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OUR BRIDGMAN ANCESTRY






Generation 1


Thomas BRIDGMAN. He married Dorcas ROSE, the daughter of Edward ROSE.

Children of Thomas BRIDGMAN and Dorcas ROSE are:

1. James BRIDGMAN, born circa 1773 and died 1818. He married Elizabeth CARROWON.

2. Joseph BRIDGMAN, born circa 1791 and died after 1850. He married (1) Edna __________ and (2) Delitha __________.

3. Thomas BRIDGMAN, JR., born circa 1793 and died in 1858. He married (1) Mary __________ and (2) Lydia __________.


SOURCE: High Tides, Spring 1989, Volume 10, Number 1, page 8.


Generation 2


James BRIDGMAN was born circa 1773. He married Elizabeth CARROWON, the daughter of William CARROWON and his wife Amy. James BRIDGMAN's second marriage was to Lany BRIDGMAN.

Children of James BRIDGMAN and his wife Elizabeth CARROWON are:

1. John BRIDGMAN. He died in 1830.

2. Green BRIDGMAN, born August 27, 1802. He married (1) Courtney Farrow BALLANCE on March 21, 1830 and (2) Mary Eleanor BALLANCE on December 11, 1852.

3. Eleanor BRIDGMAN, born circa 1800 in Hyde County, North Carolina.

4. Dinah BRIDGMAN, born circa 1807. She married Levin SAWYER.

5. Sarah BRIDGMAN, born circa 1811. She married Levin SAWYER.

6. Catherine BRIDGMAN, born circa 1813. She married Henry BRIDGMAN. She died in 1881.

7. Zion T. BRIDGMAN, born October 1817. He married (1) ? SMITH and (2) Justina JARVIS. He died October 23, 1850.




Generation 3


Eleanor BRIDGMAN, the daughter of James BRIDGMAN and his wife Elizabeth CARROWON, was born circa 1800 in Hyde County, North Carolina. Eleanor BRIDGMAN married Ephraim SAWYER before 1820.

Children of Eleanor BRIDGMAN and her husband Ephraim SAWYER are:

1. Seth SAWYER. He married Sally BOOMER.

2. Tilmon SAWYER, born circa 1825..

3. William Carawan SAWYER, born circa 1834.

4. Eleanor SAWYER, born September 13, 1836. She married William Alpheus CARAWAN.




SOURCE: High Tides, Spring 1989, Volume 10, Number 1.