Member of the House of Burgesses for Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia
In office 1662-1670
Preceded by
Robert Pitt
Succeeded by
position vacant
In office 1658
Preceded by
Nicholas Smith
Succeeded by
Robert Pitt
Personal details
Born
c. February 1632 Woodmancote Manor, Dursley Parish, Gloucestershire, England
Died
April 15, 1686 White Marsh Plantation, Isle of Wight County Colony of Virginia
Resting place
St. Luke's Church, Smithfield, Isle of Wight County
Spouse
Hester Pitt
Children
7 including sons Samuel, William and Joseph II (disinherited)
Parent(s)
Samuel and Mary Bridger
Occupation
military officer, merchant, planter, politician
Joseph Bridger (baptized February 28, 1632– April 15, 1686) emigrated to the Virginia colony from England where he became wealthy and known for supporting Governor William Berkeley and his successors. As would his namesake grandson and several other descendants, Bridger served in the House of Burgesses representing Isle of Wight County. Bridger also served in the legislature's upper house, the Virginia Governor's Council, and led troops against the rebels during Bacon's Rebellion in 1676 as well as in 1682, when he helped suppress the tobacco cutters (although he had sympathetized with a similar solution nearly two decades earlier).[1][2][3]
^Morgan, Timothy E, ed. (2001). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. II. Richmond: Library of Virginia. p. 224-226. ISBN 0-88490-199-8.
^McCartney, Martha W. (2012). Jamestown people to 1800 : landowners, public officials, minorities, and native leaders. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co. pp. 85–86. ISBN 978-0-8063-1872-1. OCLC 812189309.
^Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. I. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 131-132.
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