Mrs Bridget unknown Very^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1598 - 1680  (82 years)

• Name	Bridget unknown Very
  Prefix	Mrs
  Birth	Abt 1598	of Strood, Kent, England   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Nov 1680	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I630	Scudder
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas Very,   b. Abt 1593, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 37 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1615	Strood, Kent, England
  Children	1. Samuel Very,   b. 6 Oct 1622, Strood, Kent, England d. 1683, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 60 years)   2. Thomas Very,   b. Abt 1625, England d. 28 Mar 1694, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)   3. Bridget Very,   b. 1 Apr 1627, Strood, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 5 years)   4. Francis Very,   b. 18 Jan 1628, Strood, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Temperance Very,   b. 20 Feb 1630, Strood, Kent, England d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 1 years)
  Family ID	F11038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Edward Giles,   b. Abt 1610   d. Aft 17 Dec 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age > 69 years)
  Marriage	Jul 1636	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Mary Giles or Very,   b. Abt 1635, Salem, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Aft 1684 (Age > 50 years)   2. Mehitable Giles,   b. Bef 2 Apr 1637, Salem, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   3. Remember Giles,   b. Bef 31 Jan 1638, Salem, Massachusetts, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   4. Eleazer Giles,   b. 1640, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Abt 1726, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)   5. John Giles,   b. 15 Apr 1645, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts d. Bef 6 Dec 1715, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts (Age < 70 years)
  Family ID	F11042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  The known data for Bridget (unknown) (Very) Giles does not match to be Henry's daughter. She was likely his granddaughter but by which of his daughters is not known. Some people have mistakenly assigned Bridget Scudder, daughter of Henry Scudder of Horton Kirby, Kent, as the Bridget who married Thomas Very; that Bridget was widowed at Strood, Kent, England and then went to New England where she later married Edward Giles. Bridget Giles is more likely a niece than a sister of Rev. Henry Scudder based on the wording of his will. Bridget is named as a "cousin" to Rev. Henry Scudder in his 1651 will and not as a sister in the manner that Rev. Scudder referred to his brother Thomas Scudder in New England and his children. He referred to his "cousins" Elizabeth Lathrop, her brother John Scudder and Bridget (unknown) Giles. In his era "cousin" was used to describe a number of possible relationships but would not usually be used to describe a "sibling." Her age has been adjusted to be more in line with the births of her children and her own death. Bridget came to America as a widow with her family, then married Edward Giles in 1636 and had a family with him. She is mentioned in the will of Reverend Henry Scudder as a cousin living in New England, along with others named by Rev. Henry as "cousins," John Scudder and Elizabeth Lathrop. These 2 are known to be the reverend's nephew and niece. Bridget was a member of the First Church of Salem in 1648. She lived with her first son, Samuel, on the north side of Cedar Pond and the brook running from it, about sixty rods from the almshouse in Danvers, where they owned a large tract of land. There her descendants lived for a century afterwards, as shown by various deeds, wills, and other records, as well as family tradition. Perhaps the greater number of her descendants moved to Salem, where the majority became seamen. On 10 November 1671 Bridget Giles of Salem, widow, gave to "my son Eliezue Giles" of Salem, husbandman, "twenty acres of upland and meadow formerly belonging to my husband Edward Giles of Salem deceased." Bridget's will was written on 14 January 1668/9 and proved on 30 November 1680. In it "Bregett Giles of Salem, widow," bequeathed to son Samuell Very 20s.; to son Thomas Very 20s.; to Mary Cutler of Reading the wife of Thomas Cutler 40s.; to "Briegett Very the daughter of my son Thomas Very" a cow at eighteen or at marriage; to "my son Eliazer Gilles" one ten acre lot "which sometime belonged to Goodman Addams of Nuberie of whom my husband bought it" and some meadow adjoining; and to "my son John Geiles" the residue.

  
  

• Sources

  [S127] Ancestral File (R). [S1476] The Verry Connection. [S143] Tentative Pedigree Chart of Thomas (T) of Salem and the Reverend Henry Scudder, Vol. IV, no. 2, p. 4.