William Bradford

1624 - 1704  (79 years)

• Name	William Bradford  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	17 Jun 1624	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony   [6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Feb 1704	Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts   [8, 9, 11]
  Burial	Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachussets   [8, 9]
  Person ID	I19962	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of BJS, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	William Bradford, Governor of the Plymouth Colony,   b. 19 Mar 1590, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England d. 9 May 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Alice Carpenter,   b. Abt 1590   d. 26 Mar 1670, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age ~ 80 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1623	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony   [7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F12338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Richards,   b. 16 Jun 1627, Pitminster, Somerset, England d. 12 Dec 1671, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	Aft 23 Apr 1650	Plymouth, Plymouth Colony   [6, 8, 9, 11, 14]
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Bradford,   b. Abt 1658, Plymouth Colony d. 1 Oct 1731, Windham, Windham, Connecticut (Age ~ 73 years) + 2. Alice Bradford,   b. Abt 1659, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 15 Mar 1746, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut (Age ~ 87 years) + 3. Samuel Bradford,   b. 1668, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony d. 11 Apr 1714, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts (Age 46 years)
  Family ID	F12329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	(Unknown second wife of William Bradford)   d. Bef 1676
  Marriage	Abt 1673  [15]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Bradford,   b. 18 Apr 1675, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts d. 16 Jan 1747, New London, New London, Connecticut (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F14160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2019

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: He held the rank of major in the militia and was the commander of the military forces of Plymouth Colony during the King Philip's War. He commanded the Plymouth Regiment at the Great Swamp Fight on 19 December 1675. During the battle his eye was wounded. He later served as the deputy governor of Plymouth Colony under Governor Thomas Hinckley from 1682 to 1686 and from 1689 to 1692 when the colony was merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Bradford was suspended from office during the governorship of Sir Edmund Andros from 1686 to 1689.

  
  

• Sources

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