Mary (Hall) Bradshaw (1668 - 1758)

Born 23 Oct 1668 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of John Bradshaw — married 29 Jun 1683 in Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1758 at age 89 in Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Mary Hall was born August 23, 1668, , the daughter of John Hall and Elizabeth Green of Cambridge, Massachusetts^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

On June 29, 1686, she married John Bradshaw, son of Humphrey and Patience Bradshaw^{[7] [8] [6] [3] [9] [4] [5]} The family settled in Medford, Mass, and their children included:

1. Mary, born May 8, 1687^[5], who died in 1712
2. Elizabeth Bradshaw Muzzy (1688 - 1722)
3. Sarah, born September 1690^[5], who died in 1690
4. Ruth, born November 29, 1692^[5], who married Mr. Willis, and then Jacob Marsh in 1747^[6], and who died in 1752
5. John, born Feb 11, 1695^[5], who m Mercy Tufts^[6], the daughter of Peter Tufts and his second wife Dorothy (Bradstreet) Cotton on March 14, 1718^[9]and who died in 1753
6. Jonathan b December 27, 1696^{[10] [11] [5]}, referred to as Deacon Jonathan^[6](whose children included a son Jonathan, born Jan 27, 1723^{[10] [11]})
7. Sarah, born March 19, 1699^[5], who died in 1773
8. Samuel, born August 29, 1700^[5], who m Sarah Parkman^[6]
9. Suzanne born December 23, 1702^[5], who married Mr. Scolly, and who died in 1744
10. Abigail, born in 1704^[5], who married Mr. Watson
11. Hannah, born January 31, 1706, who married Mr. Greenleaf
12. Steven, born July 25, 1707/8^{[10] [11] [5]}, whose wife was Mary^[6]
13. Simon, born October 3 1709^[5], who married Mary Johnson^[6]
14. Patience, born 1711, who married Mr. Ordway

John Bradshaw died in 1945.

Mary died April 19, 1758, age 90 ^[5], and is buried in the Salem St. Burying Ground in Medford, along with her husband^[12]. The inscription on her gravestone reads: Here lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs Mary Bradshaw widow to Mr John Bradshaw who died April ye 18, 1758. in ye 90 Year of her Age

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMB-1M6 : 3 November 2017), Mary Hall, 23 Aug 1668; citing Birth, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 892,249.
2. ↑ The Wentworth Genealogy: England and America, 3 vols by Wentworth, John. (Boston: Little, Brown, 1878). See Volume 2, page 320
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Halls of New England: Genealogical and Biographical by Hall, David Brainard, (Albany, N.Y. Munsell’s Sons, 1883), see page 297 for Mary, who married John Bradford and had 13 children
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} History of Cambridge, Mass. 1630 to 1877 Paige, Lucius R., (Boston: H. O. Houghton, 1877). See page 492 for George Bowers and page 498 for Humphrey Bradshaw
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13} A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Savage, James A., (Boston: Little, Brown, 1860–62), see Volume 1, page 234 for Humphrey)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7} The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, 2 vols. by Wyman, Thomas Bellows, (Boston: D. Clapp and Son, 1879), see pages 112-115 for Bradshaw, page 455-6 for Mary Hall
7. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 1, page 191 found in New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
8. ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M4QC-9M3 : accessed 2016-08-10), entry for John BRADSHAW.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Tufts Genealogy-Earlier Generations by Larkin C. Tufts and Edward C. Booth MD, published in July 1897 in Volume 51, page 300 of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2013.)
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Massachusetts Vital Records Project Cambridge - Births; Image of page 83. This open source shows the same image as in the NEHGS reference above, and lists the following births under the surname Bradshaw:
    • Jno., s. Humphrey and Patience, June 24, 1655
    • Jonathan, s. John, bp. Dec. 27, 1696
    • Jonathan, s. Jonathan, bp. Jan. 27, 1723
    • Stephen, s. John, bp. July 25, 1708
12. ↑ Findagrave Memorial #26920677

See also:

• Torrey (above) provides the following sources: Wentworth 2:320; Hall #5, 297; Savage 1:235; NEHGS Register 51:300; Charlestown 113-4 and 455-6