Pedigree of:
William Bradford
1557-1591
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William
BRADFORD
1557-1591
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William Bradford*; b. 1557, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; bur. July 15, 1597, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.
- m. Alice Hanson*; bap. Dec. 8, 1562, at Austerfield.
- William and Alice had 3 children all born at Austerfield:
- Margaret Bradford; bap. Mar. 8, 1585/6; bur. Mar. 9, 1585/6; died after one day.
- Alice Bradford; bap. Nov. 30, 1587; bur. Jan. 30, 1607/8
- William Bradford* (1589/90-1657).
Brief Biography:
William Bradford* (1557-1591) was born, married, and died at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. He was a Yeoman, within a class of farmers and animal husbandrymen below that of a Gentleman, but able to own property. He was suffiently prosperous that he was one of two Yeomen in Austerfield to be taxed. He married Alice Hanson on June 21, 1584, in Austerfield. William died at the relatively young age of 34, in 1591, when his son, William Bradford (1589/90-1657), who was to become Governor of the Plymouth Colony, was not yet two years old. William Bradford (1557-1591) is thought to have died of a pestilent contagious disease.
Alice Hanson* was baptised on Dec. 8, 1562, in Austerfield. Alice was the daughter of John Hanson* and Margaret Gressam*. Alice became the wife of William Bradford (1557-1591). After William Bradford (1557-1591) died, Alice married a second time, on Sept. 23, 1593 to Robert Briggs (bur. Aug. 16, 1629), with whom she had two children, both born in Austerfield.
- Agnes Briggs, bap. Sept. 22, 1594.
- Robert Briggs, bap. May 8, 1597.
Alice died in 1597, buried at Austerfield on May 23, 1597, probably in the consequences of the birth of her second child, Robert Briggs.
References:
- 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.
- The Mayflower Web Pages
- Bradford of Plymouth by Bradford Smith, Pub. by J. B. Lippencott, 1951.
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
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