Bridget Thompson
1622 - 1643 (20 years)-
Name Bridget Thompson [1] Birth 11 Sep 1622 Preston Capes, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England 
[1] Gender Female Death 16 Aug 1643 Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, [1] Burial Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts [1] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203648756/bridget-denison
Gravesite Details
No extant inscribed grave marker.
Person ID I4704 Gritton Last Modified 21 Apr 2026
Father John Thompson, b. 30 Nov 1577, Preston Capes, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England d. 6 Nov 1626, London, City of London, Greater London, England (Age 48 years) Mother Alice Freeman, b. 1595, Cranford, Kettering Borough, Northamptonshire, England d. 11 Feb 1664, Mystic, New London County, Connecticut (Age 69 years) Marriage Abt 1614 Family ID F2022 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Capt George Denison, b. 10 Dec 1620, Bishops Stortford, East Hertfordshire District, Hertfordshire, England d. 23 Oct 1694, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 73 years) Marriage 1640 [1] Children + 1. Hannah Denison, b. 20 May 1643, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts d. 18 Oct 1715, Stonington, New London County, Connecticut (Age 72 years)Family ID F2021 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Apr 2026
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Notes - Bridget Thompson was the first wife of George Denison. While they were courting, he composed a poem to her, which has been preserved by the family.
"It is an ordinance, my dear divine
Which God unto the sons of men makes shine.
Even marriage is that whereof I speak
And unto you my mind therein I beak.
In Paradise, of Adam, God did tell
To be alone, for man, would not be well.
He in His wisdom thought it right
To bring a woman into Adam's sight.
A helper that for him might be most meet
And comfort him by her doing discreet.
I of that stock am sprung, I mean from him
And also of that tree I am a limb
A branch though young, yet do I think it good
That God's great vows by man be not withstood.
Alone I am, a helper I would find
Which might give satisfaction to my mind.
The party that doth satisfy the same
Is Mistress Bridget Thompson by her name.
God having drawn my affections unto thee
My Heart's desire is thine may be to me.
Thus with my blottings though I trouble you
Yet pass these by cause I know not how
Though they at this time should much better be
For love it is the first have been to thee
And I wish that they much better were.
Therefore I pray accept them as they are
So hoping my desire I shall obtain.
Your own true lover, I, George Denison by name.
From my father's house in Roxbury
To Miss Bridget Thompson, 1640."
The poem has been printed extensively in various family publications, including the DENISON NEWSLETTER (July 1985), No.77, page 4. [1]
- Bridget Thompson was the first wife of George Denison. While they were courting, he composed a poem to her, which has been preserved by the family.
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Sources - [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S2] Find a Grave.