Joseph Bridger facts for kids
General Joseph Bridger (before 28 Apr 1631 – before 8 May 1686) was a military and political figure in the Colony of Virginia. Some sources relate him as "Colonel" (Col.) Bridger.
Born in Gloucester, England, in 1631, he was the son of Samuel Bridger, the auditor of the College of Gloucester. Bridger served as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Isle of Wight County, Virginia in the 1657-8 session, as well as in 1663. According to some sources, Bridger was later a co-acting Colonial Governor of Virginia in 1684, and 1685.
During Bacon's Rebellion, Bridger was an adherent of Governor William Berkeley.
Several of Bridger's descendants also served in the House of Burgesses.
He died in 1686, in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. He was interred at St. Luke's Church, in Smithfield, Virginia.
Family
Joseph Bridger married ca. 1654 Hester Pitt, daughter of Colonel Robert Pitt of Isle of Wight Co., Va.
The children of Joseph Bridger and Hester Pitt were:
- Capt. Joseph II (ca. 1654 - by 1713/4) who married Elizabeth Norsworthy
- Martha (ca. 1658 - 1714), married Thomas Godwin
- Col. Samuel (ca. 1663 - by 1713), married Elizabeth Godwin
- Col. William (ca. 1668 -1730), married Elizabeth Allen
- Elizabeth (ca. 1665 - 1717), married Thomas Lear
- Mary (ca 1667 - ), married Capt. Richard Tibboth
- Hester (1665 - ca. 1722), married George Williamson
