Willam Bradford, of Beverly

Not the same as William Bradford, III

"Bradford Genealogy", in Perley, Sidney, ed. Essex Antiquarian. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Antiquarian) 10:180.

William Bradford1, born about 1639, was a husbandman and rope maker; and lived in Beverly, 1676-1717. He married Miss Rachel Rayment of Beverly Nov. 14, 1676; and she died before Feb. 1, 1696-7. In 1708, he conveyed his homestead to his eldest son William, reserving a life estate to himself. He died in Beverly Jane 15, 1717, at the age of seventy-eight.

Family

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rayment-141

Rachel married at Beverly ,14 November 1676, William Bradford[4] of Beverly .[5][6]

Rachel (Rayment) Bradford died, probably Beverly, before 1 February 1696/7, for on that date, her father John Rayment senr, yeoman, deeded "for & in consideration of mine own love & affection unto my son in law william Bradford" of Beverly, husbandman, "& ye love I bear unto the chilldren of his by his former wife my Daughter Ratchell," a twenty acre parcel of "Upland & swamp Ground situate ... in ye Township of Beverly" and "one Mare & two Cows & some other moveable goods of mine," which are already in his possession.[7][8][9]

William Bradford married again, Jane (Allison) Shaw, daughter of Ralph and Anne (Dixon) Allison and widow of Peter Shaw of Scarborough, Maine and Beverly. William Bradford died 15 Jun 1717, aged about 78.[10]

Children

William Bradford and his wife Rachel, were the parents of seven children, all recorded Beverly,

1. Rachell Bradford, died 21 February 1677[/8][11]
2. Abigaile Bradford, born 5 September 1682.[12]
3. Rachell Bradford, born 13 July 1684[13]
4. William Bradford, baptized 3 October 1686.[14]
5. John Bradford, born 26 February 1689/90.[15]
6. Bathia Bradford, born 20 June 1692.[16]
7. Rebecca Bradford, baptized 11 March 1693/4.[17]

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https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aBirthsR.shtml "(Rachell, d. John and Rachell, 14: 12m: 1659. CTR) Note - "12m: 1659" is February 1660.

https://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/aMarriagesR.shtml "(RAYMENT (Raymond)) Rachell, and William Bradford, Nov. 14, 16[76. TC]."

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rayment-141

Beverly VR has Rachel & William with these children:

• Abigaile, d. William and Rachell, Sept. 5, 1682. married Phillip Dealand int. July 10, 1708.
• Rachell, d. William and Rachell, July 13, 1684.
• William, s. William and Rachel, bp. Oct. 3, 1686. married Grace Eliot, Dec. 25, 1707.
• John, s. William and Rachell, Feb. 26, 1689-90. married Annice Lovit, Dec. 26, 1717.
• Bathia, d. William and Ratchell, June 20, 1692. married William Howard of Ipswich, Dec. 29, 1720.
• Rebecca, d. William and Rachel, bp. Mar. 11, 1693-4.

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• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Bradford_%2875%29

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William Bradford (abt. 1639 - 1717)

William Bradford
Born about 1639 in Englandmap
Son of Unknown Bradford [uncertain] and [mother unknown]
Brother of Robert Bradford
Husband of Rachel (Rayment) Bradford — married 14 Nov 1676 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusettsmap
Husband of Jane (Allison) Leach — married about 1697 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Abigail (Bradford) Deland, Rachel Bradford, William Bradford, John Bradford, Bethia (Bradford) Howard and Rebecca Bradford
Died 15 Jun 1717 at about age 78 in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
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1 Biography
1.1 Children
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
Biography

William Bradford, brother of Robert Bradford,[1] was born about 1639; he died at Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, 15 June 1717, aged about 78.[2]

William married at Beverly, 14 Nov 1676, Rachel Raymont. She was born Salem, 14 : 12 m : 1659 [14 February 1659],[3] baptized Beverly, 13 November 1670,[4] the daughter of John Rayment and his first wife, Rachel Scruggs.

William and Rachel Bradford, and Rachel's cousin, William Rayment, Jr., testified in the Salem Witch Trials, regarding accuser, Mercy Lewis. Key parts of the court record are unreadable. From the record,[5]

[--damaged--] william Bradford & Rachell his wife [--damaged--] [t]hat a bout two years and half since Mercy [--damaged--] listed persons did Live with us about [--damaged--] quartes of ayear: & we did then Judg that [--damaged--] [m]atter of consione of speaking the truth [--damaged--] and untruth she would stand stifly to [--damaged--] William Rayment Junior testifieth [--damaged--] the above s'd Marcy Leuis I Knew her when [--damaged--] of my neighbours and I all wayes took her to [--damaged--] as the above writen evidences hath decribed
Rachel (Rayment) Bradford died, probably Beverly, before 1 February 1696/7, for on that date, her father John Rayment senr, yeoman, deeded "for & in consideration of mine own love & affection unto my son in law william Bradford of Beverly, husbandman, "& ye love I bear unto the chilldren of his by his former wife my Daughter Ratchell," a twenty acre parcel of "Upland & swamp Ground situate ... in ye Township of Beverly" and "one Mare & two Cows & some other moveable goods of mine," which are already in his possession.[6]

On 30 December 1706, William Bradford was named administrator of his brother's estate. The inventory of Robert's estate, including 17-3/4 acres of upland and swamp ground, totalled £203 2s 8d. After the satisfaction of debts, the estate was conferred upon "William Bradford of Beverly only surviving bro. of Robert Bradford ..."[7]

Children

William Bradford and his wife Rachel, were the parents of seven children, all recorded Beverly,

Rachell Bradford, died 21 February 1677[/8][8]
Abigaile Bradford, born 5 September 1682.[9]
Rachell Bradford, born 13 July 1684[10]
William Bradford, baptized 3 October 1686.[11]
John Bradford, born 26 February 1689/90.[12]
Bathia Bradford, born 20 June 1692.[13]
Rebecca Bradford, baptized 11 March 1693/4.[14]
Research Notes

Brother, not son, of Robert Bradford. By subscription, see AmericanAncestors for page 7 of the estate file, "William Bradford of Beverly only surviving bro. of Robert Bradford ..."

A prior version of this profile treated Robert as William's father, "Proposed father may have been baptized 1621, although a recorded deposition implies 1626 (no primary source). Father's probate is Dec 1706, spouse at death is Hannah, m. abt 1672, no source provided for later deaths. A marriage of Robert and Hannah in Boston occurred early 1640's but is implied to be a different Robert."

Age/date of birth. His estimated date of birth is based on the age reported in his Beverly death record, William [sr., June 16. C. R. ; 17, C. R. I.], June 15, 1717, a. abt 78 y."

A William Bradford testified in 1694/5 that he was [about] age 70 (thus born about 1627).[15] The underlying record has not been reviewed to determine the identity of this William.

Possible parentage. Of Robert and William Bradford's parentage, Scott Andrew Bartley (2006) wrote,[16] "It seems possibe the two brothers ... are the oldest children of Robert Bradford of Boston." And also, "This theory seems to fall apart when Robert deeds [in 1673] "out of my ffatherly affection I beare to my onely sone Moses Bradford." Further, "The only other possibility is that these are the unidentified chidren of John^1 Bradford of Dorechester as mentioned only in the will of his brother Alexander^1 Bradford of Dorechester."

Second wife? Walter Goodwin Davis reported William Bradford married a second time, to Jane (Allison) Shaw, daughter of Ralph Allison and his wife, Anne Dixon. Jane would have been the widow of Peter Shaw. See Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 122; digital images, Hathi Trust.

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (part 5, p. 626), also refers to this Jane Allison, daughter of Ralph, writing that she married (2) William Bradford of Beverly, and (3) Robert Leach.

Sources

↑ Scott Andrew Bartley, "Non-Mayflower Bradfords of New England: Descendants of Robert and William Bradford, brothers of Beverly, Massachusetts" Mayflower Descendant: A Journal of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. 55 (2006):140-59; digital images by subscription, Reference Volume 55 (2006), AmericanAncestors.
↑ William Bradford 1717 death entry, citing, in part, C. R. 2. [church record, Second Congregational Church], C. R. I. [chuch record, First Parish Unitarian Church]," Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:383 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Rachel Rayment 1659 birth, citing "CT. R. [Court record, Essex Co. Quarterly Court]," Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 6 vols. (Salem, Mass., The Essex institute, 1916-), 6:176 (Rayment); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Rachell, Abigall and Jonathan Raymund 1670 baptism, William P. Upham with annotations by Augustus A. Galloupe, Records of the First Church in Beverly, Massachusetts ... (Salem, Mass., Essex Institute, 1905), 89; digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ "SWP No. 089: Mercy Lewis," citing "Witchcraft Papers, no. 29a, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, MA.," The Salem Witchcraft Papers; transcripts of court records, with revisions, corrections; augmented, Scholars' Lab, University of Virginia Library.
↑ John Rayment, Sr., to William Bradford, deed dated 1 February 1696/7, "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986"; images, FamilySearch )image 161 of 600; otherwise Essex County Deeds 28:154, recorded 27 April 1716.
↑ Robert Bradford probate case, 3020 (7 pp.), Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881; database and digital images by subscriptions, AmericanAncestors.
↑ Rachell Bradford 1677 death entry, Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 2:383 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust ; "Rachell, d. William."
↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:50 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:50 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:50 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:50 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:50 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, 2 vols. (Topsfield, Mass., Topsfield Historical Society, 1906-07), 1:50 (Bradford); digital images, Hathi Trust.
↑ Citing "SJC 3185 [Suffolk Files; Manuscript court file papers, 1629-1700, Supreme Court of Judicature ...]," Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Ages from the Court Records, 1636-1700 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003), 30; digital images by subscription, Image.
↑ Scott Andrew Bartley, "Non-Mayflower Bradfords of New England: Descendants of Robert and William Bradford, brothers of Beverly, Massachusetts" Mayflower Descendant. 55 (2006):140-59, at 140; digital images by subscription, Reference Volume 55 (2006), AmericanAncestors.
Scott Andrew Bartley, "Non-Mayflower Bradfords of New England: Descendants of Robert and William Bradford, brothers of Beverly, Massachusetts" Mayflower Descendant. 55 (2006):140-59; digital images by subscription, Reference Volume 55 (2006), AmericanAncestors.
Walter Goodwin Davis, Ancestry of Bethia Harris ... (Portland, Me., The Southworth Press, 1934), 121-22; digital images, Hathi Trust
Sidney Perley, ed., The Essex Antiquarian, 13 vols., 10 (1906):180-81 (Bradford Genealogy); digital images, Hathi Trust.
George Waldo Brown, The History of Hillsborough, New Hampshire, published 1921, page 76. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of ..., Volume 2], page 715. Accessed via GoogleBooks 21 Jul 2017
New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.; [1] William BRADFORD Marriage 1676 Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts BRADFORD, William & 1/wf Rachel RAYMENT/RAYMOND (1659-); 14 Nov 1676; Beverly {Raymond Addition 121; Essex Ant. 2:102; 8:144; 10:180; Dawes-Gates 2:699}; Spouse Rachel RAYMENT Volume Name Volume 1 Page189
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records Image William Bradford, Death 15 Jun 1717 Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; Married; Rachel Rayment Bradford
Massachusetts Deaths and Burials; William Bradford 15 Jun 1717; Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; Age 78, Birth Date 1639