Matthew and Abigail Bridge

…WAS SUSTAINED DURING HIS LIFE
AND REMEMBERED AT HIS DEATH.
HE SERVED IN KING PHILIP'S WAR IN 1675;
HE JOINED THE ILL-FATED EXPEDITION TO QUEBEC IN 1690.
AT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE TOWN IN 1712,
HE WAS CHOSEN FIRST SELECTMAN,
AND FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS
TREASURER OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON.
IN 1687,
HE MARRIED ABIGAIL,
DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH AND MARY RUSSELL,
A WOMAN ESTEEMED FOR HER AMIABLE DISPOSITION
AND CHRISTIAN VIRTUES.
SHE DIED DECEMBER 15, 1722,
AGED 55 YEARS.