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From: MrBrad <>
Subject: [BRADFORD-L] BRADFORD Jane / WHETHAM William; Bridport, England; c 1752
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 14:45:34 -0600

Looking for information on the Jane BRADFORD noted in this write-up.

I am sending this the Bradford surname list and also to the
Waterloo-Wellington Genealogy and Peel Co. lists since someone those
communities may know something of the history of the WHETHAM's as several
Whetham children were born, lived or died there.

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This line of Whetham's originated in England.

Generation 1

The earliest Whetham's we know about at this time is William Whetham born
2-December-1782 in Birdport, England. He was married to Jane Bradford. They
lived in Birdport, England. The marriage date would have been in the 1780
to 1782 time period and if we guessed that they were both about 25 to 30
when a child was born then we could estimate birth dates in the 1752 to
1755 range.

We know nothing about the Bradford line at this time. However, the
significance of the Bradford name is that it maybe tied to William Bradford
the first governor of Pennsylvania, USA. according to some old family
folklore. This as never been proven.

The only children we know about from this marriage are:

1. Thomas Bradford Whetham bon 2 Dec 1783 in Birdport, England

Generation 2

Mary Crossin Whetham born 25 Sep 1784, likely in Birdport as well.

Major Thomas Bradford Whetham married Mary Crossin. We are not sure of this
date but it would have been in England as we can not locate them in the
Ontario birth register. Thomas and Mary had three children:

1.William Whetham born xx in xx. We believe he lived in Birdport,
England since we have records indicating this is where some of his children
we born. Unfortunately, we do not know his exact birth date or location.
He married

2.Jane Whetham - likely born in Birdport as well; however, no further
details are know.

3.James Joseph Whetham born in 1809 in England and was three years old
when he came to Canada, according to a story in the 1906 Atlas of Wellington
County, Ontario.

It is not known exactly when the family emigrated to Canada but we infer
that they came at the time the Major was sent to fight in the war of 1812
as a member of the Royal Artillery. He fought in two battles Queenstown
Heights and Lundy's Lane (25-July-1814). (Article about Major Thomas
Whetham from the 1906 Atlas of
Wellington County, Ontario, Canada).

If Joseph was the youngest child then all children were born in England.

James Joseph Whetham born 1809 in England. He was three years old when he
came to Canada. He was raised in Nelson Township, Halton County, Ontario.
In early manhood moved to Chinguacousy Township, Peel County, Ontario where
he met and married Fanny Nevills of Erin Township, Wellington County in 1831.

Fanny died 11-Feb-1906 at the age of 94. Most of this information was taken
directly from the 1906 Atlas of Wellington County, Ont.

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Regards,
Brad Henderson
Note - there is a nineteen in these addresses

OGS-20553/PerthGS-895/WWGS 2063/BG-GS 2820/KentGS-xxx/HuronGS 1222
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