Mary Bridges

Citations

1. [S167] Yankee Doodle Tree, yankeedoodlemark, owner, online Ancestry.com, refers to The Great Migration for birth date.
2. [S387] Sidney Perley, editor, "Bridges Genealogy", The Essex Antiquarian XII:1 :26-28, (Jan 1908): p. 26.
3. [S791] Edmund Bridges will (1685), Probate record of Edmund Bridges, 1685, Ipswich, Essex Co., Mass., Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, Boston, Massachusetts, online AmericanAncestors.org: Case no. 3298, 9 images. Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1840. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.). Transcript by Vincent Hartnett:
   
   The Last Will and Testament of Edmond Bridges Senr Black Smith
   of Ipswich in the County of Essex in New England is as folloeth,
   
   I Edmond Bridges being of perfect memorie and good understanding, yet by
   Reason of my weakeness of bodie and manie infermities often prevailing
   upon me, doo desire to com~end my soule in to the hands of my Blessed
   Redeemer Jesus Christ, in hope a happy Resurection,
   My will therefore is that my bodie be most decently burried after my
   discease, and all my debts be discharged, my estate be disposed of as
   followeth First I have alreadie given to my all my Children but Mary fair
   portions as was [crossed out] sutaable and convenient into my estate to _____
   of, but as an adition I give unto John Bridges my Rapier unto Josiah
   Bridges I give my Musquit unto Fayth Bridges I give a pewter platter
   marked with E B A, unto Bothiah Bridges the fellow or other pewtter
   plates with the same markes, which things my will is, that they be
   delivered unto the parties before mentioned Att my house upon there
   demand, imediately after my discease.
   
   Unto my Daughter Mary I give twentie pounds, that is to say a Cow shee
   calls her owne, a fether bed and what beding can conveniently be spared
   with it, And the rest to be made up in such household stuffe as my
   wife shall soo cause to supply her with.
   
   And my will further is that my beloved wife Mary Bridges shall have
   the res of the whole of my estate undispossed of During the time of
   her life if she remains a widdow, But if shee should marry after
   my discease she shall then have ten pounds payed unto her.
   
   I Doe allso will, that if my afforesaid wife Mary Bridges should
   marry, or otherwayes at the time of her Discease, that all the
   Remainder of my Estate then left shall be Equallie divided between
   John Bridges my sonne, my sonne Josiah Bridges, my Daughter Fayth
   Bridges Alias Black Bethiah Bridges Alias Peabodie and Mary Bridges
   And I doe hereby Constitute and ordaine my Beloved wife Mary Bridges
   and my sonne John Bridges to be my Executors, in order unto the
   performance of this my last will and testament And I doe desire
   Captn Daniel Epps with Leiftenant John Appleton to be the overseers for
   the fulfilling of this my will, whereunto I have sett my hand and
   seale this 6th of January 1684.
   
   Signed sealed and delivered [signature and seal of Edmund Bridges]
   in the presence of us
   Daniel Epps
   Edmund ____               The _____________
                       between ye 8th & 9th line
                       from ye top viz, but Mary,
                       was entered before ye
                       perfecting hereof
   Will proved at Court of Ipswich March 30: 85, Proved
   by the Executor to be the last Will & Testament of Edmon Bridges
   by the oath of Mary Bridges, Relect, & John Bridges sone to
   Ed. Bridges to the Best of the there knowledge that he was of a disposing mind
   at the same time.                    Attor. John Appleton ____.
   
4. [S166] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995-2011), I:390, exhibit.
5. [S789] Joseph Thompson Dodge, Genealogy of the Dodge Family of Essex County, Mass 1629-1894 (Madison, Wis.: Democrat Printing Company, 1894), p. 29, entry for No. 15 John Dodge, son of Capt. John and grandson of William. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Dodge Family.