Jonathan Bradford (1752 - 1805)

Born 15 May 1752 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Southworth) Bradford — married 10 May 1789 in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1805 at age 53 in Minot, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jonathan was born in 1752. He was the son of Nathan and Elizabeth (Groce).^[1][2]

He married Mary Southworth,^[1][3]

Children:^[3]

1. Elizabeth
2. David
3. Mary
4. Joanna
5. Jonathan
6. Lucy
7. William
8. John

He moved to Maine.^[2]

Jonathan Bradford was born at Kingston, Massachusetts in 1752, the son of Nathan Bradford (1722-1787) and Elizabeth Gross (1730-1773).

He married 10 May 1789 (or 1790) in North Yarmouth, Maine to Mary Southworth, daughter of John Southworth and Joanna Mitchell. They were the parents of eight known children.

He served as a Private in the Revolutionary War in Captain Noah Nichol's company, Col. Jeduthan Baldwin's regiment, General Knox's brigade of Artillery's artificers. He served from 15 Mar 1777 to 15 Mar 1780.

As a Kingston resident he purchased 100 acre Lot #132 in Bakerstown Plantation, ME on 24 Nov, 1781. He removed to Bakerstown by 1789 ; the part in which he lived became Poland 17 Feb 1795, which in turn became Minot 18 Feb 1802). The Ecclesiastical Council which established the Minot Congregational Church on 8 Sept 1791, met in his residence in Poland, ME in 1799.

Bradford ancestry includes Nathan (1722-1787), David (1687-1730), Maj William (1624-1704) and Gov William (1590-1657).

He died on 18 Sep 1805 and is buried at the Scott Family Cemetery, Minot, Maine. The inscription on his memorial stone is as follows: In memory of Mr. Jonathan Bradford, who died Sept. 18, AD. 1805: aged 53 years, 3 months, and 23 days.

Here sleeps in dust the husband kind, The loving father too, did fall, By deadly stroke of cruel death: A solemn, mournful, theme for all.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol II, p.90
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Feesenden: Page 235
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Feesenden: Page 242

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• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/26148540/jonathan-bradford), memorial page for Jonathan Bradford (15 May 1752–18 Sep 1805), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26148540, citing Scott Family Graveyard, Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, USA

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