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in our Database | |  | | | | William Bradford Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 1589 MAR 19 Yorkshire England | | Death Date | 1657 | | Father | William Bradford | Born: 1559 | Died: 1591 | | Mother | Alice Hanson | Born: 1562 | Died: 1597 | | William Bradford
Notes: | governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years, who helped shape and stabilize the political institutions of the first permanent colony in New England
| | Notes: | Williams second wife was Alice Carpenter Southworth, a widow.
They were married at Plymouth Colony on August 14, 1623.
Two sons, William Bradford and Joseph Bradford, and one daughter Mercy Bradford, were born to the second marriage.[1][11] Alice had married first Edward Southworth, a say-weaver of Leyden, on 28 May 1613 in Leyden. Edward was born in 1590, the son of Thomas Southworth and Jane Mynne of Wells in Somersetshire. Edward and Alice had two sons, Constant and Thomas Southworth. The Southworths and William lived in Heneage House on Dukes Place in London for about a year before the Mayflower sailed, so were probably well acquainted. Edward died by 1621, probably in Leyden, after the Mayflower sailed. Two years later Alice left to join William in the new world.
| | Notes: | He was author of The History of Plimouth Plantation (Lost diary recovered 1846) Extensive diary helped historians interpret early Plymouth history. The original was found in the Bishop of Londons library. Upon petition of the US Ambassador, the Consistory Court of the Diocese of London ordered on March 25, 1897 that the manuscript be delivered to the Ambassador for transmission to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Ambassador Bayard brought it to Boston and formally delivered it to the Governor on May 26, 1897
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