11th Great Grandparents

Thomas Bridgum

m

Mary Creswell

ch: Mary Bridgum

Mary Creswell's second husband, William Benedict, was the father of her daughter Mary's husband, Lt. Thomas Benedict.� They were step brother and sister.� Mary Creswell Bridgum was a widow when she married William Benedict.

10th Great Grandmother

Mary Bridgum

b 1621 in Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, England
d abt 1721 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut at the age of 100
m to

Lt Thomas Benedict

Mary arrived in America in 1638, traveling on the same ship as Thomas Benedict.