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William Bragg was born 18 AUG 1781.
William Bragg's wife was Abigail Moody (1778-1856). They were married 1804 in Salisbury, MA. They had four known children named Timothy Spear Bragg (1808-1838), Nancy G. Bragg (1813-1866), Eliza Bragg (c1815-?), and Sarah Moody Bragg (1821-1887).
Possible parent: From Gazetteer:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vermont/OrangeFairlee.html
Peter BRAGG and son Robert, originally from Salisbury, Mass.,removed to Thetford from Strafford in 1818. Peter resided in Thetforduntil his death. Robert died in Salisbury. William H., son of Robert, movedto Fairlee in 1858, and has since resided in town. He now lives on road13.7
Peter Bragg, born in 1750 and raised on the Isles of Shoals, came off the
islands to enlist in the revolution at the time the Isles were abandoned to
avoid capture or exploitation by the British. Also there was some fear that
some Islanders were perhaps more loyal to the British than the Colonies.
He joined Captain Eaton's company from the Salisbury area,Massachusetts,
and marched, walked, sauntered (?) to New York where he spent severalmonths
guarding a warehouse full of supplies. Peter returned to Seabrook, New
Hampshire, married Peggy Beckman and started a family. Soon after thewar he
moved to Loudon, New Hampshire, bought a farm and settled down.When Vermont
was carved out of New York he moved his family to the Thetford area,bought
a farm near Lake Fairlee, turned it over to two of his sons in exchange for
a promise to care for him and their mother, Peggy, including maintaining
him with a horse and also undertaking to outfit their younger sister with a
wedding trousseau and dowry if needed.
Peter died in 1838 and is buried in Post Mills Cemetery, Vermont, wherehis
grave is carefully maintained and posted with a new flag and revolutionwar
veteran emblem every Veteran's day. Every time I visit the cemetery,which
is not often because I live in California, I am touched by the care given by
the townsfolk for these Veterans' graves.
Peter was at least a 3rd generation Shoaler, since his parents were John
Bragg and Hannah Saunders and John's parents were Peter Peter Bragg,born
1700 on the Isles, who married Anne Ball from Kittery, Maine. I believethe
Braggs migrated to the Isles of Shoals from Devon, England in the 1600s,but
so far I have not made the definitive connection.
In the 1840s, the industrial revolution, some of Peter's sons moved offthe
farm and to the Newburyport area to work in the factories, settling in
Salisbury, Amesbury and Newburyport. My father was born and raised in
Salisbury. I was born in Massachusetts, raised in Pennsylvania and now
reside in California since 1952. I am eight generations removed from the
original Peter Bragg of 1700 but I still consider myself a Shoaler. There
are still many descendants of Peter Bragg in Vermont, however.
I, of course, would welcome any information and am happy to providewhat I
know.
Lawrence Bragg
A William Bragg died in East Warren on Apr 1, 1864 aged 74. Only onethat seems to match closely. There are other William Braggs in EastWarren... maybe he was visiting and died there?