... 1068; and it is said by English Brighams now living that it was borne with honor in Palestine in the time of the Crusades. I fear, however, that we are getting farther away rather than nearer to Thomas Brigham the Puritan. The first and only authentic mention of him found in England is in Camden Hotten's book, entitled Lists of Emigrants from England to America, 1600-1700, compiled from London Admiralty ...