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William Eliot Bradford 1559 – 1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 March 1559

Birth Location: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 15 July 1591

Death Location: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Bradford

Mother: Alice Morton

Spouse(s): Alice Hanson

Children(s): William Bradford

The story of William Eliot Bradford began in 1559 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. William Eliot Bradford married Alice Hanson, and had children including William III (Governor of Massachusetts; (Mayflower Pilgrim) "Mayflower Compact" Bradford. William Eliot Bradford passed away in 1591 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of William Eliot Bradford began in 1559 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • William Eliot Bradford married Alice Hanson, and had children including William III (Governor of Massachusetts; (Mayflower Pilgrim) "Mayflower Compact" Bradford.
  • William Eliot Bradford passed away in 1591 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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William Bradford's Ancestors

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William Bradford
1559 – 1591
Birth Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Major Governor William Sr. l "Father Mayflower" (1533–1595 Bradford
1533 – 1595
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England
Alice Morton
1536 – 1599
Blyth, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
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
Great-Grandparents
Sir (Moton)
1470 – 1534
Lady Moreton
1482 – 1541
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Bradford's Descendants

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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)
        1. 1. Joshua Ripley (13 May 1688 – 18 Nov 1773) m. Mary Backus (8 Nov 1692 – 19 Oct 1770)
        2. 2. David (Bradford) Ripley (20 May 1697 – 16 Feb 1781) m. Mary Backus (8 Nov 1693 – 19 Oct 1770) m. Lydia Cary (12 February 1705 – 9 Apr 1784)

William Bradford's Timeline

2 Records

1559
19 March 1559
Birth of William Eliot Bradford in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1591
15 July 1591
Age 32
Death of William Eliot Bradford in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 March 1559
    Event Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 July 1591
    Event Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

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