Notes for Thomas Bradbury: Ancestral # 1 (Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury...)
Bradbury Memorial, 1st Bradbury from England
The Bradbury surname according to Savage
Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862: Vol I., pp 229-230. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage. Came to New England 1634 as agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges (209-39)
BRADBURY, *THOMAS, Salisbury, an orig. propr. but it is not kn. where he was sett. bef. going to that town, yet prob. Ipswich, freem. 13 May 1640, rep. 1651 and six yrs. more, record for the Co. of Norfolk, when New Hampsh. was part of Mass. was capt. and d. 16 Mar. 1695. His w. Mary, d. of John Perkins, after 56 yrs. of good cohabit. was accus. of witchcraft in the dark hours of 1692, but her age was not sufficient to condemn her; she was acq. and d. 20 Dec. 1700. The ch. were Wymond, b. 1 Apr. 1637; Judith, 2 Oct. 1638; Thomas, 28 Jan. 1640; Mary, 17 Apr. 1642; Jane, 11 May 1645; Jacob, 17 June 1647, wh. d. at Barbados, 1669; William, 15 Sept. 1649; Eliz. 7 Nov. 1651; John, 20 Apr. 1654, wh. d. 24 Nov. 1678; Ann, 16 Apr. 1656; d. young; and Jabez, 27 June 1658, wh. d. 28 Apr. 1677. Mary m. 17 Dec. 1663, John Stanian; Judith m. 9 Oct. 1665, Caleb Moody, as his sec. w.; Jane m. 15 Mar. 1668 Henry True; and Eliz. m. 12 May 1673, John Buss. WILLIAM, Salisbury, s. of the proced. had Mary as his first w. and next Rebecca, wid. of Samuel Maverick, d. of Rev. John Wheelwright, m. 12 Jan. or more prob. Mar. 1672; d. 4 Dec. 1678, and his w. d. 20 of the same mo. He left William, b. 16 Oct. 1672; Thomas, 24 Dec. 1674; and Jacob, 1 Sept. 1677; the last two rememb. in the will of their gr.f. Rev. John Wheeelwright of S. WYMOND, Salisbury, eldest s. of Thomas, m. 7 May 1661, Sarah, d. of Robert Pike, had Sarah, b. 26 Feb. 1662; Ann, 21 Nov. 1666; and Wymond, 13 May 1669; d. that yr. at Nevis; and his wid. m. 10 May 1671, John Stockman of S.
Note: There are no Additions and Corrections listed by Savage.
Will made 14 Feb 1694/5 Came to New England in 1634 as agent for Sir Ferdinando Gorges
Other sources of information: Bradbury Memorial; Savage; Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, by Noyes, Libby, Davis; Visitation Pedigrees; Parish Registers; N.E.H.G.R. -23:262; History og Croydon, by Ducarel, 1786
More About Thomas Bradbury: Baptism: February 28, 1610/11, Wicken Bonhunt, Essex, England.451, 452, 453 Bradbury Memorial #: 1.454 Charlemagne: Descendant, AR 246A-42, TB 1.455, 456
More About Thomas Bradbury and Mary Perkins: Marriage: 1636, prob. Ipswich, MA.457, 458, 459, 460
Captain Thomas Bradbury (b. Abt. February 28, 1610/11, d. March 16, 1694/95)
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