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Subject: Re: Fwd: [BRADFORD-L] !!!!!Help!!!!
Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:20:23 -0700


Descendants of John Bradford

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN2 BRADFORD (RICHARD1) was born ABT 1662 in Charles City, VA, and died
Bef. November 6, 1735 in Brunswick Co., VA. He married REBECCA PACE, daughter of
RICHARD PACE and ISABELLA UK.

Children of JOHN BRADFORD and REBECCA PACE are:
2. i. RICHARD3 BRADFORD, b. Bet. 1704 - 1719; d. 1775, Northampton Co., NC.
3. ii. NATHANIEL BRADFORD, b. ABT 1722, Brunswick Co., VA; d. Bef. February
1757, Edgecombe, NC.
4. iii. JOHN BRADFORD, COL, b. ABT 1708, Brunswick Co., VA; d. 1787, Halifax Co.
NC.
iv. FRANCES BRADFORD.
v. REBECCA BRADFORD.
vi. SARAH BRADFORD.

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)
>
> > To the Bradford List: I would like to know if this lineage is correct,
> > I found a book called "Our Children's Ancestry" by Sarah Cantey
> > Whittaker Allen at the library in Waycross, Ga. and would like someone
> > who is knowledgeable on this line of Bradford's to read this and dispute
> > or agree about these facts that are stated please.
> >
> > Tabitha Bradford, wife of Samuel Crowell, was descended from William
> > Bradford, governor of the Plymouth colony.Governor Bradford was the son
> > of William Bradford I and his wife, Alice Hanson, whom he married June
> > 1, 1585. In 1595 they were living in Austerfield, England.Governor
> > William Bradford was born in 1588, baptized March 19, 1589, and was
> > governor of the Plymouth colony for 31 years. He was twice married,
> > first on November 15, 1613 , to Dorothy May, whodied just before the
> > ship they came over on, reached Plymouth colony.Some accounts say she
> > was drowned.They had one son, John, who died in infancy.
>
> Ok, Dorothy May DID drown. She drowned in shallow water while the
> Mayflower was docked at Plymouth while the men were off ship scouting
> the land to make sure it was safe for the women and children. There are
> speculations on how she drowned being that it was shallow water, maybe
> suicide. John did NOT die in infancy. What happened with him was that
> he was an infant (or really young toddler, can't remember) when the
> Mayflower set sail. William and Dorothy did not know what to expect in
> the new world and wanted their son to live so they left him with trusted
> friends of the family in Denmark (can't remember the name of the town
> right now). John later came to the US and married, but can't remember
> if he had a kid or not. If you want to me to look into this more, just
> let me know....
>
> > Governor William Bradford was married, a second time, to Alice Southworth
> > on August 14, 1623.They had several daughters but only one son, Willliam
>
> 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..
>
> > 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; second to
> > Widow Wiswell, by whom he had one son, Joseph; third to Widow Mary
> > Holmes, by whom he had four sons.Two of the sons of William and Alice
> > richards Bradford were John and William Bradford IV.William Bradford IV
> > was born 1652 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....
>
> > John Bradford II obtained from John, Earl of Granville, a grant of land
> > given under the seal of George II of England.This tract was situated in
> > what is now Halifax County, NC and hither came to John Bradford III ,
> > son of John Bradford of VA. to amke a home and rear a family. John III
> > served with distinction in the war of the Revolution, held a Col.'s
> > commision in the Amreican Army and was at Yorktown , when Cornwallis
> > surrendered.He was a member of the colonial congress along with Colonel
> > Ash of NC, and a member of the House of burgess. He is buried in
> > Enfield, NC.John Bradford III married 3 times , first to Patience Reed,
> > daughter of Henry Reed of NC, second to Dorothy Miriam, and third to
> > Elizabeth....he had 27 children........the article goes on some more.
>
> I have this information on a John in the Rev War for NC:
> John Bradford (1708-Oct 31, 1787), Col. NC unit, m(1) Patience Reed,
> m(2) Dorothy Miriam Burgess, m(3) Elizabeth Smith (p.68) (and this is
> on the homepage at rootsweb)
>
> > so anyway, am I wrong in that John Bradford the distinguished Colonel
> > was the son of John Bradford I and Rebecca Pace and that John I was son
> > of Richard Bradford and Frances Taylor???Could someone please shed some
> > light on this for me. I would really appreciate it!!!
> 4. JOHN3 BRADFORD, COL (JOHN2, RICHARD1) was born ABT 1708 in Brunswick Co.,
> VA, and died 1787 in Halifax Co. NC. He married (1) PATIENCE REED 1751 in
> Edgecombe, NC, daughter of HENRY REED. He married (2) DOROTHEA MIRIAM BURGESS
> September 11, 1768. He married (3) ELIZABETH SMITH 1774 in Edgecombe, NC.
>
> Children of JOHN BRADFORD and PATIENCE REED are:
> 9. i. REBECCA4 BRADFORD, b. December 25, 1752, Edgecombe, NC.
> ii. ELIZABETH BRADFORD, b. May 1, 1754.
> 10. iii. TABITHA BRADFORD, b. 1729, Edgecombe, NC; d. 1828, Wilkes co, GA.
> iv. FRANCES BRADFORD, b. May 25, 1759, Edgecombe, NC; m. WILLIAM WOOTEN,
> 1777.
> 11. v. HENRY B BRADFORD, b. December 4, 1761, Edgecombe, NC; d. 1838, Halifax
> Co. NC.
> vi. JOSEPH JOHN BRADFORD, b. May 15, 1764, Edgecombe, NC; d. Orange \Gilford
> CO., NC.
>
> Children of JOHN BRADFORD and DOROTHEA BURGESS are:
> vii. DOROTHEA MIRIAM4 BRADFORD, b. June 15, 1769; m. JOHN CROWELL.
> viii. RICHARD HENRY BRADFORD, b. September 30, 1770; d. April 7, 1835,
> Washington DC; m. ANN ESMOND.
> ix. ANNE BRADFORD, b. September 12, 1772.
>
> Children of JOHN BRADFORD and ELIZABETH SMITH are:
> x. NEAL4 BRADFORD, b. February 10, 1774; d. July 29, 1775.
> xi. SARAH BRADFORD, b. June 2, 1776, Edgecombe, NC.
> xii. MARTHA BRADFORD, b. January 6, 1779, Edgecombe, NC.
> xiii. MARY BRADFORD, b. November 7, 1780, Edgecombe, NC; m. (1) THOMAS
> GREGORY; m. (2) JAMES WHITAKER.
> xiv. WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. September 20, 1781, Edgecombe, NC; d. 1822.
> 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?

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