England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Josephus Bridger, Event Type: Christening, Event Date: 28 Apr 1631
Event Place: Dursley, Gloucestershire, England
Event Place (Original): Dursley, Gloucester, England, Gender:Male
Father's Name: Samuelis Bridger
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Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Vol 2, 423
The Bridger Family
Joseph Bridger, the most prominent man of his time in Isle of Wight County, was the third son of Samuel Bridger, auditor of the College of Gloucester, who died in Gloucester in 1650. Samuel owned the manor of Woodmancote in the Parish of Dursley, where Joseph
was probably born about 1628. His date of birth cannot be proven, however, as the Parish registers begin in 1639. Samuel in his will leaves to his wife ' * Mary'' his dwelling house at Woodmancote for her natural life. Joseph in his will, 1683, leaves a legacy to his mother "Mary". It appears that Samuel was the only Bridger of that family and time with a wife named "Marv". Also from Samuel's will in 1650 it seems that Joseph was just about of
age. Furthermore, Samuel Bridger's only daughters were "Martha" and "Mary". And these names Joseph of Virginia gave to his two oldest daughters, besides naming his two eldest sons "Joseph and Samuel."
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Cavaliers and Pioneers, p. 433.)
COLL. ROBERT PITT, CAPT. JOSEPH BRIDGER & MR. WILLIAM BURGH, 3000 acs. Isle of Wight Co., upon br. of the Blackwater, 21 Mar. 1664, p. 115, (614). 1200 & 600 acres granted sd. Pitt & Burgh by two former patents (above) & 1200 acs. due for trans, of 24 pers: Thomas Forrast, Joyce Jayes, Robt. Hewitt, Jane Poultney, Mathew Culmer, Richard Westray, Thomas Clerke, Wm. Phillips, Henry Jones, Sarah Paine, Wm. Thomas, Mary Clerke, Barneby Whitwell, Jno. Williams, Robt. Wyatt, Richard Finch, Henry Clerke, Wm. Ford, John Bond, Wm. Milliard, Richard Home, John Clerke, Robt. Floyd, John Powell.

CAPT. JOSEPH BRIDGER & MR. WM. BURGH, 7800 acs. Isle of Wight Co., or Nancimond Co., 7 June 1666, p. 512, (628). Beg. by a White Marsh, a Medow aboute halfe a mile from the maine run of the Black Water, running up S.E. 860 po. by a sw. side, S.E. by S., thence N.E. by E. &c. Trans, of 156 pers:.................

17th Century, Isle of Wight County, VA., by John Bennett Boddie, Land Grants 1675-1705
Bridger, Mrs. Hester76731688122
Bridger, Joseph66501678850
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17th Century Isle of Wight, p 110
Colonel Joseph Bridger, another Cavalier, also came to Isle of Wight after 1650. His tomb bears the inscription, ' ' To Charles his counsel did much honor bring. His own express fetched him to attend the King." This probably relates back to the time Colonel Bridger was in England.
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His stone bears the following epitaph, now almost defaced:
"Sacred To The Memory of The Honorable Joseph Bridger, Esq., Councillor of State in Virginia to King Charles ye 2nd. Dying April ye 15; A. D. 1686; Aged 58 years
Mournfully leaving his wife, three sons and four daughters...

Hester Pitt was born about 1638 in England or Virginia. Her father was Robert Pitt, who was born in Bristol, England, and baptized 16 March 1605/6 at St. Thomas the Martyr Church, St. Thomas Parish, Bristol, England. He was the son of William Pitt and Mary Gibbs. William was born 1575-80 in Bristol, England, died in 1624 in Bristol, and was buried 24 November 1624 at St. Thomas the Martyr Church, St. Thomas Parish, Bristol, England. William married Mary Gibbs on 19 June 1603 at St. Thomas the Martyr Church, St. Thomas Parish, Bristol, England. Mary was born in 1578 in Bristol to William Gibbs and Elizabeth Northall, who married 26 September 1574 at St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, England.
* Source for Pitt family information: “Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia, vol. 7, The Pitt Family of Bristol, Gloucester, Charlestown, Massachusetts and Isle of Wight County, Virginia” by John A Brayton, published by the author but sometimes available from Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore and “Colonial Families of Surry and Isle of Wight Counties, Virginia, vol.10, Bridger of Godalming, Surrey, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire; and Virginia” by John A. Brayton (same as above) and “Seventeenth Century Isle of Wight County, Virginia,” by John Bennett Boddie, 1938, by author, reprints available sometimes from Genealogical publishing.
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