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From: ~ Normal <>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [BRADFORD-L] !!!!!Help!!!!
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 00:11:49 -0400


Erin Bradford wrote:

> I can't answer all these questions, but I'll do this part by
> part...(this is all from my head, I've been studying the line of Wm. for
> 12 years)

You are doing pretty good from your head. :-)

> > Governor William Bradford was married, a second time, to Alice Southworth
> > on August 14, 1623.They had several daughters but only one son, Willliam

Alice was born Alice Carpenter to Alexander and Priscilla [Dillen] Carpenter.
She was first married to Edward Southworth who died in London before she came to
marry William Bradford. She had two children with Edward, Constance and Thomas.

> They had two daughters, Dorothy May Bradford and Mercy, and 2 sons, but
> the other son (Joseph) did not really have any descendants....like
> before, I'll look more into this later if you would like..

I have Ann b. Abt 1630, d. 12 Dec 1671 as well but I could be surprised on this
one.

> > Bradford, III, known as Major Bradford, who was born in 1624; he was deputy
> > governor of Plymouth. William Bradford III was 3 times married, first to
> > Alice Richards, by whom he had four sons and six daughters;

I have five sons and six daughters but who's counting. :-)

> > second to
> > Widow Wiswell, by whom he had one son, Joseph;

Don't know where Wiswell comes from, I have her maiden name as Mary Fitch, had
Joseph. She and William must have been divorced even tho that was unusual in
those days as she appears to have married Matthew Sherwood after having been
married to William.

> > third to Widow Mary
> > Holmes, by whom he had four sons.

Her maiden name was Mary Wood tho she was Widow Holmes by the time she married
William.

> Two of the sons of William and Alice
> > richards Bradford were John and William Bradford IV.William Bradford IV
> > was born 1652

I have b. 11 Mar 1654/55.

> and married in January, 1673.John Bradford, son of William
> > and Alice Richards was born Feb 20 1651 and was married to Nancy Warren,
> > by whom he had four daughters and three sons; William V.,(born 1673),

> > John II,(born 1675) and Robert (born 1678 and died in infancy).
> > John Bradford II moved to Fauquer County, Va. where his uncle William
> > lived and called himself John of Virginia because his father was John of
> > Maryland, since he had settled in Maryland near where Cokesbury College
> > now stands. He was an ardent Methodist and gave freely of his time and
> > means to assist John and Charles Wesley.
>
> John Bradford married Mercy Warren, not Nancy, I don't know much about
> this line, and the info isn't with me right now, but I can look into if
> if you want....

My tracking of this line ends about where yours does. I agree Mercy.

> I don't know about this, I haven't done much on this line of Bradford's,
> so I can't answer your question. What I can say is that the person who
> wrote this seems to be close with the dates, but off with the names,
> etc. What do the rest of you think?

The earlier line needs some clean-up but is basically correct. I'd think the
later line could stand somewhat the same scrutiny but wouldn't throw the whole
thing out. What you find there might be good leads to tie down something better,
if they aren't right as is.

--
Norm

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