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Capt Cornelius BRADFORD

Capt Cornelius BRADFORD

Male 1737 - 1790  (52 years)

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  • Name Cornelius BRADFORD 
    Prefix Capt 
    Born 10 Dec 1737  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 8 May 1743  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Noteworthy Early settler of Bradford, ME 
    Questions What service did Col Wheaton’s regiment see? 
    DAR# A013336 
    Military Event American Revolution - 6th Co, Col Mason Wheaton’s Regt of Militia; Capt  [1] 
    Served American Revolution? Y 
    Alden-Mullins descendant? Y 
    Military Flag Y 
    Cause of Death Died in a Shipwreck off Bardford's Cove at Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada at the age of 52 
    Died 10 Feb 1790  Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36452  Main
    Last Modified 30 Oct 2023 

    Father Joshua BRADFORD,   b. 23 Jun 1710, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1758, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Hannah BRADFORD,   b. 10 Apr 1719, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1758, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1736  Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • Husband and wife were 2nd cousins
    Family ID F28436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patience DAVIS,   b. Bef 1747, Friendship, Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1800, Friendship, Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 55 years) 
    Married 1760  Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth ”Betsy” BRADFORD,   b. 1765, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1865, Warren, Lincoln [Knox] Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years)
     2. Mehitable BRADFORD,   b. 1773, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1773, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Hannah BRADFORD,   b. 1761, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Elsie BRADFORD,   b. 4 Nov 1763, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Joshua BRADFORD,   b. 4 Sep 1764, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Josephus BRADFORD,   b. 10 Feb 1768, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Sarah BRADFORD,   b. 1770, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Sylvia BRADFORD,   b. 1772, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Prudence BRADFORD,   b. 5 Oct 1774, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Winslow BRADFORD,   b. 1777, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Lydia BRADFORD,   b. 1780, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Frederick BRADFORD,   b. 1782, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. James BRADFORD,   b. 1784, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Cornelius BRADFORD,   b. 19 Feb 1788, Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1857, Friendship, Knox, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 13 Sep 2021 
    Family ID F13384  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Dec 1737 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 8 May 1743 - Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1760 - Meduncook [Friendship], Knox, Maine Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Cornelius Bradford was an early settler of Bradford, Penobscot, Maine, for whom the town was named.
      ——
      Captain, 6th Company, Col. Mason Wheaton’s (4th Lincoln Co) regt. list of officers of Mass. militia dated St Georges, June 3, 1776, commissioned July 3, 1776.
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      In 1776 there was some suspicion that Cornelius Bradford had Loyalist leaning. On 6 Feb 1776 the committee of inspection and correspondence prepared depositions “after Capt. Adams having entered a complaint against Mr. Bradford for inclining to toryism.” On the 15th when Mr. Bradford had his trial, made an acknowledgement & promised Reformation as having considerably offended, but the Committee not finding Sufficient cause to condemn him, gave him an acquitance on condition of his future good behavior.” [3, 4]

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] Daughters of the American Revolution, A013336.

    2. [S162] BRADFORD, Descendants of Gov. William Bradford-to the family of Martin Bryne Bradford of Charlotte County,-New Brunswick, Canada.

    3. [S165] Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State, (Boston, 1896), 2:401.

    4. [S70] Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, Sherman, Robert Moody, Verle Delano Vincent, Robert S. Wakefield, et al., (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA), 22:487.


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Updated 23 Dec 2023