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BOYES, SAMUEL, of Saybrook, m. Lidia Bemond, daughter of Wm. Beament, Feb. 3, 1667, and had issue; Joseph b. in Barba- does, and d. at Saybrook, March 22, 1682-3; Michael, b. May 26, 1683 ; d. same year : Samuel the father, d. Oct. 4, 1683, aged 48 years. Mr. Samuel Boyes was an Inn-keeper at Saybrook, in 1682.
BOYSON, THOMAS, had one lot of land, in Watertown, Mass., at an early period.
Boyce or Boyse has one coat of arms. Boyes has six. Boys has twenty-two coats, and Boyze two_and Bois has three coats of arms.
BOYSE, MATHEW, freeman in Mass, in 1639. Joseph Boyse free in Mass., 1642.
BOYKEN, NATHANIEL, of N. Haven, presented for a freeman in May, 1669.
BRACKET, MR. JOHN, of Wallingford, Deputy, Oct., 1671- Deputy, May, 1672-Commissioner for Wallingford, May, 1672- Deputy, Oct., 1673-Deputy, Oct., 1674-Deputy, May, 1675.
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William Bracket was sent by John Mason, Esq., of N. H., to New Hampshire, as a laborer.
Though the name is written Bracket, it may have been John Brocket, who was in the New Haven Colony, and yet has several descendants in Conn.
Rich'd Bracket, free, Mass., May, 1636. Peter Bracket had a son John, b. at Boston, 1641; Joseph, b. 1642. Richard Bracket had a daughter Mary, b. in Boston, 1641. Anthony Bracket, Mass., 1694. Peter, free, 1643.
John, of Boston, free 1666. John, of Billerica, free 1670. James, free, of Boston or Charlestown, Mass., 1673. James, free, of Bev- erly, 1675. Peter, of Billerica, free, 1680. Eliz'th Brackett m. Samuel Bass, 1772 ; her mother was Ann Rawson.
BRACY, JOHN, m. Mary, daughter of Jonathan Webster, Feb. 22, 1705-6 ; he died at Wethersfield, Jan. 19, 1709, an aged man.
BRACY, HENRY, and his wife Ann Collier, m. Jan. 30, 1706, of Hartford ; had issue born in Hartford, viz., Ann, b. Dec. 28, 1707 ; Phebe, b. Jan. 6, 1707-8, d. Feb., 1708; 2d Phebe, b. Dec. 23, 1710 ; Henry, Jr., b. March 15, 1713.
BRACY, STEPHEN, m. Hannah Lane, or Law, March 30, 1701 ; issue, Nath'l, b. Oct. 30, 1711; Sarah, July 1, 1713; Samuel, b. Sept. 4, 1716 ; Abigail, b. June 19, 1718 ; Benj'n, b. Feb. 5, 1719, and Ruth, b. Sept. 19, 1722.
Thomas Bracy was taxed at Hadley, Mass., in 1682. Bracy has four coats of arms, and Brasy one.
It was voted at Hartford, in 1683, that Stephen Bracy, Ensign Stanly, Mr. Cyprian Nichols, Joseph Bull and David Ensign, should have all the land in rear of their lots, in the way to Rocky Hill, down to the river, &c. The name of Brace and Bracy, are often found on the same deed. Eliz'th Bracy gave a deed to her son Henry, and Elisshabe Bliss her daughter, of land in Hartford, in 1810, and signed her name Elizabeth Brace, perhaps the same name.
BRACKET, JOHN, was appointed by the Gen'l Court of Conn., to lay out to John Stone the land granted Stone, Oct. 12, 1671.
BRACKET, BENJAMIN, presented for nomination for freeman from New Haven, 1669. (Perhaps Brocket.)
BRATFIELD, LESLEY, in Wethersfield, in 1641, was a plaint- iff in Court at Hartford, against Thomas Coleman, in 1643. By the will of Edward Vier, of Wethersfield, he gave Lysly " Bradfield" three pounds," July 19, 1645. Bradfield belonged to Totokette, as noted in Vier's inventory, as debtor to the estate &£4. Bradfield drew
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lands in Branford, in 1646, also Robert Abbot, also Bratfield, &c., in 1646. Samuel Bradfield had liberty of the town of Branford to take up two acres of land at Stoney Creek, in Branford, also six acres of land laid out, which had been granted to Capt. Topping, 1686. Eliz'th Bradfield died at Branford July 26, 1655, and her daughter d. the same year. Samuel Bradfield, Wm. Bartholomew, and John Butler, of Branford, were surveyors of highways in 1684. Wm. Bartholomew the first of the name in the N. Haven Colony, was allowed by Branford twelve acres of land, for the time and money he had expended to procure a minister for the town in 1683. Bradfield was in the fence division, with Robert Abbott, &c., in Branford, in 1645. This name is spelt Bratfield and Bradfield, prob- ably the same name.
BRACE, STEPHEN, came from London in England, and settled in Hartford, about 1660; he was by trade a hatter, the exact time he came to Hartford is not known; Porter locates him on lot 13, in Charter street, 1673 ; he lived near Little river in Hartford, where he d. in 1692, and left a widow and children, viz., Eliz'th, Phebe, Ann, Stephen, John and Henry. By his will he directed his son Henry to be put to a trade-he was of good standing and estate-he owned land at Rocky Ilill, Great meadow and other places, includ- ing his Padaquanck lands-his estate was £400.
BRACE, JOHN, son of Stephen, Sen., was b. at Hartford, in 1677 ;
*Hon. Jonathan Brace was b. at Harwinton, Ct., Nov. 12, 1754-graduated at Y. C., 1779- read law with Chief Justice O. Ellsworth, then of Hartford-admitted to the Bar in Bennington, Vt., Nov., 1779-first opened his office for practice in Pawlet, Vi., and remained there about three years, and in 1782, in April, removed to Manchester ; while here, he extended his practice into the counties of Rutland and Bennington, and had the appointment of State's Attorney, for Bennington County. He was also appointed one of the Council of Censors, to revise the con- stitution of Vt. In January, 1786, he returned to his native State, and opened his office at Glastenbury, where he remained eight years; in 1794, he removed to Hartford, where in 1807, he was appointed Attorney for the State in the county of Hartford. In 1809, he received the appointment of Judge of Probate, and of the County Court, and resigned the office of States Attorney, and relinquished the practice of law. He resigned the office of County Court Judge in 1821, and in 1824, declined the appointment of Probate Judge. Sept., 1815, he was elected Mayor of the City of Hartford, and ex officio Judge of the city court, which office he was con- tinued in until he became disqualified by law in 1824, to hold it longer. He was elected a men- ber of Congress from Conn., in 1798, which he held until 1801. Mr. Brace was among the first lawyers in Vermont, and was 2d of the profession in Rutland County, and there before the county was incorporated ; he was clerk of the first court of the county after its organization, and acted as attorney against Ilon. N. Chipman, in the eleven cases which composed the first docket of the county. C. L. W.
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he m. - and settled at Hartford, and had three sons b. at Hart- ford, viz., Jonathan, b. 1708 ; Elisha and Joseph.
BRACE, JONATHAN, son of John, and grandson of Stephen, Sen., removed to and became one of the original settlers and propri- etors of the town of Harwinton, as early as 1740; he m. * Miss Ma- ry Messenger, of Hartford, and had ten children, five sons and five daughters, one of each sex died young, the other's had families ; he died when nearly 80 years of age ; his sons Elizer, Jonathan, Jr., b. Nov. 12, 1754, James and Nathaniel, survived their father.
BRACE, HON. JONATHAN, son of Jonathan, was b. at Har- winton, Nov. 12, 1754. On the 15th day of April, 1778, he m. Mrs. Ann Kimberly, of Glastenbury, the widow of Thomas Kimber- ly, Esq., (who was blown up in a powder mill ;) she had two chil- dren by her first husband, viz., Anson and Electa Kimberly. An- son settled in Georgia, where he m. and died ; he left issue, and a large estate. His sister Electa is now living in Hartford, a maiden lady. Hon. Jonathan's children were Hon. Tho's Kimberly Brace, b. Oct. 16, 1779, and Fanny, b. Sept. 23, 1781. His daughter Fanny, m. Professor Frederick Hall, first of Middlebury College, Vt., and after- wards at Trinity College, in Hartford ; both d. without issue. Hon. Jonathan, of Hartford, d. Oct. 26, 1837, aged 83 years.
BRACE, HON. THOMAS K., graduated at Y. College, in 1801; read law at Litchfield with Judges Reeve and Gould, and was admit- ted to the Bar, and soon after entered largely into commercial busi- ness at Hartford for a few years, and now and for many years, has been the trustworthy President of the Atna Insurance Company at Hartford; otherwise he has retired upon an ample fortune. He has represented the town of Hartford, in both branches of the Legislature, and has been nominated by his party as a candidate for Congress, which he declined. He was Mayor of the city of Hartford, until he declined holding the office longer. He m. for his first wife Lucy M. Lee, of Westfield, Mass., daughter of John Lee, Esq. ; his chil- dren were Francis Ann, m. James Bunce, of Hartford; she d. and left three children ; Mary d. aged about twelve years ; Rev. Jona- than Brace of Milford, now pastor there. Lucy Eliz'th, m. Henry Pratt, merchant, N. York ; his family reside at his residence at Hart-
* After Jonathan Brace, the father of Judge Brace, was engaged to be married to Miss Mes- senger, of Hartford, he passed over the bridge between Hartford and West Hartford, to make her a visit, and while he was crossing the bridge, she was drowning in the river under it, hav. ing upset in a boat, and he soon after married her sister Mary Messenger, who became the moth- er of his children.
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ford. Clarissa m. Walter Smith of N. York ; she died and left three children. Wm. H. was lost at sea unmarried. Thomas K., Jr., a partner of his brother-in-law, Pratt, in the city of N. Y., unmarried. Mrs. Brace the mother, died, and he m. for his 2d wife, Mrs. Emily Burnham, (of Longmeadow, Mass., maiden name Burt,) by whom he has no children.
BRACE, PHEBE, m. John Platt, of Milford, June 27, 1675.
BRACE, MARY, m. John Smith, a tailor at Milford, June 1, 1699.
BRACE, ELISHA, son of John ; wife Jerusha, of Hartford, ad- ministratrix of his estate in 1752. Inventory, £631, 8s. 10d. His children were John, aged 19, chose Deacon Merrill for guardian in 1762; Jared, aged 15, chose Jon'n Brace, of Harwinton, for guard- ian, in 1762; Elisha, chose said Jonathan Brace, of Harwinton, for guardian, in 1762. (Perhaps Johanna and Judith.)
BRACE, STEPHEN, JR., (felt-maker in Hartford, ) son of Ste- phen, Sen., from London, (a brother of John,) will proved in Court, 1755, widow Sarah-large estate-children, John ; Daniel, he gave land in Tolland ; Ruth, Benjamin, William, Nath'l, land in Tolland ; Samuel, Elizabeth Holida, Sarah Burlison, Abigail Knickerbocker. Ruth m. Edwards ; will dated Feb. 26, 1755; he was aged at his decease. In 1710, Stephen Brace or Bracy, felt-maker, purchased land of Nath'l Willet, wheelwright in Hartford.
BRACE, HENRY, son of Stephen, m. Ann, and had children. His widow Ann and son Henry, were Administrators on his estate in 1751. Inventory, £978, 5s. 3d. He had several children, one of whom was Henry, Jr. He gave his son Henry all his car- penter's tools-half his house-half his right in the barn-all his right in the grist-mill, by his paying his debts, funeral charges, and supporting his father during life, &c.
* BRACE, CAPT. HENRY : will exhibited by his son Henry, as Executor, in 1788, and inventory over &460, exhibited in Court. Will dated Dec. 28, 1781-Inventory dated Oct. 9, 1787. The children named in his will are Henry, Abel, Joseph, Riel, Moses, Elizabeth Cadwell, Rhoda Woodruff, Ann Brayman and Mary Wad-
* The name of Bracy and Brace are found upon the Probate and Town records at Hartford in one or more cases where the name Bracy is used in the body of the deed and signed by the name of Brace, which renders it more difficult to give the line of Henry Brace. (See Bracy.) The direct line from Stephen Ist to Rev. Joab Brace is, 1 Stephen, 2 Henry, 3 Henry, 4 Ze- nas, 5 Joab, 6 Joab. (Henry Brace owned the Covenant in Church, May 4, 1729; Noadiah, April 30, 1732; Zenas, Sept. 25, 1748: his wife June 22, 1760; Joseph, Nov. 14, 1762, and Elizabeth his wife also. (W. H. Church Rec.)
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worth. He also had a son Zenas, then deceased and others. He was a Carpenter by trade, and Farmer.
BRACE, ABEL, son of Henry, baptized 1740; m. Miss Wood- ruff, and removed to Hartland, where he and Maj'r Uriel Holmes were the oft repeated representatives of the town, to the Gen'l As- sembly of Conn. He was a Captain of a Company in the war of the Revolution. In his old age he removed with most of his fam- ily of fifteen children to Litchfield, N. Y., since called Winfield, where he d., aged 92. His son James settled at Litchfield, Conn., and m. Susan Pierce and had children : he d. there April, 1834, aged 65 years. He was the father of John P. Brace, Esq., the for- mer teacher and principal of the celebrated female school at Hart- ford, and is now the Editor of the Conn. Courant, at Hartford. The last is the father of Charles L. Brace the noted traveler in Europe, who was imprisoned by the Austrians at Gross Wardein, in Hun- gary, upon the suspicion of his being a spy against their government.
BRACE, ZENAS, son of Henry, a farmer in West Hartford, m. 1st, Deliverance Goodwin, and had one daughter : His wife d .; and he m. for his 2d wife, Mary Skinner, and had six sons and two daughters, viz.,
1. Zenas, b. 1760, Sept. 25.
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2. Mary, b. July 1, 1762 ; m. Butler : d. aged 67.
3. Stephen, b. 1764, July 13; d. aged 78.
4. Ammi, b. 1767, April 4th ; m. Sedgwick : d. aged 70.
5. Joab, b. April 3, 1769, died.
6. Solomon, b. Jan. 5, 1772 : d. aged 76.
7. Asahel, b. Oct. 24, 1774 ; yet living in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y.
8. Rev. Joab, of Newington, b. 1781. All these children except one, m. and had families, and most of them have d. in West Hartford.
REV. JOAB, son of Zenas Brace, graduated at Yale College in 1804-settled in the ministry at Newington, and now preaches there; he m. Lucy, daughter of Seth Collins, of West Hartford, Jan. 21, 1805, and had children ; Mary S., b. May 6, 1806 ; m. Rev. John Todd of Pittsfield, Mass., and has nine children ; Martha, b. Nov. 2, 1808; m. Rev. Samuel N. Shepard of Madison, Conn., and has five children ; Seth C., b. Aug. 3, 1811-graduated at Yale College 1832-Preacher and Instructor at Pittsfield, Mass .; Rev. Joab, Jr., b. June 16, 1814-graduated at Yale College, 1837-Minister of Lanesborough, Mass., d. Sept. 22, 1845 : his wife was Elizabeth J. Watson, of Pittsfield ; Sam'l, b. Feb. 24, 1817-Graduated at Yale College, 1841 : he m. Sarah R. North, of New Britain, teacher at
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Pittsfield. (One child.) John Whitman Brace, b. July 9, 1824; d. Jan. 2, 1846.
This has proved one of the useful and talented families in Conn.
Coats of arms for Brace. Brace, ( Worcestershire,) one. Brace (borne by Vice Admiral, Sir Edward Brace, K. C. B,) one. Brace (borne by Francis Brace, Esq., Capt. R. N. &c.) Brace (the en- signs of the other descendants of the late Francis Brace, father of Sir Edward Brace.) One other for the name of Brace. (Six for Bracy.) Eight of this name have graduated at Yale College ; one at Williams College.
BRAWLEY, PETER, owned land adjoining John Stodder's lot, land he purchased of Jacob Waterhouse. Inventory £59, 1s. 0d., taken June 19, 1662.
* BRADFORD, Gov. WILLIAM, and his wife Dorothy, were passengers on board that noted vessel the May Flower, on her first adventurous voyage to Plymouth in N. England in 1620 and landed her passengers at Plymouth Rock, Dec. 11, 1620-O. S. Mr. Bradford's wife Dorothy, fell over board, and was drowned on the 7th of Dec. 1620, while the vessel was in the harbour at Cape Cod and her husband gone to the shore in a boat to prepare a reception for the crew-her maiden name was May.
Mr. Bradford m. for his 2d wife Alice Southworth, widow of Con- stant Southworth, (maiden name Carpenter,) she d. Mar. 26, 1670, aged about 80. Gov. Bradford d. May 9, 1657, aged 69 years. He was born at Austerfield, England in 1588. (W. S. R. &c.)
In 1633, Mr. Bradford united with Gov. Winslow in conferring with Gov. Winthrop about building a trading-house on the Conn. River, at Windsor to deal with the Indians, carry on commerce, and
* Governors of the Plymouth Colony, from the first settlement until the union of the Colony with Mass. in 1692.
John Carver from Nov. 11, 1620, four months 24 days.
Wm. Bradford from 1621 to 1632, also 35-37-39 to 1643; 1645 to '56 ; thirty-one years. Edward Winslow, 1633, 1636, 1644.
Thomas Prince, 1634, 1638, 1657 to 1672.
Josiah Winslow from 1673 to 1680.
Thomas Hinkley, 1681 to 1692. This closed the Plymouth Colony. The two Colonies when united should have taken the name of the oldest Colony, even though it was much the smallest, it was founded upon the Rock of Plymouth, the first known in New England-and there com- menced the first sufferings of the Puritans, and the first civil government of N. E.
Lieut. Govrs. Thomas Hinkley 1680, James Cudworth 1681. Major Wm. Bradford, 1682 to '86, and from 1689 to 1691. The first Secretary of the Colony, was Nathaniel Souther or Sowther in 1636. The 2d Nathaniel Morton from 1645 to 1685 ; 3d Nathan'l Thomas 1686 ; 4th Samuel Sprague, continued until the union in 1692, except the period interrupted by Sir Edmand Andros. (See Russell's Guide to Plymouth, p. 171.)
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to prevent the Dutch from taking possession of the River and the lands adjoining. Gov. Winthrop declined. Mr. Bradford was Govr. of the Plymouth Colony in 1635, and wrote to the men who left Dorchester, a reprimand for settling at Wi. Conn., as it injured the Plymouth Colony, after they had purchased land, built a house and taken possession there. He m. for his 2d wife Alice South- worth, his will offered in Court held at Plymouth, June 3d, 1657. (See his will, His. Gen. Reg. No. xx. p. 385, Vol. V.) His chil- dren, John, William and Joseph are only mentioned in said will as his children ; and his 2d wife Allice. His 3d child Mercy b. about 1626 or '7, m. Benj. Vermayes of Boston, Dec. 21, 1648.
BRADFORD, JOHN, son of Gov. W. Bradford of Plymouth, by Dorothy his first wife, was b. in England, but is not in the list of passengers of the May Flower in 1620, so that he was probably left by his parents in his native country or Holland. John is not found in any of the arrivals of the first settlement. He is found at Dux- bury, where Farmer says he represented the Town at the Gen. Court at Plymouth, as he afterwards did Marshfield. He is found at Norwich as Mr. John Bradford, as early as 1660 as a first settler. He m. Martha daughter of Thos. Bourne, and lived at Norwich about 18 years, and d. 1678 ; his widow m. Thomas Tracy in 1679. John left no issue, found. His nephew Thomas Bradford son of Maj. Wm. Bradford of Plymouth, was of Norwich as early as 1678 and shared in the estate of his uncle John Bradford deceased, and had most of his land by heirship and deeds, and remained an in- habitant of Norwich until 1691, when he sold his property, and probably removed into the bounds of Canterbury, and d. in 1708. (See Calkins and Record at N. and Canterbury, also Learned.) These are the early descendants, sons and grandsons, of Gov. Wm. Bradford, who first came to Conn., and the following are a small part of the numerous descendants, of this highly respectable ances- tor, of the Conn. branch of the family of Gov. Bradford.
Gov. Bradford's son Maj. Wm. by his 2d wife Allice was b. at Plymouth Mass. ; he m. Allice Richards, and had two other wives by whom he had 15 children. His son Thomas had land at Nor- wich from his father and removed there and m. Anna Fitch daughter of Rev. James, of Norwich, and had one son recorded at Norwich, viz. Joshua b. Nov. 22, 1682, and a daughter Ann who m. Timothy Dimmick.
In 1720-1, Bradford, James, " cordwinder" purchases 300 acres of land of Edw. Raynsford, and 18 acres of Henry Adams in Can-
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terbury. "James Bradford and his wife" owned the covenant in 1713, and had a son baptized at Canterbury the same day.
The children of James and Edith recorded at Canterbury were Thomas, b. 1712, m. 1733 Eunice Adams. John, b. 1715 ; Jerusha, b. 1716, m. Jonath. Pellet ; Wm. b. 1718 ; Sarah, b. 1720, m. Jo. seph Adams. The 1st wife of James d. and he m. for his 2d wife Susannah, daughter of Sam'l Adams, Dec. 7, 1724, and had issue Anna, baptized 1726, m. Eben'r Cleveland ; Mary, baptized 1729, m. Joseph Woodward ; James, baptized 1733.
James Bradford of C. d. Mar. 26, 1762, and in the settlement of James's estate, mention is made of widow Leah, and of all the chil- dren except John and James.
BRADFORD, Wm. son of Lieut. James of Canterbury, m. for his 1st wife Zeruiah Lothrop, 1739, 2d Mary Cleveland, 1743, and 3d Martha Warren, and 4th a widow Stedman, and had 20 children, three of whom were ministers. By his first wife he had Zeruiah, b. 1740 ; by his 2d wife, he had Mary, b. 1744; Wm. b. 1745; Ebe- nezer, b. 1746; David, b. 1748; John, b. 1750; Joshua, b. 1751; Abagail, b. 1753; James, b. 1755; Olive, b. 1756; Josiah, b. 1757 ; a daughter, b. 1759; Lydia, b. 1760; Buelah, b. 1763; Moses, b. 1765; and by his 3d wife he had Joseph, b. 1767 ; Ben- jamin, b. 1768; Keeziah and Zeruiah, b. 1770; Samuel Warren, b. 1772, (making 20 children, if the record is verity.)
BRADFORD, Wm. son of Lieut. James of Canterbury, m. Ann Spaulding of Windham, and had no children, he d. at Canterbury about 1810.
BRADFORD, JOHN, son of James, m. and had children and died in Canterbury : he was a farmer.
JOSHUA, son of James Bradford, d. at Gilmanton, N. H. and left children. Olive, daughter of Lieut. James Bradford m. Mr. Barstow of Canterbury, where she lived and died and left children.
JOSIAH, son of Lieut. James, m. (probably) Miss Merrick, and had children born at Canterbury and also died there.
BUELAH, daughter of James, m. Mr. Homan and removed to the State of N. York.
BRADFORD, REV. EBENEZER, son of James, graduated at Princeton College, N. J., in 1773 had his license to preach Aug. 1774, and was ordained by the Presbytery of N. Y., July 13, 1775. He preached 5 years at Danbury, Conn., and was an eye witness to the burning of Danbury by the British in 1777. On the 4th day of August, 1782, he was settled at Rowley, Mass. He m. Miss Eliz- 27
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abeth Green, daughter of Rev. Jacob Green of Hanover, a sister of the late learned and venerable Dr. Ashbel Green of Philadelphia, Penn. They had nine children, seven sons and two daughters. His son Ebenezer graduated at Dartmouth College ; he read law in Philadelphia, and settled at Easton in Penn., in his profession, where he was a Judge of a Court, and a member of the Gen'l Assembly. He died in Lancaster Co., about 1835. WILLIAM, son of Ebene- zer, b. June 8, 1779, at Danbury, Ct., was a Physician in Culpepper Co., Virginia, and in Kentucky, where he died about 1830. JOIIN MELANCTHON, D. D., a son of Ebenez'r Bradford, b. at Danbury, May 15, 1781; was graduated at Brown University, R. I. ; studied theology with Dr. Green in Philadelphia, and was settled at Albany, N. Y. ; he married Mary Lusk of Albany, where he died about 1827. He was an eloquent pulpit orator. He left several children, of whom Alexander W. Bradford, Esq. of N. Y. City, and John M. Esq. of Geneva, are two of them. JACOB P., b. Jan. 18, 1783, at Rowley, Mass., m. Miss Hobson of Rowley, and had several children, with whom he removed from Canterbury, Conn., to Ohio, where he is yet living a farmer.
ELIZABETH G., daughter of Ebenezer Bradford, b. at Rowley, Mass., Dec. 22, 1784 ; m. the Rev. Nath'l Todd, now living in Penn., and has 3 children.
JAMES, REV., son of Rev. Ebenezer Bradford, b. at Rowley, Mass., Sept. 11, 1786, was graduated at Dartmouth College in 1811, and was settled pastor of the Congregational Church at Sheffield Mass. in 1813, where he yet continues, though dismissed in 1852. He m. Miss Margaret Flint of Reading, Mass., Nov. 15, 1813 ; and has 7 children, 4 sons and 3 daughters, viz. 1, Ann Priscilla, b. Mar. 17, 1815, m. Geo. Hamlin of N. York ; 2, James, Esq. (a Law- yer at Sheffield,) b. July 2, 1817 ; 3, Daniel Flint, b. Mar. 4, 1819; 4. Mary Eliz'th, b. Nov. 4, 1821, m. Mr. N. Briggs, N. Y. ; 5, Ashbel Green, b. Oct. 9, 1824 ; 6. Putnam Flint, b. May 25, 1827; and 7 Caroline Hallum, b. Nov. 6, 1830 ; all born at Sheffield, Mass. Rev. Ebenezer Bradford died at Rowley, Jan. 3, 1801, aged 55 years. His wife also died at Rowley, July 14, 1825, aged 67 years.
MOSES, son of Rev. Ebenezer, b. October 11, 1788, at Rowley, graduated at Princeton College, m. and settled at Wilmington in the State of Delaware, and had three sons, two of whom are Law- yers at Wilmington, Delaware.
HENRY, son of Rev. Ebenezer, b. at Rowley, July 1, 1790 ;
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studied medicine at Hanover, N. H., and practiced in Penn., where he died about 1818, and left a wife and one child.
MARY CLEVELAND, b. Mar. 25, 1792, at Rowley, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer, m. John Richards of Rowley, and died there without issue.
BRADFORD, MOSES, son of William Bradford a farmer of Canterbury, and grandson of James Bradford, was b. 1765. Moses resided after he became about 12 years old with an elder brother at Danbury, who had graduated in N. Jersey, and became an able preacher, and prepared his brother Moses for College, and he after- wards in 1785, graduated at Dartmouth College, and studied divinity with his brother at Rowley, Mass., and settled at Francestown in 1790, and in 1827 was dismissed, and removed to Sullivan in 1833, and in 1837 removed to Montague, where he died Jan. 14, 1838. Rev. Moses m. Dorothy Bradstreet of Rowley, Ms. ; she died 1792; by her he had 2 children, one of them died in infancy. For his 2d wife, he m. Sarah Eaton of Francestown ; by her he had ten children. His son Samuel Cleveland graduated at Dartmouth College in 1818; he settled in Columbia, N. H., and afterwards at Montague, Ms. : his son Moses Bradstreet graduated at Amherst 1825, first settled at Montague, Ms., and afterwards at Grafton Vt. Ebenezer G., another son of Rev. Moses, graduated at Amherst 1827 ; he first settled at Colebrook, N. H., and afterwards at Wardsborough, Vt. David, another son, became a Physician and settled at Montague, Ms. Elizabeth Bradford, daughter of Samuel of Duxbury, b. Dec. 15th, m. William Whiting of Hartford, Ct. Mercy 7th child of Wm. Bradford, m. Samuel Steel of Hartford. Melatiah, 7th child of Wm. m. John Steel of Norwich. Joseph, only child by the 2d marriage of Wm. his 11th child (supposed) settled at Norwich. There were others of the descendants of Gov. Bradford in Conn., Dr. Jeremiah, . &c.
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