| Home Surname List Name Index Email Us | Tenth Generation16. Colonel Joseph BRIDGER Sr. (:) was born on 28 April 1627 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. at the Wood Mancotte Manor. He was baptized on 28 February 1631 in Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. He was after 1631. He was an Anglican and built the oldest English Church in America. Joseph emigrated about 1652 from England, United Kingdom. He was brought to the Virginia Colony by Colonel Nathaniel Bacon. After 1660 he was in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. He owned a Malt Mill. He was Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses between 1657 and 1664. He served in the military after 1666 in Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. He was appointed Vice Admiral over all Virginia Colony maritime matters. He was also the Commander of the Horse in the Isle of Wight, Surry, Nansemond and Lower Norfolk areas of the Colony. He was an ardent Royalist (loyal to the Crown of England) and was appointed the Councillor of State in the Virginia Colony to King Charles II. He also served as Adjutant General of the Colony of Virginia and attained the rank of Colonel. He served as the Paymaster General of the King's Forces and was a Member of the Governor's Court. Joseph died on 15 April 1686 at the age of 58 in Whitemarsh, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. He was buried in Whitemarsh, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. in the Bridger Family Cemetery at St. Lukes Church. He has Ancestral File Number L65S-HM3. Colonel Joseph BRIDGER Sr. (:) and Hester PITT (:) were married in 1654 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. Hester PITT (:), daughter of Robert PITT and Hester Elizabeth STEVENS, was born in 1631 in Colchester County, England. She was baptized on 6 April 1636 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She died on 15 April 1686 at the age of 55 in Whitemarsh, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. Hester was buried in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia Colony, British Colonial America. in the Bridger Family Cemetery at St. Luke's Church,. Colonel Joseph BRIDGER Sr. (:) and Hester PITT (:) had the following children:
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