Thomas BRIDGES

Thomas BRIDGES

Male 1640 - 1696  (~ 55 years)

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  • Name Thomas BRIDGES 
    Christened 13 Sep 1640  Harbledown, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Buried 27 Januray 1696  St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8473  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2007 

    Father Thomas BRIDGES,   b. 31 Jan 1612/1613, Harbledown, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 9 Aug 1670, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth HART,   b. 1614, of Chartham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1657, Harbledown, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1635  Harbledown, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joanna PANNEL,   b. 1639,   d. 11 Dec 1718  (Age 79 years)  [1
    Married Jun 1664 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth BRIDGES,   b. Abt 1665, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John BRIDGES,   b. Abt 1667, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1704  (Age ~ 37 years)
     3. Mary BRIDGES,   b. Abt 1669, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Thomas BRIDGES,   b. Abt 1671, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ezekiel BRIDGES,   b. Abt 1673, St. Nicholas at Wade, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2743  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • pg 83
      #10. On a handsome tomb:
      Here liieth interred the body of Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Bridges, who died the 30th of July, 1751, aged 32 years. My dear Redeemer is above, Him will I go and see and all my friends in Christ below Will soon come after me.

      North side:
      Underneath lie the bodies of Sarah and Mary, daughters of Edward and Elizabeth Bridges. Sarah died March 4th, 1726, aged 2 years and 10 months. Mary died Dec. 30th, 1735, aged 15 years.

      Stay, reader! stand and lend a tear Unto the dust that slumbers here; And, when you read the state of me, Think on the glass that runs for thee.

      11. On a plain stone:
      Here lieth interred the body of John Bridges, yeoman, late of this parish, who departed this life September the 7th, Anno Dom. 1704, in the 30th year of his age. He took to wife Sarah, the daughter of William Pett, also of this parish, by whome he had issue, surviving him, one son and one daughter, Thomas and Sarah.

      And as I am so must they be, Therefore prepare to follow me.

      Here lieth the bodys of Thomas and Sarah Bridges, son and daughter of John Bridges, late of this parish and Sarah his wife. Thomas departed this life the 8th of May, 1706, in the 3rd year of his age. Sarah, the 28th of Sept. 1715, in the 16 year of her age.

      pg 85 #18.
      On a mural monument:
      Sacred to the memory of Thos Bridges, Esq. who lies interred in the family vault in this church. His benevolence, hospitality, and disinterested friendship, gained him such general esteem, that, as he lived respected, so he died, universally lamented, the 16th of Dec. 1777, in the 62d year of his age. In the same tomb are deposited the remains of ANN, second wife of THOS BRIDGES, Esq. A woman of excellent piety, and of a most gentle and humane disposition. She was born the 27th of June, 1734, married the 22d of April, 1755,and died beloved, and mourned by her family, by her neighbours, and by the world, the 16th of May, 1758. To both his most dear, and most honourable parents, Thomas Bridges, Esq. (their only child) raised and inscribed this marble.

      Arms, Ar. on a cross Sa. a leopard's face Or; impaling, Ar. three cocks Gules.

      pg 88, #31.
      Thomas Bridges, yeoman, Jan. 27th, 1695, aeta. 53. Joan his wife died Dec. 18th, 1718, aged 79 years.

      pg 89, #45.
      John Bridges, yeoman, Sept. 7th, 1704, aetatis 30. Sarah his wife died March 24th, 1733, aged 57 years.

      #46. Thomas and Sarah Bridges, son and daughter of John and Sarah his wife. Thomas died the 8th of May, 1706 aged 3 years. Sarah died the 28th of Sept. 1715, aged 16 years.

      pg 89, On the Bells:
      #3. Messieurs Edwd. Bridges, Edward Hannis, churchwardens. Richard Phelps made me, 1723.
      #5. Thomas Bridge, Ralph Greeders, Churchwardens, I. H. 1692.

  • Sources 
    1. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), Third Series, 1661-1676, J. M. Cowper, 9 Jun 1664.
      Thomas Bridges of St. Nicholas at Wade, yeoman, bachelor, 21 and Joanna Pannel of St. John in Thanet, virgin, 20, the parents of both consenting, at St. Nicholas aforesaid or St. Margaret, Canterbury. Thomas Bridges, Senior and Ezekiel Bridges both of St. Nicholas aforesaid, yeomen, bondsmen.