William Bradford, III

Not the same as Willam Bradford, of Beverly

William Bradford

• 11 Mar 1655 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, New England
• Died 5 Jul 1687 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
• Son of William Bradford Jr and Alice Richards
• Husband of Rebecca (Bartlett) Sampson — married 1679 (to 5 Jul 1687) [location unknown]
• Father of Alice (Bradford) Barnes, Sarah (Bradford) Stanford and William Bradford

William Bradford was related to a passenger on the Mayflower.

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-69

William Bradford, son of William Bradford and Alice Richards, married 1679 at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony to Rebecca Bartlett (b bef 1664 - d 14 Dec 1741), daughter of Benjamin Bartlett and Sarah Brewster. She married second to Robert Stanford after 21 Aug 1691, and third to Caleb Samson on 30 Jan 1729.

Children of William Bradford and Rebecca Bartlett were:

1. Alice Bradford b 1680 m William Barnes
2. William Bradford b bef 1686 m Elizabeth Finney
3. Sarah Bradford b 1686 m Jonathan Barnes

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Origins

Alice Richards married William Bradford, Jr., the son of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower, on Jan. 28, 1649/50 in Plymouth. Alice gave birth to ten children: John, William, Thomas, Alice, Mercy, Hannah, Melatiah, Samuel, Mary and Sarah.

GEDCOM Note

May have died 11 Mar 1655. Have recorded that married Rebecca BARTLETT I think this is in error.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-69 cites
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   2. Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4, Page 46
   3. Lainhart, Ann Smith and Wakefield, Robert S., FASG, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA., 2004) Volume 22, William Bradford
   4. Hall, Ruth Gardiner. Descendants of Governor William Bradford Through the First Seven Generations (N.p.: Bradford Family Compact, 1951)
   5. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
   6. Dodd, Jordan. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850 (Liahona Research)
   7. Clemens, William Montgomery American Marriages Before 1699 (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, USA: Biblio Co., 1926)
   8. Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2001)
   9. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?f=sse&db=genepool&h=3743... Birth: 1663 Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. Death: 14 December 1741 Duxbury, Plymouth, MA. Marriage: 1679 Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
   10. Plymouth County Probate Records, The Genealogical Advertiser (Lucy Hall Greenlaw, Cambridge, Mass., March, 1898) Vol. 1, No. 1, Page 18