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First Name
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Maj William BRADFORD

Maj William BRADFORD[1]

Male 1624 - 1702  (77 years)

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  • Name William BRADFORD 
    Prefix Maj 
    Born 16 Jun 1624  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Event King Philip’s War; Commander in Chief 
    Military Flag Y 
    Died 20 Feb 1702  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I40556  Main
    Last Modified 24 Nov 2023 

    Father Gov William BRADFORD,   b. 19 Mar 1590, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Alice CARPENTER,   b. 3 Aug 1590, Wrington, Somersetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1670, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 14 Aug 1623  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F28450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice RICHARDS,   b. 16 Jun 1627, Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1671, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Children 
    +1. John BRADFORD,   b. 1652,   d. 1736  (Age 84 years)
     2. William BRADFORD,   b. 1655, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1687, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    +3. Samuel BRADFORD,   b. 1668, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1714, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
    +4. Sarah BRADFORD,   b. 1671, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1705, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2017 
    Family ID F28473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary ATWOOD,   b. Abt 1643, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1714, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Married Abt 1676  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Israel BRADFORD,   b. 1677, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1760, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Ephraim BRADFORD,   d. ?
     3. Hezekiah BRADFORD,   b. 1687, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1764  (Age 77 years)
     4. David BRADFORD,   b. 1690, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ?, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 30 May 2016 
    Family ID F28446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Jun 1624 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Feb 1702 - Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • m1 Alice RichARDS (1627—1671); 10 children
      m2 Mary FITCH WISWALL; 1 child
      m3 Mary WOOD HOLMES; 4 children
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      William Bradford was a chief military man of the Colony. In King Philip's War, he was commander in chief of the Plymouth forces. At the Narraganset Fort fight he received a musket ball. In the war with the Indians, he held the rank of Major, and was Assistant Treasurer and Deputy Governor of Plymouth from 1682 to 1686 and from 1689 to 1691. [1]

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

    2. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 7190993.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023