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Sharen Neal says his birthplace was Bryan's Piddle, not Puddle, and tha he died in Barnstable, not Plymouth.
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Elmer G. Bridgham says he was born Sept. 2., which is contradicted
by his tombstone. According to Elmer: "As I recall what I heard
the old people say about him I judge that he was a hard worker.
The old men at West Minot told me that I was the image of him.
He was a farmer and at times worked in the grist mill."
There are graves in Winfield-Bearce cem. W. Minot for Mrs. Martha, wife of Thomas J. Greenwood d. 2-28-1823, Verres Greenwood (d. 1826 Aet. 26) who might be related. 1820 census in Hebron shows Thomas, John, Alexander, Lucy Greenwood, and all but Lucy have a female age 16-26 in the household (she would be 17). Information on her parents from e-mail from Joan Bridgham Gray.
Joel Bridgham quotes Elmer G. Bridgham:
"As I recall what I heard the old people say about Cyrus, I judge that he was a hard worker. The old men at West Minot told me that I was the image of him. He was a farmer and at times worked in the grist mill. He married Miranda Greenwood. Miranda had Indian blood. Some one in her family married an Indian girl whose name was 'Atosa' (accent on the first syllable). I cannot find any record of the marriage but I am sure she had Indian blood. My father said so, and it was common knowledge among the old people. Girls in the Greenwood family were named 'Atosa' for this Indian girl."
src: Joel Bridgham
Maine Families in 1790.
Carver vital records list birth and death and point to his cemetery.
Cemetery records indicate he was a Rev. War soldier.
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols. Volume 7 page 192:
Hammond, Rowland, Plympton. Private, Capt. William Attwood's co., Col. Warran's (Warren's) regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 2 days.
Source: Early Mass. Marriages Prior to 1800. p. 28
WFT, db=jonbaxter id=4210; See pedigrees in db=donaldra, kirsan4, timcole
Comprehenive pedigree at WFT db=jonbaxter&id=I4211
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Mayflower Pilgrim; WFT db=ginny0core
History of Paris, ME: Its settlement to 1880 Lapham & Maxim. There is a Thomas Crocker who immigrated to Norway, ME in 1809, along with George Bridgham. Very likely that the Thomas Crocker from the 1860 census in Paris is this one.
See his image, a picture of his house, and his parlor. All pictures are from a book titled, Maine, A History, Centennial Edition, Biographical which was published by The American Historical Society in 1919. Thomas Crocker was the second son of Roland and Mehitable (Merrill) Crocker and was born in North Conway, New Hampshire, April 14, 1788. He moved to Paris, Maine and took a job as a clerk in the store of Increase Robinson. He married (1) Clarissa Stowell and (2)Almira Davis. He was the father of nine children. They are named in the biography, along with the names of their spouses and, sometimes, the names of the grandchildren. Pictures rescued and restored to the family by Elaine Kaufman.
Maine, A History, Centennial Edition, pp. 44-45. Published by The American Historical Society, NY, 1919.
Died of tuberculosis. Founded Crockertown, Franklin County ME
Source: Crocker Family Genealogy, James Russell Crocker, 1952.
There is a guardianship record in Worcester County MA in 1837 for Caroline Crocker, resident of Oakham. Also, a probate record for Caroline Crocker, 1892, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA. However, she had married Cyrus Henry Bridgham in 1851, so her name is a problem. She may have resumed being called Crocker after Cyrus died in 1863.
