Hannah (Rogers) Bradford (1668 - 1754)

Born 16 Nov 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Bradford — married 31 Jul 1689 (to 11 Apr 1714) in Duxbury, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Sep 1754 at age 85 in Hingham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Hannah Rogers was born on 16 November 1668 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Pabodie) Rogers. ^[1][2][3]

She married Samuel Bradford on 31 July 1689 at Plymouth.^[4][5] Samuel was the son of William and Alice (Richards) Bradford, and a descendant of Pilgrim William Bradford. He was born Plymouth about 1667.^[3]

In July 1703 Hannah, wife of Samuel Bradford, was dismissed from the Pymouth church and received in the church at Duxbury.^[6]

Samuel died in Duxbury on 11 April 1714 at age 46 and was buried in what is now called the Myles Standish Burying Ground in Duxbury.^[7][8] Samuel's will, dated 26 January 1713/14 and proved 16 June 1714, named wife Hannah and son Gershom Bradford as executors. Among the bequests to his family, he gave "to my dear and loving wife Hannah" all the use, rent and income of all the the housing, lands, meadow and orchards which were to belong to son Gamaliel at age 21, and half the income afterwards as long as she remained a widdow. Also, all the income in his 1/4 share of a grist mill and fulling house given to son Gershom. She was also to receive his "Negro servant Called William," his stock of cattle. After his son Gamaliel's marriage, she was to have the two biggest rooms in his house in Duxborough while a widow. She was to have the income of his meadow bought of Caleb Cook, and all the residue of his estate after paying £100 each to his seven children at age 25, namely Gershom, Perez, Gamaliel, Elizabeth, Jerusha and Welthea Bradford, and Hannah Gilbert (at age 27).^[9][10]

Hannah Bradford died in September 1754 in Hingham^[11] where her daughters Jerusha Gay and Welthea Lane lived.^[12] Hannah's will (dated 16 April 1734, codicil 01 Jun 1747, proved 05 November 1754) names sons Gershom, Peres and Gamaliel Bradford, daughters Hannah Gilburd, Elizabeth Whiton, Jerusha Gay and Wlthean Lane, with son[-in-law] Peter Lane to be executor.^[13]

Children recorded at Plymouth, last two probably born Duxbury:^[3][14]

1. Hannah, b. 14 Feb 1689^[15]
2. Gershom (Girshum), b. 21 Dec 1691^[15]
3. Perez (Peris), b. 28 Dec 1694
4. Elizabeth, b. 15 Dec 1696
5. Jerusha, b. 10 Mar 1689
6. Wealthea (Welthe), b. 15 May 1702
7. Gamaliel, b. 18 May 1704

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-44T7?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-T3F%3A353350201%2C353419701%2C353423501 : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Duxbury > Town records 1645-1749 > image 12 of 96; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   "General Records Dates Included 1645-1749, Town of Duxbury", p. 22.

   hannah Rogers the daughter of John Rogers & elizabeth his wife was borne november 16 1668

2. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA:NEHGS, 1911), p. 136.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000 [1st printing]), pp. 15, 45-6.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-7FLM?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-4WG%3A353350201%2C353482701%2C353484001 : 20 May 2014), Plymouth > Plymouth Colony > Births, marriages, deaths 1699-1756 > image 70 of 142; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
   "Plymouth Marriage, Births, Deaths 1699-1756", p. 129.

   Samuel Bradford was married unto Hannah Rogers on the 31st. of July 1689

5. ↑ Lee D. van Antwerp, Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993), Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). p. 86. (Link by $ubscription to AmericanAncestors.org)
6. ↑ New England Society, Plymouth church records, 1620-1859, (New York: University Press, 1920) Vol. 1:194. ([10 March 1703] dismist Hannah Bradford, The wife of Sam^ll Bradford,) Vol. 1:197 (July 4th [1703] Hannah y^e wife of Sam^ll Bradford being removed to Duxboro was by y^e vote of y^e Church dissmissed thither )
7. ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Duxbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA:NEHGS, 1911), p. 353.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 June 2019), memorial page for Samuel Bradford (1667–11 Apr 1714), Find A Grave: Memorial #20507977, citing Myles Standish Burying Ground, Duxbury, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ken Saccocia (contributor 47242886). (Includes gravestone photo.)
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-ZF8Q?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WWL%3A337883501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1708-1717 and 1817-1861 vol 3-3P > image 162 of 710; State Archives, Boston.
   Plymouth County Probate records, 1686-1903, Probates Vol. 3-3P 1708-1717, pp. 301-304, Will of Samuel Bradford.
10. ↑ George Ernest Bowman, "Bradford Notes," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 16:116-119
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-YWGN?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D7-PTG%3A353350201%2C353451301%2C353453801 : 13 July 2016), Plymouth > Hingham > Births, marriages, deaths 1635-1844 > image 219 of 546; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

    Mrs. Hannah Bradford died September 1754.

12. ↑ History of the town of Hingham, Massachusetts Vol. 2:414, Peter Lane, Vol. 2:264, Ebenezer Gay
13. ↑ Suffolk County Probate Records, docket #12505 (1760), Vol. 49:664-666 (Hannah Bradford's will & probate letter), Vol. 86:558-561, 573 (Heirs' receipts).
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSB-YJG?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-J4S%3A353350201%2C353350202%2C353352301 : 13 July 2016), Plymouth > Plymouth > Births, marriages, deaths 1699-1754 vol 1A > image 16 of 181; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} New England Society, Plymouth church records, 1620-1859, (New York: University Press, 1920) Vol. 1:274. (Hannah and Gershom, children of Hannah Bradford, were baptized in the Plymouth church on 27 March 1692.)

See also:

• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 46
• Alden, Mary Langford Taylor. Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie and Descendants (Eben Putnam, Salem, 1897) #15, Hannah ³ Rogers.
• Alden Kindred website
• Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 50

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