Richard (Bradley) Badley Sr. (1667 - aft. 1749)

Born 1667 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Ailse (Short) Bradley — married [date unknown] in Dorchester County, Maryland

Descendants

Died after 28 Dec 1749 after age 82 in Bradleys Design Plantation, Dorchester, Maryland

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Note: Richard Bradley's grandfather arrived in Virginia from England around 1636 and most records recorded their surname as Badley and Richard's family is no exception. However, Richard's youngest son William was the only line that continued to use the surname Badley as he moved out west to Ohio. Every other sibling started to drop the last name Bradley through the next several generations although some early records interchange Badley with Bradley.

Biography

"The eldest son of Henry Bradley, Richard Bradley, remained a planter in Dorchester County until his death in 1749 in Great Choptank Parish. Richard had inherited "Bradley's Desire" from his father, which Richard had renamed "Badley's Design."^[1][2]

At the time Richard's will was signed on December 28, 1749, there were ten living children, all of whom Richard named in his will.^[3]

BRADLEY'S DESIRE PLANTATION - HENRY BRADLEY'S WILL

Bradley, Henry, Dorchester Co., 14th Feb., 1678; 1st July, 1679. To wife Mary, execx., 66 A., “Bradley's Desire,” during life. To son Richard and hrs., afsd. land at death of wife Mary afsd. To son Henry and hrs., 100 A., “Bradley's Lot.” To son William and hrs., 100 A., “Sowell's Choice,” when of age. To son John and hrs., 50 A., “Bradley's Range.” To dau. Mary at 18 yrs of age, and son Josias, porsonalty. Test: Anthony Dawson, Richd. Dawson, Barthol. Ennolds. 10. 61

"Richard gave his three middle sons money which they used to purchase land. Richard, Jr. purchased a farm adjoining "Badley's Design"(1)(2). On November 5, 1742, John and Samuel both paid 10 pounds for 50 acres of land located in Somerset County, Maryland"^[4]

Family Members

Parents

Henry Bradley 1629 – 1679

Mary Bradley 1632 – 1682

Spouse

Richard married Ailse Short, daughter of Dorchester County blacksmith and landowner, Christopher Short. HIs first son was named Christopher Short Bradley.

Alice Short 1671 – 1749

Children listed in birth order according to father's will

Christopher Short Bradley, Elizabeth Bradley (MacDaniel), Anne Bradley (Cook), John Bradley,

Richard Bradley, Jr (I want to make a note here about this Richard Bradley; according to the research using the first two sources listed below and my research of the Land records of Dorchester County, the following statement from these records says "Richard Jr. spent his life as a planter in Dorchester County, and died about 1773. As a youth in 1731 he was given the use of "ye plantation where he now lives." by a neighbor William Ennalls. (3) He later purchased "Addition to Hazard," 100 acre farm which adjoined "Badley's Design" on the Transquaking River, on March 3, 1739. As a widower in 1771 he devised his property to his four daughters who probated the will July 23, 1773.^[5]

Sarah Bradlely (Mackimsney), Samuel Bradley, Ailse Bradley (Cook), Mary Bradley, William Badley

Sources

1. ↑ Research from the book "Bradley Family from the Colony of Virginia to the Province of Maryland 1636-1986 and some Associated Families" written by Melvin James Bradley and published in 1986.
2. ↑ Research from the book "The Bicentennial Book of Badleys" written by Francis Badley Benes and published in 1976.
3. ↑ Maryland Archives Wills, Liber 39, Folio 553. Will of Richard Badley
4. ↑ Dorchester Old Liber 6, folio 207, dated 7 Oct 1731.
5. ↑ Maryland Archives Wills, Liber 39, Folio 553. Will of Richard Badley