Zerish (Stetson) Bradford (1712 - 1763)

Born 29 Nov 1712 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Bradford — married after 18 Dec 1731 (to 6 Apr 1763) in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1763 at age 50 in Kingston, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Zeresh, daughter of Elisha Stetson and Abigail (Brewster) Stetson, was born in Plymouth, MA on November 19, 1712 ^[1] and died in Kingston, MA on April 6, 1763. She is buried at Old Burying Ground in Kingston, MA. ^[2]

She married Benjamin Bradford in 1732 (published December 18, 1731 in Kingston, MA). ^[3] They resided in Kingston where she gave birth to eight children, all but one of whom died young. Lydia, second of the name, was the only child who survived to adulthood.

Buried all(?) children within 14 days. They died of "Throat Distemper" (Dexter)

Children

Benjamin and Zeresh (Stetson) Bradford had the following (8) children:^[4]

1. Thomas, born 8 FEbruary 1732/3
2. Michael, born 16 May 1735
3. Peres/Peris, born 3 September 1736
4. Lydia, born 22 June 1739
5. Benjamin, born 8 February 1742
6. Marcy, born 13 March 1745
7. Lemuel, born 16 June 1747
8. Lydia, born 7 June 1749; married Levi Holmes

Sources

1. ↑ Stetson; Vol 1, No 1, pg 43
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 February 2020), memorial page for Zeresh Stetson Bradford (28 Nov 1712–6 Apr 1765), Find A Grave: Memorial #39864144, citing Old Burying Ground, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mayflower Pilgrim 332 (contributor 47081711) .
3. ↑ Stetson; Vol 1, No 1, pg 76
4. ↑ Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 200

See Also:

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, John Alden, Volume 16, Part 2, p. 170
• Mayflower Families through Five Generations, William Bradford, Volume 22, William Bradford, p. 119
• Mayflower Families in Progress, William Brewster, Fifth Generation through Love Brewster, pp. 93-94
• Mayflower Descendant, 7:178 (birth)
• Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1911) p. 284 (marriage intentions)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #39864144
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Extracts From The Itineraries and Other Miscellanies of Ezra Stiles (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Conn., 1916) Page 210: see error on this page, and previous page.
• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 49
• Stetson, O.F., Ed.; Descendants of Cornet Robert Stetson of Scituate, Massachusetts (Stetson Kindred of America, Inc., 1933, 1956, 2008).