Nathan Bradley

• Son of John Bradley and Katherine Bostocke
• Birth: 1631 Probably Cheshire, England
• Residence: Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, Between 1671 and 1680
• Immigration to America, Nathan Bradley in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: Name: Nathan Bradley, Arrival year: 1701, Arrival Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts, Primary Immigrant: Bradley, Nathan, Source Publication Code:1936, Annotation: Excellent directory of the first settlers of New England. Drake's additions and corrections (no. 1666) are found in the G.P.C. reprint and in no. 9151, Tepper, Passengers to America, pp. 468-470. Source Bibliography: FARMER, JOHN. A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New-England; Containing an Alphabetical List of the Governours, Deputy-Governours, Assistants or Counsellors, and Ministers of the Gospel in the Several Colonies, from 1620 to 1692; Graduates of Harvard College to 1662; Members of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company to 1662; Freemen Admitted to the Massachusetts Colony from 1630 to 1662; With Many Other of the Early Inhabitants of New-England and Long Island. Nathan Bradley sometimes called Nath.l the one mentioned above, was born in 1631. In 1668 he is the owner of 2 acres of the 'Great Lots'. He petitions the Selectmen of the liberty to sell cider as retail in 1673, and is not mentioned until 1680, when he was sexton for the town. He was to 'ring the bell. cleanse the meeting -house, and carry water for the baptism'. Thus were his duties well defined. While the bell stood on the hill Mr B was to have £4 a year and after the bell is brought to the meeting house £3.10s' He died July 1701 aged 70. By his wife mentioned above, who died Aug 24 1711 aged 71 years he had 6 children viz
• Nathan’s uncle Charles Bostick (b 1606) immigrated to America in 1671. He Listed on the ship’s (“Upton Magna”) Katherine’s brother manifest as a Charles Bostick (b 1606) 'Headwright”; which means “a recipient of a land". . Transported on the ship of G. Poole, R. Fastingale, J. Barningham & J. Forsith 1671. He left England as Bostocke and arrived America as Bostick in 1671.
• Records of the Suffolk County Court: 1671-1680
• Death July 27, 1701 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
• Inscription on his Headstone: HERE LYES Ye BODY OF NATHAN BREADLEY AGED 70 YEARS DIED JULY 26, 1701.
• Nathan Breadley, - Find A Grave Memorial

Married

• Married: Mary Evans on 17 May 1666 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States]
• Nathan Bradley in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Marriage Records, 1620-1988-: Nathan Bradley, Event Type: Marriage, Marriage Date: 17 May 1666, Marriage Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA, to Mary Evans

Children

• Mary Bradley was born on 7 May 1667 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 8 Mar 1684 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. She is buried in Dorchester North Burying Ground in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA.
• Susanna Bradley was born on 13 Ot 1669 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 29 Oct 1715 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, North America. She married 1 Jan 1701 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Thomas Glover. He was born on 25 Jun 1663 in Bostons, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 10 Nov 1715 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He was the son of Henry Glover (1641 - 1714) and Hannah Lewis (1644 - 1720).
• Elizabeth Bradley' was born on 15 Mar 1672 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died and on 24 Jan 1722 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. She married in 1695 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Christopher Kehoe. He was born in about 1667 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America.
• Nathan Bradley, Jr. was born on 12 Mar 1674 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 13 Dec 1750 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He was married first by Rev. Danforth on 2 Jan 1695 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Ruth Hawes. She was born on 22 Sep 1670 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 25 Mar 1701 on Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. Nathan Bradlee, Jr. married second on 3 Mar 1701 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Lydia Harden. She was born on 22 Dec 1684 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 28 Mar 1752 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America.
• John Bradley was born on 25 Oct 1678 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 1 Oct 1763 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. He was married first by Rev. Danforth on 4 Mar 1735 to Avis Snow ( - ). He was married second by Rev. Danforth on 14 May 1724 to Sarah Butcher. She was born in about 1696 in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died on 25 Sep 1734 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America. She was the daughter of John Butcher (c.1669 - 1700) and Sarah Unknown (c.1673 - 1699). John Bradlee married third on 24 Nov 1708 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America to Tamsin Rouse. She was born in 1689 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died in 1723 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America.
• Samuel Bradley was born on 5 Aug 1683 in Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, North America and died in 1683.

Archives of the Town Dorchester Massachusetts

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Richard Evans. Freeman May 10, 1642. His wife was Mary . His children, born in Dor chester, were — Mary, born 9 (11) 1640, married Nathaniel Bradley, 17 (5) 1666; Matthias, born 11 (12) 1643, married Patience Mead, 1669; Joan na, married Joshua Hemmenway, Jan. 16, 1667, and removed to Roxbury. Matthias was a carpenter, and sold his house and land in Dorchester to James Barbour, and removed to Medfield. Richard, who died in Dorchester March 10, 1728, aged about 86 years, was probably a son of Richard ; and Hannah, who married Samuel Hix in 1665, was probably a daughter. [Inventory, 11 (12) 1661, ]

Nathan_Bradley Arrival and Colonial Life in America

John Bradley, Christening Record: June 15 1614, Saint Michael, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England and died in Jun 1642 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He most likely immigrated in 1630 to the New World. He married on 9 Feb 1629 at St. Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England to Katherine Bostocke who was born on 14 Nov 1610 in London, England and died on 21 Apr 1663 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony North America. Their child Nathan would be the first Bradley born in America and their children would be the creation of the Bradley family in America.

Nathan Bradley

Nathan Bradley was born in 1631 in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony and died on 26 Jul 1701 in the same place. He married on 17 Jul 1666 in the same place that he died to Mary Evans who was born on 19 Nov 1640 in Dorchester to Richard Evans (1613-1662) and Mary Unknown (1610-c.1673) and also died in Dorchester. After his marriage the first record that we have of him was a purchase for 2 acres of land and a house of the Great Lots in Dorchester. He was the first Bradley in America to have an occupation on record which was that of Town Sexton of Dorchester in 1668. His job was to ring the bell of the meeting house and to clean the meeting house of Dorchester as well as to carry water for baptism; and as long as there was a bell to ring, he was paid 4 pounds a year.

Richard Evans was born in 1613 in Chiswick, England and died in 1662 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He married in 1641 in Dorchester to Mary Packard who was born in 1610 and died about 1673. The surname Evans are of Welsh origin and Evans means “son of Evan” and the Greek spelling is Evangelos. In the old Welsh language the v was pronounced as an f and was a patronymic name or an original name of Wals so it had “ab” or “ap” in front of it. The name Evans in old Welsh was spelled “ab or ap Ifan.” There is also a similarity of the old Welsh name Ifan and the Slavic name Ivan. The name Evans is popular not only in Wales but is also numerous in Cornwall, England].

History

Nathan Bradley, sometimes called Nath'l, the one mentioned above, was born in 1631. In 1668 he is owner of 2 acres of the " Great Lots." He petitions the Selectmen for liberty to sell cider at retail in 1673, and is not again mentioned until 1680, when he was sexton for the town. He was to " ring the bell, cleanse the meeting-house, and to carry water for baptism." Thus were his duties well defined. While the bell stood on the hill Mr. B. was to have " £^ a year and after the bell is brought to the meeting house £1 I OS." He died July 26, 1701, aged 70. By his wife Mary, mentioned above, who died Aug. 24, 1711, aged 71 years, he had 6 children.

Sources

History of the Bradley family : with particular reference to the descendants of Nathan Bradley, of Dorchester, Mass., by Doggett, Samuel Bradlee, 1858-https://archive.org/details/historyofbradley00dogg/page/n7/mode/2up...

Good old Dorchester : a narrative history of the town, 1630-1893, Chapter II. Provincial times. 1689-1788 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000171962368029

Nathan Bradley mentioned in a Birth Record for son Nathan Bradley - Name: Nathan Bradley, born on March 12, 1674 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Father: Nathan Bradley - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001314277133?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081609067866&position=0

Nathan Bradly Death record in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988-Event Type: Death
Death Date: 27 Jul 1701, Death Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000080907726983&position=1

Nathan Bradley in the American Marriages Before 1699 - Name: Nathan Bradley Event Type: Marriage: Marriage Date: 17 May 1666, Marriage Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Mary Evans-http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=amr-1699&h=11... & - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081602766848

Nathan Bradly in entry for John Bradly in "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"- Name: John Bradly Gender: Male, Christening Date: 27 Oct 1678, Christening Place: DORCHESTER, SUFFOLK,MASSACHUSETTS Father's Name Nathan Bradley - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000011842433869?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081602259079&position=0

Nathan Bradley and The Swine Law Enforcement DTR, page 215 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081602794078&position=0

Nathaniel Bradley in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) birth date 1631 - Name: Nathaniel Bradley, Birth Date: 1631, Birthplace: Massachusetts, Volume: 17, Page Number: 373, Reference: Directory of the anc. heads of New England fams. Comp. By Frank R. Holmes. NewYork, 1923. (274p.):29 - http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=agbi&h=179167...

Nathaniel Bradley in the England, Select Births and Christenings Records for son Nathaniel Bradley 1538-1975 - Name: Nathaniel Bradley, Gender: Male, Spouse: Mary Child: Nathaniel Bradley - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000001314277133?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000081603307943&position=0

History of the town of Dorchester, Massachusetts- https://archive.org/stream/towndorchester00bostrich#page/144/mode/1...; https://archive.org/stream/towndorchester00bostrich#page/238/mode/1...; https://archive.org/stream/towndorchester00bostrich#page/226/mode/1...

History of the Bradley family : with particular reference to the descendants of Nathan Bradley, of Dorchester, Mass.- https://archive.org/details/historyofbradley00dogg; https://archive.org/stream/historyofbradley00dogg#page/9/mode/1up

Record of Nathaniel Bradley- Name: Nathaniel Bradley, Spouse: Mary Evans, Parents: John & Katharine Bradley, Birth Place: Suffolk, Dorchester, MA, Birth Date: 1631, Marriage Place: Dorchester, Sfflk, Massachusetts USA, Marriage Date: 29 Jan 1666, Death Place: Dorchester, Sfflk, MASSACHUSETTS USA, Death Date: 26 Jul 1701- http://search.ancestry.com/collections/4725/records/3808588

Nathan Bradley mentioned in a birth record of Samuel Bradley - Born August 5,1683 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA.- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-70476-29/dorchester-birt...

Nathan Bradley mentioned in a birth record for Mary Bradley - Born on May 7, 1667 in Dorchester, Massachusetts USA - https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-70476-20/dorchester-birt...

Nathan Bradley mentioned in a death record for Mary Bradley- Died on March 1, 1685 (17) in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-70476-130/dorchester-bir...

Nathaniel Bradley Is mentioned in a birth record of Susannah Bradley - Born on October 13, 1669 Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA- https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-70476-21/dorchester-birt...

Records of the Suffolk County Court containing Natan Bradley: 1671-1680 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000088578647826&position=0

Nathan Bradley In records of the Suffolk County Court, page 814 1671-1680 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000088578532069

Nathan Bradley, Humpfry, Dorchester Town Record, Page 195 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&end=&photo_id=6000000088577447415&project_id=&start=&tagged_profiles=

Nathan Bradley Dorchester Town Record, Page 260 - https://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000040899810027?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000088578847938&position=0

Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the ..., Volume 4, edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams - https://books.google.com/books?id=FM8UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2669&lpg=PA2669...

Records Relating to the Early History of Boston ...By Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept - https://books.google.com/books?id=81IMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=...

Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 28 Dec 1904, 7615, Name: Nathan Bradley, Birth Date: 1631, Birthplace:Massachusetts, Volume: 17, Page Number: 373

Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893, Di William Dana Orcutt - https://books.google.sm/books?hl=it&id=davty16_aRgC&q=Nathan+Bradle...

History of the Bradlee family : with particular reference to the descendants of Nathan Bradley of Dorchester, Mass.
Family histories, journals & biographies

Richard Hawes of Dorchester, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants, page 38.

Genealogies of the Teel Family of New England and of the Family of David Thomas of Middleboro, Massachusetts, page 71.

History of the Bradley family : with particular reference to the descendants of Nathan Bradley of Dorchester Mass. / collected and arranged by Samuel Bradley Doggett