Thomas Brigham III
The Yorkshire village of
Holme upon Spaulding Moor is about 10 miles from the River Homden and 25 miles from the North Sea, about halfway between York and Kingston upon Hull. This Thomas Brigham of Holme upon Spaulding Moor, our ancestor, designated here as the "Third," was a yeoman farmer.
Thomas, his brother, and his wife were part of the pragmatic Picaresque Generation. His father had been part of the idealistic Reformation Generation. His children were part of the heroic, civic-minded Elizabethan Generation.
Robert Aske of Doncaster's "Pilgrimage of Grace," a revolt against the dissolution of the monesteries in 1536 (when Thomas was 11), consumed all of Yorkshire until its brutal suppression the following year, and we can only speculate how the uprising might have affected Thomas and his parents.
Year by year in the life of Thomas Brigham III
The life of Thomas Brigham III in its historical context
| Birth of Thomas Brigham III | |
| Born: | 1525 |
| Birthplace: | Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Parents | |
| Father: | Thomas Brigham II, 1500-1560 (our ancestor) |
| Mother: | Elizabeth, d. 1573 (our ancestor) (from Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England) |
| Siblings | |
| Brother: | Henry Brigham, 1527-1606 (Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England) |
| Spouse and children | |
| Wife: | Jennett Millington, 1526-1587
(our ancestor) (daughter of William and Barbara Millington, our ancestors; William Millington was the son of Thomas Millington and Agnes Sothern, our ancestor) Married 1548 Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Son: | Thomas Brigham IV, 1550-1586 (our ancestor) |
| Son: | Peter Brigham b. 1551, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England d. 15 October 1590, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England m. 12 November 1586, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England to Everill Hessye |
| Son: | William Brigham b. 1553, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England d. 1 February 1590, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Daughter: | Jennett Brigham b. 1555, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Son: | Richard Brigham, b. 1557 |
| Daughter: | Frances Brigham b. 1559, Holme-upon-Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
| Other information | |
| Occupation: | Yeoman farmer |
| Religion: | Born Roman Catholic; prob. became Church of England adherent (Anglican) at the age of 9 with the 1534 Act of Supremacy |
| Death of Thomas Brigham III | |
| Died: | 6 February 1559
(or perhaps 1558
) (age 34) |
| Deathplace: | Holme upon Spaulding Moor, Yorkshire, England |
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Source for this page: The Fay Family Homepage Genealogies, created by Ken and Susan Jean Fay Barbi, 1809 View Top Court, Annapolis, MD 21401-5873, phone (410) 757-5044 [Copyright © 2001], citing source "WFT Pedigree number 893."