MAYFLOWER FAMILIES Through Five Generations
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FAMILY OF WILLIAM BRADFORD
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First Generation
1. WILLIAM BRADFORD, bp. Austerfield, Yorkshire, England 19 March 1589/90; d. Plymouth 9
May 1657; son of William and Alice (Hanson) Bradford.
He m. (1) Amsterdam, Holland 10 Dec 1613 DOROTHY MAY, b. ca. 1597; drowned Cape
Cod Harbor 7 Dec 1620; daughter of Henry May of Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, England. The
marriage intention of William Bradford and Dorothy May in November 1613 says he was from
Austerfield, 23 years old, and that she was from Wisbeach in England, 16 years old.
He m. (2) Plymouth 14 Aug 1623 ALICE (CARPENTER) SOUTHWORTH, b. prob. Wrington,
Somerset, England say 1595; d. Plymouth 26 or 27 Mar 1670; daughter of Alexander Carpenter.
She m. (1) Leyden, Holland 28 May 1613 EDWARD SOUTHWORTH with whom she had sons
Constant and Thomas.
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Child of William and Dorothy (May) Bradford, b. Leyden, Holland:
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JOHN BRADFORD, b. ca. 1618
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Children of William and Alice (Carpenter) (Southworth) Bradford, b. Plymouth:
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WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. 17 June 1624
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MERCY BRADFORD, b. before May 1627
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JOSEPH BRADFORD, b. ca. 1630 (based on age at d.)
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Second Generation
3. WILLIAM 2 BRADFORD (William1), b. Plymouth 17 June 1624; d. there 20 Feb 1703/4 age 71
[sic]. The Plymouth church says “dyed Major William Bradford, in the 80th year of his age….”
He m. (1) shortly after 23 Apr 1650 ALICE RICHARDS, bp. Pitminster, Somerset, England
7 April 1629; d. Plymouth 12 Dec 1671 aged 44 yrs.; daughter of Thomas and Welthean (Loring)
Richards.
He m. (2) probably at Norwich, Conn, about 1674, SARAH (____) GRISWOLD; d. prob.
Plymouth ca. 1676. She m. (1) ca. 1652 Francis Griswold with whom she had Sarah, Joseph,
Mary, Hannah, Deborah, Lydia, Samuel, Margaret, and Lydia.
He m. (3) at Plymouth about 1676 MARY (WOOD) HOLMES, b. Plymouth ca. 1643; d.
there 6 Jan 1714/5; daughter of John and Mary (Masterson) Wood (or Atwood). She m. (1)
Plymouth 11 Dec 1661 JOHN HOLMES with whom she had Joseph, Mary, and Isaac.
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Children of William and Alice (Richards) Bradford, b. Plymouth:
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JOHN BRADFORD, b. 20 Feb. 1652/3
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WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. 11 March 1654/5
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THOMAS BRADFORD, b. ca. 1658 (based on age at d.)
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ALICE BRADFORD, b 1659
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MERCY BRADFORD, bp. Boston 2 Sept. 1660
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HANNAH BRADFORD, b. 9 May 1662 *
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MELATIAH BRADFORD, b 1 Nov. 1664 *
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SAMUEL BRADFORD, b. ca. 1667 (based on age at d.)
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MARY BRADFORD, b. 1668
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SARAH BRADFORD, b. 1671
Child of William and Sarah (---) (Griswold) Bradford, b. Plymouth
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Children of William and Mary (Wood) (Holmes) Bradford, b. Plymouth
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ISRAEL BRADFORD, b. ca. 1677 (based on age at d.)
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EPHRAIM BRADFORD, b. 1685
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DAVID BRADFORD, b. prob. before 1687 (if he was 21 when he signed deed).
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HEZEKIAH BRADFORD, b. prob. Before 1687 (if 21 when he signed deed).
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Third Generation
9. ALICE BRADFORD (William2 1), b. Plymouth ca. 1659; d. Canterbury, Conn., 15 March 1745/6
in 84th yr. [sic].
She m. Dedham 29:1:1680 Rev. WILLIAM ADAMS, b. Ipswich 27 May 1650; d. Dedham
17:6:1695, son of William Adams. He m. (1) Dedham 15 Oct 1674 Mary Manning with whom he
had Mary who d. y.; Eliphalet; and William, who d.y.
She m. (2) Norwich, Conn., 8 May 1687 Major JAMES FITCH, b. Saybrook, Conn, 2 Aug.
1649; d. Canterbury, Conn., 10 Nov. 1727; son of James and Abigail (Whitfield) Fitch. He m. (1)
Norwich, Conn., Jan 1676/7 ELIZABETH MASON with whom he had James, James, Jedediah, and
Samuel.
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Children of William and Alice (Bradford) Adams, b. Dedham:
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ELIZABETH ADAMS, b. 23 Feb. 1681
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ALICE ADAMS, b. 3 Apr 1682
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WILLLIAM ADAMS, b. 17 Dec 1683; d. 1699
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ABIELL (or ABIGAIL) ADAMS, b. 15 Dec. 1685.
Children of James and Alice (Bradford) Fitch:
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ABIGAIL FITCH, b. Norwich, Conn. 22 Feb. 1687/8
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EBENEZER FITCH, b. Norwich, Conn, 10 Jan. 1689/90
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DANIEL FITCH, b. Norwich, Conn. Feb 1692/3
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JERUSHA FITCH, b. Canterbury, Conn., ca. 1696
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LUCY FITCH, b. Canterbury, Conn., ca. 1698
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THEOPHILUS FITCH, b. ca. 1701
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JABEZ FITCH,. B. Canterbury, Conn., 30 Jan. 1702; bp. Preston, Conn, 7 June
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Fourth Generation
37. ABIEL ADAMS4 (Alice3 Bradford, William2 1), b. Dedham 15 Dec. 1685, d. Mansfield, Conn. 30
July 1758 aged 72 years.
She m. (1) int. Falmouth 3 Sept. 1707 Rev. JOSEPH METCALF, b. Dedham 11 April 1682;
d. Falmouth 24 May 1723 aged 41 years; son of Jonathan and Hannah (Kenric) Metcalf.
She m. (2) ISAAC CHAUNCEY b. Stratford, conn., 5 Oct 1670; d. Hadley 2 May 1745 aged
74; son of Israel and Mary (Nichols) Chauncey.
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Joseph Metcalf graduated from Harvard in 1703.
Children of Joseph and Abiel (Adams) Metcalf, b. Falmouth:
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ABIGAIL METCALF, b. 13 June 1708; d.y.
ABIJAH METCALF (twin), b. 15 Nov. 1709; d.y.
ABIEL METCALF (twin), b. 15 Nov. 1709
ALICE METCALF (twin), b. 2 May 1712
HANNAH METCALF (twin), b. 2 May 1712
MARY METCALF, b. 17 Dec 1715
ELIZABETH METCALF, b. 6 March 1716/7
DELIGHT METCALF, b. 1 May 1719
SARAH METCALF, b. 10 Feb. 1720/1
SYBIL METCALF, b. 10 Nov. 1722; d. Falmouth 26 Dec. 1722
AZUBA METCALF, b. 1723
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Fifth Generation
186. MARY METCALF5 (Abiel Adams4, Alice3 Bradford, William 2 1), b. Falmouth 17 Dec. 1715;
living 28 Jan. 1784; poss. Living 1790.
She m. Lebanon, Conn., 1 July 1745 DANIEL RUDD, b. Norwich, Conn. 12 March 1710;
living 26 July 1781; son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Hartshorn) Rudd.
Children of Daniel and Mary (Metcalf) Rudd, b. Norwich, Conn.:
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ELIZABETH RUDD, b. 23 March 1745/6; d 25 Aug. 1753
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EUNICE RUDD, b. 20 March 1747/8
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LUCY RUDD, b. 2 Jan. 1750
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DANIEL RUDD, b. 18 Jan. 1753; d. 18 Feb. 1753
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DANIEL RUDD, b. 10 June 1754
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ELIZABETH RUDD, b. 3 Sept. 1757
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ASHER RUDD, b. 10 Oct. 1759