Marriage banns for Brigham and Elizabeth Swift Babcock were published 9 Dec 1810 at Watertown, Massachusetts.
[3] At the time, there was increasing discontent in Texas with the policies of the Mexican government, particularly the ban on slavery and the disarmament/expulsion of American immigrants.
On June 20, 1832, Brigham joined a number of Texan politicians in signing a convention which indicated their willingness to engage in military actions to ensure the independence of Texas.
At this time, Brigham owned a number of slaves, but later in his life, he was to sign numerous petitions against slavery.
[3] Asa Brigham was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:[4][5]