Birth: 17 JUN 1624 Plymouth, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts
1st Marriage: to Alice Richards
Birth of Son: 20 FEB 1652
Name: John Bradford
Birth of Son: 11 MAR 1654
Name: William Bradford
Birth of Son: 1657
Name: Thomas Bradford
Birth of Daughter: 1659
Name: Alice Bradford
Birth of Daughter: 02 SEP 1660 (baptized)
Name: Mercy Bradford
Birth of Daughter: 09 MAY 1662
Name: Hannah Bradford
Birth of Daughter: 01 NOV 1664
Name: Meletiah Bradford
Birth of Son: 1668
Name: Samuel Bradford
Birth of Daughter: 1669
Name: Mary Bradford
Birth of Daughter: 1671
Name: Sarah Bradford
2nd Marriage: to Sarah ? widow of Francis Griswold
Military: Often known as “Major William Bradford” because he commanded the Plymouth forces in the fight against the Narragansett in King Philip’s war. He was wounded by a musket ball which he carried the rest of his life.
Birth of Son: 18 APR 1675
Name: Joseph Bradford
3rd Marriage: to Mary Atwood widow of John Holmes
Birth of Son: 18 APR 1677
Name: Isreal Bradford
Deputy Governor: 1682-1686, 1689-1692
Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
Birth of Son: 1685
Name: Ephraim Bradford
Birth of Son: BEF 1687
Name: David Bradford
Birth of Son: BEF 1687
Name: Hezekiah Bradford
Note: 1687-1689
Details: He was the Councillor of State to Gov. Sir Edmund Andros during the interim, 1687-1689.
Note: 1714
Details: Later in life, William built a house in Kingston, MA that was passed down to his oldest son, Major John Bradford, and is now a museum, known as the Bradford House. Also passed down to John, was the manuscript Of Plymouth Plantation which was written by Gov. William Bradford
Will: 29 JUN 1703
Details: Bradford wrote his will June 29, 1703, he died Feb. 20, 1703/4, his small moveable inventory was taken Feb. 28, 1703/4, his will probated Mar. 10, 1703/4 and recorded Mar. 29, 1704. Per the old Julian calendar then in use in England and the American colonies. (Info. provided by Don Blauvelt 8/10/15)
Death: 20 FEB 1703 Plymouth, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts
Burial: Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts
Click here to see parents: William Bradford and Alice Carpenter
Great great grandparents to Noah Webster
Alice Richards
Birth: 16 JUN 1627 Pitminster, Somerset, England
1st Marriage: to Thomas Hinckley
Death: 12 DEC 1671 Plymouth, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts
Click here to see parents: Thomas Richards and Welthian Loring
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