Arthur Bragdon Jr1

#1377, (1640 - before 14 October 1690)
Father*Arthur Bragdon1 (c 1597 - 1678)
Mother*Mary Came1 (c 1615 - )

Family

Lydia Twisden b. c 1640
Children 1.Lydia Bragdon+ (bt 1669 - 1675 - )
 2.Capt. Arthur Bragdon III+ (c 1670 - 1743)
Birth*1640He was born in 1640; (History of Maine has 1620, in England.)1,2 
Marriage*circa 1667He married Lydia Twisden, daughter of John Twisden and Susanna Stuppell, circa 1667 at York Co., MaineG.3 
October 1690He was killed in the Indian attack in October 1690 at Cape Neddick, York Co., MaineG; Indian attack.4,5 
Death*before 14 October 1690He died before 14 October 1690 at York Co., MaineG.6,1,5 

Citations

  1. [S185] Our Family Histories, online www.ourfamilyhistories.org.
  2. [S161] George Thomas Little, editor, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1909), four volumes, II:732, b. ca. 1620, in England. This date seemes to be too early based on the estimated birth dates of his children and his brothers' children.
  3. [S1220] Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, online AmericanAncestors.org, I:193. Arthur Bragdon, d. 1690, marr. ca. 1667-8 Lydia [Twisden] at York ME. Originally published as New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Hereinafter cited as New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (AA).
  4. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966) (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1916, 1963), online Ancestry.com, vol. III, p. 654: "In the autumn of 1690 two brothers Arthur and Thomas Bragdon, Thomas's son Daniel Bragdon, James Freethy, William Wormwood and four other men were loading a vessel at the little harbor of Cape Neddick when they were attacked by Indians and the Bragdons, Freethy and Wormwood were killed. Inventories of the estates of all of them were taken by Arthur Came and John Hovey on October 14...". Hereinafter cited as Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis.
  5. [S1062] William M. Sargent, editor, York Deeds, twelve volumes (vols. 11 and 12 in two parts) (Bethel, Maine: Maine Genealogical Society, 1887–1904), vol. 5, Part I, Folio 52, 53. Inventories of the estates of Thomas Bragdon, James Freathie, Daniel Bragdon, Arthur Bragdon and William Wormwood, all dated 14 Oct 1690.
  6. [S187] Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis, vol. III, p. 654: "In the autumn of 1690 two brothers Arthur and Thomas Bragdon, Thomas's son Daniel BragdonDaniel Bragdon, James Freethy, William Wormwood and four other men were loading a vessel at the little harbor of Cape Neddickwhen they were attacked by Indians and the Bragdons, Freethy and Wormwood were killed. Inventories of the estates of all of them were taken by Arthur Came and John Hovey on October 14..."