Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Bradley
and Anna (Heaton) Bradley
Sister of
Anna (Bradley) Atwater, Joseph Bradley, Sarah (Bradley) Potter, Abiah Bradley, Phebe (Bradley) Clark and Mabel (Bradley) Turner
Wife of
Joseph Potter
— married
11 Mar 1729 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph Potter Jr, Timothy Potter, Titus Potter, James Potter M.D., Philemon Potter, Mercy (Potter) Hough, Thankful (Potter) Hodge, Sybil Potter, Jesse Potter and Elizabeth Potter
Died
at age 85
in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Biography
Birth
Thankful Bradley, the daughter of Joseph Bradley and Anna Heaton, was born 17 March 1704 in New Haven, Connecticut.[1]. She was baptized 24 November 1734 (as an adult), and died 4 November 1789 at the age of 87.
Marriage
Thankful Bradley married Joseph Potter in New Haven, Connecticut, on 11 March 1728.[2] Joseph was the son of Joseph Potter and Mary Sherman.[3]
Her children were:
- Joseph Potter
- Timothy Potter
- Titus Potter
- James Potter
- Philemon Potter
- Mercy Potter
- Thankful Potter
- Sybil Potter
- Jesse Potter
- Elizabeth Potter
Sources
- ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:78XV-Y32M : 21 September 2019), Thankfull Bradly, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143430.
- ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H963-LMW2 : 11 January 2020), Thankfull Bradly in entry for Joseph Potter, 1728.
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. Families of Ancient New Haven Vol VI, page 1461 (Potter Family).
- NEHGR (1900) Vol. 54.
- Page 26: Joseph Potter m. Thankful Bradley March 11, 1728/9.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (Clarence D. Smith, Rome, New York, 1922-1932) Vol. 6, Page 1461.
- She m. 11 Mar 1728/9 Joseph Potter, son of Joseph and Mary (Sherman) Potter.
- dau. of Joseph and Anna (Heaton) Bradley
- b. 17 Mar 1704, d. 4 Nov. 1789
- Potter, Charles Edward. Genealogies of The Potter Families and Their Descendants in America to The Present Generation (Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, 1888) Part 5.
- Page 1: She m. Joseph Potter, son of John and Mary (Hitchcock-Russell) Potter.
- Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850 (Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1917) Part 1, Page 212. Marriage record.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Albert Bruns 
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~0.39%
Larry Davies :
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Janine Barber
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Janine Barber
Bradley-7101 and Bradley-227 appear to represent the same person because: both born in New Haven, Connecticut; dob for the unsourced Bradley-7101 is two years apart from Bradley-227. No other Thankful Bradley's were born during that time period.
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Janine Barber
Thankful Bradley, born @ 1702 in New Haven, appears to be the daughter of Joseph Bradley of New Haven; she married Joseph Potter. Initiating a merge with the unsourced Thankful Bradley.
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by Janine Barber
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