This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Burnahm, Brigham, Luce, Williams, Eaton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SRB.2ACE/11852.1.1 Message Board Post: from the Brigham Genealogy JOHN 5, son of Joel4 and Mary (Church) BRIGHAM ; born in Marlboro, Mass., 16 April, 1758; died in Chadwick Bay, N. Y., (*) Vide History of Chautauqua Co., p. 537. 20 Aug., 1828; married, in 1779-80, Abigail, daughter of James and Abigail (Ward)(WILLIAMS ) of Marlboro and Rutland, Vt., born 26 Feb., 1764; died, in Chadwick Bay the next day after her husband, and they were interred in one grave at Fredonia, (*CHAUTAUQUA CO) N. Y. He was a soldier in the wars of 1775 and 1812. In 1790 he moved to Fitzwilliam, N. H., and in 1795 to Madison, N. Y., and in 1808 to Chadwick Bay, where he took up a tract of wild land, built a log house and opened a farm. A principal street, leading out of Dunkirk village, and first opened by him, bears his name.He was a highly respected and honored citizen. (*BRIGHAM ROAD) Children, the 2 eldest born in Marlboro: i John6, b. 7 Oct., 1780. ii James, b. 6 Nov., 1782. iii Walter. iv Nabby, bapt. in Fitzwilliam, 13 March, 1791.