P_10433_1550 – Edward Bridgen
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Died: 1730
Co-owner with Peter Burrell and the South Sea Co. in two voyages in 1726 to the Gold Coast and Jamaica. Given as Bridges, Edward in TASTDB, but almost certainly in fact Edward Bridgen. Edward Bridgen and Peter Burrell were among the Directors of the Royal Exchange Assurance in 1727.
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First name: Edward
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Last name: Bridgen
Aliases: Bridges, Edward
Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Jane Smith
Spouse (married 29/09/1709)
Marriage at St Michael Bassishaw
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Sources: Faber, Jews slave and the slave trade p. 166 gives 'Bridgen' as a London slave-ship owner 30/03/1726 [from TNA CO 388/25 S74]; and the Chancery suit of Burnaby v Burrell also gives Edward Bridgen as a party in 1723 C 11/242/3. This Edward Bridgen was dead by 1734 C 11/682/24. Edward Bridgen the son of William Bridgen of Bridgnorth was apprenticed 29/11/1693 to Humphrey Bellamy, Citizen and Cutler, Ancestry.com, London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930 for William Bridgen 1700-1720 1701 May - Dec. Edward Bridgen was involved as an unsuccessful candidate in a contested election for Alderman of the ward of Lime Street in 1724, A True and exact List of the ... Lords ... and Commons of Great Britain ...(1727) p. 72. The Edward Bridgen merchant of London whose will was proved 08/08/1787 was the son of the North Carolina slave-owner Samuel Bridgen and son-in-law of the novelist Samuel Richardson, and was the nephew of the earlier Edward Bridgen. The 1787 will shows connections to Shropshire for the younger Edward Bridgen. Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Edward Bridgen City of London St Dionis Backchurch 1538-1737 PROB 11/643/116.
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Organisations (1)
Royal Exchange Assurance
Role: Director
Crossings (2)
75127 - Bellamont (1725 - 1726)
Role: Owner
76037 - Pye Gally (1725 - 1726)
Role: Owner
Birth
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Death
Date: 1730
Location: City of London (Middlesex)
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Apprenticeships
Master: Humphrey Bellamy
Livery: The Worshipful Company of Cutlers
Start Date: 29/11/1693
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Courts: PCC
Will of Edward Bridgin [sic] merchant of London. He left his wife Jane his household goods and an annuity of £300 p.a. on connection she renounced any further claim on his estate. He left monetary legacies totalling c. £900 to his brothers and nephews and nieces, including £100 to his brother Rev. John Bridgen to take his Doctor of Divinity degree; £500 to his friend Captain Samuel Webster of the ship Bridgen; and £100 to have 25 poor children of Bridgnorth apprentices to some trade. He made his brother Rev. John Bridgen his residuary legatee.
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