3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITED AN IRON MORTAR-PESTLE BROUGHT ON THE MAYFLOWER BY GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH "SALLY" BRADFORD ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Sarah "Sally" Bradford was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, May 19, 1748, the third of seven children of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Her father was the great great grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. Her mother has been shown to be a descendant of the immigrant Augustine Bearse whose Native American wife Mary Hyanno was reportedly the great granddaughter of Chief Canonicus of the Narragansett nation (although this may be more mythical than factual).
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 19-year-old Sarah married 22-year-old Freeman Ellis, the son of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman.
Sarah gave birth to six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Co. which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775, the date on which British and American soldiers exchanged fire in Lexington and Concord. He enlisted again on May 2, 1775 and was promoted to Sgt. in Capt. Bradford's Co. Freeman also served as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Co., commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr., Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment, Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade for 16 days of service marching on an alarm to Bristol, R.I.
Freeman and Sarah moved to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine in 1792. Freeman died there in 1802, at the age of 56. Sarah was a woman of strong character. As a widow, she managed her large family quite well.
Sarah died at the home of her son, Freeman Ellis, at Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, on Sept. 2, 1837, at the age of 89. She was buried in Storer Hill Cemetery in Carthage, Maine.
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Note: Only a piece of Sarah's tombstone remains today. It must have said "wife of Freeman Ellis." The death date matches Sarah's death date, Sept. 2, 1837.
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"Jane Ellis [Read] was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford, and possessed a so-called iron 'mortar-pestle' which was brought over in the ship Mayflower in 1620, and handed down through the Bradford descendents to Gideon Bradford of Plympton, Mass., and from his family to that of Freeman Ellis of Hartford, Me., who married Sarah Bradford, and at her death it fell to her daughter, Jane Ellis Read, and from her to her son Freeman Read, and remains among his descendents."
Source:
1) Axel Hayford Reed, Genealogical Record of The Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the Bradfords of the United States of America in the line of Esdras Read of Boston and England, 1635 to 1915. Thomas Besbedge or Bisbee of Scituate, Mass. and England, 1634 to 1915. Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth, Mass., and England, 1620 to 1915 (Glencoe, MN, 1915). See the Minnesota Historical Society catalog at MNHS.org
3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITED AN IRON MORTAR-PESTLE BROUGHT ON THE MAYFLOWER BY GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH "SALLY" BRADFORD ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Sarah "Sally" Bradford was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, May 19, 1748, the third of seven children of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Her father was the great great grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. Her mother has been shown to be a descendant of the immigrant Augustine Bearse whose Native American wife Mary Hyanno was reportedly the great granddaughter of Chief Canonicus of the Narragansett nation (although this may be more mythical than factual).
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 19-year-old Sarah married 22-year-old Freeman Ellis, the son of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman.
Sarah gave birth to six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Co. which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775, the date on which British and American soldiers exchanged fire in Lexington and Concord. He enlisted again on May 2, 1775 and was promoted to Sgt. in Capt. Bradford's Co. Freeman also served as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Co., commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr., Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment, Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade for 16 days of service marching on an alarm to Bristol, R.I.
Freeman and Sarah moved to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine in 1792. Freeman died there in 1802, at the age of 56. Sarah was a woman of strong character. As a widow, she managed her large family quite well.
Sarah died at the home of her son, Freeman Ellis, at Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, on Sept. 2, 1837, at the age of 89. She was buried in Storer Hill Cemetery in Carthage, Maine.
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Note: Only a piece of Sarah's tombstone remains today. It must have said "wife of Freeman Ellis." The death date matches Sarah's death date, Sept. 2, 1837.
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"Jane Ellis [Read] was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford, and possessed a so-called iron 'mortar-pestle' which was brought over in the ship Mayflower in 1620, and handed down through the Bradford descendents to Gideon Bradford of Plympton, Mass., and from his family to that of Freeman Ellis of Hartford, Me., who married Sarah Bradford, and at her death it fell to her daughter, Jane Ellis Read, and from her to her son Freeman Read, and remains among his descendents."
Source:
1) Axel Hayford Reed, Genealogical Record of The Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the Bradfords of the United States of America in the line of Esdras Read of Boston and England, 1635 to 1915. Thomas Besbedge or Bisbee of Scituate, Mass. and England, 1634 to 1915. Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth, Mass., and England, 1620 to 1915 (Glencoe, MN, 1915). See the Minnesota Historical Society catalog at MNHS.org
3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITED AN IRON MORTAR-PESTLE BROUGHT ON THE MAYFLOWER BY GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH "SALLY" BRADFORD ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Sarah "Sally" Bradford was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, May 19, 1748, the third of seven children of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Her father was the great great grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. Her mother has been shown to be a descendant of the immigrant Augustine Bearse whose Native American wife Mary Hyanno was reportedly the great granddaughter of Chief Canonicus of the Narragansett nation (although this may be more mythical than factual).
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 19-year-old Sarah married 22-year-old Freeman Ellis, the son of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman.
Sarah gave birth to six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Co. which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775, the date on which British and American soldiers exchanged fire in Lexington and Concord. He enlisted again on May 2, 1775 and was promoted to Sgt. in Capt. Bradford's Co. Freeman also served as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Co., commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr., Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment, Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade for 16 days of service marching on an alarm to Bristol, R.I.
Freeman and Sarah moved to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine in 1792. Freeman died there in 1802, at the age of 56. Sarah was a woman of strong character. As a widow, she managed her large family quite well.
Sarah died at the home of her son, Freeman Ellis, at Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, on Sept. 2, 1837, at the age of 89. She was buried in Storer Hill Cemetery in Carthage, Maine.
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Note: Only a piece of Sarah's tombstone remains today. It must have said "wife of Freeman Ellis." The death date matches Sarah's death date, Sept. 2, 1837.
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"Jane Ellis [Read] was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford, and possessed a so-called iron 'mortar-pestle' which was brought over in the ship Mayflower in 1620, and handed down through the Bradford descendents to Gideon Bradford of Plympton, Mass., and from his family to that of Freeman Ellis of Hartford, Me., who married Sarah Bradford, and at her death it fell to her daughter, Jane Ellis Read, and from her to her son Freeman Read, and remains among his descendents."
Source:
1) Axel Hayford Reed, Genealogical Record of The Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the Bradfords of the United States of America in the line of Esdras Read of Boston and England, 1635 to 1915. Thomas Besbedge or Bisbee of Scituate, Mass. and England, 1634 to 1915. Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth, Mass., and England, 1620 to 1915 (Glencoe, MN, 1915). See the Minnesota Historical Society catalog at MNHS.org
3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITED AN IRON MORTAR-PESTLE BROUGHT ON THE MAYFLOWER BY GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD
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A BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH "SALLY" BRADFORD ELLIS, by Laurence Overmire (5th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Sarah "Sally" Bradford was born in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, May 19, 1748, the third of seven children of Gideon Bradford and Jane "Jennee" Paddock. Her father was the great great grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. Her mother has been shown to be a descendant of the immigrant Augustine Bearse whose Native American wife Mary Hyanno was reportedly the great granddaughter of Chief Canonicus of the Narragansett nation (although this may be more mythical than factual).
On Mar. 19, 1767, at Plympton First Church, Plympton, Massachusetts with Rev. Jonathan Parker presiding, 19-year-old Sarah married 22-year-old Freeman Ellis, the son of Joel Ellis, Jr., and Phebe Freeman.
Sarah gave birth to six children:
1) Joanna (b. 9 July 1767, Plympton) "a deaf and dumb mute"
2) Mercy (1769-1837, m. Arvida Hayford, Esq.)
3) Benjamin (1771-1836, m. Hannah Chickering)
4) Jane Bradford (1773-1886, m. Sampson Read Jr.)
5) Sarah "Sally" (1775-1837, m. Nathan Sampson)
6) Freeman II (1779-1866, m. Lydia Fuller)
During the Revolution, Freeman served as a Corporal in Capt. John Bradford's Co. which marched to Marshfield, Massachusetts, on the alarm of April 19, 1775, the date on which British and American soldiers exchanged fire in Lexington and Concord. He enlisted again on May 2, 1775 and was promoted to Sgt. in Capt. Bradford's Co. Freeman also served as a private in Capt. James Harlow's Co., commanded by 1st Lt. Elijah Bisbee, Jr., Col. Thomas Lothrop's regiment, Brig. Joseph Cushing's brigade for 16 days of service marching on an alarm to Bristol, R.I.
Freeman and Sarah moved to Hartford, Oxford County, Maine in 1792. Freeman died there in 1802, at the age of 56. Sarah was a woman of strong character. As a widow, she managed her large family quite well.
Sarah died at the home of her son, Freeman Ellis, at Carthage, Franklin County, Maine, on Sept. 2, 1837, at the age of 89. She was buried in Storer Hill Cemetery in Carthage, Maine.
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Note: Only a piece of Sarah's tombstone remains today. It must have said "wife of Freeman Ellis." The death date matches Sarah's death date, Sept. 2, 1837.
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"Jane Ellis [Read] was a direct descendant of Governor William Bradford, and possessed a so-called iron 'mortar-pestle' which was brought over in the ship Mayflower in 1620, and handed down through the Bradford descendents to Gideon Bradford of Plympton, Mass., and from his family to that of Freeman Ellis of Hartford, Me., who married Sarah Bradford, and at her death it fell to her daughter, Jane Ellis Read, and from her to her son Freeman Read, and remains among his descendents."
Source:
1) Axel Hayford Reed, Genealogical Record of The Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the Bradfords of the United States of America in the line of Esdras Read of Boston and England, 1635 to 1915. Thomas Besbedge or Bisbee of Scituate, Mass. and England, 1634 to 1915. Governor William Bradford, of Plymouth, Mass., and England, 1620 to 1915 (Glencoe, MN, 1915). See the Minnesota Historical Society catalog at MNHS.org
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