DESCENDANT LINE:
Edward BRIDGE & Elizabeth WHEELER
John BRIDGE* (1578 - 1665) & Elizabeth WILCOX (1582 - 1632)
Matthew BRIDGE (1615 - 1700) & Anna DANFORTH (1622 - 1704)
Anna BRIDGE* (1646 - 1727) & Samuel LIVERMORE (1640 - 1691)
Anna LIVERMORE (1690 - 1769) & John BEMIS (1686 - 1754)
Josiah BEMIS (1716 - 1797) & Elizabeth WARREN (1727 - 1807)
Lydia BEMIS (1767 - 1855) & Amos FROST (1762 - 1850)
Susan FROST (1801 - 1866) & Thomas TEEL (1799 - 1873)
Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - <1870) & Ellen SMITH (~1847 - )
Gardner Abner TEELE Jr.* (1868 - ) & Emma A (1868 - <1920)
Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Grace BOULTON (1890 - 1943)
Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )


SCULPTURE OF JOHN BRIDGE:
There is a sculpture of John Bridge located on Cambridge Common, near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Waterhouse Street, in Cambridge.

The portrait statue of John Bridge, also known as the Puritan Monument, designed by sculptors Thomas Ridgeway and Marshall Gould, was installed in Cambridge Common on September 20, 1882 and officially dedicated on October 15, 1884.
INSCRIPTION: “John Bridge (1578-1665) left Braintree, Essex County, England in 1631 as a member of Reverend Mr. Hooker's Company, settling here in 1632 and staying when the company moved to Connecticut. He became the supervisor of the first public school established in Cambridge in 1635, served as deacon of the church from 1636-1658, as a representative to the Great and General Court from 1637-1641, and was appointed by that body to lay out lands in this town and beyond.”

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• 1578: Born Braintree/Norwich, Essex, England. He was the son of Edward Bridge and Elizabeth Wheeler.
• 1578-1632: Lived Braintree & Norwich, Essex, England.
• 1590: First wife Elizabeth Wilcox was born; daughter of Robert Wilcox and Elizabeth Stokes.
• 1609: Married Elizabeth Wilcox in Alcester, Warwickshire, England.
• 1615: son Matthew was born about 1615 (see more below).
• 1623: son Thomas birth date is unknown; Christening was Nov 9.
• 1628: daughter Sarah was born; died two years later on May 12, 1630.
• 1632: His first wife Elizabeth Wilcox died
• 1632: moved to New England with the Hooker Company, bring his two son Thomas and Matthew; settled in Cambridge, MA
• 1632-1665: Lived Cambridge, MA. Church Deacon & Proprietor.
• 1634: Freeman Oath
• 1635: New Towne (Cambridge) is organized; John is chosen as Deacon and honored office of layman. Appointed the Committee responsible for all land grants.
• 1635: Known address: 72 Dunster Street, Cambridge, MA. Currently the Harvard Athletic Center
• 1635: Supervision of the first public school. One of the first families to donate towards the creation of New College which would later be renamed Harvard College in 1639. The statue of John Harvard in Harvard Square was a gift to the school by Samuel Bridge in 1883.
• 1635-1652: Selectman for 11 years
• 1636: John sent a request to England for the Rev. Thomas Shepard to become pastor when the Rev. Hooker, his company and 100 other decided to move to Connecticut. Shepard was a student and friend of Rev. William Bridge at Emmanual College in Cambridge, England. Both were non-conformist who were excommunicated from the Church of England and needed to move for safety. William went to Holland; Shepard to Cambridge, MA.
• 1637,38,39, 41: Served on the General Court
• 1638: Known address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. Owned 12 acres surrounding this address. 105 Brattle is the site of the Craigie-Longfellow Home & National Park; the foundation of John's original home is located on the front lawn. Matthew Bridge inherited the land in 1665. Later sold the property to Amos Marrett in 1683. John Marret inherited the property and sold it to John Vassal a British loyalist who built the front part of the home and fled the country prior to the Revolutionary War. The home was later used as George Washington headquarters. After the war Andrew Carigie bought the home and rented it to Henry Longfellow whom later purchased the home.
• 1642: Known address: 31 Holyoke Street, Cambridge, MA. Lowell House now stands on this site. Directed by the Order of the Court for Townsmen to see to the Education of Children. John is granted land in Cambridge Farms (Lexington) along Vine Brook. First of 10 family's to begin farming in Lexington; the Bridge home is believed to be the first year round residence; although they seemed to retain homes in Cambridge. John stays in Cambridge, his son Matthew moves to Lexington.
• 1658: John married his second wife Elizabeth Saunders on Nov. 29.
• 1665: Died Apr. 15. Buried in the Old Burying Grounds, Cambridge, MA.