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Bradford William
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  • Birth  1686  Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender  Male 
    _UPD  17 AUG 2009 17:51:21 GMT-5 
    Died  Bef 09 Mar 1761  Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID  I5229  Alan Donald Vibber
    Last Modified  08 Dec 2009 
     
    Father  Bradford William,   b. Abt 1639,   d. 15 Jun 1717, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Raymont or Rayment Rachel,   d. Bef 01 Feb 1696/97 
    Married  14 Nov 1676 
    Family ID  F2216  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Elliot Grace 
    Married  23 Dec 1707  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Bradford William,   b. 25 Apr 1715, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1791
     2. Bradford Andrew,   b. Abt 1718,   d. 1798, Milford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F2212  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • (III) William Bradford, son of William and Rachel (Raymont) Bradford, born in Beverly, 1686, died in Middleton, Massachusetts, 1761. In 1721 he removed from Beverly to Boxford, and was taxed there until 1743, when he removed to Middleton. He was a sailor. He married, December 23, 1707, by Rev. Thomas Blowers, Grace, daughter of Andrew Elliot, of Beverly, seaman; children: 1. Robert, born in Beverly. June 14. 1708; married Hepzibah Averill, who died before him. He was taxed in Boxford, 1729 until 1732, and then removed to Middleton, where he was a housewright, and where he died ; will proved 1790. 2. Mary, born in Beverly, May 1, 1710; admitted member of First church in Boxford, February 11, 1728-29; married, August 7. 1734. Abraham Gage, of Bradford; removed thence to Middleton. 3. Rachel, born September 1, 1712; married. February 4, 1742-43, Jacob Dresser. 4. William, born April 25, 1715; married Mary Lambert. He lived in Boxford from 1737 to 1741, and afterwards removed to Amherst, New Hampshire. Two of his children died in Boxford. 1791. 5. Andrew, born in Beverly, November 1, 1717 (see post). 6. Samuel, baptized May 8, 1720. He went from Beverly to Middleton, where he was a housewright in 1721. and later settled in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. 7. Patience, born in Box- ford, November 3, 1723. 8. Bethiah, born in Boxford. July 10. 1726; married John Gould, of Newbury, Massachusetts. 9. Lucy, born in Boxford, August 22. 1729; married Daniel Wilkins.

      William Bradford, baptized in Beverly Oct. 3, 1686. He was a cooper, husbandman, seaman, weaver and rope maker at various times; and lived in Beverly until 1721, when he removed to Boxford, where he lived until about 1747, when he removed to Middleton, where he subsequently lived. He married Grace Elliott of Beverly Dec. 23, 1707 ; and he died before March 9, 1761, when administration was grantedupon his estate. She was his wife in 1744.

      Children :—

      8—I. ROBERT, b. June 14, 1708, in Beverly; housewright and yeoman; lived in Middleton ; m. Hepzibah Averill Dec. 13, 1733; d. in Middleton, childless, Nov. 20, 1790, aged eighty-two; she d. between 1776 and 1790 ; his estate was appraised at L291, 14s., 2d.; and he devised it in his will to his kinsman Abraham Gage of Middleton, housewright.
      9—II. MARCY, b. May I, 1710, in Beverly; m. Abraham Gage of Bradford Aug. 7, 1734.
      10—III. RACHEL, b. Sept. 1, 1712, in Beverly; m. Jacob Dresser of Ipswich Feb. 4, 1741-2.
      11—IV. William, b. April 25, 1715, in Beverly. See Below (II).
      12— V. Andrew, b. Nov. i, 1717, in Beverly; "captain "; lived in Soughegan-west (Amherst) and Milford, N. H.; husbandman and housewright ; m., first, Rebecca Cole of Boxford June 16, 1743; and, second, Hannah (Goffe), widow of Thomas Chandler of Bedford; he d. in Milford in 1798, aged eighty; and his wife Hannah d., his widow, in Milford Dec. 14, 1819. He had several children.
      13—VI. SAMUELs, bapt. May 8, 1720, in Beverly. See below (13).
      14 — VII. PATIENCE3, b. Nov. 3, 1723, in Boxford.
      15 — VIII. Bethiah, b. July 10, 1726, in Boxford; m. John Gould Feb. 18, 1747-8.
      16—IX. Lucy b. Aug. 22, 1729, in Boxford; m. Daniel Wilkins Feb. 27, 1 749.

      *Mary, illegitimate daughter of Abigail Brad- 'ford and William Woodbery, born May 21, 17044 —Beverly town records.
     
  • Sources 
    1. [S147] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1908;), 715 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S273] The Essex antiquarian: an illustrated ... magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusettsex county, Massachusetts, Sidney Perley, (Name: The Essex antiquarian., 1906;), 180 (Reliability: 3).

  

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