GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER OF ARTIST WILLIAM BRADFORD
GREAT GRANDSON OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
GREAT GRANDSON OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITOR OF GOV. BRADFORD'S HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT 'OF PLIMOUTH PLANTATION'
UNCLE OF EXPLORER CAPT. ROBERT GRAY
MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LIEUTENANT OF PLYMPTON BATTERY
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. SAMUEL BRADFORD, by Laurence Overmire (7th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Samuel Bradford was born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Dec. 23, 1683, the fifth of seven children of Maj. John Bradford and Mercy Warren. His father was the grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. His mother was the granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
On Oct. 21, 1714, at Plympton, Massachusetts, 31-year-old Samuel married 17-year-old Sarah Gray, the daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Gray of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Sarah was the half-sister of Samuel Gray who was the second man shot at the Boston Massacre and the first American to die in the Revolutionary War. She was also the aunt of Capt. Robert Gray, the American explorer who discovered the Columbia River and staked America's claim to the Oregon Territory.
Sarah gave birth to ten children:
1) John (1717-1770, m. Elizabeth Holmes) Captain of Plympton Military Company.
2) Gideon (1718-1793, m. Jane "Jennie" Paddock)
3) William (1720-1725)
4) Mary (b. 1722, m. Abiel Cook)
5) Sarah (1725-aft 1759, m. Ephraim Paddock)
6) William (1729-1808, m. Mary Lebaron) U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
7) Mercy (1731, died in infancy)
8) Abigail (1732-1776, m. Caleb Stetson)
9) Phebe (b. 1735, m. Shubael Norton)
10) Samuel (1740-1813, m. Lydia Pease)
Samuel inherited property from his father's estate. He also inherited Gov. William Bradford's precious manuscript, "Of Plimouth Plantation," one of the most important documents of early American history. The work was loaned to Rev. Thomas Prince who was using it as a reference for his own book that he was writing. He kept it in his library in Boston's Old South Church. The British, who occupied the Old South Church during the Revolution, then got hold of it. Later it turned up in the Bishop of London's palace and was only returned to the state of Massachusetts, after some negotiation, in 1897.
Samuel also inherited an iron mortar-pestle that was brought to America on the Mayflower by his great-grandfather William Bradford. He, in turn, handed it down to his son Gideon.
Samuel Bradford was a leading citizen of Plympton. He was Selectman several times, a Representative to the General Court, and Lieutenant of Plympton Battery. He died in Plympton on Mar. 26, 1740, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in Ye Olde Burial Grounds there.
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GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"The mother, 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 [sic] 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 [sic]."
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
GREAT GRANDSON OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
GREAT GRANDSON OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITOR OF GOV. BRADFORD'S HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT 'OF PLIMOUTH PLANTATION'
UNCLE OF EXPLORER CAPT. ROBERT GRAY
MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LIEUTENANT OF PLYMPTON BATTERY
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. SAMUEL BRADFORD, by Laurence Overmire (7th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Samuel Bradford was born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Dec. 23, 1683, the fifth of seven children of Maj. John Bradford and Mercy Warren. His father was the grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. His mother was the granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
On Oct. 21, 1714, at Plympton, Massachusetts, 31-year-old Samuel married 17-year-old Sarah Gray, the daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Gray of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Sarah was the half-sister of Samuel Gray who was the second man shot at the Boston Massacre and the first American to die in the Revolutionary War. She was also the aunt of Capt. Robert Gray, the American explorer who discovered the Columbia River and staked America's claim to the Oregon Territory.
Sarah gave birth to ten children:
1) John (1717-1770, m. Elizabeth Holmes) Captain of Plympton Military Company.
2) Gideon (1718-1793, m. Jane "Jennie" Paddock)
3) William (1720-1725)
4) Mary (b. 1722, m. Abiel Cook)
5) Sarah (1725-aft 1759, m. Ephraim Paddock)
6) William (1729-1808, m. Mary Lebaron) U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
7) Mercy (1731, died in infancy)
8) Abigail (1732-1776, m. Caleb Stetson)
9) Phebe (b. 1735, m. Shubael Norton)
10) Samuel (1740-1813, m. Lydia Pease)
Samuel inherited property from his father's estate. He also inherited Gov. William Bradford's precious manuscript, "Of Plimouth Plantation," one of the most important documents of early American history. The work was loaned to Rev. Thomas Prince who was using it as a reference for his own book that he was writing. He kept it in his library in Boston's Old South Church. The British, who occupied the Old South Church during the Revolution, then got hold of it. Later it turned up in the Bishop of London's palace and was only returned to the state of Massachusetts, after some negotiation, in 1897.
Samuel also inherited an iron mortar-pestle that was brought to America on the Mayflower by his great-grandfather William Bradford. He, in turn, handed it down to his son Gideon.
Samuel Bradford was a leading citizen of Plympton. He was Selectman several times, a Representative to the General Court, and Lieutenant of Plympton Battery. He died in Plympton on Mar. 26, 1740, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in Ye Olde Burial Grounds there.
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GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"The mother, 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 [sic] 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 [sic]."
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
GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER OF ARTIST WILLIAM BRADFORD
GREAT GRANDSON OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
GREAT GRANDSON OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITOR OF GOV. BRADFORD'S HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT 'OF PLIMOUTH PLANTATION'
UNCLE OF EXPLORER CAPT. ROBERT GRAY
MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LIEUTENANT OF PLYMPTON BATTERY
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. SAMUEL BRADFORD, by Laurence Overmire (7th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Samuel Bradford was born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Dec. 23, 1683, the fifth of seven children of Maj. John Bradford and Mercy Warren. His father was the grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. His mother was the granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
On Oct. 21, 1714, at Plympton, Massachusetts, 31-year-old Samuel married 17-year-old Sarah Gray, the daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Gray of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Sarah was the half-sister of Samuel Gray who was the second man shot at the Boston Massacre and the first American to die in the Revolutionary War. She was also the aunt of Capt. Robert Gray, the American explorer who discovered the Columbia River and staked America's claim to the Oregon Territory.
Sarah gave birth to ten children:
1) John (1717-1770, m. Elizabeth Holmes) Captain of Plympton Military Company.
2) Gideon (1718-1793, m. Jane "Jennie" Paddock)
3) William (1720-1725)
4) Mary (b. 1722, m. Abiel Cook)
5) Sarah (1725-aft 1759, m. Ephraim Paddock)
6) William (1729-1808, m. Mary Lebaron) U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
7) Mercy (1731, died in infancy)
8) Abigail (1732-1776, m. Caleb Stetson)
9) Phebe (b. 1735, m. Shubael Norton)
10) Samuel (1740-1813, m. Lydia Pease)
Samuel inherited property from his father's estate. He also inherited Gov. William Bradford's precious manuscript, "Of Plimouth Plantation," one of the most important documents of early American history. The work was loaned to Rev. Thomas Prince who was using it as a reference for his own book that he was writing. He kept it in his library in Boston's Old South Church. The British, who occupied the Old South Church during the Revolution, then got hold of it. Later it turned up in the Bishop of London's palace and was only returned to the state of Massachusetts, after some negotiation, in 1897.
Samuel also inherited an iron mortar-pestle that was brought to America on the Mayflower by his great-grandfather William Bradford. He, in turn, handed it down to his son Gideon.
Samuel Bradford was a leading citizen of Plympton. He was Selectman several times, a Representative to the General Court, and Lieutenant of Plympton Battery. He died in Plympton on Mar. 26, 1740, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in Ye Olde Burial Grounds there.
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GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"The mother, 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 [sic] 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 [sic]."
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
GREAT GRANDSON OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
GREAT GRANDSON OF GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
INHERITOR OF GOV. BRADFORD'S HISTORIC MANUSCRIPT 'OF PLIMOUTH PLANTATION'
UNCLE OF EXPLORER CAPT. ROBERT GRAY
MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LIEUTENANT OF PLYMPTON BATTERY
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. SAMUEL BRADFORD, by Laurence Overmire (7th great grandson), genealogist and family historian, updated August 2020:
Samuel Bradford was born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Dec. 23, 1683, the fifth of seven children of Maj. John Bradford and Mercy Warren. His father was the grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. His mother was the granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
On Oct. 21, 1714, at Plympton, Massachusetts, 31-year-old Samuel married 17-year-old Sarah Gray, the daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Gray of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Sarah was the half-sister of Samuel Gray who was the second man shot at the Boston Massacre and the first American to die in the Revolutionary War. She was also the aunt of Capt. Robert Gray, the American explorer who discovered the Columbia River and staked America's claim to the Oregon Territory.
Sarah gave birth to ten children:
1) John (1717-1770, m. Elizabeth Holmes) Captain of Plympton Military Company.
2) Gideon (1718-1793, m. Jane "Jennie" Paddock)
3) William (1720-1725)
4) Mary (b. 1722, m. Abiel Cook)
5) Sarah (1725-aft 1759, m. Ephraim Paddock)
6) William (1729-1808, m. Mary Lebaron) U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.
7) Mercy (1731, died in infancy)
8) Abigail (1732-1776, m. Caleb Stetson)
9) Phebe (b. 1735, m. Shubael Norton)
10) Samuel (1740-1813, m. Lydia Pease)
Samuel inherited property from his father's estate. He also inherited Gov. William Bradford's precious manuscript, "Of Plimouth Plantation," one of the most important documents of early American history. The work was loaned to Rev. Thomas Prince who was using it as a reference for his own book that he was writing. He kept it in his library in Boston's Old South Church. The British, who occupied the Old South Church during the Revolution, then got hold of it. Later it turned up in the Bishop of London's palace and was only returned to the state of Massachusetts, after some negotiation, in 1897.
Samuel also inherited an iron mortar-pestle that was brought to America on the Mayflower by his great-grandfather William Bradford. He, in turn, handed it down to his son Gideon.
Samuel Bradford was a leading citizen of Plympton. He was Selectman several times, a Representative to the General Court, and Lieutenant of Plympton Battery. He died in Plympton on Mar. 26, 1740, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in Ye Olde Burial Grounds there.
----
GOV. WILLIAM BRADFORD'S MORTAR-PESTLE FROM AXEL H. REED GENEALOGY, p. 18 (transcribed by Laurence Overmire):
"The mother, 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 [sic] 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 [sic]."
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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