Laurana Bradford

Descendant of Mayflower passengers Isaac Allerton and Mary (Norris Allerton)

Biography

Lurana, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Waterman) Holmes, was born at Kingston, MA on March 27, 1740.

In 1757, above the age of 14 years, Lurania made the choice for Robert Waterman of Halifax to be her guardian.[1]

She married Stetson Bradford on October 31, 1771.

Lurany died at Kingston on March 13, 1825 of influenza. She is buried at Old Burying Ground.

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Lurana (Holmes) Bradford (1740 - 1825)

Lurana "Lurany" Bradford formerly Holmes

Born 27 Mar 1740 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of Joseph Holmes and Rebecca (Waterman) Rand

Sister of Mary Holmes, Joseph Holmes, Lydia Holmes, Rebecca Holmes, Lemuel Holmes, Jedidiah Holmes, Meletiah Holmes, Anna (Holmes) Bailey, John Holmes and Thomas Holmes

Wife of Stetson Bradford — married 31 Oct 1771 in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Mother of Elisabeth Bradford, Zilpah (Bradford) Waterman, William Bradford, Charles Bradford, Spencer Bradford and Peleg Bradford

Died 13 Mar 1825 at age 84 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Profile last modified 30 Jul 2023 | Created 28 Apr 2016

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XHVF : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1755-1758 and 1859-1862 vol 14-14E > image 155 of 498; State Archives, Boston.
Barbara Lambert Merrick, comp., E Virginia Hunt, ed., Mayflower Families In Progress, William Brewster, Fifth Generation, Love Brewster, (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2003), p. 73
Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (birth)
Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (marriage)
Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016), (death)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39863348/lurana-bradford : accessed 05 October 2021), memorial page for Lurana “Lurany” Holmes Bradford (27 Mar 1741–13 Mar 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39863348, citing Old Burying Ground, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Mayflower Pilgrim 332 (contributor 47081711) . Edit suggestion sent to FAGM for birth year.
Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQV-QP6 : accessed 27 September 2021), entry for Lurana Lurany Holmes, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.

• Residence: Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United StatesKingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States - 1740
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: May 27 2019, 22:46:11 UTC