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Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford 1533 – 1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Jul 1533

Birth Location: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

Death Date: 10 Jan 1595

Death Location: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

Father: Robert Bradfourth

Mother: Lady Browning

Spouse(s): Alice Morton, Alice Bradford, Margaret Fox

Children(s): William Bradford

The story of Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford began in 1533 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford married Alice Morton, Alice Morton Hanson - Bradford, Margaret Fox, and had children including William Eliot Bradford. Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford passed away in 1595 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford began in 1533 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.
  • Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford married Alice Morton, Alice Morton Hanson - Bradford, Margaret Fox, and had children including William Eliot Bradford.
  • Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford passed away in 1595 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.

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Sir Bradford's Ancestors

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Sir Bradford
1533 – 1595
Birth Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
Parents
Robert Bradfourth
1487 – 1553
Tickhill, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Dorothy Elizabeth Turvin de) Browning
1510 – 1566
Tickhill, Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (George Robert Moreton) (Moton)
1470 – 1534
Peckleton, Leicestershire, England
Lady (Alice Markham Skipwith) Moreton
1482 – 1541
Allerton, Nottinghamshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Bradford's Descendants

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Sir (Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595) Bradford (19 Jul 1533 – 10 Jan 1595) m. Alice Morton (Abt Jul 1536 – 1599) m. Alice (Morton Hanson -) Bradford (1536 – 1567) m. Margaret Fox (1538 – 23 February 1593)
  1. 1. William (Eliot) Bradford (19 March 1559 – 15 July 1591) m. Alice Hanson (8 Dec 1562 – 23 May 1597)
    1. 1. William (III (Governor of Massachusetts; (Mayflower Pilgrim) "Mayflower Compact") Bradford (19 Mar 1590 – 9 May 1657) m. Dorothea ((1st wife of Gov William Bradford III) May - Mayflower) Immigrant (19 March 1596 – 17 Dec 1620) m. Alice (Carpenter) Southworth (3 Aug 1590 – 29 March 1670) m. Alice Carpenter (3 August 1590 – 26 Mar 1670)
      1. 1. William, (Honorable Major Jr. Bradford (2ND Gov of) Plymouth) (17 JUN 1624 – 20 FEB 1703) m. Alice Hunt (16 JUN 1627 – 12 DEC 1671) m. Mary Fitch (1643 – Abt. 1676) m. Mary (Wood Atwood; Holmes) (3rd) (January 1655 – 6 Jan 1714)
        1. 1. Hannah ((Bradford)) Ripley (9 May 1662 – 28 May 1738) m. Joshua (Ripley 1st Justice of the Peace, Wyndham,) Ct. (9 Nov 1658 – 18 May 1739) m. Joshua (Ripley) I (9 Nov 1658 – 18 May 1739)

Sir Bradford's Timeline

2 Records

1533
19 Jul 1533
Birth of Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
1595
10 Jan 1595
Age 62
Death of Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Jul 1533
    Event Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1595
    Event Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

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