Descendants of Lieut. Thomas Bradford (Maj. William, Gov. William) and Anna Raymond

all towns are in Windham county, Connecticut unless otherwise stated

  1. Joshua Bradford was born on 23 Nov 1682 in Norwich. [Ref]
  2. Lieut. James Bradford was born on 26 Mar 1689 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 16] He died on 26 Mar 1762 in Canterbury. [Ref] [Ref, p. 16] He married first Edith Adams. [Ref, p. 16] He married second Susanna Adams on 7 Dec 1724 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 99]
    James and Susanna Bradford owned the covenant at the Canterbury church on 12 Jul 1714. [Ref, p. 102] The were admitted as members on 9 Jun 1737. [Ref, p. 45]
    Children of James and Edith:
    1. Thomas Bradford was born on 14 Nov 1712 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 12 Jul 1713 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 49] He died on 8 Jun 1807 in Canterbury. [Ref] He is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married his first cousin Eunice Adams [Ref, 1;615] on 2 May 1733 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      Thomas was a soldier in Capt. Branch's company in the Revolutionary War. [Ref]
      1. Thomas Bradford was born on 23 Mar 1734 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 12 Feb 1735/6 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      2. John Bradford was born on 1 or 12 Jul 1735 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 18 May 1750 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      3. Susanna Bradford was born on 12 Feb 1736/7 in Canterbury. [Ref] She married Ebenezer Brown on 8 Jan 1760 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      4. Eunice Bradford was born on 6 Apr 1739 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 3 Mar 1749/50 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      5. Edith Bradford was born on 23 Oct 1741 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 18 Dec 1741 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died in Canterbury on 2 or 3 Mar 1766. [Ref date only][Ref date only][Ref] She married Asa Bacon on 16 May 1765 [Ref][Ref] in Canterbury. [Ref]
      6. Lydia Bradford was born on 6 Mar 1744 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 24 Mary 1750 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      7. James Bradford was born on 4 Jan 1746 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 27 Sep 1749 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      8. Samuel Bradford was born on 27 Jul 1748 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 3 Nov 1811, age 63, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Lydia Dean on 19 Jan 1778 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 12 Jan 1845, age 91, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Sarah Bradford was born on 16 Nov 1778 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 22 Dec 1783 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Annis Bradford was born on 22 Nov 1780 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. Samuel Bradford was born on 18 Jan 1783 in Canterbury. [Ref]He died on 7 Mar 1857, age 74, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        4. Sarah Bradford was born on 3 Dec 1784 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        5. Pamela Bradford was born on 30 Apr 1788 in Canterbury. [Ref] She married Calvin Woodward on 22 Nov 1821 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        6. Simeon Bradford was born on 20 Sep 1794 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 4 Sep 1860, age 66, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Henrietta Hyde on 10 Jun 1828 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 26 Dec 1888, age 84 and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          1. Henrietta Bradford was born in 1831. She died on 21 Aug 1833, age 2 years and 6 months, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          2. Simeon Bradford (supposed son) married Susan E. Unknown. She died on 3 Mar 1875, age 38, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          3. Jonathan Bradford was born about 1854. He died on 8 Aug 1869, age 15, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
      9. Submit Bradford was born on 21 Feb 1749/50 in Canterbury. [Ref] She married Joseph Pellet on 29 Apr 1782 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      10. Thomas Bradford was born on 29 Jan 1751/2 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Philenia Davison on 29 Nov 1788 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 22 Sep 1846, age 76, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Polly Bradford was born on 18 Mar 1790 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 30 Oct 1868, age 78, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Archibald Bradford was born on 12 Jan 1792 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 4 Oct 1860, age 68, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Emeline Hyde on 9 Nov 1841 in Canterbury. [Ref]
          Archibald was a soldier in Capt. Tuckerman's company in the War of 1812. [Ref]
          1. Harriet Bradford was born on 14 Dec 1844 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 17 Jun 1870, age 25, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          2. Thomas Bradford was born on 21 Feb 1849 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. Edith Bradford was born on 20 Aug 1794 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        4. Susanna Bradford was born on 30 Dec 1797 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 29 Dec 1798 in Canterbury. [Ref] She is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
      11. John Bradford was born on 12 Aug 1754 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married first Bethiah Bond on 5 Oct 1780 in Canterbury. [Ref] Bethiah died on 8 Jan 1788 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married second Sarah Williamson on 4 Sep 1788 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Eunice Bradford was born on 23 Feb 1783 in Canterbury. [Ref] She married Araunah Butt on 6 Mar 1802 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Bethiah Bradford was born on 10 Oct 1785 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. Augustus Bradford was born on 15 Jan 1787 in Canterbury. [Ref]
    2. John Bradford was born on 30 Jan 1714/5 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 27 Feb 1715 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 50]
    3. Jerusha Bradford was born on 27 Jun 1716 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 1 Jul 1716 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 51] She married Jonathan Pellet on 20 Feb 1733 in Canterbury. [Ref]
    4. William Bradford was born on 1 Jul 1718 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 10 Aug 1718 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 53] He died on 19 Jun 1781. [Ref, p. 39] He married first Zerviah Lathrop on 13 Dec 1739 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 22 Oct 1740 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married second Mary Cleveland on 6 Apr 1743 in Canterbury. [Ref] Mary was the daughter of Josiah Cleveland. [Ref, p. 38] She was born in 1720. [Ref, p. 38] She died on 6 Aug 1765 in Canterbury. [Ref][Ref, p. 38] He married third Martha Warren on 24 Mar 1766 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 8 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      William, the son of James Bradford, was admitted to the church in Canterbury on 2 Sep 1739. [Ref, p. 46]
      "1765 august 6th Mary the Wife of William Bradford and Daugter of Josiah Cleaveland who (Wars through the grase of God given her) in her freequant Exhortations and Stedfast Walk Wars an ornament to her Sex & in Deed to all her Christian frinds (thay that Confess Christ Before men them Will he owne Before his father & his angels) She Died in Child Bed after Delivery in a perfet Calme Resignation to the Will of God and in asuarance of Faith: Blessed are thay that Die in the Lord. amen
      N B [written a separate piece of paper.] She was born A.D. 1720 Old Stile had fourteen Children eight sons and six daughters, her two oldest sons and her youngest son were all ordained Ministers of the Gospel. Her husband Mr. William Bradford died June 19th A. D. 1781 in the 63 year of his age. And her son Ebenezer Bradford the Pastor of the Church of Christ in Rowley died in the 55 Year of his age Jan 3d A. D. 1801 most of her Children made a public profession of Religion canterbury Nov. 11th A. D. 1805. G. B." [Ref, p. 38-9]
      Children of William and Zerviah:
      1. Zerviah Bradford was born on 6 Sep 1740 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 19 Oct 1740 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 75]
      Children of William and Mary:
      1. Mary Bradford was born on 1 Mar 1744 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 2 Jun 1744 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 77]
      2. Rev. William Bradford was born on 4 Mar 1745 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 10 Mar 1745 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 78] He died on 21 Mar 1808, age 63, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] Late in life he married Anna Spaulding. [Ref, 1;350] She married second Capt. James Cary in 1809. [Ref, p. 143]. She died on 18 Jan 1829 at age 67 and is buried in the Old Scotland Cemetery [Ref].
        William graduated from the N. J. College in Princeton in 1774. [Ref, 1;350] He returned to Canterbury and took over the Separate Church. [Ref, 1;350]
      3. Ebenezer Bradford was born on 29 May 1746 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 5 Oct 1746 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 78] He died on 3 Jan 1801. [Ref, p. 39]
        Ebenezer was pastor of the Church of Christ in Rowley. [Ref, p. 39]
      4. David Bradford was born on 8 May 1748 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Rhoda Palmer on 1 Jul 1770 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Mary Bradford was born on 10 Jul 1771 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Ebenezer Bradford was born on 18 Aug 1773 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. Triphena Bradford was born on 18 Dec 1778 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        4. Benjamin Palmer Bradford was born on 28 Mar 1781 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        5. Rhoda Bradford was born on 7 Apr 1783 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      5. John Bradford was born on 27 Jul 1750 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 9 Oct 1827 in Canterbury. [Ref] He is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married first Elizabeth Bond on 22 Apr 1773 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 18 Mar 1822 in Canterbury. [Ref] She is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married second Hannah Lyon on 15 Jan 1823 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Jonas Bradford was born on 1 Mar 1774 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 28 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref] He is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Ebenezer Bradford was born on 10 Mar 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 31 Mar 1776 in Canterbury. [Ref] He is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref, died 18 Mar]
        3. Alice Bradford was born on 8 Mar 1777 in Canterbury. [Ref] She married James Adams, Jr. on 31 Jan ( ) in Canterbury. [Ref]
        4. Lydia Bradford was born on 9 Apr 1779 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        5. Moses Bradford was born on 11 Jun 1781 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 23 May 1803, age 21, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        6. William Bradford was born on 28 Sep 1783 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married first Mehitable Parrish on 13 Dec 1804 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 5 Mar 1810 in Canterbury. [Ref] She is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref, died on 2 Mar] I suppose that he is the William who married second Zerviah Unknown.
          1. Caroline Bradford was born on 13 Jul 1806 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 23 Aug 1848, age 12, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          2. Ann Sevar Bradford was born on 3 Mar 1808 in Canterbury. [Ref] She is probably the Ann who married Nathan Neff in Canterbury. [Ref]
          3. Mehitabel J. Bradford (supposed daughter) died on 15 Jan 1825, age 13, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          4. Harriet Newell Bradford, the daughter of William and Zerviah, died on 25 Mar 1832, age 17, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          5. Cynthia Parrish Bradford, the daughter of William and Zerviah, died on 17 Aug 1837, age 19, and is buried in the Wheeler Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        7. Luther Bradford was born on 17 July 17, 1786 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 5 Feb 1858, age 71, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Clarissa Fuller, of Hampton, on 11 Feb 1821, in Hampton. [Ref]
          1. John Bradford was born on 18 Aug 1820 in Canterbury. [Ref]
          2. Abigail Bradford was born on 10 Oct 1824 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        8. Araunah Bradford (possible son) married Mary Delap on 10 Mar 1802 in Canterbury. [Ref]
          1. Moses Bradford was born on 30 Mar 1803 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      6. Joshua Bradford was born on 17 Oct 1751 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 3 Nov 1751 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 82] He married Anne Cleveland on 9 Feb 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Anne Bradford (twin) was born on 1 Dec 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Mary Bradford (twin) was born on 1 Dec 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. James Bradford was born on 27 Oct 1777 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        4. Joshua Bradford was born on 12 Apr 1779 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      7. Abigail Bradford was born on 2 Sep 1753 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 9 Oct 1753 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 83]
      8. James Bradford was born on 1 Feb 1755 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 8 May 1755 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 83] He died on 17 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      9. Olive Bradford was born on 13 Jul 1756 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 29 Aug 1756 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 84] She married Hezekiah Barstow on 23 May 1776 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      10. Josiah Bradford was born on 25 Nov 1757 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 5 Feb 1757 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 84] He died on 10 Mar 1796 in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Elizabeth Merret on 17 May 1785 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        1. Merret Bradford was born on 2 Mar 1786 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Elizabeth Bradford was born on 7 Jun 1788 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 4 Mar 1864 and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. Mary Cleveland Bradford was born on 2 Sep 1789 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 1 Apr 1867 and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        4. Beulah Bradford was born on 5 Apr 1791 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        5. James Bradford was born on 25 Jan 1793 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 8 Aug 1880, age 87, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]He married Maria Morse on 27 May 1821 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 22 Oct 1880, age 85, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
          1. Frances Elizabeth Bradford was born on 18 May 1822 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 21 Feb 1846 and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        6. William Josiah Bradford was born on 10 Mar 1795 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      11. Stillborn daughter Bradford was born in Apr 1759 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      12. Lydia Bradford was born on 2 Jul 1760 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 17 Aug 1760 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 85]
      13. Beulah Bradford was born on 3 Sep 1763 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 23 Oct 1763 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 86]
      14. Moses Bradford was born on 6 Aug 1765 in Canterbury. [Ref] He was baptised on 11 Aug 1765 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 86]
        Children of William and Martha:
      15. Joseph Bradford was born on 22 Jan 1767 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 23 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      16. Lieut. Benjamin Bradford was born on 29 Mar 1768 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 16 Dec 1843, age 76 yrs, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref] He married Ruby Allen of Windham on 1 Oct 1797 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 1 Nov 1847, age 78, and is buried in the Bradford Cemetery in Canterbury. [Ref]
        Benjamin was a soldier in the War of 1812. [Ref]
        1. Emily Bradford was born on 6 Jul 1801 in Canterbury. [Ref] She married Robert Waterman of Sheffield, Maine on 11 Nov 1828 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        2. Keziah Bradford was born on 29 Mar 1805 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        3. Sophrenia Bradford was born on 11 Apr 1807 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      17. Keziah Bradford (triplet) was born on 11 or 12 Jun 1770 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 23 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      18. Martha Bradford (triplet) was born on 12 Jun 1770 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 23 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
      19. Zerviah Bradford (triplet) was born on 12 Jun 1770 in Canterbury. [Ref] She died on 23 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
        The three triplets died on the same day, shortly after their mother and younger brother.
      20. Samuel Warren Bradford "the 20th child" was born on in Canterbury. [Ref] He died on 13 Sep 1775 in Canterbury. [Ref]
    5. Sarah Bradford was born on 27 Aug 1720 in Canterbury. [Ref] She was baptised on 2 Oct 1720 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 55]
    Children of James and Susanna:
    1. Anne Bradford was baptised on 10 Jul 1726 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 60] She married Eleazer Cleveland on 25 Apr 1750 in Canterbury. [Ref]
    2. Mary Bradford was baptised in Jun 1729 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 63] She married Joseph Woodward on 31 May 1748 in Canterbury. [Ref]
    3. James Bradford was baptised on 4 Feb 1733 in Canterbury. [Ref, p. 67]