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William Bradford 1589–1657 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 March 1589

Birth Location: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 9 May 1657

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: William Bradford

Mother: Alice Hanson

Spouse(s): Dorothy May, Alice Sr

Children(s): William Bradford, Joseph Bradford, Mary Bradford, John Bradford, Susanna Bradford

William Bradford was born in 1589 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Bradford And Alice Hanson. William Bradford married Alice Carpenter Sr, Dorothy May, and had children including John Bradford, Joseph Bradford, Mary Mercy Bradford, Susanna Bradford, William Bradford. William Bradford passed away in 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Bradford was born in 1589 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of William Bradford And Alice Hanson.
  • William Bradford married Alice Carpenter Sr, Dorothy May, and had children including John Bradford, Joseph Bradford, Mary Mercy Bradford, Susanna Bradford, William Bradford.
  • William Bradford passed away in 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Bradford
1535–1595
Birth Location: Bradford, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
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Alice Hanson
1536–1600
Birth Location: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Dorothy May
1596–1620
Birth Location: Wisbech, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England
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Alice Sr
1590–1670
Birth Location: Wrington, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

William Bradford
1620–1703
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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Joseph Bradford
1630–1715
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mary Bradford
1627–1657
Birth Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
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John Bradford
1617–1676
Birth Location: Leiden, Leiden Municipality, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Susanna Bradford
1613–1681
Birth Location: England, England, United Kingdom
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William Bradford's Ancestors

Self
William Bradford
1589–1657
Birth Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
William Bradford
1535–1595
Bradford, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Alice Hanson
1536–1600
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Thomas (Bradford IV Mayor) Berwick
1503–1596
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England
Eleanor Moreton
1512–1607
Murton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Ralph Berwick
1473–1553
Euffemia Manners
1477–1572
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Bradford's Descendants

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William Bradford (19 March 1589–9 May 1657) m. Dorothy May (19 March 1596–December 1620) m. Alice (Carpenter) Sr (3 August 1590–26 March 1670)
  1. 1. William Bradford 1620–1703 m. Alice Richards 1627–1671 m. Mary ((Wood)) Atwood 1655–1715
    1. 1. Hannah Bradford 1662–1739 m. Joshua Ripley 1658–1739
      1. 1. Hezekiah Ripley 1695–1779 m. Mary Skinner 1704–1787
        1. 1. Hezekiah Ripley 1748–1836
      2. 2. Alice Ripley 1683–1768 m. Samuel Edgerton 1670–1748
        1. 1. Mary Edgerton 1713–1784
      3. 3. Rachel Ripley 1693–1782 m. Winslow Tracy 1688–1768
        1. 1. Nehemiah Tracy 1723–1776
        2. 2. Josiah Tracy 1718–1803
      4. 4. Leah Ripley 1693–1779 m. Samuel Cook 1690–1744
        1. 1. Mary Cook 1729–1796 m. Josiah Manning 1725–1806
        2. 2. Phineas Cook 1716–1728
        3. 3. Phineas Cook 1736–1784 m. Abigail Durant 1739–1830
        4. 4. Jerusha Cook 1722–1804 m. Thomas Pardee 1722–1806
        5. 5. Samuel Cook 1732–1758
        6. 6. Welthean Cook 1724–1804 m. Thomas Pardee 1722–1806
        7. 7. Rebeckah Cook 1718–1764 m. Caleb Jewett 1710–1778
      5. 5. Irene (Or Irena) Ripley 1700–1726 m. Samuel Manning 1691–1727
        1. 1. Abigail Manning 1722–
      6. 6. David (Bradford) Ripley 1697–1781 m. Lydia Cary –1784
        1. 1. Faith Ripley 1722–1787
        2. 2. Bradford Ripley 1744–
        3. 3. Alithea Ripley 1738–
        4. 4. Gamaliel Ripley 1736–1739
        5. 5. Ann Ripley 1726–
        6. 6. William Ripley 1734–
        7. 7. Gamaliel Ripley 1740–
      7. 7. Joshua (Ripley) II 1688–1773 m. Mary Backus 1693–1770
        1. 1. Mary Ripley 1714–1769
        2. 2. Ebenezer Ripley 1729–1811
      8. 8. Judith (Faith) Ripley 1686–1721 m. Samuel (Captain) Bingham 1685–1760
        1. 1. Jerusha Bingham 1708–1776
        2. 2. Lemuel (Deacon) Bingham 1713–1788
        3. 3. Mariah Bingham 1720–1720
        4. 4. Anne Bingham 1716–1760
        5. 5. Abisha Bingham 1710–1813
      9. 9. Margaret Ripley 1690–1774 m. Benjamin Seabury 1689–1797
        1. 1. Elisha Seabury 1720–1776
        2. 2. Abigail Seabury 1714–1802
        3. 3. Samuel Seabury 1717–1800
      10. 10. Hannah (Bradford) Ripley 1685–1750 m. Samuel Webb 1690–1779
        1. 1. Hannah Webb 1715–1817
        2. 2. Ebenezer Webb –1803
        3. 3. Ebenezer Webb 1712–1713
    2. 2. Alice Bradford 1661–1745 m. William Adams 1650–1685
      1. 1. Eliphalet ((Eliphelet)) Adams 1677–1753 m. Lydia Pygan 1685–1749
        1. 1. William Adams 1710–1798 m. Ruth (Anne Bass) * 1721–1801
        2. 2. Pygan Adams 1712–1776
        3. 3. Lydia Adams 1720–1721
        4. 4. Samuel Adams 1717–1718
        5. 5. Thomas Adams 1715–1753
        6. 6. Mary Adams 1714–1750
      2. 2. Alice Adams 1682–1735
      3. 3. Abiel Adams 1685–1758 m. Rev. (Joseph) Metcalf 1682–1723
        1. 1. Abigail Metcalf 1708–
        2. 2. Alice Metcalf 1712–1740
        3. 3. Sybil Metcalf 1722–1722
        4. 4. Delight Metcalf 1719–1752
        5. 5. Abijah Metcalf 1709–
        6. 6. Sarah Metcalf 1718–1747
        7. 7. Hannah Metcalf 1712–1774
        8. 8. Azubah Metcalf 1723–1803
        9. 9. Mary Metcalf 1715–
        10. 10. Abiel Metcalf 1709–1778
      4. 4. Elizabeth Adams 1681–1767
    3. 3. Samuel Bradford 1667–1714 m. Hannah Rogers 1668–1754
      1. 1. Mary Bradfield 1683–1747
      2. 2. Elizabeth Bradford 1696–1777
      3. 3. Peter (Lane) Bradford 1697–
      4. 4. Welthea (Bradford) Lane 1702–1755
      5. 5. Jerusha (Bradford) Gay 1699–1783
      6. 6. Perez Bradford 1694–1746
      7. 7. Hannah (Bradford) Gilbert 1689–1772
      8. 8. Gamaliel Bradford 1704–1778
      9. 9. Gershom Bradford 1691–1757
    4. 4. Ephraim Bradford 1690–1746 m. Elizabeth Bartlett 1690–1741 m. Elizabeth Brewster 1690–1741
      1. 1. Abigail Bradford 1720–1790 m. Peleg Holmes 1715–1795
        1. 1. Lucy Holmes 1762–1799 m. Elkanah Clements 1761–1845
        2. 2. Elizabeth Holmes 1751–
        3. 3. Nathaniel Holmes 1753–
        4. 4. Sarah Holmes 1760–
        5. 5. Deborah Holmes 1743–1748
        6. 6. Lydia Holmes 1753–
        7. 7. Peleg Holmes 1749–
        8. 8. Abigail Holmes 1746–1742
        9. 9. Mary Holmes 1758–
      2. 2. Miss Bradford 1714–1714
      3. 3. Son Bradford 1723–1723
      4. 4. Waite Bradford 1723–1801
      5. 5. Anna Bradford 1715–
      6. 6. Miss Bradford 1716–1716
      7. 7. Lusannah Bradford 1721–1805
      8. 8. Ruth Bradford 1725–1767
      9. 9. Ezekiel Bradford 1728–1816
      10. 10. Ephraim Bradford 1719–1741
      11. 11. Elizabeth Bradford 1717–
      12. 12. Simeon Bradford 1729–1793
      13. 13. Elijah Bradford 1722–1741
      14. 14. Deborah Bradford 1712–1732
    5. 5. John Bradford 1652–1736 m. Mercy Warren 1653–1747
      1. 1. Samuel Bradford 1683–1740 m. Sarah Gray 1697–1770
        1. 1. Gideon Bradford 1718–1793 m. Jane Paddock 1717–1795
      2. 2. Mercy Bradford 1681–1738 m. Isaac Cushman 1676–1727
        1. 1. Abigail Cushman 1722–1784 m. Gideon Sampson 1719–1794
      3. 3. John Bradford 1675–1724
      4. 4. Abigail Bradford 1679–1697 m. Gideon Sampson 1675–
      5. 5. William Bradford 1688–1728
      6. 6. Priscilla Bradford 1686–1732
      7. 7. Alice Bradford 1677–1746
  2. 2. Joseph Bradford 1630–1715 m. Jael Hobart 1643–1730
    1. 1. Peter Bradford 1677–1712
    2. 2. Joseph Bradford 1665–1712
    3. 3. Elisha Bradford 1669–1747
  3. 3. Mary (Mercy) Bradford 1627–1657 m. Benjamin (Vermace Vermaynes) Vermayes 1620–1665
    1. 1. Mercy Vermayes 1654–1714
  4. 4. John Bradford 1617–1676 m. Martha Bourne 1618–1683
    1. 1. Nathaniel Bradford 1630–1690
  5. 5. Susanna Bradford 1613–1681 m. Ezekiel Richardson 1602–1647 m. Henry Brooks 1592–1683
    1. 1. Josiah (Richardson) Sr 1635–1695 m. Remembrance Underwood 1639–1719
      1. 1. Sarah Richardson 1659–1748 m. William Fletcher 1656–1712
        1. 1. Esther Fletcher 1681–1767
      2. 2. Samuel Richardson 1672–1754
      3. 3. Jonathan Richardson 1667–1753
      4. 4. Josiah (Richardson) Jr 1665–1711
      5. 5. John Richardson 1669–1746
    2. 2. Alice Brooks 1630–1730

William Bradford's Timeline

2 Records

1589
19 March 1589
Birth of William Bradford in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
1657
9 May 1657
Age 68
Death of William Bradford in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 March 1589
    Event Place: Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 May 1657
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Colonial Families of the USA
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [5] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index
    [7] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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