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Governor William BRADFORD, 10 Saints

Male 1590 - 1657  (67 years)


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  • Name Governor William BRADFORD  [1, 2] 
    Suffix 10 Saints 
    Born 19 March 1590  Austerfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 09 May 1657  Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID P7499  Toni Walker Family Tree
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2025 

    Father William BRADFORD, 11
              d. 1591 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Alice HANSON, 11 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Dorothy MAY, Seperatist
              b. Abt. 1597, Wisbeach, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 Dec 1620, Cape Cod Harbor Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 9 Nov 1613  Leyden, Holland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • city hall William Bradford, aged 23, of Austerfield, England and of Dorothy May, of Wisbeach, England, aged 16 years. New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (On
    Children 
     1. John BRADFORD
              b. 1618, England Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 September 1676, Norwich, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F1779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice CARPENTER SOUTHWORTH, 10
              b. 1590
              d. 26 Mar 1670, Plymouth Harbor Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Children 
     1. Major William (Lt. Joseph) BRADFORD
              b. 17 June 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 20 February 1704, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
     2. Joseph (Jael Hobart) BRADFORD, twin
              b. 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 10 July 1715, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
     3. Mercy (Benjamin) BRADFORD VERMAGE
              b. 1630  [natural]
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F1780  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Monument_to_the_Forefathers_1    		Monument_to_the_Forefathers_1
    New Englanders in Nova Scotia-14    		New Englanders in Nova Scotia-14
    William Bradford Alice Richards,Widow Wiswall,Mary Atwood New Englanders in Nova Scotia-13    		William Bradford Alice Richards,Widow Wiswall,Mary Atwood New Englanders in Nova Scotia-13

  • Notes 
    • William Bradford
      description
      Born: 1589, Austerfield
      Died: 1657, Plymouth

      Orphaned at 7. Childhood illness meant he was too ill or weak to work on the farm so read and studied especially the Scriptures. As a teenager drawn to local Separatist Church and regularly listened to Richard Clyfton. When faced prosecution started meeting secretly at William Brewster's house. When Church congregation moved to Holland in 1608 he went with them. Married Dorothy May who was originally from Wisbech in 1613 in Amsterdam. They had a son John born in 1617. Leading member of group planning move to America. Kept journals of early experiences. Active in searching for settlement. Married widow Alice Southworth (nee Carpenter) in 1623. Elected 2nd Governor - re-elected 31 times before his death missing only 5 years. Plymouth commissioner for the United Colonies. President 1652 and 1656. At his death in 1657 he had a library of over 100 books.

  • Sources 
    1. [S661552595] , Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S-879384029] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: Charles D'Wolf : of Guadaloupe, his ancestors and descendants : being a complete genealogy of the ".