I originally received a message from Leslie Bridges Kohler and the attached is my response which did not reach her. I am sending it on the Bridges list as a new subscriber and in the hope Leslie will see this listing. I didn't know there was a Bridge listing. My Bridge connection goes back to Emily Sophia Bridge, the daughter of William Bridge and Mary D. Phillips. She married my William R. Wright. Their other children were: Polly, Eli B., Ezra, Benjamin,Mary Ann William S. and Jonathan. All were born in Athens OH. This family came to Harrison Co. MO. William Bridge parents were Bezaleel Bridge and Theodia Wallbridge . Bezaleel was born Nov 21, 1764 in Hardwick Mass. Bezaleel and Theodia had 4 children: Bezaleel b. 1794 in Mass William b. 1796 in Mass Didama Amanda b. ? David Gibbs b. July 1802. Bezaleer's parents were Samuel Bridge Jr. b. Jan 1734 0r 75 in Lexington Mass and Hannah Townsend b April 1734 in Suffolk, Charlestown Mass. The had the following children: Joshua b. Hardwick, Dec 1761 Susanna b. Feb 1763 in Hardwick Bezaleel Hannah, b Jan 1766 in Hardwick Hannah, b Jan, 17676 in Hardwick Samuel 3rd, b May 1768 in Hardwick. Samuel Bridge Jr's parents wer Samuel Bridge b. May 1705 in Lexington Mass and Suysanna Paige Pace b. April 1711 in Medford Mass. Their children were: Samuel J. Edmund b. Aug 1739 in Lexington William b. Aug 1739 in Lexington Nathan b. March 1741 in Lexington Francis b. Dec 1745 in Lexington Francis b. July 1748 in Lexington Matthew b. Feb 1751 in Lexington Martha b. Mar 1753 in Lexington Josua b. Dec 1754 in Lexington Phoebe b. June 1756 in Lexington James b. Nov 1757 in Lexington Jonas b. Sept 1759 in Lexington Samuel and his second wife Martha Bowman Joshua b. Oct 1760 Lexington Samuel's parents were Matthew Bridge, b. May 5, 1650 in Cambridge, Mass and Abigail Russell, b. May 1668. Married 1687. Their children were: Mary b. June 1688 Anna b. Sept 1691 Matthew b. Mar 1693 or 4 Abigail b. Apr. 1696 Joseph b. July 1698 John b. Sept 1700 Elizabeth b. Nov 30, 1703 Samuel b. March 2, 1705 in Lexington Martha b. Sept 1707 Matthew Bridge b. 1615 in England married Anna Danforth b. Sept 1622 . Their children were: John b. June 1645 Anne b. 1647 Martha b. Jan 1648 or 9 Matthew b. May 5, 1650 in Cambridge Mass Samuel b Feb 1652 or 3 Thomas b. June 1656 Elizabeth b. Aug 1659 Matthew Bridges father was John Bridge, b 1578 in Braintree, England, Essex County. His mother was Phillip? Their children: Matthew Thomas b. England John Bridge was married in England and had two sons by his wife. She evidently died and he came to America with his two sons. He is honored in Cambridge with a statue, he helped found Harvard Univ. and their is a several hundred page genealogical booklet in the Harvard Library. What I have furnished is a straight line history and while I have a copy of this book I have not tried to branch out and the information to do so may or may not be in this book. I can't see a connection from this info, but it could easily be one of the branches in the outline above.