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Subject: Hopestill (Bradford) Nash
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 20:06:43 EDT

Dear List,

In the records of Bristol, RI, we find that Joseph Nash of Providence, and
Mrs. HOPESTILL BRADFORD , of Bristol, were married by the Rev. John Burt on 9
Jan 1756. (The term "Mrs." in this record merely indicated Hopestill's social
rank; she was single at the time.)

Hopestill was still alive in 1762 or 3, when Joseph Nash and she were parties
to the sale of land in Plympton, MA, which had been willed to her father,
Capt. Gershom Bradford, by his father, Samuel Bradford..

What has intrigued me for years is the statement, in "Other Descendants of
Captain Gershom Bradford" by Charles Bradford Elwood, in NEHGR, Jan 1956, page
48, that "Hopestill, drowned in the Mississippi River; m. Joseph Nash ,
Providence, RI."

Do any of you Bradford fans know the story of that drowning? I have never
even seen a proposed date for the event.

Any help with this puzzle will be greatly appreciated by

Rick Sherman
Kensington, CA

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