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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #0988, Date of Import: Oct 22, 1998]
William Bradley (1620)
William Bradley was born around the year 1620: the place is not known.
William left England as a resident of Bingley, West Riding Yorkshire and
the only suggestion of a connection with Yorkshire is through the first
William Bradley of Sheriff-Hutton which is some four miles to the east.
Possibly William's Father removed to Bingley when he married his second
wife Elizabeth. Most evidence suggests that William in his early twenties
fought in the Civil War until he emigrated sometime in the Spring of 1644.
No doubt William stopped in Boston and found it a little more built up
than did Josselyn six year earlier. William stayed for a time at both
Branford and Guilford before settling in New Haven Colony. It would not
be considered wise for a young man of William's age and occupation to
remain single for long. On Feb. 18th, 1645, he married Alice, the daughter
of Roger Princhard of Springfield. After an agreement is reached over the
estate and financial considerations the couple is then free to work on
their affections towards each other.
William's mother died sometime before 1634 when his father remarried.
Elizabeth, his second wife bore him five children. When his father died
around the year 1645 he invited his stepmother and her children to come to
America and live with him. This they did sometime between 1646 and 1648,
according to different sources. They all moved in with William and were
under his care until Nathan and Stephen grew up to young manhood.
Sources:
Moving with the Frontier: The Bradley Family of America, 1644-1918 by
Stuart V. Bradley, Jr. (1977) FHL 929.273 Al #1838
Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus (1923) FHL 973 D25
aga
Early New England Settlers by Savage. 974 D2s Vol. 1 p.233
Camden's Visitations of Warwick Co., Eng. FHL 942/B4 V12, p. 1619.
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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 16, Ed. 1, Tree #2185, Date of Import: Jun 23, 1999]
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #3032, Date of Import: 15 Aug 1997]
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