Daniel Bradley, of Bingley

Not the son of William Bradley, ll, of Coventry in Warwickshire & Agnes Bradley

Biography

From “Danyell Broadley de West Morton, a Common Ancestor for Many American Bradleys.” by Stuart Bradley

Danyell Broadley de West Morton lived in Bingley, Yorkshire, England from 1588 to 1641 and was the father of our ancestor, William Bradley, who emigrated to New Haven, Connecticut in 1637. He was married three times and fathered children with each of his wives. His first wife, Elsabeth Atkinson, had eight children: Agnes, William, Daniell, Mathew, Michaell, Samuell, Abraham and Marie. William’s brother Daniell also emigrated to New England where he was a yeoman farmer and miller and had the misfortune of being killed by an Indian raiding party in 1689 when caught alone on the road outside Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Danyell’s second wife (a liaison - unmarried) was Annis Holdroide and their only child Esther died in infancy.

His third wife was Elizabeth Sheaffe and they had five children, Ellin, Joshua, Daniell, Nathan and Steuen. After the father’s death, William as the oldest son, made provision for the emigration of his stepmother and his half siblings to come and settle in Connecticut. Many American Bradleys are descendants of these half siblings.

Joseph Philo Bradley who was appointed to the US Supreme Court by President Grant, and served from 1870 to 1892, was interested in genealogy and traced his ancestors to Francis Bradley of Fairfield, Connecticut who emigrated in 1637 and concluded that Francis was probably the first cousin of William Bradley.

William’s stepmother Elizabeth lived until 1683 and outlived all three of her husbands, her two American husbands were both from Guilford.

This genealogy of the descendants of Danyell Broadley de West Morton was prepared by Saul M. Montes-Bradley and is available at this link. http://www.bradleyfoundation.org/genealogies/Bingley/tobg01.htm#11136

Source: https://bradleyhistory.com/2017/03/13/danyell-broadley-de-west-mort...

Family

From Hal Bradley’s site < link >

Major Daniel BRADLEY, 1, 2 was christened 3 26 Jan 1589 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. He died Nov 1641 and was buried 4 27 Nov 1641 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Daniel married 5 Elizabeth ATKINSON on 1 Jul 1607 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Other marriages:

• HOLDROIDE, Annis
• SHEAFE, Elizabeth

Elizabeth ATKINSON 1, 2 was born 1590 in West Morton, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died 1625 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth married 3 Major Daniel BRADLEY on 1 Jul 1607 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

They had the following children:

1. F i Agnes BRADLEY 1 was christened 2 22 Nov 1608 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
2. M ii Major William BRADLEY was christened 27 Jan 1610 and died 29 May 1691 in New Haven, CT. Married Alice Pritchard. Emigrated to New England.
3. M iii Daniel BRADLEY was christened 29 Aug 1613 and died 13 Aug 1689 in Haverhill, MA. Married Mary Williams. Emigrated to New England.
4. M iv Matthew BRADLEY 1 was christened 2 3 Mar 1616 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
5. M v Michael BRADLEY was christened 14 Nov 1619 and died after 1659. Married Elizabeth Stones.
6. M vi Abraham BRADLEY 1 was christened 2 1 Apr 1621 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.
7. F vii Mary BRADLEY was christened 27 Dec 1624 and died 4 Oct 1684 in Rowley, MA. Married Thomas Leaver.

Annis HOLDROIDE was born 1600 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She married 1 Major Daniel BRADLEY.

They had the following children:

1. F i Esther BRADLEY 1 was christened 2 10 Dec 1626 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died Dec 1626 in Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and was buried 3 21 Dec 1626 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England

Elizabeth SHEAFE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 was born 1606 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. She died Jan 1683 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Elizabeth married Major Daniel BRADLEY on 1631 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England.

Other marriages:
2 PARMELEE, John
3 EVARTS, John

They had the following children:

1. F i Ellen BRADLEY was christened 24 Jun 1632 and died 1700 in Guilford, CT. Married John Alling.
2. M ii Joshua BRADLEY was christened 1 May 1634 and died 1718 in a Woodbridge, NJ. Married Judith Lum.
3. M iii Daniel BRADLEY 1, 2, 3 was christened 4 8 May 1636 in Bingley, West Riding, Yorkshire, England. He died Dec 1658 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
4. M iv Nathan BRADLEY was christened 18 Nov 1638 and died 10 Mar 1713 in Guilford, CT. Married 1) Hannah Munson 2) Hester Griswold 3) Rachel Holton.
5. M v Captain Stephen BRADLEY was christened 21 Aug 1642 and died 20 Jul 1701 in Guilford, CT. Married 1) Hannah Smith 2) Mary Fenn

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Disputed origins

See discussion https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Broadley-66

According to Montes-Bradley, William Broadley of Bingley was born in 1545 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England; will dated 22 Dec 1598; died July 19, 1600 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England; will proved 14 Aug 1600 #6563 at the bradleyfoundation.org website.

This is unsourced, but assuming it's true... Bingley in Yorkshire and Coventry in Warwickshire are about 100 miles apart "as the crow flies."

It is illogical that William of Bingley and William of Warwickshire are the same person.

Notes

1. Danyell Broadley de West Morton was born on 26 Jan 1588/1589 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England. He died 2 on 27 Nov 1641 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England.

Bingley, July 23 1634

A Register shewinge in what Pewes or Stalls every Househoulder inhabitinge wthin the p'ishe of Bingley hath his seat or seats for his house or houses in the Church of Bingley aforesaid as well for auncient seats as alsoe for the new erected and encreased Stalls and seats in the said Church.

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The names of all such persons which haue auncient seats in the longe Stalls standinge in the Sune side of the Church of Bingley.

Inpt.

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2. In the second Stall, John Dobson de Marley, Jane Wright, widdow, late wife of Steuen Wright, Alexander Wood de East Morton, Daniell Broadley de West Morton for Butlers farme, Richard Sugden de Heynewoorth, Christofer Waineman de Preesthorppe, haue auncient seats.

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8. In the eigth Stall, John Dobsone de Marley, Edward Brooksbanke for his ho: in Hardinge, Alexander Wood de East Morton, Richard Sugden de Heynewoorth, Nicholas Hudsone for Harding grainge, Christofer Waineman de Preesthorpe, Daniell Broadley de West Morton, haue auncient seats, and John Dobsone, Junior, de Marley, & Thomas Milner de Hardinge, haue the odde seat att the other side of the Pillar, and paid for it viij.

[Bingley Parish Register, op. cit. p. 153]

BRADLEY The first mention of the name in England was in 1183, at the feast of St. Cuthbert in Lent, when Lord Hugh, Bishop of Durham, caused all the revenues of his district to be described. The Survey of Bolton (Burke) mentions in Washington Roger de Bradley as holding forty acres at Bradley and rendering half marc besides forest service. The Heralds visitation for the county of York, 1563-64, in the Normanton pedigree, mentions the marriage of Arthur Normanton to Isabel, daughter of Sir Francis Bradley. This would be in the early part of the fourteenth century. Burke gives fifteen coats-of-arms to the Bradleys, many of them being variations of the same coat, having a boar's head, etc. Probably all were derived from the same family.

The first Bradleys in the United States are said to have come from the market town of Bingley, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, about twelve miles northeast of Leeds on the river Aire. The town of Bradley (or Broadlea) was about seven miles to the north of Bingley. The name Bradley is Anglo-Saxon, meaning a broad field or pasture. The father of the American pioneer of the family is not known, nor is the name of his first wife. Their son, William Bradley, according to tradition handed down in different branches of the family, was a friend of Cromwell, and the "History of Bingley, England," states that he was a major in the parliamentary army, and removed to New Haven, United States of America. He was the first of the family to come to Connecticut and sojourned for a time in Branford and Guilford, later removing to New Haven, where he took the oath of fidelity in August, 1644. He later lived in North Haven and had large landed interests there. He located on the west side of East (Quinnipiac) river, about nine miles north of New Haven, and soon gained possession of the cotters one hundred and eighty-nine acres in addition to his other lands. Thorpe's "History of North Haven" states that he was the first landowner in the village.

His stepmother, Elizabeth Bradley, with her four sons and one daughter, is said to have followed him to America in 1648. These children were: Daniel; Joshua, of New Haven; Ellen, married John Allin; Nathan, born 1638; Stephen, born 1642. She married (second) in this country, John Parmalee, who died November 8, 1659; married (third) May 27, 1663, John Evarts, who died May 10, 1669. She died in January, 1683. Both her American husbands were of Guilford.

[New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Volume IV, 2207]

Bingley, as seen in the early 1800's: "Bingley with Micklethwaite, the township of East and West Morton, the hamlet of Harden and neighbourhoods.

Bingley, a small market and manufacturing town and with Micklethwaite, forms one township, in the parish of Bingley, and wapentake of Skyrack, West Riding, is 206 miles from London, 20 n.w. from Wakefield, 17 n. from Huddersfield, 11 n. from Halifax, 6 n.w. from Bradford, and about 4 e. from Keighley; situated on the direct road between the two last named towns, and upon an eminence between two pleasant valleys. The town, which consists chiefly of one long street, tolerably built, lies between the river Aire and the Leeds & Liverpool canal, the latter passing close to the town, which is of great advantage to its trade.

The worsted manufacture is carried on in this town and neighbourhood to a considerable extent; and there are several large worsted spinning establishments; others for cotton of minor importance; and several respectable concerns in the malt trade. A court house has been lately erected, in which public meetings take place; but the petty sessions, every fortnight, are still held at the Brown Cow. The places of worship are the parish church, dedicated to All Saints, a neat edifice, and chapels for baptists, independents, and methodists. In the church are some handsome monuments to the memory of several members of the Ferrand family. The living of Bingley is a discharged vicarage, in the gift of the Crown: the Rev. Richard Hartley is the vicar. Here is a free grammar school, for the sons of the inhabitants of Bingley, well endowed, and founded by royal charter, in the reign of Charles the First; and a large one upon the national system, capable of accommodating eight hundred scholars. The scenery in the neighbourhood of Bingley is very agreeable and diversified, well watered and wooded, and studded with many handsome habitations, amongst these, the seats of Walker Ferrand, Esq. Harden Grange, and Edward Ferrand, Esq. St. Ives, may be noticed as beautiful residences. The market, which is held on Tuesday, was formerly well and populously attended, but it has retrograded in advantage to the town, in proportion as that of Bradford has prospered. Two fairs are held annually, but they are not well attended; the periods are, January 25th, for horned cattle, and August 25th, 26th, & 27th, for horses, linen & pedalry. The population of Bingley parish, by the census of 1821, amounted to 7,375, and in 1831, to 9,256, of which last number 8,037 were returned for the township of Bingley and Micklethwaite.

East and West Morton, forms one township, in the parish of Bingley, about two miles from that town, and participates with it in the manufacture of articles produced from the fleece: there are also two mills for the making of paper, and one for cotton spinning and the manufacture of cotton goods. The places of worship are a chapel for Wesleyan methodists, and a small building, which is used alternately, by congregations of primitive methodists, baptists and independents. The township contained, in 1821, 1,199 inhabitants, and in 1831, 1,209. Harden is a hamlet, in the township of Bingley and Micklethwaite, one mile and a half therefrom. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in wool combing and weaving. Walker Ferrand, Esq. erected, and supports an infants' school, for children of the poor, from two to six years of age; in addition to reading, the girls are taught knitting and sewing. Population of Harden returned with the township of Bingley and Micklethwaite."

"Perhaps nothing strengthened tho puritan principles more than the "Religious Exercises" which obtained at many Yorkshire towns, notably Halifax, and to a lesser degree Bingley and Bradford. Before the Civil Wars, persecution had driven staunch puritans to seek freedom on the New England shores, and the descendants of Broadley, Parker, and other Bingley emigrants still remain in America, and write to enquire about their English ancestry."

[J. Horsefall Turner, J.P., "Ancient Bingley or Bingley, Its History and Scenery," Printed for the Author, by,Thomas Harrison and Sons, Bingley, Yorks., l897]

"Here is a Free School founded by Matthew Broadley, Esq. of London; who, by his Will, dated the 15th of Oct, 1647, gave to his brother Isaac Broadley, of Halifax, certain tenements, &c. within the township of Hippperholme, towards the maintenance of a Free School there: the School received a further augmentation, in 1671, from Samuel Sunderland, Esq. of Harden, near Bingley. The present rental is £114. per annum."

[Watson's Halifax. --Carlisle}

N.C.: While the previous paragraph cannot refer to this Matthew Bradley, it is tantalizing that Matthew of Halifax and London was making contributions to a Free School in Hipperholme also benefited from Samuel Sunderland, who also contributed to the Bingley school with Michael Broadley of Bingley. More needs to be researched of the family relations between this two families.

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/aqwg60.htm#2427 cites
  • 1 Bradley, Frederick William, The Bradley Genealogy (New York: F.W. Bradley, 1978-1990.), 1:10, Family History Library, 929.273 B728b.
  • 2 Bradley, F., Bradley Genealogy, 2:3.
  • 3 Stavert, William James, The Parish Register of Bingley in the County of York, 1577-1686 (Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 1901.), p. 12, Family History Library, 942.74 K25pr v. 9.
  • 4 Stavert, W. J., Parish Register of Bingley, p. 255.
  • 5 Stavert, W. J., Parish Register of Bingley, p. 84.
• http://www.bradleyfoundation.org/genealogies/Bingley/tobg01.htm#11136
• Willm. Broadley in entry for Danyell Broadley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"- Name Danyell Broadley Gender Male Christening Date 26 Jan 1589 Christening Date (Original) 26 JAN 1589 Christening Place BINGLEY,YORK,ENGLAND Father's Name Willm. Broadley- https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NP5Z-Q56
• Will extract. p22 Dec 1598. William Bradley of the new close in the Parish of Bradford, co York, sicke in bodie. Left lands etc in newclose in the lordship of Shipley, co. York, for the use, behoof, bringing up and maynetenance in learning and preferment, of his children Michell, Daniell, Mathew and Sara., for the term of thirteen years. Wife Agnes named executor. 14 Aug 1600 probate Agnes Broadley widow took the oath.[3]
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradley-187
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Broadley-87
• https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hwbradley/genealogy/aqwg159.htm#7018 incorrect parents listed