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|death_locality=Marlborough, Massachusetts

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|death_locality=Mansfield, Connecticut



|death_county=Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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|death_county=Tolland County, Connecticut



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== Biography ==

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Deacon Elnathan Brigham, b. Mar. 7, 1682/3 at Marlborough, Middlesex, MA. He was one of 8 children of Thomas Brigham (Mar. 9, 1641-Nov. 25, 1717) and Mary Rice (Sept. 19, 1646-May 1695). Elnathan's wife, who is buried next to him, was Bethiah Ward, his 1st cousin, b. also at Marlborough, dau. of William Ward and Hannah Brigham.

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== Gravestone ==

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[[File:Ebrigham11.jpg|thumb|Gravestone of Elnathan Brigham Sr in Mansfield CT.]]

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<blockquote>

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Inscription:

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In Memory of

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Decon Elnathan

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Brigham Who

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died April ye 10th

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AD 1758 in ye 76th

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Year of his Age.

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</blockquote>

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On the day Elnathan died he was 75 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 76.

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Burial:

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Pink Cemetery

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Mansfield City

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Tolland County

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Connecticut, USA

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== Marriage & Family ==

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Elnathan Brigham and Bethiah Ward m. June 17, 1705 at Marborough, MA, with Elnathan's name errantly written as "(Jo)nathan" Brigham in the printed marriage record. They had seven children; the first five b. of record at Marlborough and the youngest two at Mansfield, Conn. after the family relocated to Conn.

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# Uriah, b. Apr. 3, 1706 at Marlborough, MA and d. there an infant July 9, 1710.

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# Priscilla, b. Apr. 3, 1709; m. Jan. 2, 1725/6 at Coventry, Conn., Matthias Marsh. Four children recorded at Coventry, but likely others due to the years of birth betw. the two youngest and two oldest recorded children.

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# Dinah, b. Aug. 31, 1711 and d. unm. Feb. 2, 1737/8 at Coventry, Conn.

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# Prudence b. Jan. 28, 1714/5; d. an infant at Marlborough Feb. 3, 1714/5.

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# Lieut. Elnathan Jr., b. Apr. 7, 1716 and d. Sept. 2, 1802 at Mansfield, Conn.; m. 1) Mar. 12, 1741/2, Eunice Merrick and 2) Mar. 3, 1751/2, Hannah Crosswell.

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# Paul, b. June 30, 1718 at Mansfield, Conn.; d. May 3, 1746 at Coventry, Conn; m. July 1, 1741 at Coventry, Catherine Turner, who m. 2) Oct. 18, 1750 at Coventry, Benjamin Carpenter (Benjamin,4-3 William,2-1) of the Rehoboth, Mass. Carpenters.

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# Uriah, b. Nov. 3, 1722 at Mansfield (bapt. Jan. 16, 1722/3) and d. Jan. 25, 1777 at Coventry, Conn.; m. 1) May 22, 1745 at Coventry, Lydia Ward, and 2) May 28, 1754 at Coventry, Anne Richardson, dau. of Amos Richardson and Rachel Yarrington of Coventry.

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|children-g1=Ruth Brigham (1704-1791) + Uriah Brigham (1706-1710) + Jerusha Brigham (1707-) + Priscilla Brigham (1709-1774) + Desiah Brigham (1712-1737) + Levinah Brigham (1711-1749) + Prudence Brigham (1715-1715) + Elnathan Brigham (1716-1802) + Paul Brigham (1718-1746) + Uriah Brigham (1722-1777)

|children-g1=Ruth Brigham (1704-1791) + Uriah Brigham (1706-1710) + Jerusha Brigham (1707-) + Priscilla Brigham (1709-1774) + Desiah Brigham (1712-1737) + Levinah Brigham (1711-1749) + Prudence Brigham (1715-1715) + Elnathan Brigham (1716-1802) + Paul Brigham (1718-1746) + Uriah Brigham (1722-1777)

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== Research Notes ==

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# Note: The above annotated data is chiefly from Vol. One of "The History of the Brigham Family." It includes a purported dau. named Jerusha, who "married 1729, Benjamin Robinson of Windham, Conn..." This is an error. Benjamin Robinson (Peter, Isaac, Rev. John), b. Feb. 23, 1703/4 at Tisbury, Mass., m. Jerusha BINGHAM, dau. of Capt Samuel Bingham and Faith Ripley (Hannah [Joshua Ripley], Maj. Wm., Gov. Wm. Bradford), b. Feb. 2, 1708/9 at Windham, Conn.

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