Bradley's Cove, Newfoundland Colony One Place Study

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Bradley's Cove, Newfoundland Colony One Place Study

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Name

Bradley's Cove was likely named for William Bradley of Carbonear who likely used the cove as a summer fishing station. While the Bradley Family does not appear to have lived in the Cove full time, the name continues in use to this day.

Geography

Continent: North America

Country: Canada

Province: Newfoundland Colony

District: Bay de Verde

GPS Coordinates: 47.88, -53.083

Elevation: 25.0 m or 82.0 feet

Bradley's Cove is southeast of Western Bay on the south side of a point that separates Western Bay from Bradley's Cove and north east of Adam's Cove.

History

In the early 1700s fishing families used the coves north of Carbonear as summer fishing stations. While no one at Bradley's Cove was recorded in the 1708 summer fishing census, Richard Dean, Thomas Moores and Joseph Parsons, all from the Carbonear area, were using the coves at Blackhead. William Bradley of Carbonear may have used this cove in other years or was simply not captured in the census of 1708. The exact date of permanent settlement is not known but sometime before 1750.

18th Century Families

There were only four documented families living in Bradley's cove by the time of the Plantation Book circa 1805: Butts, Crockers, King and Whealon. The Whealons and Crockers arrived after 1750 while the Butts and Kings likely moved to Bradley's Cove from Broad Cove when there is some evidence of marriage with to local girls later in the 18th century.

• Butt: William Butt moved to Bradley's Cove about 1785 most likely from Broad Cove, which is only about 2 miles along the coastal road. He settled there about 1785 or before after he married a local girl, Catherine Whealon, and was given property rent free by consent of his father-in-law.
• Crocker: Crockers are another early family in Bradley's Cove. The senior William Crocker's first name is speculation. But we know that William Crocker (1766-1843), possibly junior, inherited property in Bradley's Cove from his mother in 1796. His father had died earlier.
• King: James King Sr. arrived in Bradley's Cove in 1773 when he cut property out of the woods. He may also have been from Broad Cove: one of the known sons of John and Sarah King of that place.
• Whealon (Whelan, Whalen) William Whealon was in Bradley's Cove in 1756 and may be one of the first permanent settlers there.

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