I know this is an extremely long post and a very big ask but.........
I have decided that after spending many years researching (over 30 yrs) my BRIDG(E)MAN ancestors and relatives it looks like there is a possibility that a lot of the ones I have discovered are connected. But the tricky part is at the moment I have no proof. So I am putting out a call to anyone with the following names to check and see if these are in your trees. HEWSON and PURTELL/PURTILL are definitely related but I cannot find the proof of a connection and MINITIR/MINITOR is also a major possibility. There are also surnames where both a female and male married a BRIDG(E)MAN. Was this just a coincidence or relatives marrying whether they be distant or not? . I started a collective research on all Irish BRIDG(E)MAN surnames. Please give me a buzz if you have one of these names connected to a BRIDG(E)MAN. Many thanks

Females who married into the BRIDG(E)MAN name; BALL, BARRY, BELL, BENNETT, BOUCHER/BOURCHIER, BOWLAND, BRADISH, BRENNAN, BRIERLY, BRODERICK, BROGAN, BROWNE, BYRNE, COLLOPY, CONNELL, CONNORS, CORBETT, CRIBBEN, CULHANE, CUSSEN, DEWAR, DONNELLY, DONOVAN, DORE, DOWLING, DUGGAN, DUNDON, DUNNE, DWYER, ECCLES, ELLIS, FALAHEE, FALLIHER, FARRELL, FARRINGTON, FITZSIMMONS, GARDNER, GEANEY, GORMAN, GRANGE, GREANEY, GUITON/QUITON, HARRINGTON, HEFFERNAN, HEHIR, HEWSON, HICKEY, HIGGINS, HINCHEY, HOLLAND, HOLMES, HUNT, HURLEY, JOHNSON, KAVANAGH, KEARNEY, KELLY, KENNELLY, KENT, KEOGH, KERLEY, KIRWAN/KORWAN/KIRNAN, LAWLAE, LEAVEY, LENIHAN, LEWIS, LYNAM, LYNCH, MACKEN, MADRATA, MARIAH, McARDEL, ,McCABE, McCORMACK, McGRANE, McGRATH, McKENNA, McKNIGHT, McMAHON, MESCALL/MISCALL/MESKILL, MINEHAN, MINITIR/MINITOR, MONAHAN/MONAGHAN, MORONEY, MULCAIRE/MULCARE, MURPHY, NAUGHTEN, NEILAN, NESTOR, NOONAN/NUNAN, O’BRIEN, O’BRYEN, O’CONNELL, O’LEARY, O’LOUGHLIN, O’MEARA, O’NEILL, O’SHAUGHNESSY, O’SHEA, PEACOCK, PEIRCE, PEZLEY/PEGLEY, POTTEN, PURTELL/PURTILL , QUINN, REILY, RICE, ROCHE, RYAN, SCANLAN, SCANNELL, SEXTON, SHEAHAN, SHEEHY, SHEHAN, SKELTON, SOMMERS, STEIN, SULLIVAN, SWORDS, TUTTON, WALSH, WALSH/WELSH, WILLIAMS

Males who married BRIDG(E)MAN women which meant the BRIDG(E)MAN surname was no longer continued; BATTEN, BOHANE, BOWERS, BREEN, BRIDGMAN-EDGEWORTH, BRODERICK, BROOM, BURNS, BYRNE, CAIN, CASEY, COATES, COLBERT/COULBERT, CONNORS/O’CONNOR, COSGROVE, CROWE, CUST, DONOVAN, DOOLAN, DOYLE, EGAN, ENRIGHT, FANT, FARRELL, FITZSIMONS, FOLEY, FOX, FRAWLEY, FROUDE, GARRY, GORDON, GOULD, GOUNGE, GRAHAM, HALLINAN, HALLORAN, HANLY, HANNAN, HASSETT, HAUGH, HAYES, HEWIT, HEWSON, HEYNS, HIGGINS, HISHON, HOGAN, HOLMES, HOPPER, HUMPHREYS, JOHNSON, KELLEHER, KELLY, KENNY, LAWLESS, LUBY, LYNCH, LYONS, MACKEY, MAHON, MANGAN, McDONOUGH, McGOURTY, McKENNA, McMAHON, MURPHY, NAUGHTON, NEVILLE , O’BRIEN, O'BUADHACAIN, O’CONNELL, O’CONNOR, O’DEA, O’DONOVAN, O’GRADY, O’HARA, O’NEILL, O’REILLY, O’SHAUGHNESSY/SHAUGHNESSY, O’SHEA, QUAID, QUIN, REDDAN, RYAN, SHANNON, SHEAHAN, SHEAHON, SMITH, SULLIVAN, TANSEY, TIMON, TODD, TROY, TRUNDLE, VICTORY, WALL, WALSH, YOUNG,