Ancestor chart of Bridges Family

FTDNA Test Kit# 187137, Group 10 (Haplogroup: terminal SNP R-M269) (Ysearch User ID# HURMH) - (chart submitted by test subject)

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Hosea Bridges was born 1770-1780 in Massachusetts or Vermont and died 1830-1840 probably in Peru, Clinton County, New York. Hosea married Charlotte Wilcott in Warren [formerly Western], Massachusetts on July 6, 1797. Charlotte Wilcott born ca. 1774 in Vermont, died April 29, 1863 probably in Chesterfield, Essex County, New York. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Keeseville, Clinton County, New York. Their children were: 1. Horatio Bridges (1800 - 1868), 2. Martin Bridges (about 1801 - ), 3. Lyman Bridges (ca. 1804 - 1888) married Sarah Wilson (1811 - 1874), 4. Harriet Bridges (ca. 1806 - 1879) married Jeremiah Johnson (ca. 1797 - 1879), 5. Mariah Bridges (1809 - 1875) married Myron Edward Lyon (1811 - 1894), 6. Derinda Bridges (1811 - 1902) married Horace Lyon (ca. 1805 - 1881), 7. Lucinda A. Bridges (ca. 1816 - 1890), 8. Charlotte W. Bridges (ca. 1820 - 1866).

Their son, Lyman Bridges, was born ca. 1804 in Vergennes, Addison County, Vermont and died May 29, 1888 just west of Hartford, Van Buren County, Michigan and is buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan. Lyman married Sarah Wilson probably in Peru, Clinton County, New York. Sarah Wilson was born January 22, 1811 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England and died November 21, 1874 in Peru, Clinton County, New York. She is buried in South Plattsburgh Cemetery, South Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. Their children were: 1. Calvin Bridges (1829 - 1906) maried Ann Eliza Roberts (1833 - 1919), 2. James Bridges (1831 - 1859), 3. Hosea Bridges (1834 - 1910) married Jane E. Pierce (1835 - 1865) and married Martha Hawks (1835 – 1909), 4. Elisabeth Bridges (ca. 1834 - 1880) married Robert B. Hindes (about 1835 - ), 5. John Wilson Bridges (1840 - 1915) married Martha Maria Nooney (1848 - 1910) and married Leonore Estella Russell (1875 - 1947), 6. Darwin Bridges (ca. 1842 - 1905) married Jane Martin (1837 – 1881) married Phebe C. Martin (1846 - 1892) and maried Lucy Marvin (1865 - 1905), 7. Lyman Bridges, Jr. (1844 - 1920) married Sarah M. Thomas (1850 - 1918), 8. Dorinda Bridges (ca. 1845 - 1879) married George H. Mattoon (ca. 1846 - 1914), 9. Stepto C. Bridges changed his name to Stephen Burger (1849 - 1929) married Rebecca Silsbee Russell (1847 - ). 10. Izora Bridges (1851 - 1853).

Their son, John Wilson Bridges, was born March 26, 1838-1840 in Peru, Clinton County, New York and died December 11, 1915 in Plant City, Hillsboro County, Florida. He is buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan. John married Martha Maria Nooney January 1, 1867 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan. She died December 10, 1910 in Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan and is buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan. Their children were: 1. George S. Bridges (ca. 1869 – 1878), 2. Clinton DeWitt Bridges (1871 – 1960). John married Leonore “Lena” Estella Russell June 8, 1911 in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan. Lena was born November 24, 1875 in Penn Township, Cass County, Michigan. She died May 23, 1947 in Benton Harbor, Berrien County, Michigan and is buried in Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Michigan. Their child was: 1. Grant Wilson Bridges (1913 – 1990).

Their son, Grant Wilson Bridges, was born July 21, 1913 in Watervliet, Berrien County, Michigan and died July 10, 1990 in St. Joseph, Berrien County, Michigan. He was cremated and buried at Mission Hills Memorial Gardens, Sumnerville, Cass County, Michigan. Grant married Myrtle Clara Iiams on May 25, 1935 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indana. Myrtle Iiams was born August 7, 1918 in Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming and died January 20, 1990 in Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan. She was cremated and buried at Mission Hills Memorial Gardens, Sumnerville, Cass County, Michigan. Their children were: 1. WGB 2. GWB (1940 - ).

Their son, GWB, married SF in 1963. Their children were: 1. MGB 2. CFB 3. MJB 4. CGB.

Their son, MJB (1971 - ) was the person tested.

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