Francis Bradley III (1699 - 1786)

Born 29 May 1699 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Sturges) Bradley — married 29 Apr 1719 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1786 at about age 86 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Francis Bradley was born on May 29, 1699,^[1] in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, and baptized on 3 Dec 1699.^[2] His parents were Francis Bradley and Sarah Jackson.

He married Mary Sturges on April 29, 1719.

Together they had 11 children:

1. Elnathan Bradley
2. Elizabeth Bradley
3. Hester Bradley
4. Ebenezer Bradley
5. Mary Bradley
6. Eleanor Bradley
7. Francis Bradley
8. Jane Bradley
9. Abigail Bradley
10. Nehemiah Bradley
11. Mary Bradley

He died in 1786 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

His will is dated 23 February 1786 and proved on 3 April 1786 in Fairfield.^[3]

His inventory was completed on 25 April 1786.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Jackson-2043
2. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-W : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 26, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 1.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 21-23, 1781-1847”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y27H : 8 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627288, image 295-296, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 23, 1785-1788, Pages 113-115.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 21-23, 1781-1847”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y2WD : 8 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627288, image 303, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 23, 1785-1788, Pages 128-129.

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• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889) Page 413
• Dimond, Edwin. The Genealogy of the Dimond or Dimon Family, of Fairfield, Conn. (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y., 1891) Page 31
• Bradley, Joseph. Family Notes Respecting the Bradley Family of Fairfield (A. Pierson & Co., Newark, N.J., 1894) Page 19
• New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Jul 1914; Records of the Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn., page 295