John Bradford (1618 - 1676)

Born 1618 in Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Bourne) Tracy — married before 1650 in Plymouth Colony

Died 21 Sep 1676 at about age 58 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

John Bradford was born about 1618 in Leyden, Holland and died just before September 21, 1676 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut. When William Bradford and his wife Dorothy left Holland for the new world, John Bradford was left behind in Leiden, Netherlands. It was perhaps 20 years before he joined his father and the other family members he had never met in Plymouth Colony.

John married Martha Bourne and relocated to Norwich, Connecticut. He and his wife did not have any known children. Prior to moving to Norwich, he resided in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

He "was of Duxbury in 1645, and in 1652 he was a deputy to the General Court, and a Lieutenant. The next year he is noted as of Marshfield, which he also represented in 1653." (Fessenden)

Sources

• Lainhart, Ann Smith and Wakefield, Robert S., FASG, Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume 22, General Society of Mayflower Descendents, Plymouth, MA., 2004 a/k/a "The Silver Book"

• Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 45

Additional Reading and Online Sources

• Bradford's History "Of Plymouth Plantation", Wright & Porter Printing Company,Boston, 1898. (There are other versions)

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

• Banks, Charles Edward, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers Who Came to Plymouth,

Genelogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1976

• Bowman, George Ernest, The Mayflower Reader, Baltimore, Genelogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1978

• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History site

• Pilgrim Hall Museum website

• (This is the NEHGS web site, paid subscription not required for some articles.) (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 13 April 2013).

• Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: William Bradford (Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 04 Sep 2013). Sketch of William Bradford written by Charles Robert Anderson which mentions son John Bradford.