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| Notes for Governor William BRADFORD | ||||||||||||
| Gov. William Bradford, the son of William Bradford and Alice Hanson, was born in about 1590 and was baptized on Thursday, 19 March 1590 o.s. in St. Helen's chapel, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. He immigrated in 1620 to Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. He died at the age of about 67 on Tuesday, 19 May 1657 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. William Bradford (aged about 33) married Alice (Carpenter) Southworth (aged about 33) on Thursday, 14 August 1623 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, the daughter of Alexander Carpenter, was born in about 1590 and was baptized on Monday, 3 August 1590 o.s. in Wrington [Wrentham], Somerset, England. She immigrated in July 1623 to Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. She died at the age of about 80 on Saturday, 26 March 1670 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. She was buried on Tuesday, 29 March 1670 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Their children were: Maj. William Bradford, born on Thursday, 17 June 1624 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, died on Sunday, 20 February 1704 o.s., buried in Burial Hill cemetery in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. He married Mary (Atwood) Holmes in 1677 in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Mercy Bradford, born before 1627. She married Benjamin Vermayes on Thursday, 21 December 1648 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Joseph Bradford, born in 1630, died on Sunday, 10 July 1715 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, buried in Burial Hill cemetery in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. He married Jael Hobart on Wednesday, 25 May 1664 o.s. in Hingham, Plymouth County, Mass.Gov. William Bradford, the son of William Bradford and Alice Hanson, was born in about 1590 and was baptized on Thursday, 19 March 1590 o.s. in St. Helen's chapel, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. He immigrated in 1620 to Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. He died at the age of about 67 on Tuesday, 19 May 1657 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. William Bradford (aged about 33) married Alice (Carpenter) Southworth (aged about 33) on Thursday, 14 August 1623 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Alice (Carpenter) Southworth, the daughter of Alexander Carpenter, was born in about 1590 and was baptized on Monday, 3 August 1590 o.s. in Wrington [Wrentham], Somerset, England. She immigrated in July 1623 to Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. She died at the age of about 80 on Saturday, 26 March 1670 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. She was buried on Tuesday, 29 March 1670 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Their children were: Maj. William Bradford, born on Thursday, 17 June 1624 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, died on Sunday, 20 February 1704 o.s., buried in Burial Hill cemetery in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. He married Mary (Atwood) Holmes in 1677 in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Mercy Bradford, born before 1627. She married Benjamin Vermayes on Thursday, 21 December 1648 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. Joseph Bradford, born in 1630, died on Sunday, 10 July 1715 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth county, Massachusetts, buried in Burial Hill cemetery in Plymouth, Plymouth county, Massachusetts. He married Jael Hobart on Wednesday, 25 May 1664 o.s. in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. (from Jim Burrows) ========================================================= Will of William Bradford - The last Will and Testament Nunckupative of Mr William Bradford senir: Deceased May the Ninth 1657 and exhibited to the court held att Plymouth June 3d 1657 Mr William Bradford senir: being weake in body but in prfect memory haveing Defered the forming of his Will in hopes of haveing the healp of Mr Thomas Prence therin; feeling himselfe very weake and drawing on to the conclusion of his mortall life spake as followeth; I could have Desired abler then myselfe in the Desposing of that I have; how my estate is none knowes better then youerselfe, said hee to Lieftenant Southworth; I have Desposed to John and William alreddy theire proportions of land which they are possessed of; My Will is that my son Josepth bee made in some sort equall to his brethern out of my estate; My further Will is that my Deare & loveing wife Allice Bradford shalbee the sole Exequitrix of my estate; and for her future maintainance my Will is that my Stocke in the Kennebecke Trad be reserved for her Comfortable Subsistence as farr as it will extend and soe further in any such way as may bee Judged best for her; I further request and appoint my welbeloved Christian ffrinds Mr Thomas Prence Captaine Thomas Willett and Lieftenant Thomas Southworth to be the Suppervissors for the Desposing of my estate according to the prmises Confiding much in theire faithfulnes I comend unto youer Wisdome and Descretions some smale bookes written by my owne hand to bee Improved as you shall see meet; In speciall I Comend to you a little booke with a blacke cover wherin there is a word to Plymouth a word to Boston and a word to New England with sundry usefull verses; These pticulars were expressed by the said William Bradford Govr the 9th of May 1657 in the prsence of us Thomas Cushman Thomas Southworth Nathaniell Morton; whoe were Deposed before the court held att Plymouth the 3d of June 1657 to the truth of the abovesaid Will that it is the last Will and Testament of the abovesaid Mr William Bradford senir. ========================================================= | ||||||||||||
| Notes for Alice (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||||
| Letter of Robert Cushman to Edward Southworth at Heneage House, London, 17 Aug 1620, in Bradford's "History of Plimouth Plantation", Boston, 1901, page 86. Edward's wife was a widow in July 1623. Alice came to Plymouth in 1623 and married (2) 14 Aug 1623 in Plymouth to Gov. William Bradford. The sons, Constant and Thomas, were brought up in the home of Gov. Bradford. (Goodwin:"Pilgrim Republic", 1920,460-464; Col. Charles E. Banks:"The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers". Best discussion in "Boston Evening Transcript" (I) 31 Aug 1931; (II) 2 Sep 1931. Bradford of Plymouth by Bradford smith 1951 p 267 In 1637 both her sons were married. Alice was born in Wirington near Bath, Somerset, Eng. Her father Alexander moved his family to Holland because of religious perscution in England 1600. Alice was born in Holland (from Family News 1988 pg 5). William of COBHAM was without a doubt the son of Alexander. Edward Southworth was her 1st husband and her 2nd was Gov Willaim Bradford. It was a well know fact her father opposed this marriage because of Bradfords inferiorty in socal standing and she was induced to marry a Southworth. Alexander Carpenter was a man of grath wealth. Gov Bradford was allready in the Colonies and upon hearing of Edwards death sent word pleading for Alice to join him. The Carpenters lived in Amsterdam Holland then in 1609 in Leyden Holland they were members of the ancient Brethren. Saints and Strangers by William F. Willison 1945 pg 88 Living in Leyden, Holland. Were members of the original Scooby England congergation. 1610 Several pages in this book tell the story of Alice and of Edwards death. Alice came to Mass by Ship ANNE 1623 "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists" by Frederick Lewis Weis, Th. D., Lancaster, MA, 1951. | ||||||||||||
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