David and Tamsen Eldridge are shown in early records for Massachusetts, USA as having nine children, probably all born at Brewster in Barnstable County. They had married at Brewster on 11 Mar 1805 with the record showing he was of Orleans and she was of Brewster with her mane shown as Tamsin. Their son Gideon spent some time in England where he married a widow. She migrated to the USA in 1859 together with their three children. The headstones for David and his wife show her as Tamzen with her surname shown as Eldridge and his as Eldredge. Following the death of Tamzen David remarried to Mehitable Robbins and they are recorded at Brewster on the 1850 census.
Updated 29 May 2024
David Eldridge (1776-1855) m 1805 Tamzen Atwood (1779-1836) | | | Bangs Eldridge (1805-1865) | m ( ) Almira (Unknown) (1811- ) | | | | | Bethia B Eldridge (1829- ) | | Mary Eldridge (1837- ) | | Barzilla B Eldridge (1838-1895) | | m 1865 Cornelia Kelley (1841-1914) | | Everett Eldridge (1842- ) | | Ezra N Eldridge (1843- ) | | m 1866 Lucinda S Messick (1847- ) | | Ella A Eldridge (1851- ) | | m 1877 David E Kent (1853- ) | | | | | Cornelia Eldridge Kent (1883- ) | | | Sarah H Eldridge (1807- ) | Tamsen Eldridge (1809- ) | Judah Eldridge (1812-1821) | Elizabeth Eldridge (1814-1840) | Polly Eldridge (1816- ) | m ( ) Silvanus Cash (1813-1874) | | | | | (infant) Cash (1833-1833) | | Silvanus Cash (1834-1842) | | Eliza Burr Cash (1836-1842) | | Mary E Cash (1838-1872) | | Freeman Studley Cash (1840-1885) | | Sylvanus Cash (1843-1859) | | Gideon Eldridge Cash (1845- ) | | John Allen Cash (1847-1865) | | Eliza Burr Eldridge Cash (1852- ) | | Ensign Studley Cash (1854-1914) | | | Gideon Eldridge (1818-1887) | m 1849 Martha Royce (1817-1895) | | | | | David Eldridge (1851- ) | | m 1872 Julia C Nickerson ( - ) | | m 1878 Fanny Crosby Foster (1859- ) | | | | | | | Mattie W Eldridge (1878-1960) | | | m 1904 Harlow Gilson Palmer (1872-1954) | | | | | | | | | Frank E Palmer (1912- ) | | | | | | | Joseph E R Eldridge (1879-1881) | | | Caty Nickerson Eldridge (1884-1974) | | | m 1910 Louis Truman Little (1885-1953) | | | | | | | | | Frederick A Little (1917- ) | | | | | | | Sally N Eldridge (1884- ) | | | Ensign Nickerson Eldridge (1886- ) | | | Fred Gideon Eldridge (1887-1976) | | | David Foster Eldridge (1889-1968) | | | m ( ) Ellen F Peterson (1892-1944) | | | | | | | | | David Foster Eldridge (1927-2009) | | | | m 1950 Margaret M McShea (1927-2008) | | | | | | | | | | | Ann Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | m ( ) David Gale ( - ) | | | | | David F Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | Shree Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | m ( ) Robert L Twomey ( - ) | | | | | | | | | Robert Willard Eldridge (1929-2018) | | | | m ( ) Anne E Noyes (1932- ) | | | | | | | Frances Clifton Eliza Eldridge (1890- ) | | | m 1913 Delbert Milton Johnson (1891-1974) | | | | | | | | | Delbert Milton Johnson (1915-1990) | | | | David E Johnson (1926-1990) | | | | | | | Anita Eldridge (1892- ) | | | m 1921 Chester L Williams (1892- ) | | | | | | | | | Robert G Williams (1923- ) | | | | Dorothy Jean Williams (1927- ) | | | | Elizabeth Williams (1929- ) | | | | | | | Harold Eldridge (1894- ) | | | Joseph Eugene Eldridge (1896- ) | | | Dorothy Eldridge (1897-1979) | | | m 1926 Basil Egbert Barton (1897-1999) | | | | | | | | | Carolyn B Barton (1927- ) | | | | Priscilla W Barton (1933- ) | | | | | | | Albert William Eldridge (1903-1979) | | | m 1927 Dorothy B (Unknown) (1905- ) | | | | | | | Sally Eldridge (1938- ) | | | | | Belinda Eldridge (1853- ) | | m 1874 John W Robbins (1850- ) | | Martha Hannah Tamson Eldridge (1858- ) | | | James A Eldridge (1821-1871) | m ( ) Christina Rogers (1825-1900) | | | | | George W Eldridge (1843- ) | | m 1865 Ruth C Young (1844- ) | | | | | | | Josiah P Eldridge (1868-1871) | | | Edith M Eldridge (1871-1874) | | | George F Eldridge (1875-1929) | | | m 1897 Grace B Jones (1864- ) | | | | | | | | | Ruth M Eldridge (1898-1978) | | | | George A/Alfred J Eldridge (1899- ) | | | | | | | Paulina M Eldridge (1877-1922) | | | Irving W Eldridge (1879-1884) | | | | | Eunice W Eldridge (1845- ) | | Horace W Eldridge (1859- ) | | m 1880 Georgietta A Fogg (1860- ) | | | | | Edgar Wallace Eldridge (1882-1882) | | Clarence Hall Eldridge (1883- ) | | m 1907 Susie B (Unknown) (1882- ) | | Horace Winfield Eldridge (1884-1935) | | m 1915 Alice Mary (Unknown) (1885- ) | | | | | Dorothy A Eldridge (1915- ) | | m ( ) (Unknown) Hall ( - ) | | | | | | | Guendolyn E Hall (1931- ) | | | Henry C Hall (1932- ) | | | | | Wendell P Eldridge (1915-1992) | | Madeline V Eldridge (1917- ) | | Barbara M Eldridge (1919- ) | | Marion C Eldridge (1921- ) | | Phyllis E Eldridge (1923- ) | | | Melinda Eldridge (1823-1898) | m 1844 Simeon Nickerson (1814-1876) | | | Edwin Nickerson (1844-1871) | Elizabeth Russell Nickerson (1849- ) | Adella Nickerson (1851- ) | David Atwood Nickerson (1853-1912) | Belinda Nickerson (1856- ) | Martha Tamson Nickerson (1859-1861) | Barzillai Nickerson (1862-1941) | Jennie G Nickerson (1866- ) | m 1836 Mehitable Robbins (1795-1872)