THOMAS BRIGHAM was born about 1475 probably England. He appears on the rental rolls in 1528 of the manor of Holme England.

SECOND GENERATION

Children of THOMAS BRIGHAM and (unknown):

+1. THOMAS born about 1500; buried at Holme on Spaulding Moor England 6 Mar 1559/60; married about 1525 ELIZABETH (unknown) died 1573. He appears on the rental roll of 1528 as above named as Thomas Jr. The estate of Elizabeth was administered 5 Dec 1573 and son, Henry, was named administrator.

THIRD GENERATION

Children of THOMAS BRIGHAM and ELIZABETH (unknown):

+1. THOMAS born about 1525; buried 6 Feb 1558/9 Holme on Spaulding Moor; married 1550 JENNETT MILLINGTON alias Tomlington; born about 1526; died about 2 Jan 1587; daughter of William Millington and Barbara (unknown). He left will dated 25 Oct 1558.

2. Henry of Holme and Seaton. Left will dated 30 June 1606.

FOURTH GENERATION:

Children of THOMAS BRIGHAM and JENNETT MILLINGTON:
Named in will of father; (*);

+1. (*) THOMAS born 1550; buried 8 Nov 1586; married about 1572 GILLIAN TREWELISON born about 1558. His estate was administered 3 May 1587 appointing wife, Gillian, as administrator. He was a cloth worker.

2. Peter born about 1552; buried 15 Oct 1590; married 12 Nov 1586 Everill Hessye buried 15 Dec 1591. His estate was administered 30 Oct 1590; she left will dated 14 Dec 1591.

3. William born about 1554; buried 1 Feb 1590/1; married about 1576 Anna/Agnes (unknown) buried 10 Feb 1591.

4. Jennett born about 1555.

5. Richard born about 1557; died about 1600; married (1) 28 May 1581 Alison Burley buried 21 March 1586/7; married (2) 10 June 1589 Elizabeth Wright buried 30 Jan 1589/90; married (3) 14 Nov 1591 Margaret Wilsh.

6. Francis born 1559; died after 1584.

FIFTH GENERATION

Children of THOMAS BRIGHAM and GILLIAN TREWELISON:
Named in will of great-uncle Henry Brigham of Seaton; (*);

1. Elizabeth born about 1572; married 20 Sep 1590 Edward Palmer.

+2. John born about 1574 Holme England; died 1621 Hotham Yorkshire England; married 30 Sep 1599 Constance Watson bp 17 Aug 1578; died 10 July 1615 Yorkshire England; daughter of James Watson and (unknown). His estate was administered 11 May 1621 appointing his widow, Constance, as administrator.

+3. (*) THOMAS bp 21 May 1576; died before 19 Mar 1632/3 when administration of his estate was given to daughters Anne and Constance; married 4 Feb 1600/01 ISABEL WATSON (widow of Richard Ellithorpe) bp 21 Feb 1561 Holme England; buried 25 June 1634; daughter of James Watson and (unknown). Isabel left will dated 8 June 1634.

4. William bp 17 June 1578; buried 17 Aug 1758.

5. (*) Richard bp 16 Aug 1579; died about 1627. He left will dated 1626; proved 4 May 1627 leaving all estate to his wife.

6. Robert bp 20 May 1582; buried 8 Sep 1640; married Dorothy Mawburne.

SIXTH GENERATION

Children of John Brigham and Constance Watson:
All children born Holme Spaulding England;

1. Henry bp 27 Dec 1599; married Margaret (unknown).

2. Gillian born about 1601.

3. Thomas born 1603; died 17 Dec 1653 Cambridge MA; married about 1637 Mercy Hurd born about 1613 England; died 23 Dec 1693 Marlboro MA; Mercy married (2) 1 Mar 1655 to Edmund Rice; married (3) 1664 William Hunt. He emigrated to Massachusetts Bay on the SUSAN AND ELLYN leaving London in April 1635. He may have settled first in Watertown MA; by 1639 he was a resident of Cambridge MA. Thomas left will dated 7 Dec 1653; proved 1684.

4. Margaret born 1605.

5. William born 1607.

6. John born 1611; married Mary Anderson.

7. Phillipa born 1614.

8. Robert born 1616.

Children of THOMAS BRIGHAM and ISABEL WATSON:
Named in will of mother 1634; (*);

1. (*) Constance born about 1602; buried 25 Jan 1683/4 Rowley MA; married about 1622 Robert Crosby bp 30 Oct 1596; died about 1640; son of John Crosby and Jane Webster. Constance, a widow with three daughters, emigrated to Rowley MA before 1643.

2. (*) ANNE born about 1606 Holme on Spaulding England; died 11 Oct 1675 Braintree MA; married (1) 21 Apr 1634 at Holme England SIMON CROSBY born about 1608; died Sep 1639 Cambridge MA; son of Thomas Crosby and Jane Sotheron; married (2) 1645 Rev. William Tompson of Braintree MA born Lancashire England about 1598; died 10 Dec 1666 at Braintree. They emigrated to New England on the SUSAN AND ELLYN in the spring of 1635 to Cambridge MA. Her grave is in the old Hancock burying ground in Quincy MA.

Updated 23 Nov 2002