>Where would I look for information on his parent? I find nothing on Bridges >being a German name. Has anyone else run across any Bridges that came from >Germany? Was there a German settlement in Tennessee at that time >frame---1810-1820? I was running down some info from Virginia in the 1700's and found where a certain fellow named "van der Bruck" put language in the deed indicating he was now to be referred to as "Bridges." Wish I'd have hung onto it...seems like it was in Prince William county, does that sound right to anyone familiar with VA? Seems like if van der Bruck could be translated into Bridges then the German equivalent could be also. Might want to find the German equivalent and see if it pops up anywhere in the location you think he might have come from/through.

Through reading various family histories, I have seen reference to alternate spellings of Bridges as Brugge, Bruges, Brydges and Bridges....Brugge and Bruges strike me as looking Germanic. (NB - I do not know German.) Just my two cents worth....but I'm not sure if it is even worth one cent. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. D. Bridges" <rdbridges@swbell.net> To: <BRIDGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 8:16 AM Subject: Re: Spam 03 - [BRIDGES-L] James Bridges-1813-TN > >Where would I look for information on his parent? I find nothing on Bridges > >being a German name. Has anyone else run across any Bridges that came from > >Germany? Was there a German settlement in Tennessee at that time > >frame---1810-1820?