cannon End, Oxfordshire, England. He later repudiated this but had, meanwhile, prepared copies in colors of the Arms borne by this family, as described on page 19 of the H. B. F, These were widely distributed and many Brighams have preserved such copies. Pins and spoons showing these Arms were given wide circulation, also. As given in this volume, the story of the origin of Thomas Brigham in a small hamlet in Yorkshire, Eng- land, of yeoman stock, although of very ancient lineage, leaves no ground for believing that he belonged to an armor-bearing family. A second reason impelling the publication of the Second Volume is that the organization of the Brigham Family Asso- ciation has been maintained since the publication of the First Volume in 1907. Moreover, careful management has conserved the funds of the Association, and the growth of and changes in this great family of ours have been so extensive as to warrant the use of this money, as far as it will go, in expanding into a work of several hundred pages what originally was contemplated only as a pamphlet presenting the record of the Brigham line across the sea, and such additions and corrections to the existing records as had been supplied to the editor. It is a matter of pride with us that in addition to having published what competent critics declare to be one of the most complete and admirably arranged family histories in New Eng- land, we are now able to supplement this with a volume of much new and equally important material; including, for example, not only the English record, but biographical paragraphs of much human interest, and stories of hitherto untraced Brig- hams, lost lines, persons who have adopted the Brigham name, noteworthy intermarriages, etc. A feature of this book is the series of historical sketches with which the genealogical data of each generation is intro- duced. These pages are a running narrative reviewing the salient features of the Brighams of the First Volume, with picturesque stories of many individuals taken from other sources. This is also an effort to show the trend of emigration, Foreword 11 together with the individual results of these movements, north, west and south. We have included also many persons whose value to their communities has been so apparent that it was a matter of record or tradition. Many not so named undoubtedly should have a place in such an enumeration, but oft«n the facts have not been within our reach. Neither has it been possible to speak of still others whose lives have enriched the world in quiet ways. In this review, only those whose life-work is finished are described in detail. No attempt has been made in this book to repeat the genealogical records of Volume One, except where this was neces- sary for the sake of clearness and to indicate the numbered divisions. The heads of these divisions in this volume corres- pond in names and numbers with those of the First Volume, but only such sections as have additional material are given in this book, and even in such cases it is the new material chiefly that is set forth. Therefore, it will be essential to resort to the earlier volume for full identification of many persons and lines mentioned here, but the connection is straight and no difficulty will be found in placing families correctly. For these and other reasons, both books should be in the library of every one interested in Brigham genealogy. Fortunately, copies of Volume One are still available for purchase. In the pages following another feature may be observed, that of sketches illustrating the remarkable force which some of the women of our family are exerting in community and club life, in music, art, journalism and other professions, and in the business world. Insofar as it has been our privilege to learn of the devotion and sacrifices of our men and women in the late World War, both at home and abroad, we have out- lined such services. The indebtedness of the family to the genealogist and com- piler of this volume. Miss Emma Elisabeth Brigham, can never be sufficiently realized, much less expressed. Her energy, un- flagging interest and zeal made possible the completion and publication of the First Volume, and the present book is all her own. Incapacitated for a long time by accident and illness, she rallied and renewed the work to which she had set her hand. Deprived by death of the associate, Miss Mary Brigham of Cambridge, on whom she could ever rely, and whose services 12 The Brigham Family seemed indispensable, she still carried on, although more time has been consumed in the work than if greater strength had bfen available. "The History of the Brigham Family" as now completed is as much a symbol of her devotion as it is a monu- ment to the honorable line whose career the two volumes record.

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