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Joseph Bradford (1630 - 1715)

Joseph Bradford
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
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Husband of — married 25 May 1664 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 85 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Joseph Bradford (1630 - 1715) is the son of Gov. William Bradford and Alice (Carpenter) (Southworth) Bradford. He married Jael Hobart, the daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart and his wife, Elizabeth (Ilbrook) Hobart. He resided in Plymouth. He has been described in contemporary records as "planter" and "innhoder", with a license to serve liquor.

There were three children were born to this marriage, Joseph, Elisha, and Peter. Elisha is the only child mentioned in his father's will and the only one known to have left children.

"He resided in Kingston (then Plymouth) on Jones' River, half a mile from its mouth, at a place called Flat House Dock; perhaps from the circumstance that he lived in a house with a flat roof." (Fessenden)

He died on 10 July 1715 in Plymouth.[1]

There was a problem with the probate of Joseph Bradford's estate. There was testimony that the will was not written according to Joseph's wishes.

Sources

  1. Vital records by Hosea Sprague, 1635-1825 Births, marriages and deaths by Dr. Gay, 1718-1787 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLR-D5LR)
  • 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"
  • Clemens, William Montgomery American Marriages Before 1699 (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA: Biblio Co., 1926)
  • Ruth Gardiner Hall, Descendants of Governor William Bradford through the first seven generations, Publication: N.p.: Bradford Family Compact, 1951.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7191008/joseph-bradford: accessed 15 March 2023), memorial page for Joseph Bradford (1630–10 Jul 1715), Find A Grave: Memorial #7191008, citing Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642). (Includes gravestone photo.)
  • Rootsweb Ancestry Joseph Bradford (Link via Wayback Machine at Archive.org, capture date 15 Mar 2023.)
  • Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 46 & Page 233: "d. 20 July, 1715"




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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:

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