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Ephraim Bradford (abt. 1685 - bef. 1746)

Ephraim Bradford
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Died before before about age 61 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Ephraim Bradford was born in 1685 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was the son of William Bradford (Jr.) and his third wife Mary wood Holmes Bradford. (THIS IS CORRECT -HOWEVER, WOOD-562 WAS MERGED WITH MARY HOLLAND, WIFE OF WRESTLING BREWSTER. THE CORRECT MOTHER NOW FOR HIM IS Mary Wood


He was a grandson of Mayflower Pligrim and Govenor William Bradford.

His wife was Elizabeth Brewster. They were married on February 13, 1710. They had fourteen children[1]. She is apparently a descendant of Pilgrim William Brewster.

Ephraim Bradford died testate between 20 February, 1743/4 and 6 Oct 1746.[2] At the time he made his will he was a Yeoman and was living in Kingston, Massachusetts. His wife predeceased him. She passed away December 5, 1741 in her fifty-first year.[3]

Ephraim Bradford was born 1689. He married Elizabeth Brewster.[4]

Ephraim died in 1746.

Probate

His will is dated 16 December 1741 and proved on 6 October 1746 in Plymouth. He mentions no names but had three sons (all under 21 years of age), and daughters, and his friend, Joseph Holmes.[5]

3 Feb 1747, Wrestling Brewster was appointed guardian to Waite Bradford, [6] and Simeon and Ezekiel chose Wrestling Brewster to be their guardian on the same day.[7] All three were minor sons of Ephraim Brewster, deceased.

His inventory was taken on 20 February 1746/47 in Kingston.[8]

In 1753, an account of his estate was presented by the executor, James Holmes, and recorded. It included debts, the loss of cows that drowned and died of sickness, and "sundreys" valued at £20.8.2 each to his daughters: Ruth Chandler wife of Nathan Chandler, Anna wife of Ebenezer Chandler, Abigail wife of Peleg Holmes, Elizabeth Bradford and Lucy Bradford.[9]

Children[2]

  1. Deborah Bradford, b. 21 June 1712 Plymouth; d. Kingston 10 June 1732
  2. son Bradford b. June 1714 Plymouth, and died young Plymouth
  3. Anna Bradford, b. 25 July 1715 Plymouth; m. Ebenezer Chandler.
  4. Daughter Bradford b. Oct 1716 Plymouth, died young
  5. Elizabeth Bradford, b. 3 Nov 1717 Plymouth; m. Azariah Whiting
  6. Ephraim Bradford, b. 1 Jan 1718/9 Plymouth, d. y., not in father's estate division.
  7. Abigail Bradford, b. 28 Feb 1719/20 Plymouth; m. Peleg Holmes
  8. Lusannah Bradford, b. 3 May 1721 Plymouth; m Seth Everson
  9. Elijah Bradford b. 23 Jan. 1722/3 Plymouth, bpt 13 Mar 1723; not in division of father's estate
  10. son Bradford b. abt 28 Mar 1723/4[sic] Plymouth, not in division of father's estate.
  11. Ruth Bradford b. c. 1725 Kingston; m. Nathan Chandler
  12. Ezekiel Bradford b. 14 Mar 1728 Kingston; m. Betsey Chandler
  13. Simeon Bradford b. 28 Aug 1729 Kingston; m. Phebe Whiting
  14. Wait Bradford b. aft 3 Feb 1733 Kingston; m. Wealthy Bassett.

Sources

  1. ↑ as listed in Mayflower Families Vol 22 p 30-31
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Merrick, Barbara Lambert. Mayflower Families through Five Generations. Volume Twenty-Four The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Part 1. (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014.) p. 383
  3. ↑ Mayflower Families Vol 22 p 301
  4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/104749667/person/290145092221/facts
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-825J : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 189-190 of 611; State Archives, Boston. Vol 10, p. 343
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-828H?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-3NG%3A337797101 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 288 of 611; State Archives, Boston. Vol. 10 p. 543, 544,
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-NNV2?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-3ZQ%3A337796801 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1748-1750 and 1841-1848 vol 11-11B > image 49 of 642; State Archives, Boston. Vol 11. p. 76, 77
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-82P4 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1745-1749 and 1836-1849 vol 10-10A > image 205 of 611; State Archives, Boston. vol. 10, p. 374
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-687J : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1751-1755 vol 13, p. 75 > image 49 of 298; State Archives, Boston.


See Also:

  • Lainhart, Ann Smith and Wakefield, Robert S., FASG, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 22, William Bradford, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004 p.8, 30 - 31
  • Ruth Gardiner Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford through the first seven generations; Publication: N.p.: Bradford Family Compact, 1951.
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: "FamilySearch," Online at http://familysearch.org Person ID LZJL-5LY
  • Mayflower Ancestral Index, Vol 1., Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants 1981, pg. 67, Number 3729, Parent 3901

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St. Jean-158 Karen St. Jean
I was wondering if someone could take a look at a possible daughter of Ephraim, Mary Bradford (Bradford-9817). She did not marry. I attached her to Elizabeth Brewster though, so she can be found there. She doesn't seem to fit in with any other Bradford parents. Unfortunately, the probate of Ephraim is no help, as he doesn't mention his children's names in his will. I would love to have a second opinion. Thanks!
posted by Karen St. Jean
B-404 Anne B
I don't believe she is the daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth. I'm doing some further research and will post my thoughts on her profile, when I finish.
posted by Anne B
B-404 Anne B
I changed my mind, I think there is a good possibility that Mary is the daughter of Ephraim, who supposedly died young. I think the probate distribution probably has an error. See comments on Mary's profile
posted by Anne B
St. Jean-158 Karen St. Jean
Thanks for looking at this and connecting her to her father. Ephraim's original probate records are not in his file and say see records. All the family that is mentioned in Mary's probate files seem to connect her to Ephraim at least in my eyes. I get the impression that she may have been eccentric, hence the family trying to make the court declare her non compos mentis. I cheered her when she fought back. Thanks again for taking the time to look at this for me!
posted by Karen St. Jean
Blanchard-2112 Annie Blanchard
NOT the child of MARY HOLLAND. Please fix this.
posted by Annie Blanchard
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Please attach Bradford-2409 as daughter of this couple. Thanks.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
They had a daughter Lusannah "Lucy" Bradford, b Plymouth 3 May 1721 who married in Kingston 28 May 1752 Seth Everson. See Mary Blaus Edwards, "Descendants of John Everson of Plymouth, Massachusetts," in NEHGS Register, vol 169(2015):44
posted by Jillaine Smith

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