Bradford Robert b. ABT 1626 England, U.K. d. 13 JAN 1707 Massachusetts Bay Colony

1626 - 1707

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Birth Abt 1626 England, U.K. [1]

Gender Male

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Died 13 Jan 1707 Massachusetts Bay Colony [1]

Person ID I5238 Alan Donald Vibber

Last Modified 08 Dec 2009

Children

1. Bradford William, b. Abt 1639, d. 15 Jun 1717, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Family ID F2218 Group Sheet

Notes	There is perhaps no single one among the hundreds of prominent family names in New England history which has been made the subject of more expended mention in gencalogical reference works than that of Bradford ; a name which has been known in American history from the time of the "Mayflower" and one which in all generations from Governor William Bradford has been represented by men of achievement, men of the highest character, and men whose influence in public and domestic life always has been for good. And it may be said without any assumption of vanity that Bradford is and for nearly three centuries has been one of the strong family names of New England, and naturally, there always has been on the part of those bearing that name a desire to know if they were of the same ancestral familyas that of the distinguished governor, who appears to have been the first of his name this side of the Atlantic ocean. There are many facts which seem to indicate blood relationship among the several Bradford immigrants who came to New England during the half century next following the landing of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, but English references do not afford the means necessary to establish the connection beyond question of doubt. There always has existed a belief that the family proposed to be treated in this place is of the same English stock as that of Governor William Bradford, but the very first knowledge we have of the immigrant ancestor of this particular family is that Robert Bradford (1), was born inEngland about 1626, lived in Beverly in the colony of Massachusetts Bay, died there January 13, 1707, aged eighty years, and that letters for the administration of his estate were granted after his decease. This Robert Bradford had children, and among them were sons Robert and William.

Sources
[S147] Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, William Richard Cutter, (Name: 1908;), 715 (Reliability: 3).