. The history of the Brigham family; a record of several thousand descendants of Thomas Brigham the emigrant, 1603-1653 . o, Mass., whose original boundaries included the present Northboro, Southboro, Westboro, and Hudson, is the Mecca ofthe American Brigham, it is well here to give a brief summary ofthe place and its Brigham inhabitants. In 1656, thirteen of theleading settlers of Sudbury (the first town to the east) receivedfrom the General Court favorable answer to their petition for a newtownship grant: Marlboro being the result. Heading the list of petitioners, and one of the first to mov
. The history of the Brigham family; a record of several thousand descendants of Thomas Brigham the emigrant, 1603-1653 . o, Mass., whose original boundaries included the present Northboro, Southboro, Westboro, and Hudson, is the Mecca ofthe American Brigham, it is well here to give a brief summary ofthe place and its Brigham inhabitants. In 1656, thirteen of theleading settlers of Sudbury (the first town to the east) receivedfrom the General Court favorable answer to their petition for a newtownship grant: Marlboro being the result. Heading the list of petitioners, and one of the first to move toMarlboro, was Edmund Rice, who took with him his second wife,the widow of Thomas Brigham the Puritan, with her young Brighamfamily, whose names, however, do not appear upon the records for * See also Essex Instit. Coll., Vol. XX, p. 137. t Blodgetts Early Settlers of Rowley, Mass. says returned withfamily about 1656 or earlier. t Farmers Geneal. Reg. makes Sebastians son John Brigham, agraduate of Harvard Coll., 1669. The Bridgham family is entitledto this honor. The earliest Brigham graduate was Benjamin, 1. Priest Whitnej Place, Nortlil)oro. 3. John Brlghams Mill Dam,Northboro. 3. Samuel- Brighams Tanyard, Burial Plot, Last of the Indians, on Thomas^Brigham Farm, Marlboro. MARLBORO AND ITS BRIGHAMS 27 some time. They settled upon the north side of The Pond/ notfar from Williams Tavern; and for the succeeding two and a halfcenturies, the Brighams have continued to people the scene. At the time of Philips War, they fled to Watertown. On theirreturn, such was the feeling against Indian perfidy, a petition wasmade to the General Court to divide the 6000-acre Indian Planta-tion, a part of and contiguous to Marlboro. Although this was de-nied, the people, under the leadership of John Brigham, took a deedfrom the Indians to these lands, 15 July, 1684; and though this wasdeclared null and void by the General Court, the white pro-prietors proceeded to divide and
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