Governor Simon Bradstreet, II - From the About:

[edit] Descendants

Descendants of Simon and Anne Bradstreet, daughter of Thomas Dudley

Political

* Herbert Hoover

* David Souter

* Robert Edwin Seamount

* Benjamin Wade

* Wendell Phillips

* Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

* Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

* William Ellery Channing

* Richard Henry Dana, Sr.

* Richard Henry Dana, Jr.

* Elisha Williams

* Elliot Richardson

* Emily Dow Partridge, a wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young

Non-political

* Juliet Winters Carpenter

* Steve Young

* John Lithgow

* Source: New England Ancestors

* Source: Ancestors of John Kerry

Notable Genealogists:

* Randall J. Seaver (www.geneamusings.com)

References

1. ^ ANNE BRADSTREET at www.harvardsquarelibrary.org

See also

* Dudley-Winthrop

Simon BRADSTREET Governor was born in Mar 18 1603 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, ENGLAND. He died on 27 Mar 1697 in Salem, Massachusetts. He BAPL Submitted. He ENDL Submitted. He has reference number 9376.

He was married to Anne DUDLEY WFT Est 1624-1653. Children were: John BRADSTREET.

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Descendants of Simon & Anne Bradstreet

Political:

*Herbert Clark Hoover, Pres of US. Besides political career, he was professional mining engineer & author.

*David Hackett Souter, Assoc Justice of Supreme Crt of US since 1990

*Robert Edwin Seamount, gospel singer, recording artist, pastor, missionary, & aircraft builder

*Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade, US lawyer & US Senator. In Senate, associated w/Radical Republicans of that time.

*Wendell Phillips, US abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans in US, & orator. Exceptional orator & agitator, advocate & lawyer, writer & debater.

*Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, American physician & professor also achieved fame as writer. During his lifetime, he was 1 of best regarded poets of 19th Cent & considered mbr of Fireside Poets.

*Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, US jurist served on Supreme Crt of US 1902-1932. Noted for long service, concise & pithy opinions, & deference to decisions of elected legislatures, 1 of most widely cited US Supreme Crt justices in history.

*Dr William Ellery Channing, foremost Unitarianism preacher in US in early 19th Cent &, w/Andrews Norton, 1 of Unitarianism's leading theologians.

*Richard Henry Dana, Sr, Am poet & lawyer. Son, Richard Henry Dana, Jr, also became lawyer & author.

*Richard Henry Dana, Jr, US lawyer & politician, & author of book 2 Years Before the Mast.

*Rev Elisha Williams, Congregational minister, legislator, jurist, & rector of Yale College 1726-1739.

*Elliot Lee Richardson, US lawyer & politician who was mbr of cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon & Gerald Ford. As US Atty General, prominent figure in Watergate Scandal, & controversial Sat Night Massacre after refusing President's order to fire special prosecutor.

*Emily Dow Partridge, wife of Joseph Smith, Jr, founder of Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, & important religious & political figure during 1830s & 1840s, & Brigham Young, Am leader in Latter Day Saint movement, Pres of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1847 until his death.

Non-political:

*Juliet Winters Carpenter, translator of modern Japanese literature into English. Born in Am Midwest, studied Japanese literature at Univ of Michigan.

*Steve Young

*John Arthur Lithgow, American actor perhaps best-known for starring role as Dr Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun.

* Source: New England Ancestors

* Source: Ancestors of John Kerry

See also Dudley-Winthrop Family External links: Official MA Gov biography

Source of this article is Wikipedia, free encyclopedia. Text of this article is licensed under GFDL.

What a surprise for me (NC) to find Gov. Bradstreet on Geni one night, and see his portrait next to the grand staircase in the Massachusetts state house the very next day!

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Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1679-1686, 1689-1692.

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Governor.

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# Name: Simon* Bradstreet
# Surname: Bradstreet
# Given Name: Simon*
# Prefix: Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
# Sex: M
# Birth: Mar 1603 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England
# Death: 27 Mar 1697 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Simon Bradstreet (March 18, 1603 – March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Simon Bradstreet was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire. His father was the rector of the parish church. Prior to his emigration to America, Bradstreet attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge for two years. Bradstreet married the future poet Anne Dudley while still in England. She was the daughter of Puritan leader Thomas Dudley. Dudley and others recognized Bradstreet's administrative abilities, and he was persuaded to leave for the fledgling Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.

Born March 18, 1603
Lincolnshire, England
Died March 27, 1697
Salem, Massachusetts

Simon Bradstreet (March 18, 1603–March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Simon Bradstreet was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire.

Was secretary of Massachusetts Colony 1630 to 1643, Deputy Governor 1678 to 1679, Governor 1679 to 1686 and 1689 to 1692

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Marriage 1 Anne Dudley b: 1612
Children
1. John Bradstreet Gov. b: 22 Jul 1652 in Andover, , Massachusetts, USA
2. Samuel Bradstreet
3. Dorothy Bradstreet
4. Simon Bradstreet
5. Dudley Bradstreet
6. Hannah Bradstreet
7. Sarah Bradstreet
8. Mercy Bradstreet

Marriage 2 Ann Downing

Simon, of Cambridge, Ipswich, Boston, was a few years at Andover, and spent his latest days at Salem, after Sep 1695. s. of Simon, a min. it is said, bred at Emanuel, Cambr. Univ. enter. there 1617, and matricul. 9 July 1618, as a sizer, had his A. B. 1620, and A. M. 1624, came in the fleet with Winthrop 1630, chos. an assist. 18 Mar. bef. and so cont. by Ann. elect. 48 yrs.; secr. 23 Aug. 1630 to 1636; dep.-gov. 1673-8; gov. 1679 to 1686; and again after the rising against Sir E. Andros 1689-92.2

His sec. w. Ann, wid. of capt. Joseph Gardner, d. of Emanuel Downing, younger by more than thirty yrs. wh. he m. 6 June 1676, d. 19 Apr. 1713, aged 79.2

Bradstreet was chosen to fill several important positions in colonial affairs, and he served as an assistant in the upper house of the General Court for most of his life. During his first twenty years in the colony, he was heavily involved in business pursuits, as well as the founding of new towns. In 1661, he was chosen as an envoy to the court of Charles II, that monarch having recently been restored to power. In 1679 Bradstreet was chosen governor of the colony. He would turn out to be the last governor under the original charter. In 1686, the colony was denied its right to self-rule, and Sir Edmund Andros was installed as governor. Bradstreet served briefly as governor again after Andros was overthrown, but England replaced him with Sir William Phips in 1692. Bradstreet continued to serve in government until his death in 1697, in Salem, Massachusetts.

Simon Bradstreet built his first home in America at the present location of Harvard Square at Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge Massachusetts.[1] That location is at 42°22'24.78"N and 71° 7'9.12"W.

His first wife Anne Dudley died in 1672; they had had eight children, of whom seven survived infancy. Bradstreet then married Ann Gardner, the widow of Captain Joseph Gardner of Salem.
In June 1659, Bradstreet's daughter Hannah Bradstreet (by first wife Anne Dudley) married Andrew Wiggin, son of Governor Thomas Wiggin, governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire.
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Bradstreet was chosen to fill several important positions in colonial affairs, and he served as an assistant in the upper house of the General Court for most of his life. During his first twenty years in the colony, he was heavily involved in business pursuits, as well as the founding of new towns. In 1661, he was chosen as an envoy to the court of Charles II, that monarch having recently been restored to power. In 1679 Bradstreet was chosen governor of the colony. He would turn out to be the last governor under the original charter. In 1686, the colony was denied its right to self-rule, and Sir Edmund Andros was installed as governor. Bradstreet served briefly as governor again after Andros was overthrown, but England replaced him with Sir William Phips in 1692. Bradstreet continued to serve in government until his death in 1697, in Salem, Massachusetts.

Simon Bradstreet built his first home in America at the present location of Harvard Square at Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge Massachusetts.[1] That location is at 42°22'24.78"N and 71° 7'9.12"W.

His first wife Anne Dudley died in 1672; they had had eight children, of whom seven survived infancy. Bradstreet then married Ann Gardner, the widow of Captain Joseph Gardner of Salem. In June 1659, Bradstreet's daughter Hannah Bradstreet (by first wife Anne Dudley) married Andrew Wiggin, son of Governor Thomas Wiggin, governor of the Upper Plantation of New Hampshire.

See the article about Simon Bradstreet in Wikipedia at <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bradstreet&gt;.

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from wiki

Simon Bradstreet (March 18, 1603–March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Simon Bradstreet was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire. His father was the rector of the parish church. Prior to his emigration to America, Bradstreet attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge for two years. Bradstreet married the future poet Anne Dudley while still in England. She was the daughter of Puritan leader Thomas Dudley. Dudley and others recognized Bradstreet's administrative abilities, and he was persuaded to leave for the fledgling Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.

Bradstreet was chosen to fill several important positions in colonial affairs, and he served as an assistant in the upper house of the General Court for most of his life. During his first twenty years in the colony, he was heavily involved in business pursuits, as well as the founding of new towns. In 1661, he was chosen as an envoy to the court of Charles II, that monarch having recently been restored to power. In 1679 Bradstreet was chosen governor of the colony. He would turn out to be the last governor under the original charter. In 1686, the colony was denied its right to self-rule,

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=Biogrpahy=

Simon Bradstreet (baptized March 18, 1603/4[1] – March 27, 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman, diplomat, and the last governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Arriving in Massachusetts on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, Bradstreet was almost constantly involved in the politics of the colony but became its governor only in 1679.
He served on diplomatic missions and as agent to the crown in London, and also served as a commissioner to the New England Confederation. He was politically comparatively moderate, arguing minority positions in favor of freedom of speech and for accommodation of the demands of King Charles II following his restoration to the throne.

Bradstreet was married to Anne, the daughter of Massachusetts co-founder Thomas Dudley and New England's first published poet.
He was a businessman, investing in land and shipping interests. Due to his advanced age (he died at 93) Cotton Mather referred to him as the "Nestor of New England".[2] His descendants include the famous jurists Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and David Souter.
* Reference: [https://familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRDM-KJ8 FamilySearch Genealogy] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Sep 9 2019, 20:13:33 UTC''

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