Alice (Hanson) Briggs (bef. 1562 - 1597)

Born before 8 Dec 1562 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

Wife of William Bradford — married 21 Jun 1584 in in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

Wife of Robert Briggs — married 23 Sep 1593 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 23 May 1597 after age 34 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

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Biography

Alice Hanson was baptized at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, 8 Dec 1562, daughter of John and Margaret (Gressam) Hanson. She married William Bradford 21 Jun 1584, Austerfield. After William's death she married Robert Briggs. Alice wife of Robert Briggs was buried at Austerfield 23 May 1597.^[1]

Children bpt. Austerfield:^[1]

1. Margaret Bradford, bpt 8 Mar 1585/6; bur. 9 Mar 1585/6
2. Alice Bradford, bpt 30 Nov 1587; bur 30 Jan 1607/8
3. William Bradford, bpt 19 Mar 1589/90. He sailed on the Mayflower in 1620.
4. Agnes Briggs bpt 22 Sep 1594
5. Robert Briggs bpt 8 May 1597.

Alice Hanson Bradford (1562 - 1597) was the mother of Governor William Bradford of the Mayflower Bradford-24. She came from relatively comfrotable "yeoman" circumstances. She was widowed and left with two young children to raise. She subsequently remarried. Her children seem to have been under the guardianship of their paternal grandfather Bradford-71.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Browne, William Bradford. "Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield, Co. York. Records Extending the Ancestral Line of Gov. William Bradford. New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 83:439-464 (1929) and Vol 84: 5-17 (1930). Vol 84 p. 10, 11

• Banks, Charles Edward, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers Who Came to Plymouth, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1976

• Willison, George F., Saints and Strangers, The Cornwall Press, Cornwall, NY, 1943, Third Printing

• Find A Grave: Memorial #79609353, William Bradford (1560-1591)

• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 43.

• Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 55.

• Extracts From The Register Books of Austerfield, in Yorkshire, 1561-1631, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass.,1850) Vol. 4, Page 177.