Notes and Links

• m1. Edward Southworth. See also Southworth Genealogy
• Alice and Edward had 2 children:
  • Consant Southworth; b. 1615, Leyden, Holland; d. Mar. 10, 1679, Duxbury MA.
    • m. Elizabeth Collier, of Duxbury, on Nov. 2, 1637. She is the daughter of William Collier. They had 8 children.
  • Thomas Southworth; b. 1616, Leyden, Holland; d. Dec. 8, 1669, Plymouth MA.
    • m. Elizabeth Reynor, on Sep. 1, 1641. She is the daughter of Rev. John Reynor, a graduate of Magdalen College, Cambridge in 1625, and his second wife, Frances Clark. Thomas and Elizabeth had one child, a daughter, Elizabeth Southworth, who m. Joseph Howland on Dec. 7, 1664. Joseph was the son of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower. Thomas Southworth and Elizabeth Reynor are progenitors of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. See this link to the Ancestors of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

• m2. Gov. William Bradford* (1589/90-1657), on Aug. 14, 1623 in Plymouth MA.
• Alice and William had 3 children:
  • William Bradford* (1624-1704)
    • m1. Alice Richards* (1627-1671)
    • m2. Sarah (Tracy) Griswold*, widow of Francis Griswold* (1629-1671), see discussion,footnotes, and links on the page for William Bradford* (1624-1704)
    • m3. Mary (Atwood) Holmes
  • Mercy Bradford; b. 1625/6, Plymouth MA.
    • m. Benjamin Vermayes on Dec. 21, 1648.
    • Mercy and Benjamin had no known children.
  • Joseph Bradford; b. 1630, Plymouth MA; d. July 10, 1715, Rocky Nook, MA.
    • m. Jael Hobart; b. Dec. 1642; d. 1730.
    • Joseph and Jael had one child, a son, Elisha Bradford.

Brief Biography:

A Line of Descent to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Alice Carpenter* (1589/90-1657), and her first husband, Edward Southworth, had a son:
• Capt. Thomas Southworth, who married Elizabeth Raynor, and had a daughter:
• Elizabeth Southworth, who married Joseph Howland, and had a son:
• Nathaniel Howland, who married Martha Cole, and had a son:
• Joseph Howland, who married Lydia Bill, and had a daughter:
• Susan Howland, who married John Aspinwall, and had a daughter:
• Mary Rebecca Aspinwall, who married Dr. Isaac Roosevelt, and had a son:
• James Roosevelt, who married Sarah Delano, and had a son:
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd. President of the United States. Elected for 4 terms, and served 1933-1945.

References:

• The Mayflower Web Pages
• Dorothy May and her Relations, page 754, by Charles. H. Townshend, pub. by Gary Boyd Roberts.
• English Origins of New England Families, 2nd Ser. Vol. 1. p. 243 Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield, Co. York by William Bradford Browne. Ed. by Gary Boyd Roberts, pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985.
• Descendants of Gov. William Bradford.
• Descendants of Governor William Bradford, by Ruth Gardiner Hall, under auspices of the Bradford Family Compact.
• Bradford Genealogy by Faith Bradford
• A Line of Bradfords 1460-1988 by Bradford Stone