The Earliest Documented Ancestor of BRIDGES, BRIDGER, BRIDGERS, BRIDGE, BRIGGS DNA Testing

FTDNA Test Kit# 12888 Haplogroup R1b1b2 (No close matches found with other "Bridges" test subjects, but found close 25/25 matches with eight "Fuller" surnamed test subjects.)

• Test # 12888
• Thomas Bridges was born about 1765 in, Possibly, Franklin Co., NC, and died about 1799 in GA. He married Susannah Huckaby in Possibly, Franklin Co., NC, daughter of James Huckaby and Selah Williams. She was born in, Possibly, Franklin Co., NC.
  • Their son, Herod Bridges, was born about 1793 in NC, and died 2 Feb1854 in Rapides Parish, LA. He married Margaret Ware in 1812 in Green Co., GA, daughter of Thomas Ware and Mary Jemison. She was born about 1797 in Lincoln Co., GA.
    Herod had 12 children.
    • Their youngest child, Ashbury Fletcher Bridges, was born 8 May 1832 in Putman Co.,GA, and died 27 Oct 1912 in Marble Falls, TX. He married Mary Jane Turner 1 Feb 1863 in, Probably, Marbla, Falls, TX. She was born 3 Oct 1835 in Putnam or Green Co., GA, and died May 14, 1911 in Marble Falls, TX.
      • Their son, Don Herod Bridges, was born 15 Jan 1872 in Columbus, TX, and died 1 Apr 1964 in San Marcos, TX. He married Lillie Irene Allen 13 Jul 1898 in Goforth, TX, She was born 13 Feb 1873 in Buda, TX, and died 11 Dec 1943 in San Marcos, TX.