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William Bradford was the son of William Bradford and was born on March 19, 1590 near Doncaster, in Austerfield, Yorkshire. When James I began to persecute Separatists in 1609, Bradford fled to the Netherlands, along with many members of the congregation. These Separatists went first to Amsterdam before settling at Leiden. Bradford married his first wife, Dorothy May (1613 – December 7, 1620), on December 10, 1613 in Amsterdam. While at Leiden, he supported himself as a fustian weaver. On December 7, 1620, before the colony was established, Bradford's wife died. [1] Dorothy Bradford died while the Mayflower was at anchor in Provincetown Harbor William Bradford's second wife, Alice Carpenter Southworth, came to Plymouth aboard the Anne in July 1623 following the death of her first husband, Edward Southworth.[4] Governor Bradford maried Carpenter on August 14, 1623 at Plymouth. Bradford and Carpenter had three children, William, Mercy, and Joseph. Alice helped to raise John, the son of his first marriage; Alice's sons from her first marriage, Constant and Thomas, arrived in Plymouth sometime after 1627 and presumably lived with their mother and stepfather.[5] The journal is the history of the first 30 years of Plymouth Colony, handwritten by William Bradford. It is known as "Of Plymouth Plantation" from the heading on the first page. The Bradford journal is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and the early years of the Colony they founded. Written between 1630 and 1647, the journal describes the story of the Pilgrims from 1608, when they settled in Holland, through the 1620 Mayflower voyage, until the year 1647. The book ends with a list, written in 1650, of Mayflower passengers. In 1620 Bradford, John Carver, Edward Winslow, William Brewster and other Separatists based in Holland decided to emigrate to America. One hundred and two people boarded the Mayflower in Delft Harbour and after crossing the Atlantic they decided to settle at a place they called Plymouth in Massachusetts Bay. William Bradford also recorded the first document of colonial self-governance in the English New World, the "Mayflower Compact," drawn up while the Pilgrims were still on board ship. The compact was a harbinger of the Declaration of Independence to come a century and a half later. Bradford was one of the leaders of the English Puritan Separatists who we now call "The Pilgrims." This history was his personal journal, completed around 1650, after he had served some 35 years as governor of the colony.

  • Descendants of William Bradford, (Governor Of Plymouth 1621-57)
  • Generation No. 1 1. WILLIAM1 BRADFORD, (GOVERNOR OF PLYMOUTH 1621-57)1,2,3 was born 1589 in [of Austerfield, Yorks]4,4,5, and died 1657 in Plymouth, MA6,6,7. He married (1) DOROTHY MAY, (1ST W. OF WM. BRADFORD)8,9,10 WFT Est. 1603-163611,12. She was born WFT Est. 1575-159813,13,14, and died WFT Est. 1618-168615,15,16. He married (2) ALICE CARPENTER17,18,19 1624 in Plymouth, MA20,21, daughter of ALEXANDER CARPENTER and PRISCILLA (DRUSCILLA). She was born Abt. 1590 in of Wrington, Sturton-le-Steeple, Eng.22,22,23, and died March 27, 1670 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, at the age of 8024,24,25.

    Child of WILLIAM BRADFORD and DOROTHY MAY is:

  • i. JOHN2 BRADFORD, [ONLY CHILD OF WM & D. BRADFORD]26,27,28, b. Abt. 1615, Leyden, arrived in Plymouth c.1627.29,29,30; d. 167831,31,32; m. MARTHA BOURNE33,34,35, Abt. 1640, [No children]36,37; b. WFT Est. 1602-162438,38,39; d. WFT Est. 1645-171340,40,41.

    Children of WILLIAM BRADFORD and ALICE CARPENTER are:

  • ii. MERCY2 BRADORD42,43,44, b. WFT Est. 1609-163645,45,46; d. WFT Est. 1614-171847,47,48. 2. iii. WILLIAM BRADFORD, JR., b. WFT Est. 1609-1636; d. WFT Est. 1634-1715. iv. JOSEPH BRADFORD49,50,51, b. WFT Est. 1609-163652,52,53; d. WFT Est. 1614-171554,54,55.

    Generation No. 2

  • 2. WILLIAM2 BRADFORD, JR. (WILLIAM1)56,57,58 was born WFT Est. 1609-163659,59,60, and died WFT Est. 1634-171561,61,62.

    Child of WILLIAM BRADFORD, JR. is: 3. i. JOHN3 BRADFORD, b. WFT Est. 1634-1675; d. WFT Est. 1660-1752.

    Generation No. 3

  • 3. JOHN3 BRADFORD (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)63,64,65 was born WFT Est. 1634-167566,66,67, and died WFT Est. 1660-175268,68,69.

    Child of JOHN BRADFORD is:

  • i. SAMUEL4 BRADFORD70,71,72, b. WFT Est. 1660-171373,73,74; d. WFT Est. 1673-178875,75,76.

    Endnotes Mostly from 1. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1, (Release date: February 9, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #2139, Date of Import: Feb 7, 2008. 2. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1, (Release date: February 9, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #2139, Date of Import: Feb 8, 2008. and 75. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 3, Ed. 1, (Release date: February 9, 1996), "CD-ROM," Tree #2139. 76. Jeffcoat-Caskey-Warren FamilyFeb08.FTW, Date of Import: Feb 20, 2008.

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  • Deborah Sampson,[30][31] female member of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
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