Jael (Hobart) Bradford (1643 - 1730)

Born 28 Dec 1643 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Bradford — married 25 May 1664 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1730 at age 86 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Biography

Jael Hobart, daughter of Rev. Peter Hobart and Elizabeth Ibrook, was born 28 Dec 1643 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay.^[1]

She married 25 May 1664 Joseph Bradford, son of Gov. William Bradford and Alice (Carpenter) Southworth of the Plymouth Colony,^[1] and moved to his home some 25 miles down the coast to that portion of Plymouth which, in 1725, became the town of Kingston.

Her husband was a farmer, innkeeper and dock-owner. Their home was on south side of Jones River near where highway 3A crosses river today.

Her brother Israel Hobart and sister Bathsheba Turner later settled just up the road in Situate.

[1693 - The Plymouth Colony united with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.]

She was widowed 10 Jul 1715.

7 Sep 1719 her 50-year-old son Elisha Bradford married brother Israel Hobart's teenage granddaughter Sarah Brock.

She died in Kingston 14 Apr 1730, age 86,^[2] and was buried in the old burying ground. Her stone still stands.^[3]

Probate

Her will is dated 25 March 1729 and proved on 25 August 1730 in Plymouth. She mentions her granddaughter, Hannah Bradford, daughter of her son Elisha, her grandsons Joseph Bradford, and Nehemiah Bradford, and her granddaughter, Urian Bradford. ^[4]

Her inventory was taken on 9 June 1730 in Kingston.^[5]

Research Notes

Margaret Griffith’s “Hobart Genealogy, The Descendants of Edmund Hobart of Hingham Mass.” Californias Genealogical Society (1952), p. 9^[1] says mother’s name was unknown, that her step mother was Rebecca Ibrook.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Griffin, Margaret. Hobart Genealogy, The Descendants of Edmund Hobart of Hingham Mass. Californias Genealogical Society (1952) Page 9
2. ↑ Griffin, p.9. d. 18 Apr 1730
3. ↑ Find-a-Grave
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-FHB3 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 412-413 of 596; State Archives, Boston.Starts at bottom right hand side.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-FC4D?cc=2018320&wc=M6BX-WZ9%3A337878501 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1724-1731 and 1838-1842 vol 5-5T > image 437-438 of 596; State Archives, Boston.Starts at bottom of right hand side

• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Extracts From The Itineraries and Other Miscellanies of Ezra Stiles (Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, Conn., 1916) Page 363
• Find A Grave: Memorial #22960782: d. 14 Apr 1730.
• Brainerd, Dwight. Ancestry of Thomas Chalmers Brainerd (Montreal, Quebec, 1948) Page 55
• William Bradford, Volume 22, A "Mayflower Families" GSMD Publication, part of the Silver Books., Compiled by Robert S. Wakefield, FASG and Ann Smith Lainhart. (2004), Page 9
• The Genealogical Advertiser (Lucy Hall Greenlaw, Cambridge, Mass., 1899) Vol. 2, Page 3. "Jael Bradford died Apr. 14, 1730."