Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Mass. Vol 2, page 445 Edmund BRIDGES, (I) the immigrant ancestor of George C. BRIDGES, of Warren, Mass. was born in England in 1612. He sailed from London in the ship "James" Jan. 13, 1635, then aged 23 years and settled in Lynn, Mass. Hewas a blacksmith by trade. He was admitted a freeman Sept. 7, 1639, and was a proprietor of the town. He removed to the adjacent town of Rowley and was also a proprietor in that town. He had a suit in court at Ipswich in 1641. A curious incident is related of him. The general court of Mass., May 26, 1647, ordered him to aswer at the Essex Court for neglect to further public service by delaying to shoe Mr. SYMOND's horse when he was about to come to court. Evidently nothing serious resulted because SYMONDS was delayed and history fails to tell us what the punisment for such an offense was. It may be said here that the court records of those days were merely made up of such nonsensical charges as this one. BRIDGES deposed in 1658 that he was about 46 years old. He removed to Ipswich and later to Topsail, adjacent towns. He died Jan. 13, 1684. His will mentions wfe Mary and children John, Josiah, Faith, Black, Bethia and Mary. He married (1st) Alice (?). He married (2nd) Elizabeth (?) who died Dec. 1664 at Ipswich. He married (3rd) April 6, 1665, Mary LITTLEHALE, probably widow of John LITTLEHALE. His children were: Edward or Edmund born in 1637; John Mehitable born March 26, 1641 at Rowley; Bethia married Joseph PEABODY on Oct. 26, 1669; Obadiah born 1646; Faith Hackaliah, who was lost at sea, 1671; Josiah, Mary (II) Edmund BRIDGES, son of Edmund BRIDGES (1) was born in 1637 and died in 1682. He settled in Topsfield, Mass., removed thence to Salem in 1668. He was a farmer. He married (1st) on Jan. 11, 1660 to Sarah TOWNE, daughter of William TOWNE. She married (2nd) Peter CLAYES, Sr., and during the witchcraft delusion she came near being hanged for a witch. The children of Edmund and Sarah (TOWNE) BRIDGES were: Edmund born Oct. 4, 1660 at Topsfield; Benjamin born Jan.2, 1664-5, settled at Framingham, Mass.; Mary born April 1662 at Topsfield; Hannah born at Salem, June 9, 1669; Caleb born June 3, 1677. (III) Caleb BRIDGES, son of Edmund BRIDGES (II) was born at Salem, Mass. June 3, 1677, and bought the farm now or lately of William E. TEMPLE,taking a deed of Joseph BUCKMINSTER, Oct. 24, 1706, for 45 acres. He sold this place March 2, 1752 to Thomas TEMPLE. He married, Nov. 26, 1700 to Sarah BREWER, daughter of John BREWER, of Framingham. Their children were: Bathsheba born Jan. 19, 1702-3, died Nov. 1, 1739; Hackaliah, of whom later; Caleb Jr. born Aug. 24, 1708, His son Caleb settled in Spencer and married Lucy TUCKER of Leicester on Nov. 14, 1764, and many of their descendants lived at Windsor, Mass.; Martha born March 28, 1710, married Jan. 13, 1732 to Abraham BALL, son of Abraham BALL, lived in Holliston; Bethia born Feb. 14, 1712-3, married Benjamin NURSE; Benjamin born Sept. 19, 1714, died Oct. 6, 1739; Sarah born Aug. 26, 1716, died Nov. 18, 1739; David (twin) born March 19, 1719, married Keziah DRURY and lived in Leicester; Jonathan (twin) born March 19, 1719, died young.