1. | Lieut. Samuel Bradford was born on 23 Dec 1683 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony; died on 26 Mar 1740 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 26 Mar 1740 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Other Events:
- Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
- Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren
- Group: Mayflower - William Bradford
- FamilySearch ID: LHGR-N3T
- FindaGrave Memorial ID: 29364877
Notes:
From FindaGrave:
GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER OF ARTIST WILLIAM BRADFORD
GREAT GRANDSON OF RICHARD WARREN OF THE MAYFLOWER
GREAT GRANDSON OF WILLIAM BRADFORD OF THE MAYFLOWER
UNCLE OF EXPLORER CAPT. ROBERT GRAY
MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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A BIOGRAPHY OF LT. SAMUEL BRADFORD, by Laurence Overmire (7th great grandson), Aug. 2008:
Samuel Bradford was born in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Dec. 23, 1683, the fifth of seven children of Maj. John Bradford and Mercy Warren. His father was the grandson of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. His mother was the granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower.
On Oct. 21, 1714, at Plympton, Massachusetts, 31-year-old Samuel married 17-year-old Sarah Gray, the daughter of Edward and Mary Smith Gray of Tiverton, Rhode Island. Sarah was the half-sister of Samuel Gray who was the second man shot at the Boston Massacre and the first American to die in the Revolutionary War. She was also the aunt of Capt. Robert Gray, the American explorer who discovered the Columbia River and staked America's claim to the Oregon Territory.
Sarah gave birth to ten children: John, Gideon, William (died in childhood), Mary, Sarah, William, Mercy (died in infancy), Abigail, Phebe, and Samuel.
Samuel inherited property from his father's estate. He also inherited Gov. William Bradford's precious manuscript, "Of Plimouth Plantation," one of the most important documents of early American history. The work was loaned to Rev. Thomas Prince who was using it as a reference for his own book that he was writing. He kept it in his library in Boston's Old South Church. The British, who occupied the Old South Church during the Revolution, then got hold of it. Later it turned up in the Bishop of London's palace and was only returned to the state of Massachusetts, after some negotiation, in 1897.
Samuel Bradford was a leading citizen of Plympton. He was Selectman several times, a Representative to the General Court, and Lieutenant of Plympton Battery. He died in Plympton on Mar. 26, 1740, at the age of 56, and was laid to rest in Ye Olde Burial Grounds there.
Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower
Group:
Descendant of William Bradford of the Mayflower
FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHGR-N3T
FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29364877
Samuel married Sarah Gray on 21 Oct 1714 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Edward Gray, II and Mary Smith) was born on 8 Apr 1697 in Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Aug 1770; was buried after 16 Aug 1770 in Chilmark Cemetery, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Lieut. Gideon Bradford was born on 27 Oct 1718 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Oct 1793 in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried after 18 Oct 1793 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
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