Seeds Genealogy: 08/01/2011

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My Family

MY FAMILY circa 1959

In the beginning….
Hey Pop, how much longer is it to Cincinnati?
A couple more hours!
MOM! I need the jar!
ME too mom!

And that was what it was like in a 1955 Ford Customline Fordor from the back, clear vinyl covered bench seat with a hump on the floor in abt. 1959. The jar was for the purpose of us three boys back there to use when we had to go number one while on long drives.

Dan, that’s me, was nine years old, Tom, the younger brother was six and Dave was all of twelve. Hattie, my mom was thirty nine and Don, my dad was thirty four which, I didn’t know the age difference between mom and dad until about thirty years later. They didn’t want us to know there was a difference back then and I still do not know why not, they just didn’t.

Well, we were on our way to Cincinnati on what we called our summer vacation which was two days to pack, a day on the road, two days to stay there, a day to drive home, a day to unpack and a day to rest before resuming our normal lifestyles.

This vacation was well planned. It included snacks, canteens, comic books, pillows and blankets though mom eventuall said, “Don, go back, I forgot my girdle!” and that’s when I learned what a girdle was. We were on our way to see some old friends that moved away some two years ago, they had a horse and a place for us all to stay.

Dad drove into Cincinnati earlier than he expected so rather than go directly to our friend’s house we pulled up in front of a tall downtown building and we just sat there in the car. “No Don! – Yes Hattie!” the conversation went and we sat there.

Us boys, had no clue as to what the yes’s and no’s were but, dad explained, “Back during World War II when I was in The Paratroops the sergeant yelled, Role Call and I said, Don Nippert, bet you never heard that name before, he said, under his breath?”

And to dad’s surprise he surprised to learn that someone else had. Apparently a fellow Paratrooper told my dad that where he came from there were lots of Nippert’s and that place, was Cincinnati.

Dad pulled up in front of a building where the phone book had told him was a Nippert and that began Hattie’s, No Don’s and his Yes Hattie’s. Hattie ended the conversation with “DayMonYoDayKahSoWhen!” which is what she usually said when she was losing the yes, no, battle. She, Tom and Dave sat in the car as me and Pop marched on in to that tall building cause Pop said he was going to talk to a Nippert. And so was I!

After a few wrong turns we arrived in front of a door that proudly displayed, Nippert & Nippert, how neat was that I thought. We opened the door and walked right in. Dad said hello and asked if we could see, Mr. Nippert. The nice lady said she was sorry and that the Nippert’s were not in. Sadly dad and I stood there though proud of having made the effort to attempt to see the other Nippert’s. The Cincinnati Nippert’s.

Dad explained our journey and told her who we were. To which she told us that she knew the Nippert’s would be disappointed to learn they had missed us. We started to leave and she said for us to wait a minute while she went and got a book. She told us how the Nippert’s were interested in Genealogy and wondered if we might look at the book and see if we were in it. We were! And as dad pointed us out she handed him a pencil and asked him to fill in the blanks. The book seemed old; it was typed on tissue like crinkly paper.

Michael Nippert, it said and a son Earl. Earl was Pop’s father and Michael was a grandfather he never knew. Dad filled in Earl’s birth and death dates, his wife Harriet, my grandmother, and her dates, then his own, mom’s, Dave’s, mine and Tom’s. We left our name and number, thanked her and left. That was that and we drove on to our friend’s house. The year, circa 1959.

As of this writing the Cincinnati trip was fifty two years ago, the day is Sunday, February 13, 2011, I am about to be sixty one, Don will be eighty six this year and Hattie ninety one. Tom will be fifty eight and Dave would have been sixty five this year but, tragedy struck in February, 1982 and Dave died at age thirty five.

Thinking back to 1976 Dave had told me about a novel, I read the book and it told a story going back to 1767 about the life of a man named Kunta Kinte. The book “Roots” by Alex Haley. The novel became a best seller, published in thirty seven languages and in 1977 it became a popular television miniseries that reached a record breaking 130 million viewers. I guess I fell into the public interest and in my Genealogy roots and once again I wanted to learn more about my Heritage and Ancestry.

After reading the book I called Louis Nippert, one of the Cincinnati Nippert’s dad and I missed back in ’59 and he answered. I told him of; our visit, near some twenty years earlier, the book “Roots”, and my interest in Genealogy and that any help he could give me would greatly be appreciated.

Yes! It was and is greatly appreciated and later my wife and I stopped by Louis and Louise Cincinnati’s house and thanked them in person. Alfred, Louis's father had passed away.

Louise and Louis were gracious hosts and deeply appreciated our unexpected visit, I showed Louise Louis’s letter and showed her some of my research and then began asking questions. She told me of her visit to our ancestry’s homeland in France and the hospitality and Key to the City she was given. We took several pictures and she invited us back.

We exchanged Christmas cards for a while and Louise wrote me a few times. We were very sad when Louis passed away and we are very glad to know that as of this writing Louise is doing great and well into her nineties. God Bless Louise and Louis. Thank you so much for your friendship to me and my wife and your wonderful support to the people of Cincinnati and to the Nippert Genealogy.

Please start with the April Archieve.. and 'Food for Thought'
See my letter from Louis… in the older posts below
Oh, and contrary to C. Wilson's comment, that was, "Where Nippert got most of his information." this was all I got...Which was given too and used by her. Along with the Napoleon story... I researched. Your welcome cousin Christina! Please credit my folks for giving you my information along with crediting the Cincinnati Nipperts. You just might be interested in the Webb\Bradford and other lines you don't have. Oh lol as they say get in touch I would be happy to colaborate with you. Oh and the same for Godfried (Godfrey) California Nippert decendants' next time please get your information correct before publishing it, and glad I could help! lolol

That Night

It was the time when the horrific, historic, disparaging voyage of their passage was concluding it was December. The number of survivors calling themselves passengers had diminished, and it was cold, wet and miserable. The souls in their numbers were vanquished, lost and unforgiving; they felt exhausted, unsanitary, abandoned, depressed and afraid. The crew was tired, sick and hungry they were desperate, lonely and insanely savage for their own lust. Everyone was in close quarters, most were sick, many dying and hope was fading.A small congregation of their membership was again out scouting and foraging for food and a place to find a safe haven in which to succumb to a second attempt at a life in adversity, deprivation, weather and inhuman conditions, anguish and doubt. The Separatists had indeed separated and it had become apparent that perhaps even their own existence was in peril. Everyone had a useless dependency upon everyone else and only they and their own existence mattered.Upon his return to the ship his faith was beside him and his thoughts of the hideous crime of murder occupied his disbelief. How and why did this happen? Who was to blame? Her disappearance could not have been possible unless others had turned their heads, how is it no one saw? Where is her body, why was she forsaken? Why did no one see her depression? Why did no one help her, why was she alone! She was murdered and I can do nothing or say nothing. She is lost and gone into the cold watery depths of darkness and loneliness. The crime has been committed and no one was witness too it. Everyone is dependent upon their own silence for their very existence and no one dare let the truth ever be known as to what had happened ‘That Night’.

Friday, August 26, 2011

Coming up next

...will be the continuation of the line through the present. I will not include much more in the way of details unless I am contacted via seedsgenealogy@live.com. Or if I get any comments such as to continue any detail. I have all the information in my family's tree and believe me it is a constant on-going, exciting, fun thing to keep up. I am anxious to share this direct line and please note that I have extended the branches to help others with their endeavor.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Generation 6 - Governor William Bradford - 1590

Source Public Domain - Internet
also: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SKPT_enUS401US401&q=Govenor+William+Bradford

Born on 19 March 1589/90 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. Baptized on 19 March 1589/90 in St. Helen’s Church, Austerfield when newborn. Died on 9 May 1657 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 67 years old. Buried in Burial Hill, Plymouth.
William Bradford (1589/90-1657) was the well-known separatist who was an organizer of the Source Governor Carver died during the first winter, William Bradford (1587-1657) was elected Governor of the Plymouth Colony and was re-elected annually for 31 years (except for 5 years in which declined to serve).
A Biography of Gov. William Bradford may be found on the link: Virtual American Biographies/William Bradford-Governor. This biography provides an excellent biography of Gov. William Bradford, a drawing of his home in the Plymouth Colony, and an account and history of Gov. Bradford's written works.
Governor William Bradford was the author of Of Plimoth Plantation, a major work of early American History, and other writings. He knew many languages, including English, Dutch, French, Latin and Hebrew as well as local Indian speech. Born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, he was baptised there on Mar. 19, 1589. He became an orphan after his father died in 1591 and his mother died in 1597. He was brought up by an uncle, Robert Bradford (1591-1637) and a great uncle, Thomas Bradford (d. 1605).
No relationship has yet been found linking his family to the famous Protestant Martyr, John Bradford (c1510-1555), who was burned at the stake in 1555. Although, from certain religious leanings, it would seem as if Gov. Bradford had been influenced somehow by the Martyr's cause. It is known that the young William had somehow managed to obtain (or obtain access to) a copy of The Book of Martyrs by John Foxe (1517-1587), which contained a history of John Bradford (c1510-1555). This may have been an important book providing early influence upon, and shaping the young mind of, the man who was later to become Governor Bradford of Plymouth.
Until he was about 18 years old, William lived among his community of sheep herders and woolen workers in and around Austerfield, often helping out with farm chores and listening carefully to his uncles, who were somewhat wise to the ways of the world and saw that young William and his older sister, Alice Bradford (1587-1607), might have a sense of family and might so require some special attention since they had become orphaned. William was provided the education offered by a local "Dame School", which was a kind of local school run by women teachers, mainly concerned with domestic skills, such as cooking and weaving. William had little idea at the time how much these skills would later be needed in the New World, or indeed to make a living in Holland during his sojourn there.
William was not so poor as he may have felt, for his father was one of the richest Yeomen in Austerfield and left him and his sister a reasonable estate, including a small farm in Bentley handed down through generations by his great-great grandfather, Peter Bradforth (1460-1542) (as the surname was spelled then). The estate was managed for him by his uncle Robert Bradford (1561-1609) which could afford such niceties as a Dame School for William. Later, this estate helped William secure an investment in the Mayflower.
He was also quite attached to his elderly great-uncle Thomas Bradford (d. 1605) who was interested in expanding his intellectual horizons and filled him with adventure stories and created an air of wonderlust. Thomas told him of the wisdom of the "Gray Friars" at their local Church of All Hallows in Austerfield. They must have been a little spooky because they held on to some very old pagan traditions that may have pre-dated Christianity. They, and his great-uncle Thomas, were somewhat suspicious of Church authority, and told little William about Foxe's book, The Book of Martyrs, and helped him find the Friars that could teach him a little Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, so he could read the word of GOD as it was first handed down, and not as it was interpreted by local Ecclesiastical Law.
Thomas also had a circle of elderly friends, probably meeting regularly at the local pub, who were gossiping about the adventures of one of their friends and neighbor, Sir Martin Frobisher (c1539-1594), a beknighted World-class seafaring explorer and adventurer, whose every story was a life-risking, hair-raising tale of desperation and exploitation. Certain members of Frobisher's family appear as witnesses to Bradford wills and official documents of the time. Young William must have had his head filled with adventure and wonder about distant places, especially the New World.
In his teenage years, William must have met Alice Carpenter in Yorkshire but he did not marry her until 1623 (in Plymouth MA) after his first wife died in 1620, and after Alice's first husband, Edward Southworth, died in 1621. According to a recent finding, Williams's second cousin, George Morton, who married Alice Carpenter's sister, Julianna Carpenter, so that William and George were also to become brothers-in-law.
In about 1606, William became involved with a group of religious dissidents who were experimenting with alternative religious beliefs, some of which were considered heretical by the Church of England. A Minister of the established Church, Richard Clyfton, was preaching puritan ideology in nearby Gainsborough, and John Smyth, a Pastor at the Scrooby Church, within walking distance of Austerfield, went a step farther and "separated" his congregation from the established Church. William Brewster, a Cambridge educated postmaster became a mentor to young William's philosophical thinking toward Church reforms and became one of the separatists. Richard Clyfton soon joined the separatists, and the momentum grew. The attraction to this group, calling themselves "separatists", for young William was wide-ranging and included everything from philosophy to adventure to romance. The latter, since it is avoided in most biographies, merits a sentence or two of elaboration. Some of the Separatists and similar organizations believed that young girls should be exposed to sexual stimulation, as soon as they are physically and emotionally capable of being seduced, because it is GOD's way. On this and other matters, the separatists brushed against the law, and also became disenfranchised by their own families. They put themselves into a situation where they chose to emigrate to Holland where they could pursue their beliefs without the harrassment of the established Church of England. It is quite possible that William was first attracted to Dorothy May in England when she was at the tender age of 11 in about 1607, shortly before he arrived in Holland in 1609, but was not married to her until Nov. 9, 1613, in Holland, when she was 16. She was born in 1596 in Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, England. William Bradford, along with some of the other separatists, were jailed for a short time in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, in 1608 upon the failure of their first attempt to sail to Holland
Dorothy May's family has been recently found by Charles. H. Townshend of New Haven CT in Dorothy May and her Relations on page 754 in a Gary Boyd Roberts publication. Her parents were John May of Shouldham Abbey, Norfolk, England; and Cordelia Bowes. Dorothy had siblings, Francis May, Farnneru (Jacomye?) May, Henry May, John May, and Stephen May. John May of Shouldham Abbey was the son of John May, Bishop of Carlisle, Doctor of Divinity and Master of Catherine's Hall, Cambridge, who died in Apr. 1598. Cordelia Bowes was the daughter of Martyn Bowes, who was the son of Sir Martyn Bowes, knight, goldsmith and Lord Mayor of London in 1545. Sir Martyn Bowes was married to Frances Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Groton, who was the son of Richard Clopton of Melford and Groton, Suffolk, England.
Dorothy was described in a Heresiography by Ephraim Paget, minister of St. Edmund's, Lombard Street, London as follows: "Mistress May, who used to in her house sing psalms being more fit for a common brawl ... by reason of such uncouth and strange translations and the meeter [meter] used in them the Congregation was made a laughing stock unto strangers". Dorothy's brother, Henry May had become a member of the sect known as the "Ancient Brethren", a sexually promiscuous group of dissidents that broke away from the Jews.
William Bradford, along with his separatist companions, successfully emigrated to Amsterdam in 1609, and subsequently moved their community to Leyden (now Leiden), where they established a Church under the pastorate of John Robinson, and shared ideas with other religious reformers who had been proscribed from practicing in England or elsewhere in Europe. There were Dutch Mennonites, Brownists, Ancient Brethren, and philosophers at Leyden University, such as Polyander and Grotius, who influenced the separatists to modify their views from the more puritan notions that they held in England. The liberalization of their views contributed to John Smyth's even more extreme belief that the Bible was not the word of God, but was written by ancient people who took certain liberties in the interpretation of God's intentions.
The separatists made a decision to form a company, sell all their belongings in England and Holland, and hire two ships, the Mayflower and the Speedwell, to take them to America to found a new colony. The venture was also funded in part by private merchant bankers in London and Holland, and indentured servants were invited to join the party. The Speedwell proved not to be seaworthy and had to turn back, but the Mayflower arrived on Cape Cod in August, 1620, delivering 101 settlers to found the Plymouth Colony.
The religious philosophy that the separatists brought to America included the notion that people should be able to choose their own beliefs in spiritual matters, and meet to discuss them and to decide their own moral principles and create laws in a more-or-less democratic fashion. The separatists later became known as "pilgrims" of a humanist and naturalistic philosophy based on broadly Christian ideas. They should not be confused with the "puritans" who settled somewhat later, in much greater numbers, in Boston and other New England towns, and ultimately absorbed the separatists among them.

and so on and so forth

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SKPT_enUS401US401&q=Govenor+William+Bradford

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Use above search link for original Source and credit below:
m2. Alice (Carpenter) Southworth* (1590/1-1670), daughter of Alexander Carpenter* and Priscilla Dillen*, and widow of Edward Southworth.
William and Alice had 3 children:
Notes for GOV WILLIAM BRADFORD:
William was baptized in St Helens of Austerfield, Yorkshire , Eng on 3 19 1589
He was self taught. He was imprisoned at 18 in Boston, Linc olnshire, Eng for attempting to escape to Holland. Was succ essful in reaching Holland in 1609 with 125 Puritans that m et illegally in Scooby, Eng. Was apprenticed to a French Pr otestant for silk dying. Later his profession was listed a s Frustian (weaver of course cloth of cotton and flax-cordu roy, mole skin & velveteen). He was a citizen of Leyton, Ho lland on 3/30/1612.
Tradition says he courted Alice Carpenter, but was oppose d by her parents because of his inferior social position. S he married Edward Southworth and had 2 children before bein g widowed. William married Dorothea May. She drowned by jum ping or falling from the Mayflower as it was berthed in th e Cape Cod Harbor in America. After his first wife's deat h he wrote to Alice Carpenter Southworth: "I am not that Bi ll Bradford I once was. I am now Governor of the Colony , a widower, and if you will come to America, I am at you r service. Apparently the letter did the trick, as she arri ved in Plymouth on the ship "Anne" in July, 1623. They wer e married in the 4th wedding held in the colony.
He was elected as 2nd Gov.. of Plymouth after the death o f John Carver in April 1621. Was re-elected 30 times and se rved until 1656 all but 5 of the years. It was said that h e provided strong leadership that keep the tiny community a live during the early years.
When he died he was the richest man in the colony-his prop erty valued at 400 Pounds with a home in Plymouth and a far m in Kingston. He left a library of 275 volumes. He was pro ficient in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He learn ed Hebrew so he could read the Old Testament in the origina l language.
Listed as some of his possessions at his death include: Whi te blankets, green rug, snaphance and matchlock muskets, Ho lland sheets, hemp sheets, Holland tablecloths, 1 great bee r bowl, wine cup, suit with silver buttons, black britches , red waistcoat, lead colored suit with silver buttons, bla ck coat, green gown, violet cloak, 1 black hat, 1 colored h at, light colored cloak, and 6 pairs of shoes.
Books included: French Academy, History of the Netherlands , Peter Martire on the Romans, Mayers works on the New Test ament, Luther on the Galations, Calvin on Genesis and Comme ntary on the Acts, Mr Ainsworth on Genesis and Exodus, Giff ord Refuted, Speed's General Description of the World, a Ph ysics book, and 2 Bibles.

Child of GOV BRADFORD and DOROTHY MAY is:
i.   JOHN7 BRADFORD, b. Bet. 1615 - 1618, Holland; d. Bef. Sep 21, 1676, Norwich, New London, CT; m. MARTHA BOURNE, Bet. 1640 - 1651, Norwich, New London, CT; b. 1614; d. 1689.

Children of GOV BRADFORD and ALICE CARPENTER are:
10. ii.   IV WILLIAM7 BRADFORD, b. Jun 17, 1624, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. Feb 20, 1702/03, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
iii.   ALICE BRADFORD, b. Abt. 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
iv.   MERCY BRADFORD, b. Bef. May 22, 1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. Bef. May 9, 1657; m. BENJAMIN VERMAYES, Dec 21, 1648, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; b. 1624; d. Bef. Nov 28, 1665.
More About MERCY BRADFORD:
Nickname: Twin

11. v.   JOSEPH BRADFORD, b. 1630, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; d. Jul 10, 1715, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

Generation 5 - William Bradford - 1557

William Bradford born 1557

William Bradford*; b. 1557, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; bur. July 15, 1597, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England

or died 1591?

William Bradford* (1557-1591) was born, married, and died at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. He was a Yeoman, within a class of farmers and animal husbandrymen below that of a Gentleman, but able to own property. He was suffiently prosperous that he was one of two Yeomen in Austerfield to be taxed. He married Alice Hanson on June 21, 1584, in Austerfield. William died at the relatively young age of 34, in 1591, when his son, William Bradford (1589/90-1657), who was to become Governor of the Plymouth Colony, was not yet two years old. William Bradford (1557-1591) is thought to have died of a pestilent contagious disease.

daughter of John Hanson and Margaret Gressam.
Alice Hanson was baptised on Dec. 8, 1562, in Austerfield. Alice was the daughter of John Hanson and Margaret Gressam. Alice became the wife of William Bradford (1557-1591). After William Bradford (1557-1591) died, Alice married a second time, on Sept. 23, 1593 to Robert Briggs (bur. Aug. 16, 1629), with whom she had two children, both born in Austerfield.

Agnes Briggs, bap. Sept. 22, 1594.
Robert Briggs, bap. May 8, 1597.
Alice died in 1597, buried at Austerfield on May 23, 1597, probably in the consequences of the birth of her second child, Robert Briggs.

Children of WILLIAM BRADFORD and ALICE HANSON are:
i. MARGARET BRADFORD, b. Mar 8, 1583/84, Austerfield, York, England; d. Mar 8, 1583/84, Austerfield, York, England.
Burial: Mar 9, 1584/85, Or 1586

ii. ALICE BRADFORD, b. Oct 30, 1587, Austerfield, York, England; d. Jan 30, 1605/06, Austerfield, York, England.
Burial: Jan 30, 1606/07, Or 1608

iii. GOV WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. Mar 19, 1588/89, Austerfield, York, England; d. May 9, 1657, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.

Generation 4 - William Bradford - 1529

Or Born 1513

William Bradford (1515-1595) a prosperous Yeoman farmer,

References:
English Origins of New England Families, 2nd Ser. Vol. 1. p. 243 Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield, Co. York by William Bradford Browne. Ed. by Gary Boyd Roberts, pub. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985.
The Mayflower Web Pages
Bradford of Plymouth by Bradford Smith, Pub. by J. B. Lippencott, 1951.
See Also Source: Connie Trier Genelogy Chrisman Pedigree
Other:
Descendants of Governor William Bradford, by Ruth Gardiner Hall, under auspices of the Bradford Family Compact.
Bradford Genealogy by Faith Bradford
A Line of Bradfords 1460-1988 by Bradford Stone

Bradford Registry, Vol 4, 83 & 84

below is somewhat confusing and original citations even more confusing however...
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SKPT_enUS401US401&q=William+Bradford%27s+first+wife+was+very+probably+Alice+Morton

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Note: Ancestors of Phillips Verner Bradford are denoted in the text lists with an asterisk (*) following the names

William Bradford's first wife was very probably Alice Morton, a sister of the Anthony Morton from whom he bought land and houses. According to the Browne Reference (see below), William Bradford (c1515-1595) won these properties in a "fine" where Bradford was a "plaintiff" and Anthony Morton and his wife, Mary are "deforciants". The same article asserts that William Bradford's 1 st. wife was Alice Morton, sister of Anthony Morton, and that Anthony Morton was the grandfather of George Morton, the Plymouth Colonist. One of Anthony Morton's two sons was George Morton (the elder) who married Catherine Boun and had a son, the George Morton of Leyden and Plymouth, a member of the Seperatists, many of whom sailed to Plymouth on the Mayflower.

George Morton was therefore, a second cousin to Gov. William Bradford. George sailed originally on the Speedwell which developed leaks and had to return to England, so he came later on the Anne in 1623. He married Juliane Carpenter, a sister of Alice Carpenter, the 2nd wife of Governor Bradford. Thus he was also a brother-in-law to Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth.

William Bradford (c1515-1595) married his second wife, Margaret Fox, in Nottingham on Oct. 19, 1567. Margaret was the daughter of William Fox of Harworth , Nottingham County, by whom William Bradford (c1515-1595) had one child (a daughter), Elizabeth Bradford (bap. July 16, 1571). Elizabeth married James Hall at Austerfield on June 25, 1595 and had four children surnamed Hall, three of whom were living in 1609.

WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. 1513, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England; d. January 10, 1594/95, Austerfield, Yorkshire, England.

Between About 1515 and 1529

Descendants of ROBERT Bradforth
Generation No. 4

5. WILLIAM BRADFORD-BRADFORTH (ROBERT3, PETER2 BRADFORTH, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1529 in Austerfield, York, England, and died Jan 10, 1595/96 in Austerfield, York, England. He married (1) UNKOWN BRADFORD-BRADFORTH Bef. 1552. She died in Y. He married (2) MARGARET FOX Oct 19, 1567 in Austerfield, York, England, daughter of WILLIAM FOX. She was born Abt. 1538 in Austerfield, York, England.

Notes for WILLIAM BRADFORD-BRADFORTH:
Margaret is wife #2. Was buried as "William Bradfourth th e Eldest". about 1575 he and John Hanson were apparently ta xed as the 2 richest men in Austerfield.

Burial: Abt. Jan 10, 1594/95, Or 1596
Children of William Bradford and Alice Morton
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=hts&oq=&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4SKPT_enUS401US401&q=Children+of+William+Bradford+and+Alice+Morton

i. ALICE BRADFORD, b. Abt. 1557, Austerfield, York, England.

ii. WILLIAM BRADFORD, b. 1558, Austerfield, York, England; d. Jul 15, 1591, Austerfield, York, England.

iii. ROBERT BRADFORD, b. Jun 25, 1561, Austerfield, York, England; d. Apr 23, 1609, Austerfield, York, England; m. ALICE WAINGATE, Jan 31, 1583/84.

Children of WILLIAM BRADFORD-BRADFORTH and MARGARET FOX are:

iv. ELIZABETH BRADFORD, b. Jul 16, 1570, Austerfield, York, England.

v. THOMAS BRADFORD, b. Mar 9, 1577/78, Austerfield, York, England; d. Oct 1, 1631, England.

Generation 3 - Robert Bradford - 1487

Robert Bradford
Born: 1487
Died: November 28, 1552
Died at: Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England

Married:
He married Elizabeth (unknown) in 1530 at Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England.
Elizabeth was born in 1503 and died January 21, 1554/55 at Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England.

Children of Robert and Elizabeth
  i.   William Bradford, born 1532 in Austerfield, Yorkshire Co., England; died 10 Jan 1594/95 in Austerfield, Yorkshire Co., England; married Margaret Fox 19 Oct 1557 in Austerfield, Yorkshire Co., England.
   ii.   Katherine Bradford, born Abt. 1533; died Unknown.
   iii.   Elizabeth Bradford, born Abt. 1534; died Unknown.
   iv.   Robert Bradford, born Abt. 1536; died Unknown.
   v.   Richard Bradford, born Abt. 1537; died Unknown.
   vi.   John Bradford, born Abt. 1538; died Unknown.
   vii.   Peter Bradford, born Abt. 1540; died Unknown.
   viii.   Thomas Bradford, born Abt. 1542; died Unknown.
   ix.   Hugh Bradford, born Abt. 1544; died Unknown.
   x.   Alice Bradford, born Abt. 1546; died Unknown.

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Generation Two - Peter (Bradeforth, Bradforth) Bradford - 1483

Robert Bradforth (as it was spelled) Bradford
Paid Taxes in 1522

Robert had a son Peter
Peter Bradford
Born: Abt. 1483, Willingley, England
Died Feb 12, 1556/57,
Will Proved 4/6/1558.

Married Mrs. Bradford in 1481
Second wife after 1491

Nickname: The Younger

Children of Peter and 1st wife
1.Robert (Bradfourth) Bradford, b. 1487, Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England, d. 28 Nov 1552, Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England.
2.Peter Bradford, b. 1483, Bentley, Arksey Co., England, d. 06 Apr 1558.
3.John Bradford, b. 1485, Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England, d. 06 Jul 1541, Almholme, England.
4.Katherine Bradford, b. 1489, Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England, d. Bef. 1557.
5.Agnes Bardford 1491, Willingley, Tickhill, Yorkshire Co., England, d. Bef. 1557

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The Bradford Line Generation One abt 1435 Robert Bradford

Robert (Bradfourth) Bradford
Born: June 1435
Bently, Arksey Co., England
Died: June, 1525

Married: Edith Mirfyn, Born 1439 in Bently, Arksey Yorkshire, England and died in 1460

Children:
Peter (Bradeforth or Bradfourth) Bradford

See also:
http://www.octhouse.com/bradfordreport.html
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kenzie/GenBRADFORTH.htm