Bridgman, David

Bridgman, David an English Baptist minister, was born in the vicinity of Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, March 13, 1795. He united with the Church at the age of sixteen; studied with Reverend James Viney of Bridgewater two years, and inl 1825 was ordained pastor of the Church at Modbury, where he remained five years. In 1830 he removed to Horsington, Somersetshire, where his pastorate continued for nearly thirty years. His next and last settlement was at Ashlev, Hampshire, where he died, July 4, 1868. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1869, page 137. (J.C.S.)