Ancestry of
William Bradford

(1718–1781)

William Bradford

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • James Bradford 
  • Mother:
  • Edith Adams   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Jul 1718 
  • Birth Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
  • 10 Aug 1718 
  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Jun 1781 
  • Death Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

• Marriages for William Bradford

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  • Spouse:
  • Zerviah Lothrop
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Dec 1739
  • Marriage Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Cleveland
  • Marriage Date:
  • 6 Apr 1743
  • Marriage Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

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  • Spouse:
  • Martha Warren
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Mar 1766
  • Marriage Location:
  • Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut

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  • Spouse:
  • Abigail - - - - - -
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 31 Dec 1777

• Sources for William Bradford

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Canterbury, p. 30, Birth record for son David Bradford.
  • ² General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 5757, Membership application for Stuart Cooper.
  • ³ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 5759, Membership application for Leslie Bradford Cooper.
  • ⁴ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 5758, Membership application for Dorothy Bradford (Cooper) Patterson.
  • ⁵ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 33010, Membership application for Robert Stuart Cooper.
  • ⁶ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 33951, Membership application for Eleanor Burnham Cooper McKinney.
  • ⁷ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No 33010, Supplemental application for Robert S Cooper.
  • ⁸ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1850, Vol. 4, p. 236.
  • ⁹ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 171.
  • ¹⁰ Lainhart, Ann Smith and Robert S. Wakefield, ""Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 22, William Bradford, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2004), 53, 79, 188-190.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 450.