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Alger, James

Alger, James

Male 1770 - 1844  (74 years)

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  • Name Alger, James  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Birth 22 Oct 1770  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Nov 1844  Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Burial Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I1444  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2024 

    Father Alger, James,   b. 23 Mar 1729, W Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 1810, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Kingman, Martha,   b. 4 Sep 1732, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1813, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 8 Nov 1750  Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F1461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bassett, Hannah 
    Marriage 29 May 1791  [2] 
    Family ID F687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Oct 1770 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • Published Biography
      Alger, Arthur Martineau. A Genealogical History of That Branch of the Alger Family Which springs from Thomas Alger of Taunton and Bridgewater, in Massachusetts, 1665-1875 (D. Clapp & Son, Boston, 1876), page 15

      James Alger (James18, Israel4 Israel2, Thomas1), m. April 19, 1791, Hannah, daughter of Lieut. Joseph and Phebe (Cushman) Bassett, a direct descendant, on her father's side, from William Bassett, on her mother's from the Rev. Robert Cushman, both of whom were among the Plymouth pilgrims. She d. Jan. 16, 1845, aged 73.

      James Alger owned and lived on a farm in that part of Bridgewater called Scotland, and for a number of years carried on, in partnership with Col. Salmon Fobes, an iron furnace and a store in Freetown, He was a deacon of the First Congregational Church in Bridgewater, in the ministry of Dr. Sanger, and, during his active life, influential in church and town affairs. In his latter years he was afflicted with a singular organic affection of the back, which rendered him incapable of active employment. Much of his time he then devoted to reading and reflection, making the Bible and religious books the objects of his special attention. He was a decided Unitarian, and would "speculate with considerable ability on subjects which have found able and opposite advocates in the Christian Church." He was an occasional contributor to the columns of the Christian Register. He died Nov. 2, 1844, aged 74. Children :-

      219. i. Adin, b. October, 1791 ; m. Clarissa Fobes.
      220. ii. Nahum, b. Feb. 27, 1794; m. Catharine Rounseville.
      221. iii. Phebe-cushman, b. Sept. 17, 1798; m. Cyrus Copeland.
      222. iv. Zenas, b. July 8, 1802; m. 1st, ;2d, .
      223. v. Horatio, b. Nov. 6, 1806; m. Olive A. Fenno.

  • Sources 
    1. [S245] Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 7, page 151.

    2. [S1555] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 094 : 1912.
      Record for Mrs. Olive Augusta Cheney #93645

    3. [S1246] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Name: James Alger Birth Date: 22 Oct 1770 Birth Place: Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America Death Date: 2 Nov 1844 Death Place: Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America Cemetery: Scotland Cemete.

    4. [S1490] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    5. [S1688] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1850.

    6. [S98] Bradford Kingman, Descendants of Henry Kingman, (Name: Boston, Press of David Clapp & Son, 1912;), page 41, page 63, E7.K 5991.


  

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