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From: "J. William Cupp" <>
Subject: Re: [BRADFORD-L] Bradford: Yorkshire, England>VA>OH>IL
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 12:57:36 -0500


Dear -?,

wrote:
> I’m new to this list & fairly new to genealogy so if anyone can help me
> with the following Bradfords please let me know. I am working on a tree
> for a John Bradford who was born in Yorkshire, England about 1745.

Here is what I have:
PASTE
Research on the Bradford name ends up in Yorkshire, England with the
name being variously spelled Bradforth or Bradfourth in the 14th
Century. This seems to indicate a common etymological origin with names
like Gifford, Clifford and Stafford, which were if I am not mistaken
minor Norman families who took the Anglo-Saxon names of locations in
England shortly after the conquest. The earliest mention I can find of
the name was in an old copy of Cuttlers New York Geneaology (a 19th
Century imprint you may be able to find at a Family History Center).
This mentioned a Bradford who was archbishop of York in the 13th or 14th
Century. That particular reference, if it can be confirmed, gives a lot
of weight to the theory that the Bradfords were an Anglo-Norman family.
Irish Bradfords are almost certainly descendants of this line rather
than progeny. It was not uncommon for wealthy or lesser aristocratic
English families to take up lands in Ireland, but it was extremely rare
for that progression to work the other way around. This is almost all
conjecture based on a couple of facts I can recall from my research.
Since my reasoning and memory can both be faulty, I'd welcome any
corrections based on more substantial data.
- Robert Bradford [Bradford3]

William Bradford married Elizabeth Chambers on Apr. 12, 1719 in St.
Peter's Church in Leeds, Yorkshire, England [Bradford2]. From this
marriage there were five children born:
- Ralph Bradford (b. Dec. 12, 1719/20) born in Mabate, a neighborhood
east of Leeds
- William Bradford (b. c1722) baptized Mar. 26, 1722 in Methley
parish, about 7 mi. SE of Leeds.
- Thomas Bradford (b. c1722) baptized Mar. 26, 1722 in Methley parish.
- Elizabeth Bradford (b. Mar. 8, 1725) born in Quarry Hill, a
neighborhood east of Leeds.
- John Bradford (b. Jan. 31, 1726) born in Quarry Hill.

Thomas Bradford m. Elizabeth Fielding on Dec. 29, 1743, and together
they had six children:
- John Bradford (b. Apr. 8, 1745; d. 1820)
- William Bradford (b. Feb. 9, 1747/8) in Quarry Hill.
- Elisabeth Bradford (b. Sep. 16, 1749) in Quarry Hill.
- Mary Bradford (b. Sep. 4, 1751) in Mabate.
- Ann Bradford (b. Sep. 12, 1754) in Mabate.
- Phebe Bradford (b. Jan. 22, 1756) in Quarry Hill.

John Bradford was born in Quarry Hill, east of Leeds, Yorkshire, England
c1745. He received a very limited education, then, while yet in his
teens, went to work in the silk mills (his father being a member of the
firm). About the year 1766 (when he was 21), John was the sea captain
of a vessel, until 1773. On leaving the water he gave his attention to
farming. He served in the Revolutionary War under Captain Thomas
Berry's company of the 8th Virginia Regiment. He enlisted December 15,
1776 and was discharged September 16, 1777. In 1778 he bought 230
acres of land in Hardy County, Virginia, on Patterson Creek.

In 1778 John m. Johana Regina Hannah Shrout (b. May 17, 1762; d. c1843)
and they had eleven children, all born in Virginia. In 1807, they
brought the younger children to Ohio, settling on White Women,
Coschoctron County, later settling in Highland Township, Muskingum
County, Ohio, where the four older sons had already settled. John died
at age 85; Hannah died at age 81. Both are buried in Ohio. Most of
their children lived in McCarty Township, Coschocton County, Ohio
[Bradford1, Bradford2].
- Joseph Bradford (b. Mar. 31, 1779; d?) lived in Coshocton County,
Ohio.
- Nancy Bradford (b. Mar. 27, 1781; d. 1872) m. James Tucker
c1797-99. They stayed in Virginia when John and Hannah moved west, but
followed several years later (after 1813), settling in Green County,
Iowa.
- George W. Bradford (b. Aug. 21, 1783; d. Dec. 14, 1855)
- Peter Bradford (b. Jan. 27, 1786; d. Jun. 5, 1842) Moved to Ohio
with John and Hannah, but returned to Virginia, and convinced the other
siblings (except for Nancy and George) to move to Muskingum County, Ohio
in 1813.
- John Bradford, Jr. (b. Nov. 2, 1788; d. Oct.13, 1866) m. Sarah
"Sally" on Dec. 19, 1809 then m. Casandra (Cassie) Wright and lived in
Muskingum County, Ohio.
- Elizabeth Bradford (b. Sep. 22, 1791; d. after 1820 ?)
- William Bradford (b. Sep. 11.1794; d. ?) m. Fanny Falk on Nov. 10,
1815 then m. Elizabeth Wortman on Oct.10, 1833 and lived in Muskingum
County, Ohio.
- Hannah Bradford (b. Jan. 1, 1797; d. Feb. 27, 1848) m. Peter Wood
and lived in Coshocton County, Ohio.
- Gasper Bradford (b. Feb. 20, 1799; d. Nov. 15, 1884) m. Rachel Scott
on Dec. 4, 1823 then m. Margaret Wortman Feb. 4, 1847 and lived in Grant
County, Indiana.
- James Bradford (b. Jan. 25, 1801; d.Aug. 5, 1875) m Crestin Leeper
on Sep. 8, 1825 then m. Margaret Scott on Mar. 9, 1848 and lived in
McLean County, Illinois.
- Mary "Polly" Bradford (b. Jan. 12, 1804) m. Jesse Sooy on May 14,
1825 and lived in Muskingum County, Ohio.

George W. Bradford was born in Hampshire County, Virginia (now Grant
County, West Virginia). He married Mary Stingley (b. Mar. 6, 1790; d.
Apr. 19, 1813) in Hardy County, Virginia in 1805. George's parents had
moved to Ohio in 1807 taking several younger children with them. After
his brother Peter returned to Virginia and convinced other Bradfords to
follow to Ohio in 1813, only George and his older sister Nancy Bradford
Tucker remained in Virginia. A few years later, the Tuckers also moved
to Ohio. Mary Bradford then died giving birth to her fourth son,
Daniel.

George remarried to Elizabeth Schell (b. Nov. 3, 1797; d. Dec. 17, 1874)
on Jun. 18, 1813 in a ceremony performed by Rev. John Hoskinson in Hardy
County. Together they parented 17 children, four of whom died in
infancy. They emigrated to Washington Township, Grant County, Indiana
arriving on Oct. 13, 1843. At that time, six of their sons had
preceded them to Grant County. Son John had died in Virginia. Daughter
Rachael had married and moved to Cumberland, Maryland. George settled
on a quarter section southeast quarter of section 16, Washington
Township. The Fairview Church and cemetery was built on the northeast
corner his farm, and both George and Elizabeth are buried there. The
cemetery is located at 250E 450N, about 100 yards south of the county
road. Children of George W. and Mary [Bradford1, Bradford2, Grant]:
- Leonard Bradford (b. May 26, 1806) m. Elizabeth McClellan in Hardy
County, Virginia, the first to emigrate, in 1837/9, to Grant County,
Indiana settling in Washington Township by 1840.
- John Bradford II (b. Aug. 6, 1808; d. 1832) m. Betsy Bryan. He died
in Hardy County, Virginia before George emigrated.
- George Bradford, Jr. (b. Apr. 11, 1810; d. 1895) m. Sarah Hite in
Hardy County, Virginia, emigrated to Grant County, Indiana in 1839, then
to Boone County, Iowa c1855.
- Daniel Bradford (b. Apr. 19, 1813; d. Nov. 30, 1900) m. Louisa
Romine (b. Nov. 9, 1815; d. May 11, 1900); emigrated to Grant County,
Indiana, in 1839 where both are buried in Fairview Cemetery.
Children of George W. and Elizabeth:
- Rachael Bradford (b. May 27, 1814; d. ?) Moved to Cumberland
Township, Allegheny County, Maryland, and m. Joseph McNamara (d. before
1901) there.
- Isaac Bradford (b. Jun. 2, 1816; d. Jun. 4, 1900) m. Susan Spray (b.
Jan. 27, 1823; d. Dec. 21, 1877) in Hardy County, Virginia; emigrated to
Grant County, Indiana, in 1844. Later, he married Dinah ? (b. Feb. 15,
1831; d. Apr. 26, 1894). All three are buried in Union Cemetery.
- Henry Bradford (b. Oct.19, 1817; d. Nov. 7, 1902) m. Sarah Hawkins
in Marion County, Indiana.
- Moses Bradford (b. Sep. 21, 1819; d. Jan. 10, 1898) m. Mary Eleanor
(Mary Ellen) Van Horn on Apr. 7, 1849 in Xenia, Greene County, Ohio. He
later m. Martha A. Macken on Aug. 15, 1889 in Grant County, Indiana
they having met after he advertised for a wife in the newspaper. She
left him on Jan. 1, 1892 and sued for $5, 000. Later he m. Martha Lee
"Mattie" Lowe, who was from Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct.12, 1892 in
Grant County, Indiana [Bradford2].
- Caspar Bradford (b. Sep. 25, 1821; d. May 3, 1865) m. Sarah Cochran.
- Joseph Bradford (b. Nov. 22, 1823; d. Apr. 22, 1908) m. Sarah
Woolman (b. Nov. 5, 1826; d. May 21, 1872) in 1848 then Mary Jane
Billiter (b. Sep. 9, 1842; d. Feb. 23, 1899). All three are buried in
Fairview Cemetery, along with their children John W. (b. Dec. 15, 1853;
d. May 6, 1876), Ruth E. (b. Sep. 29, 1855; d. Sep. 3, 1880), Isaac
Fremont (b. Oct.26, 1857; d. Nov. 11, 1860), Benjamin (b. Oct.6, 1860;
d. Aug. 25, 1889) of Sarah and Floyd L. (b. May 10, 1880; d. Feb. 26,
1881) of Mary. Another child was Martha Ellen Bradford, who m. Orange
Lemon Bish (b. Jul. 21, 1847; d. Jan. 24, 1930), son of Abraham Bish on
Mar. 4, 1875. They are both buried in the Marion IOOF Cemetery (also
called "Estates of Serenity") on Lincoln Boulevard in Marion, Grant
County, Indiana. (Other members of the Bish family are also connected:
his cousins married into the Stevens; see page 72, and his aunt married
into the Cains; see page 75.)
- William R. Bradford (b. Dec. 18, 1825; d. Jul. 7, 1895) m. Elizabeth
Gaines (b. Dec. 18, 1826) Jul. 27, 1848. Two of his siblings later
married two of hers.
- Catherine Bradford (b. Nov. 20, 1827: d. Oct.31, 1914) m. David
Shuff (d. after 1901)
- Rebecca Bradford (b. Jul. 10, 1829; d. ?) m. George Camblin and is
buried in Fall City, Nebraska
- Mary Jane Bradford (b. Nov. 1, 1831; d. Apr. 6, 1904)
- unknown child; died in infancy.
- Elizabeth Ann Bradford (b. Feb. 27, 1834; d. Apr. 18, 1914) had one
child in 1862, then married Amos Harlan (d. before 1901) in 1871. They
are both buried in Mt. Etna, Indiana.
- Jesse Tilden Bradford (b. Jan. 20, 1836; d. Jan. 29, 1919) m. Lucy
J. Gaines on Nov. 4, 1860 [Rhoades]. She was a sister of Oliver Gaines
(below). They are both buried in Fairview Cemetery.
- Noah Schell Bradford (b. Dec. 8, 1838; d. Aug. 24, 1878) m. Linda
Thompson. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery.
- three others, stillborn infants.

Jane Bradford married Oliver Gaines (b. Jul. 4, 1832: d. Dec. 2, 1914)
on Jan. 1, 1852. They farmed land and raised a family together in Van
Buren Township, Grant County, Indiana. She is buried in the Union
Chapel Cemetery in Washington Township, Grant County. (Jane Gaines is
listed in the Gaines Tree, on page 57.)

Oliver and Jane (Bradford) Gaines are my wife's g-g-g-grandparents.
END PASTE

> He married a Miss Strouse & they had 11 children.

Yes, I formerly had "Strouse" but I've been convinced by someone who
researched it more than I that the proper spelling of the name is
"Shrout." (Her first name and dates all matched; same lady.)

> The one I know was James B. Bradford, born June 25, 1800 & married
> Crestine Leeper in 1825.

I don't have the middle initial "B" and my bithdate is slightly at
odds. However, we may have read from sources with abbreviations and
"Jun" and "Jan" are pretty close. (I can't resolve the 1800/1801.)

> They had 8 children & I need info on them as well.

Sorry, but I have nothing on his children. However, I can put you in
contact with my sources (if you wish) and possibly one of them can help
you further. Write back if interested.

- Bill

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