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Mary Bradford (Atwood)

Also Known As: "Mary (Wood) Holmes Bradford", "Wood", "Mary (Wood) Atwood", "Mary Wood Holmes", "Mary Wood"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
Death: January 06, 1715 (67-76)
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Wood alias Atwood and Sarah Atwood
Wife of Rev. John Holmes, of Duxbury and Maj. William Bradford, Jr., Dep. Gov. of Plymouth Colony
Mother of Joseph Holmes; Mary Holmes; Isaac Holmes; Israel Bradford; Ephraim Bradford and 2 others
Sister of Sarah Fallowell; John Atwood, Jr; Deacon Nathaniel Atwood; Isaac Atwood; Abigail Leonard and 3 others

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About Mary Bradford

Mary Wood alias Atwood

  • Birth: Abt. 1643 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
  • Parents: John Wood, Sarah Masterson
  • Spouses: John Holmes, William Bradford
  • Death: January 06, 1714/15 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married

  1. Rev John Holmes (1638-1675) m 1661 (parents unknown)
  2. William Bradford (1624-1704) m: Abt. 1677 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA (son of William Bradford and Alice Carpenter). His third wife; she survived him.

Children of Mary Atwood and Reverend John Holmes

  1. Joseph Holmes2 b. 3 Jun 1665, d. 26 Jun 1733. Married 1) Sarah Sprague 2) Mary Brewster.
  2. Mary Holmes2 b. date unknown, d. 8 Mar 1695/96
  3. Isaac Holmes2 b. 1674, d. 11 Apr 1738

Children of William Bradford

  1. 2 Israel Bradford 1678 - 1760 b: 1678 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts d: March 26, 1760 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts +Sarah Bartlett 1681 - 1761 b: 1681 d: April 03, 1761 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts m: November 27, 1701 in Plymouth, MA
  2. 2 Ephraim Bradford 1685 - 1741 b: 1685 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts d: 1741 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts +Elizabeth Brewster 1690 - 1741 b: 1690 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts d: December 05, 1741 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts m: February 13, 1708/09 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts *2nd Wife of Ephraim Bradford: +Elizabeth Bartlett 1687 - 1767 b: October 27, 1687 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: August 09, 1767 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts m: February 13, 1709/10 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
  3. 2 David Bradford 1687 - 1729/30 b: Bef. 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts d: March 16, 1729/30 in Kingston, MA
  4. 2 Hezekiah Bradford 1687 - 1761 b: Bef. 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts d: Aft. April 10, 1761

Notes

Children of John Atwood and Sarah Masterson:[1]

1. Mary Atwood. Born probably after 1637 and before 1645. Married 1st John Holmes on 11 December 1661 at Plymouth. Married 2nd Majoe William Bradford about 1676. She died 6 January 1714/5 at Plymouth.


MAYFLOWER FAMILIES IN PROGRESS: BRADFORD, p. 3

  • The March 1675/6 division of the estate of John Wood Jr. (Mary's brother) names "Mistris Mary Holmes", therefore the marriage was after that date. The will of John Holmes of Duxbury dated 16 Dec. 1675 names wife Mary Holmes and children Joseph, Mary and Isaac.
  • On 18 March 1688/9 William Bradford of Plymouth gave to son -in-law (stepson) Joseph Holmes 30 acres in Plymouth. Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA, USA
  • Bradford wrote his will June 29, 1703, he died Feb. 20, 1703/4, his small moveable inventory was taken Feb. 28, 1703/4, his will probated Mar. 10, 1703/4 and recorded Mar. 29, 1704. Per the old Julian calendar then in use in England and the American colonies.

(f/g) Mary Wood Bradford Birth: 1643 Plymouth Plymouth County Massachusetts, USA Death: Jan. 6, 1715 Plymouth Plymouth County Massachusetts, USA

Family links:

Spouse:

  1. William Bradford (1624 - 1703)

Children:

  1. Joseph Holmes (1665 - 1733)*
  2. Israel Bradford (1678 - 1760)*
  3. Ephraim Bradford (1685 - 1746)*
  4. David Kingston Bradford (1690 - 1730)*

Burial: Unknown Created by: Les Kramer Record added: Jun 05, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 70883737 -tcd


https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTMZ-DD2/mary-atwood-1643-1714

Mary Atwood
Female
January 1643–6 January 1714

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Atwood was born in January 1643, in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Atwood, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Masterson, was 19. She married John Holmes on 11 December 1661, in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 6 January 1714, in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 71, and was buried in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.


References

“John Wood Alias Atwood of Plymouth, Massachusetts,” by Alicia Crane Williams. Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) volume 44, Page 137-140. < AmericanAncestors >; (document attached)

  1. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LTMZ-DD2/mary-atwood-1643-1714
  2. http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/williambradford.secondwife.html
  3. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~haddockfamily/bradford.htm
  4. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi? op=GET&db=gwenbj&id=I2019495 (dead link)
  5. http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p148.htm Last Edited=26 Jul 2015 cites
    1. [S514] G. M. Fessenden, Bradford Genealogy.
    2. [S258] Ruth Wilder Sherman, "The Mary Atwood Sampler."
    3. [S1060] Ann Smith Lainhart and Robert S. Wakefield, MF 22 Bradford.
    4. [S657] Descendants of William Bradford, online.
    5. [S1152] Barbara Lambert Merrick, MF 24 Brewster.
    6. [S1036] Barbara Lambert Merrick, MFIP Brewster, Love
  6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70883737/mary-bradford
  7. Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Apr 30 2016, 8:42:52 UTC
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Mary Bradford's Timeline

1643
1643
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony
1665
July 9, 1665
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1667
1667
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony
1673
October 1673
Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America
1677
December 5, 1677
Kingston, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1685
1685
Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
1687
1687
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1687
Kingston, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America