Capt. Arthur Bragdon III1

#3371, (circa 1670 - 1743)
Father*Arthur Bragdon Jr (1640 - b 1690)
Mother*Lydia Twisden (c 1640 - )

Family 1

Sarah Masterson b. c 1670, d. 1703
Child 1.Abial Bragdon9 (c 1692 - )

Family 2

Mehitable Marston b. 1685
Children 1.Solomon Bragdon10 (1709 - )
 2.Gidion Bragdon10 (1712/13 - )
 3.Mehitable Bragdon10 (1715/16 - )
 4.Elisua Bragdon10 (1717/18 - )
 5.Sarah Bragdon10 (1721 - )
 6.Elijah Bragdon10 (1722/23 - )
Biographical information.2 
Capt. Arthur Bragdon III was also known as Jr. same as father, as father had become Sr. Also distinguished him from his first cousin Deacon Arthur Bragdon.3 
He and Sarah Masterson lived at York, York Co., MaineG.4 
Birth*circa 1670He was born circa 1670 at York Co., MaineG.5 
Marriage*circa 1692He married Sarah Masterson, daughter of Nathaniel Masterson and Elizabeth Cogswell, circa 1692.5 
Administration8 May 1695He was named Administrator of John Twisden Jr.'s Estate.6 
Administration8 May 1695He was named Administrator of his uncle Samuel Twisden's Estate.6 
Marriage*circa 1708He married Mehitable Marston circa 1708.7 
13 April 1727Capt. Arthur Bragdon III acquired real estate from his nephew Joshua Babb at York, Maine, on 13 April 1727.8 
Death*1743He died in 1743 at York Co., MaineG.5 

Citations

  1. [S1061] Arthur Bragdon, Probate and Estate Files of Arthur Bragdon File Nos. 1767 and 1768, York County Courthouse, Alfred, Maine, File No. 1767. Petition to include additional inventory to the estate of his grandfather, Arthur Bragdon. Arthur Bragdon, Jr., posted a bond of £2,000 on 3 Apr 1727, together with Caleb Preble, of York, and Benjamin Lord, of Berwick, both yeomen of the county of York.
  2. [S379] Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 (database), excerpts online AmericanAncestors.org, "Arthur Jr. BRAGDON :Scarborough, Me. HR 1728; selectman 1725; capt. 1723; M Sarah Masterson ( -1703) in c1692 and Mehitable Marston (c1670- ) in 1704, 11 ch; farmer, sawmill owner; will. First wife and two children died in an Indian raid. As his major business in the HR, he presented a petition asking for 100 acres of Maine land to pay for his exertions as an Indian fighter.". Originally published by Northeastern University Press, Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary.
  3. [S520] VWH.
  4. [S341] Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby and Walter Goodwin, editor, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Portland, ME: Southward Press, 1928–1939), p. 701. Susanna, the wid. of John Twisden, and her son Samuel "were subsisted by Arthur Bragdon in their old age."
  5. [S379] Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, online AmericanAncestors.org, Arthur Jr. BRAGDON :Scarborough, Me. HR 1728; selectman 1725; capt. 1723; M Sarah Masterson ( -1703) in c1692 and Mehitable Marston (c1670- ) in 1704, 11 ch; farmer, sawmill owner; will. First wife and two children died in an Indian raid. As his major business in the HR, he presented a petition asking for 100 acres of Maine land to pay for his exertions as an Indian fighter.
    Bio gives birth 1670, death 1743.
  6. [S2014] William M. Sargent, "Gleanings From York County Files", Maine Historical and Genealogical Record IV (1887): p. 225. " Administration granted to Arthur Bragdon Jun. of Estates of his Uncles John Twisden and Samuel Twisden, late of York."
  7. [S378] Lester Mackenzie Bragdon and John Eldridge Frost, "Vital Records of York, Maine", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 109 etc. (1955 etc.): 110:95, children of Lett. Arthur Bragdon Junr. and his wife Mehitable.
  8. [S1062] William M. Sargent, editor, York Deeds, twelve volumes (vols. 11 and 12 in two parts) (Bethel, Maine: Maine Genealogical Society, 1887–1904), XII Part I, Folio 134. "Joshua Babb of Portsmouth in the Province of New hampshr Glazier" , for £40, to "his honored Uncle Arthur Bragdon Junr" all the lands, meadow grounds, marshes salt or fresh, and buildings, derived to Joshua Babb as a gift from his father-in-law Samuel Norton and his mother Lydia. Dated 13 Apr 1727, witn. John Emerson and Jos. Moody; copy made 9 May 1727 by Jos. Moody.
  9. [S172] Charles Edward Banks, History of York, Maine: Successively known as Bristol (1632), Agamenticus (1641), Gorgeana (1642), and York (1652) (Boston: Calkins Press, 1931–1935), Vol. I, p. 302.
  10. [S378] Lester Mackenzie Bragdon and John Eldridge Frost, "Vital Records of York, Maine", vol. 111, Apr 1957, p. 95.