Merab (Atwater) Bradley (1757 - 1785)

Born 19 Jun 1757 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Rowe Bradley — married 16 May 1780 in Cheshire, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1785 at age 27 in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, USA [uncertain]

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Biography

Merib Atwater, daughter of Reuben & Mary was born June 19, 1757, in Wallingford, Connecticut.^[1] Her birth was also recorded in Cheshire, Connecticut using the spelling Merab.^[2][3]

Merab married Stephen Rowe Bradley 16 May 1780 in the Cheshire, Connecticut Congregational Church.^[3]

Merab Atwater Bradley, age 27 yrs, 9 m. 18d, born 19 June 1757, 1st wife of Stephen Rowe Bradley, died 7 April 1785, buried at Old East Parish,^[4] called now Old Westminster Cemetery, Windham County, Vermont.^[5]

Children

1. Stella C; m. Jonah Bellows of Walpole, New Hampshire.
2. Stephen Rowe, drowned while at Deerfield Academy
3. Adaline G.; m. Samuel G. Goodrich of Sy, author under the name of "Peter Parley;" no issue.
4. Louisa, d. young.
5. Mary Rowe; m. Henry S. Tudor of Hartford.

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. "Wallingford" p. 17. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
2. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. "Cheshire" p. 17. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Jacobus, Donald Lines (compiler). Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol I-VIII. and Index Vol IX New Haven: 1931. Reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1974, 1981, 1997. Originally published as New Haven Genealogical Magazine, Volumes I-VIII. Rome, NY and New Haven, CT 1922-1932. V2 p269
4. ↑ Vermont Births, Marriages and Deaths to 2008. (From microfilmed records. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013.)
5. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19817223 Memorial plaque at Find a Grave