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
Source: Woodworth Genealogy
