See cemetery Headstone
Maine Families in 1790. Headstone has dates and family.
According to Elmer G. Bridgham, Samuel was a fifer in the
Continental Army in his father's company.
Maine Families in 1790. Identifies her as daughter of Roland Hammond of Carver. No clear proof that the Rowland Hammond b. 1731 is her father.
Gravesite
Gravesite
Gravesite
Gravesite, stone is hard to read in picture, but last digit of year of death is a 0 and last digit of age was a 2. 1820 census in Hebron shows father Samuel (b. 1763) with two sons age 10-16, guessing that Derrick was born in 1808 and died at age 22 in 1830.
1810 Minot census shows two boys, 0-10.
1820 census (Hebron) shows Samuel (b.1763). with two sons, age 10-16. Guessing that Derrick is one, and the other is unknown.
Mayflower Pilgrim.
Mayflower Pilgrim; subject of Longfellow poem "Courtship of Miles Standish"
e-mail from Joan Bridgham Gray. First child born in Shephardfield (Hebron). Major in War of 1812, cavalry.
e-mail from Joan Bridgham Gray
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 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.
Source: Woodworth Genealogy
Source: Woodworth Genealogy
