Alger, James

Notes:

Source: Arthur Martineau Alger, A Genealogical History of that Branch of the Alger Family which Springs from Thomas Alger of Taunton and Bridgewater, in Massachusetts. 1665-1875 (Boston, D. Clapp & Son, 1876), page 8.

"He owned a large farm in West Bridgewater, his house standing 100 rods south-west of the " Abiezer Alger House." Previous to the war of the Revolution, he held a lieutenant's commission in the local militia of Bridgewater. For some years he filled the office of selectman, and was frequently chosen moderator of the annual town meetings. He was a large, well-proportioned man, over six feet in height. He possessed a social disposition, and was fond of argument."

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Source:
Mayflower web page:
http://members.aol.com/calebj/revolutionary_war.html
Mayflower descendant (Susanna Snow, William Snow, Rebecca Browne,
PETER BROWN)
He was a Selectman (town moderator).
James Alger served as matross at the Lexington Alarm.

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The will of James Alger, gentleman of Bridgewater, dated 8 Nov. 1791,. presented 2 July 1810, names wife Martha; daughter Nancy Keith, wife.
of Amos; Parnal and James Keith; granddaughter Olive Dunbar; sons.

Abiezer and James; Abiezer executor.

No Plymouth Co. PR for Martha Alger.: 3 additional children died in infancy.

James married Kingman, Martha on 8 Nov 1750 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Martha (daughter of Kingman, Jonathan and Keith, Mary) was born on 4 Sep 1732 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 23 Aug 1813 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alger, Anna was born on 10 Dec 1752 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Alger, Alice was born on 27 May 1755 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Alger, Abiezer was born on 25 Jul 1757 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Alger, Martha was born on 23 Oct 1760 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Alger, James was born on 13 Oct 1765 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1765 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Alger, James was born on 22 Oct 1770 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Nov 1844 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America; was buried in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
7. Alger, Phebe was born on 2 Apr 1763 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

Israel married Snow, Susanna on 25 Dec 1717 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Susanna (daughter of Snow, William and Whitman, Naomi) was born on 27 Sep 1694 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mayflower descendant (William Snow, Rebecca Browne, PETER BROWN)

The settlement of the estate of William Snow on 22 Nov. 1726 names "Susannah ye wife of Israel Alger."
Israel Alger of Bridgewater, yeoman, sold to son Daniel of Bridgewater land in Bridgewater and Easton where his son Israel late of Bidgewater dec. dwelt - about 73 acres with dwelling house and barn
signed 17 Sept. 1755, ack. 21 March 1757. on the same date he sold land in Bridgewater to son James Alger.

No Plymouth Co. PR for Israel Alger.

Died:
Age: 37

Notes:

Israel Alger died before 1726 leaving a large estate, married Patience daughter of Nathaniel, granddaughter of Thomas, her uncle was the Honorable Thomas Hayward JR. She died
bef 1730

Israel married Hayward, Patience in 1684 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Patience (daughter of Hayward, Nathanial and Willis, Hannah) was born on 20 Apr 1672; died about 1729 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Born before 1664 if age 21 or over in 1685 Titicut division.
Mayflower descendant (Rebecca Browne, PETER BROWN).
James Snow of Bridgewater was appointed administrator of the estate of
this father William Snow late of Bridgewater on 7 NOV 1726. Division
of the estate on 22 NOV 1726 names sons James, William, Eleazer and
John Snow; daughters Bethiah wife of Elisha Howard and Susanna wife of
Israel Alger, both of Bridgewater.

William married Whitman, Naomi in Dec 1686 in prob. Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA. Naomi (daughter of Whitman, Thomas and Byram, Abigail) was born in 1664 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died after 12 Jan 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Packard, Elizabeth on 14 Nov 1665 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Packard, Samuel and (Packard), W/S Elizabeth) was born on 19 Jul 1646 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1683 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Israel and Deliverance named for mother's brother and sister

Notes:

William T. Davis, Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families,(Boston:
Damrell and Upham, 1899), Pg. 131.
NATHANIEL, Bridgewater, son of 1st Thomas, m. Hannah, d. of John
Willis, and had Nathaniel, 1664; John, Thomas, Samuel, Benjamin,
1677;Elisha; Patience, m. Israel Alger. NATHANIEL, East Bridgewater,
son of above, by wife Elizabeth, had Josiah, 1688; Nathaniel, 1690;
Isaac,1691; Hannah, 1694; Sarah, 1696, m. Joseph Latham; Elizabeth,
1698, m.Samuel Reed; Bethiah, 1711, m. Jonathan Perkins.

Nathanial married Willis, Hannah about 1663. Hannah (daughter of Willis, I Dea John and Hodgkins, Elizabeth) was born about 1645; died on 12 Feb 1785 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GEN: !Aurie Willis Morrison, SOME WILLIS FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND: 1973

Notes:

Source:Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p.7.
"On 31 Aug. 1638 Nr. Richard Derby transferred his servant William Snow to Edward Dotey with William to serve 7 years longer. In the 1643 list of men able to bear arms he was a resident of Plymouth. In 1657
William Snow was a Freeman in Bridgewater. In a deed dated 25 March 1667/8 (sic) William Snow of Bridgewater, husbandman, sold to Ephraim Tinkham of New Plym-outh, 1/3 part of a whole share of upland and meadow in Dartmouth which was granted by the court unto Peter Browne, a purchaser or old comer.

On 7 Nov. 1679 William Snow of Bridgewater sold to John Brown all his one third of 25 acres of land, formerly of Peter Brown of Duxbury, wife Rebecca consented.

The will of William Snow Senr. of Bridgewater, dated 9 March 1698/9, proved 4 March 1708, mentions wife (unnamed); sons Joseph and Benjamin; son William to maintain parents for life; daughters Mary,
Lydia, Hannah and Rebecca."

William married Browne, Rebekah in 1654. Rebekah (daughter of Browne, Peter and (Unknown), Mary) was born about 1631 in Plymouth Colony, MA; died after 9 Mar 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mayflower descendant (PETER BROWN)
Source:
Robert S. Wakefield FASG. Mayflower Families In Progress. General
Society of the Mayflower Descendants, 1986. p.3.

Notes:

John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988
PARENT:Dea John Whitman
Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers,Volume 4, Ore,
Arethusa, tuo Siculis confunditur undis. ,page 525:
THOMAS, Weymouth, eldest s. of John the first, b. in Eng. a. 1629,
perhaps no brot. by his f. but left at home to foll. with mo. and
other ch. as fam. tradit. tells, freem. 1653, m. 22 Nov. 1656,
Abigail, d. of Nicholas Byram, had s. John, b. 5 Sept. 1658; Ebenezer;
and Nicholas, as, from his will of 1711, we find also ds. Susanna, w.
of Benjamin Willis; Mary, w. of Seth Leach; Naomi, w. of William Snow;
and Hannah, then unm.; but no date of b. for more than one of the
seven is found; perhaps bec. he sold his est. at Weymouth, and rem. to
Bridgewater bef. the b. of sec. ch. and he d. 1712.
Other children mentioned in the Boston Records for Weymouth Marriages
are Mary Whitman w. m. Micaeth Pratt. Eliz w. married Joseph Green.
"Weymouth Marriages: Thomas son to Ensigne Whitman and Abigail
Daughter of Nicholas Biron marryed by Capt William Torrey 27:9:56.
John Prat, sonne of Micaeth & Mary daughter of Ensigne Whitman (would
seem to have been in 1656). William Chard & Eliz Daughter of Micaeth
Prat. Joseph Greene & Eliz Daughter ofEnsigne LWhitman marryed p Capt
Torrey 3 mo:57.
THe will of Thomas Whitman of Bridgewater dated 12 JAN 1711 names
daughter Naomy Snow.

Thomas married Byram, Abigail on 22 Nov 1656. Abigail (daughter of Byram, I Dr Nicholas and Shaw, Susanna) was born about 1637 in Weymouth, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA; died in 1712. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Arnold Byram, BYRAMS IN AMERICA: 1988
Thoams and Abigail (Byram) Whitman went from Weymouth to Bridgewater,
MA and lived on a farm known as "Whitman's Neck."