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Bridget (Harris) Bradstreet (abt. 1604 - 1665)

Bridget Bradstreet formerly Harris
Born about in Ipswich, Suffolk, Englandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1622 in Ipswich, Suffolk, Englandmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 61 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Profile last modified | Created 10 Jun 2010
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Biography

1604 -- Bridget Harris was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, England. She was a daughter of John Harris and Bridget Unknown Harris. [citation needed]

She married Humphrey Bradstreet at Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. He was a son of Thomas Bradstreet. Humphrey and Bridget came from Ipswich, England in 1634 on the ship Elizabeth and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

The Great Migration says she aged 30 when she was with her family enrolling at Ipswich on the last of April 1634 as passengers for New England on the Elizabeth [Hotten 280, 282].

Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 says Humphrey Bradstreet married Bridget about 1625 in Ipswich. It cites The Great Migration 1:386. It provides no information on her last name at birth.

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See Also:
  • The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 11, 1907, Sidney Perley
  • North America Family Histories, 1500-2000; Descendants of William Manning; pg., 291: "...Humphrey and Bridget Bradstreet came from Ipswich, England in 1634 in the ship Elizabeth and settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts."
  • Humphrey Bradstreet, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011), I:385-386. Bridget -----, born about 1604 (aged 30 in 1634, she died at Ipswich November 1665. She signed with a mark when bound to pay the legacies in Humphrey's will, September 1655
  • Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to 1850
  • Estate of Mrs. Bridget Bradstreet of Ipswich, in Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920), II:31-33.
  • Anderson, citing this source, misquoted the date as 28 March 1666.
  • Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.
  • Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine, Volume 1 by Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs
  • Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages: Prior to 1700" ((Baltimore:MD, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997), NEHGS #B2-84750), p. 92.
  • Savage, James, "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register. 4 vols. 1860–62; rpt. ed." ((Boston:MA, Little, Brown & Co.,, 1982 ); (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969)
  • Blodgette, George Brainard, 1845-1918., "Early settlers of Rowley, Massachusettes; a genealogical record of the families who settled in Rowley before 1700, with several End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1910, 1919), II:495. Bradstreet, Bridgett, (died) Nov. --, 1665 [court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]. generations of their descendants, compiled by George Brainard Blodgette, A. M.; revised, edited and published by Amos Everett Jewett." ((Rowley, Mass., 1933)
  • Pioneers of Massachusetts” by Pope
  • “Genealogy Connecticut”, 4 volumes pub 1911. “Genealogical & Family History of the State of CT”, Page 1330 Goodhue; Pgs 799,1692
  • Kimball; Whipple Ancestry. “History of the Kimball Family in America 1634-1890”, by Leonard A Morrison & Stephen P Sharples, 2 volumes pub 1897
  • “Ipswich in the MA Bay Colony 1622-1700”, by Thomas F Watson; Ipswich Historical Society, pub 1905
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988
  • U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57849687/bridget-bradstreet : accessed 04 January 2022), memorial page for Bridget Harris Bradstreet (1604–16 Nov 1665), Find A Grave: Memorial #57849687, citing Rowley Burial Ground, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .




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Father and mother are now detached. I'm looking into the Harris name for any source. Al
posted by Al Adams
Any luck on the name sourcing? I reviewed Essex Antiquarian, nothing there. I've spent a lot of time reviewing parish registers and wills and have never seen a source for her maiden name. A few other edits needed, Humphrey was most likely baptized at Bentley (near Capel) and was the son of Humphrey "Sr" (of Capel), himself the son of Robert of Capel as I've described and sourced in the bio of Humphrey Bradstreet-2. Rattlesden is mentioned for this family but they don't seem to actually appear there. Wherever she was from, that might be where they got married and had their first 4 children since nobody's found them yet.
posted by Brad Stauf
What is the source for her last name at birth and parentage? Anderson reports her as having an unknown last name in the information for her husband, Humphrey Bradstreet.
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Please change the category 'Elizabeth, sailed 1634' to 'Elizabeth, 1634' as that is the correct category, thanks.
posted by Raven (Gormly) Manners