Susannah was probably born between 1600 and 1610, based on ages of her children. She seems to have come from the County of Suffolk, England. Her maiden name is unknown. She is too old to be the daughter of Gov. William Bradford, who was born about 1589/90, and she is too young to be his sister or aunt as Gov. Bradford's father died about 1591 and his grandfather in 1594.
She was a widow when she married Ezekial Richardson before 1630. They came to Massachusetts with Winthrop, about 1630. They resided first at Boston, then Charlestown, Massachusetts, later at Woburn. The Richardsons had seven children born between 1632 and 1643.[1]
She was a healer after she arrived in the Charlestown, Massachusetts area about 1630.
After Ezekial passed away in 1647, Susannah Richardson married Henry Brooks before 1651 [2][3] There are several deeds that establish her marriage to Brooks.[4]
Susanna Bradford Richardson Brooks passed away on September 15, 1681.[5]
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Sources
Robert Charles Anderson, "Ezekiel Richardson",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol III, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 p. 1580-1583.
Eddy, Miriam Brightman Publication, Thomas, Henry and Hannah Brooks of Concord, The American Genealogist: Volume: 54, Pages: 234-235, 1978
Jaquith, George Oakes; Walker, Georgetta Jaquith, The Jaquith Family in America , Publication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1982
Belle Preston's Bassett-Preston Ancestry (1930): 47
Source: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Source: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: Originally, the information was derived.
Source: Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150. Ancestral File Number: 5749
Source: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, compiler, Middletown, CT, USA. Online Publication: Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.
Source: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
Cutter, A.M., William Richard (1912). Genealogical and Family History of Central New York. A records of the achievements of her people inn the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation. VIII. Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York. (pg 1161)
↑ Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-1966. The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857: Wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield, Maine. Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1958. p. 30
↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. "Ezekiel Richardson," Featured name. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633, (Boston: NEHGS, 1995) AmericanAncestors.org p 1582, citing Sarah Hildreth and NEHGR 57:297-300
Acknowledgments
David Bishop, Pamela Durrell, Kimball G. Everingham, J Geer, Steve Henkel, Matthew Gibson, Shirley Holt, Buckley Howe, Sally Hawkins, Elizabeth Loftus, Toby Rockwell, Becky Syphers, Wilfred Vasile, Vic Watt. Please click to the Changes page for the details of edits.
I will mark the lowest number profile for each proven child with * in the suffix. I will mark children who don't belong with -, until I can find the right place to put them.
Susannah was a widow when she married Ezekiel Richardson. Her last name at birth is Unknown. Any duplicate profiles for her should be merged into Unknown-259. The order of her surnames: Unknown, Bradford, Richardson, Brooke. EXTRA CARE IS NEEDED WHEN MERGING THIS PROFILE. Thanks, Becky Syphers.