Samuel Bradley (1701 - 1772)

Born 29 Sep 1701 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whelpley) Bradley — married Nov 1723 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1772 at age 71 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Samuel was born on 29 September 1701^[1] and baptized on 26 October 1701.^[2]

• son of Francis Bradley, and grandson of Francis Bradley.

He married Sarah Whelphley in November 1723 at Greenfield Hill Church.^[3]

His will is dated 14 October 1757 and proved on 11 November 1772 in Fairfield.^[4]

His inventory was completed on 1 May 1773.^[5]

The account and distribution of his estate were recorded on 11 February 1778.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Jackson-2043
2. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-T  : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 27, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 2.
3. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FX-Z : 17 May 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 92, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 189.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y9SY-S : 22 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 456-457, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 16, 1767-1775, Page 395-396.
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y5M4  : 27 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 360-366, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 18, 1775-1776, Page 115-126.
6. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 21-23, 1781-1847”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y298  : 6 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627288, image 52-58, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 21, 1784-1847, Pages 84-96.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #45051014
• Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. Greenfield Hill Church Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1916) Vol. 70.

• Page 41: "1772 Octor 13th Saml Bradley senr - mercht died in his 71st year"

• Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881) Page 301
• New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Jul 1914; Records of the Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn., page 295
• Bradley, Joseph. Family Notes Respecting the Bradley Family of Fairfield (A. Pierson & Co., Newark, N.J., 1894) Page 19
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 99.