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 1729 - 1810 (81 years)
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| Name |
Alger, James [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Born |
23 Mar 1729 |
W Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
20 May 1810 |
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [5] |
| Person ID |
I3578 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Alger, Israel, b. 9 Sep 1689, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 13 Nov 1762, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Snow, Susanna, b. 27 Sep 1694, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1731 (Age 36 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Married |
25 Dec 1717 |
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [6] |
| Family ID |
F1389 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Kingman, Martha, b. 4 Sep 1732, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 23 Aug 1813, West Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Married |
8 Nov 1750 |
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [7] |
| Children |
| | 1. Alger, Anna, b. 10 Dec 1752, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [natural] |
| | 2. Alger, Alice, b. 27 May 1755, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [natural] |
| | 3. Alger, Abiezer, b. 25 Jul 1757, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [natural] |
| | 4. Alger, Martha, b. 23 Oct 1760, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [natural] |
| | 5. Alger, James, b. 13 Oct 1765, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1765, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [natural] |
| | 6. Alger, James, b. 22 Oct 1770, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. 2 Nov 1844, Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America (Age 74 years) [natural] |
| | 7. Alger, Phebe, b. 2 Apr 1763, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
21 Jan 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1461 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| 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.
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| Sources |
- [S225] Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volume 41, (Name: Daughters of the American Revolution; Date: 1915;), page 322.
- [S98] Descendants of Henry Kingman, Bradford Kingman, (Name: Boston, Press of David Clapp & Son, 1912;), E7.K 5991., page 63.
"... They were burried on the hill near his house. Mr. Alger resided in the West Parish of Bridgewater. He had a large farm, and his house was about one hundred rods south west of the late Albiezer Alger's house. He was a lieutenent in the local militia of Bridgewater. For several years he was a selectman, and frequently was call to fill the postion of moderator at the town meetings. He was a large, well proportioned man, over six feet in height, and of a social disposition and fond of an argument."
- [S1068] U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
Record for James Alger
- [S1103] A Genealogical History of that Branch of the Alger Family which Springs from Thomas Alger of Taunton and Bridgewater, in Massachusetts. 1665-1875, Arthur Martineau Alger, (Name: D. Clapp & Son; Location: Boston; Date: 1876;), page 8.
- [S98] Descendants of Henry Kingman, Bradford Kingman, (Name: Boston, Press of David Clapp & Son, 1912;), E7.K 5991., page 63.
- [S245] Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 7, Robert S. Wakefield, page 47.
- [S98] Descendants of Henry Kingman, Bradford Kingman, (Name: Boston, Press of David Clapp & Son, 1912;), E7.K 5991., page 41, page 63.
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