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Richard Bradford is the first Bradford of this line to reach American shores. He is listed as having been transported by Roger Walters via Northumberland company in 1653.[1]
He first appeared in the Court Records February 12, 1655 when Abraham Wood acknowledged the receipt of full payment from him (Richard Bradford) of all debts due, and demands "from beginning of the world" to that date.[2]
On July 21, 1656 Thomas Stegge received "1656 pounds of tobacco in full payment of Bradford "half of 1200, Harold Pryce sold Richard Bradford 1197 acres and 11 poles of land bounded according to patent already delivered.
In 1710 Richard Bradford and Richard Bradford Jr, then in Charles City (later called Prince George) signed a petition to add part of James City to Charles City County,[3] he was sheriff of Charles City in 1705.
Richard Bradford and Richard Bradfor Jr witnessed a deed for Ralph Bradford on July 14, 1716. This is the last appearance of these two men in Charles City (Prince George).
Ralph remained in Prince George County, Virginia. The third son was John Bradford who married Rebecca Pace. Among her ancestors were Richard Pace, the man historians have credited with having "saved Jamestown" from the Indians during the Good Friday Massacre of 1622.
Richard made his will 3 Nov 1731 which was probated in Brunswich County, VA on 6 Nov 1735.
His six children are identified as:
"Interestingly enough, we know that this Richard (II) married before 1661 because a Charles City County court record from that year which mentions some ulcers on his wife's legs. In that record, John Seaward (apparently an indentured servant working for Richard I) testified:
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This group contains several confirmed descendants of Richard Bradford of Charles City County, VA, who emigrated to America probably in the 1650s. There is evidence to suggest that participant 18264 is likely a descendant of Nathaniel Bradford of Accomack Co., VA, who was a contemporary of Richard. One of the main goals of the DNA Project with respect to this group would be to see if we can genetically distinguish the Nathaniel descendants from the Richard descendants.[6]
The below record would be Richard I, the father of the present Richard II:
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Categories: Charles City County, Virginia | Virginia Colonists
Also son Ralph Bradford is shown as born in 1610, 20 years before his father's birth in 1630.
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