Matthew and Abigail Bridge

…IN EARLY LIFE,
HE CAME WITH HIS FATHER TO THIS PLACE
AND WITH HIM STRUGGLED TO ADVANCE ITS INTERESTS.
THE FIRST CHURCH,
ESTABLISHED HERE BY HIS AID,
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…