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==Status summary==
 
==Status summary==
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As of December 7, 2020:
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As of Oct 7, 2022:
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* Bradford surname project contacted
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* [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/bradford?iframe=ycolorized Bradford surname project (Group 3)] contacted
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* Recruiting men whose Y-DNA ancestor is Gov. William Bradford for Next Generation Sequence/Whole Genome Sequence (NGS/WGS) testing. Interested individuals can contact: MayflowerDNA1620@gmail.com
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* Recruiting men whose Y-DNA ancestor is Gov. William Bradford for Next Generation Sequence/Whole Genome Sequence (NGS/WGS) testing. Interested individuals should [[Read me First|Read me First]]
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* One Big Y-700 test of a Y-DNA descendant of Gov. Bradford is pending. Other NGS/WGS testing would be of further assistance.
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==Background==
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* Two Big Y-700 test results of patrilineal (Y-DNA) descendants of Gov. Bradford have posted. This confirms the Y-DNA Haplogroup falls under I-M253>DF29>Z63>BY151>BY351>BY3407>CTS2910>Y10994>Y21374>Y21381>Y21371>Y21370>Y21372>FGC72882
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===Paper trail===
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[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/162829933/person/332118107075/facts William Bradford]<ref>[https://pilgrimhall.org/william_bradford.htm Pilgrim Hall Museum] biography of William Bradford.</ref> was baptized at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England on 19 Mar 1589/90, son of William Bradford (II) and Alice Hanson. His father, William (II), died 15 Jul 1591 and William (III) went to live with his paternal grandparents, William Bradford (I) and Alice Morton. His Bradford grandparents died by 1600 and his mother died in 1597, so before he was aged ten, the future Gov. was raised by an uncle, Robert Bradford.
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Some sources list a pedigree for Gov. Bradford beyond his grandfather, William (I), but this pedigree has not been verified.
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<big>'''IMPORTANT:'''</big> [[Read me First|Read me First]]
  
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Bradford married his first wife (Dorothy May) at Amsterdam, Holland on 9 Dec 1613. She had only one child, John (born about 1618) before her death at Plymouth Harbor in December 1620. This son (John) married Martha Bourne, widow of (Lieut) Thomas Tracy. Martha had several children by Tracy, but none by her second husband. Thus, all of the descendants of Gov. Bradford are by his second wife.
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==Paper Trail==
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For more information see: Wakefield, Robert S. and Lainhart, Ann Smith, ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 22 Bradford''. Names in <b>bold text</b> have had a Y-DNA descendant Y-DNA tested.
  
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Bradford married his second wife, [[Dilly,_wife_of_Alexander_Carpenter_(mtDNA)#Second Generation | Alice Carpenter]] [https://sportsage.net/familyhistory/a-love-story-alice-carpenter-and-william-bradford/] at New Plimouth Colony, 14 Aug 1623. This was the fourth marriage to occur within this colony. They had a daughter, [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Mercy]] (born before the 1627 Land Division) and two sons (who both carried on the Y-DNA of the Bradford family):
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===English Ancestry===
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Information on the Bradford Ancestry in England can be found at: Browne, William Bradford, ''Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield...'', '''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register''' 83 (1929) pp. 439 ff.
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===First Generation===
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-24 <b>(Gov.) William Bradford</b>]<ref>[https://pilgrimhall.org/william_bradford.htm Pilgrim Hall Museum] biography of William Bradford.</ref> was baptized at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England on 19 Mar 1589/90, son of William Bradford (II) and Alice Hanson. His father, William (II), died 15 Jul 1591 and William (III) went to live with his paternal grandfather, William Bradford (I)<ref>William (I) was married twice. His first wife (mother of William (II) may '''possibly''' have been Alice Morton, great-aunt of George Morton.</ref> His Bradford grandparents died by 1600 and his mother died in 1597, so before he was aged ten, the future Governor was raised by an uncle, Robert Bradford.
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Bradford married his first wife, Dorothy May at Amsterdam, Holland on 9 Dec 1613 (see [[Media:NL-LdnRAL_AR_1004_198_028.jpg.jpg]], [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5034248796642806&set=gm.289780059802070 transcription of record] also [[Media:Marriage record of William Bradford and Dorothy May.jpg]]). She had only one child, John (born about 1617) before her death at Plymouth Harbor in December 1620. This son (John) married [[Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Bourne (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Martha Bourne]] but they had no children. Thus, all of the descendants of Gov. Bradford are by his second wife.
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Bradford married his second wife, widow [[Dilly,_wife_of_Alexander_Carpenter_(mtDNA)#Second Generation | Alice CARPENTER Southworth]] [https://sportsage.net/familyhistory/a-love-story-alice-carpenter-and-william-bradford/] at New Plimoth Colony, 14 Aug 1623. This was the fourth marriage to occur within this colony.<ref>[https://www.pilgrimhall.org/pdf/Alice_Carpenter_Southworth_Bradford_17th_Century_Documents.pdf?msclkid=d62713d5cf2a11ecbd9f2922da12a909 Pilgrim Hall]</ref> They had a daughter, [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Second Generation |Mercy]] (born before the 1627 Land Division) and two sons (who both carried on the Y-DNA of the Bradford family):
  
 
===Second Generation===
 
===Second Generation===
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(Plymouth_soldier) (Maj.) William (IV)] born 17 Jun 1624. [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/162829933/person/332118107565/facts He] was was married three times, first abt 1650 [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#First Generation |Alice Richards]]; second to an unknown woman; and third aft 1677 to Mary (At)WOOD Holmes. By his first wife he had nine children: Maj. John, William (V), Lt. Thomas, [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#BRADFORD |Mercy]], [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#BRADFORD |Alice]], [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#BRADFORD |Hannah]], [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#BRADFORD |Melatiah]], Lt. Samuel, [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#BRADFORD |Mary]] and [[Allied Families (Y-DNA)#BRADFORD |Sarah]].  By his second wife he had a son, Joseph. By his third wife he had four sons: Israel, Ephraim, David & Hezekiah.  
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bradford_(Plymouth_soldier)] [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-68 <b>(Maj.) William (IV)</b>] born 17 Jun 1624. He was was married three times, first abt 1650 [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#First Generation |Alice Richards]]; second to an unknown woman; and third aft 1677 to Mary (At)WOOD Holmes. By his first wife he had nine children: Maj. John (1652/3), William (V) (1655), Lt. Thomas (1657), [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#Second Generation|Mercy]] (1660), [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#Second Generation|Alice]], [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#Second Generation|Hannah]], [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#Second Generation|Melatiah]], Lt. Samuel, [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#Second Generation|Mary]] and [[Alice Richards (mtDNA)#Second Generation|Sarah]].  By his second wife he had a son, Joseph. By his third wife he had four sons: Israel, Ephraim, David & Hezekiah.  
  
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[https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/162829933/person/332118107567/facts Joseph] born 1630. He married Jael Hobart (daughter of Rev. Peter) at Hingham 25 May 1664. They had three sons: Joseph, Elisha & Peter.
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-275 Joseph] born 1630. He married Jael Hobart (daughter of Rev. Peter) at Hingham 25 May 1664. They had three sons: Joseph (1665, no further record), Elisha (c1669) & Peter (1676/7 d.y.).
  
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===Third Generation===
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-56 Maj. John] was born Plymouth 20 Feb 1652/3 and died Kingston 8 Dec 1736. He married Plymouth 6 Jan 1674 [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Fourth Generation |Mercy Warren]] and they had five children (Plymouth, now Kingston): John (1675 m [[Jane Yates (mtDNA)#Fourth Generation |Rebecca Bartlett]]), Alice (1677 m Edward Mitchell & Joshua Hersey), Abigail (1679-1697 unm.), Mercy (1681 m Jonathan Freeman & Isaac Cushman), Samuel (1683 m Sarah Gray), Priscilla (1686 m Seth Chipman) and William (1688 m Hannah Foster).
  
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===Previous Y-DNA testing===
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-69 William (V)] was born Plymouth 11 Mar 1654/5 and died there 5 Jul 1687. He married Plymouth 1679 [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cst/bartlett/team9a.htm][[Jane Yates (mtDNA)#Third Generation |Rebecca Bartlett]] and they had three children (Plymouth, now Kingston): Alice (1680/1), [https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cst/bartlett/team9a.htm William] (1682 m Elizabeth Finney, daughter of [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Fourth Generation |Elizabeth Faunce]]) and Sarah (1684).
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Previous Y-STR testing through the [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety/default.aspx?section=ycolorized Mayflower Society DNA Project] and the [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/bradford?iframe=ycolorized Bradford surname DNA project] Group 3<ref>At the bottom of this group are individuals who are NOT descended from Gov. William Bradford and fall under a different Haplogroup of I-M253.</ref> has indicated that the Bradford lineage belongs to the Y haplogroup [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M253 I-M253], which is quite common in Northern Europe and Northwestern Europe. Plugging in the modal 111 STR values for the family into the Nevgen Haplogroup Predictor tool gives a prediction the family falls under: I-M253>DF29>Z63>BY151>BY351 with a 95.6% probability.
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-65 Thomas] was born Plymouth 1 Mar 1657 and died Windham, CT 1 Oct 1731. He married twice, first Norwich 1681 Anne Raymond and second after 1705 Katherine _____ (no children). By his first wife Thomas had five children: Joshua (1682 m Mary Brooks), James (1689 m Faith Adams, Susanah Adams & Leah Ripley), Ann (c1691), Jerusha (1692) and William (1695 prob. d.y.).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-62 Samuel] was born abt 1668 and died Duxbury 11 Apr 1714. He married Duxbury 31 Jul 1689 [[Rogers (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Hannah Rogers]][https://thomasrogerssociety.com/p4.htm#i100] and they had seven children: Hannah (1689/90), Gershom (1691 m Priscilla Wiswall), Perez (1694 m Abigail Belcher), Elizabeth (1696), Jerusha (1699), Welthea (1702) and Gamaliel (1704 m Abigail Bartlett).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-57 Lt. Joseph] is said to have been born 18 Apr 1675<ref>Date from Hall, Ruth Gardiner. Descendants of Governor William Bradford (through the First Seven Generations). [S.l.: s.n.], 1951. p.4 The Bradford Silver Book stated no primary source has been found for this date, so it should be considered unconfirmed.</ref> and died New London, CT 16 Jan 1747. He married twice, first Lebanon, CT 5 Oct 1698 [[Fitch (mtDNA)#First Generation |Anne Fitch]] and second New London 25 Feb 1716 Mary SHERWOOD Fitch. By his first wife Joseph had ten children: Ann (1699), Joseph (1702 m Henrietta Swift), Priscilla (1702), Althea (1704-1704), Irene (1704-1704), Sarah (1706), Hannah (1709), Elizabeth (1712), Althea (1715) and Irene (1715). By his second wife Joseph had one more child: John (1717 m Esther Sherwood).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-55 Israel] was born 1677 and died Kingston 26 Mar 1760. He married Plymouth 27 Nov 1701 [[Priscilla Mullins (mtDNA)#Fourth Generation |Sarah Bartlett]] and they had seven children: Ruth (1702), Bathsheba (1703), Benjamin (1705 m Zeriah Stetson & Mercy Chipman), Abner (1707 m Susannah Potter), Joshua (1710 m Hannah Bradford), Ichabod (1713 m Mary Johnson & Mary Samson) and Elisha (1718 m Mary Sturtevant).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-52 Ephraim] was born Plymouth abt 1685 and died Kingston bef 6 Oct 1746. He married 1710 Elizabeth Brewster (daughter of [[Brewster (Y-DNA)#Third Generation |Wrestling Brewster]] and they had eleven children: Deborah (1712), Anna (1715), Elizabeth (1717), Ephraim (1718/9 likely unm.), Abigail (1719/20) Lusannah (1721), Elijah (1723), Ruth (1725), Ezekiel (1728 m Betty Chandler), Simeon (1729 m Phoebe Whiton) and Wait (c1730 m Wealthea Bassett).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-49 David] was born Plymouth 4 Apr 1690 and died Kingston 16 Mar 1730. He married Plymouth 23 Feb 1714 Elizabeth Finney (daughter of [[Dilly, wife of Alexander Carpenter (mtDNA)#Fourth Generation |Elizabeth Faunce]]) and they had five children: Nathaniel (1715 m Sarah Spooner), Jonathan (1717), Lydia (1719), Lemuel (1721) and Nathan (1722 m Elizabeth Groce & Sarah Sturtevant).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-54 Hezekiah] was born Plymouth 1687 and died Kingston 10 Apr 1761. He married Plymouth 21 May 1714 Mary Chandler, daughter of [[Chandler (Y-DNA)#Second Generation|Joseph Chandler]] and they had one child: Mary (1717).
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[https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-283 Elisha] was born Plymouth abt 1669 and died Kingston 16 Jun 1747. He married twice, first abt Jan 1702 Hannah Cole (no children) and second Plymouth 7 Sep 1719 Bathsheba Brock. By his second wife Elisha had fifteen children: Hannah (1720), Joseph (1721-1743 unm.), Sylvanus (1723-1725), Nehemiah (1724-p1744 likely unm.), Laurana (1726), Mary (1727), Elisha (1729 m Mary Sturtevant), Lois (1730/1), Deborah (1732), Alice (1734), Asenath (1736), Carpenter (1738 m Mary Gay & Mary Steele), Abigail (1741-1760), Chloe (1743-1747) and Content (dau 1745-1747).
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==DNA Results  '''I-FGC72882'''==
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===Previous Y-DNA testing<ref>Some versions of the 23andMe test incorrectly report male Bradford descendants under Y Haplogroup I-Z58, when the correct haplogroup would be I-Z63.</ref>===
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Previous Y-STR testing through the [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mayflowersociety?iframe=ydna-results-overview Mayflower Society DNA Project] and the [https://www.familytreedna.com/public/bradford?iframe=ydna-results-overview Bradford surname DNA project] Group 3<ref>At the bottom of this group are individuals who are NOT descended from Gov. William Bradford and fall under a different Haplogroup of I-M253.</ref> has indicated that the Bradford lineage belongs to the Y haplogroup [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_I-M253 I-M253], which is quite common in Northern Europe and Northwestern Europe. Plugging in the modal 111 STR values for the family into the Nevgen Haplogroup Predictor tool gives a prediction the family falls under: I-M253>DF29>Z63>BY151>BY351 with a 95.6% probability.
  
 
===NGS/WGS testing===
 
===NGS/WGS testing===
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NGS/WGS testing of patrilineal (all male line) Bradford descendant(s) furthers refine the clade and can potentially differentiate between the branches of descendants. As of May 21, 2021 one Big Y-700 test result has been posted to the Mayflower DNA Project website. The haplogroup beyond BY351 to >BY3407>CTS2910>Y10994>Y21374>Y21371>Y21370>Y21372.
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NGS/WGS testing of patrilineal (all male line) Bradford descendant(s) furthers refine the clade and can potentially differentiate between the branches of descendants. As of Oct 7, 2022 two Big Y-700 test result has been posted to the Mayflower DNA Project website. The haplogroup beyond BY351 to >BY3407>CTS2910>Y10994>Y21374>Y21371>Y21370>Y21372>FGC72882.
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===Availability of Y-DNA SNP testing===
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Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com) currently does not offer individual Y-SNP testing and the only test they have to discover your Y-SNPs is the Big Y-700 test (regular price US $449, but they do have sales on this test from time to time). However, YSEQ does have [https://www.yseq.net/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=FGC72882&search_in_description=1&osCsid=ff8e8a0b0438d0092cce73f75797197d&x=4&y=4 FGC272882] for purchase (US $3.00 for the DNA sample kit and US $18.00 for the Y-SNP test).
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<!--* ===Lineage of Y-DNA testers===
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One of the Big Y testers has posted their lineage at MyHeritage.com. It is as follows:
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  (Gov.) William Bradford (1589-1657)
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    (Maj.) William Bradford (1624-1703/4)
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      Ephraim Bradford (1665-c1745)
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        Simeon Bradford (1729-1793)
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          Joel Bradford (1773-1837)
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            Jehiel (Hail) Bradford (1808-1845)
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              Pleasant Sprague Bradford (1843-1906)
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                Charles Union Bradford (1874-1959)
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                  ''father of tester''
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                    ''tester''  -->
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<!--* One patrilineal descendant of Gov. William Bradford has posted their lineage on [https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Bradford-Family-Tree-6765 WikiTree] and where they have also taken a Y-DNA (Y-STR 111) test. However, they were predicted to fall under Y-DNA Haplogroup R1b-M269. Multiple proven Bradford Y-DNA descendants have Y-DNA tested and documented where the family falls under the I-M253 haplogroup ''(see above)''
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Their lineage (as posted) is:
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  (Gov.) William Bradford (1589-1657)
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    William Bradford (1624-1704)
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      Thomas Bradford (1657-1731)
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        James Bradford (1689-1762)
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          William Bradford (1718-1781)
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            Ebenezer Bradford (1746-1801)
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              Ebenezer Green Bradford (1777-1836)
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                Samuel Bradford (1816-1886)
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                  George Amos Bradford (1853-1924)
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                    George Amos Bradford Jr. (1887-1951)
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                      John Lawrence Bradford (1912-1973)
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                        ''father of tester''
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                          ''tester''
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* Wakefield, Robert S. and Lainhart, Ann Smith, ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 22 Bradford'' General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 2004
 
* Wakefield, Robert S. and Lainhart, Ann Smith, ''Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 22 Bradford'' General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA. 2004
 
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'', Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, Second edition 1995, 1996. pp. 19-23.
 
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Increasings From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants'', Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, Second edition 1995, 1996. pp. 19-23.
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* Browne, William Bradford, ''Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield...'', '''The New England Historical and Genealogical Register''' 83 (1929) pp. 439 ff.
 
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Passenger References, (from contemporary records & scholarly journals)'' [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second edition 2015
 
* Roser, Susan E., ''Mayflower Passenger References, (from contemporary records & scholarly journals)'' [www.stewartbooks.com Stewart Publishing & Printing], Canada. Second edition 2015
 
* [https://www.mygwbc.org/ Governor William Bradford Compact] Bradford Family Association founded in 1946
 
* [https://www.mygwbc.org/ Governor William Bradford Compact] Bradford Family Association founded in 1946
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* [https://pilgrimhall.org/william_bradford.htm Pilgrim Hall Museum] biography of William Bradford.
 
* [https://pilgrimhall.org/william_bradford.htm Pilgrim Hall Museum] biography of William Bradford.
 
* [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-24 wikitree profile for William Bradford].
 
* [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bradford-24 wikitree profile for William Bradford].
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* [https://themayflowersociety.org/passenger-profile/passenger-profiles/the-bradford-family/ The Bradford Family - The Mayflower Society]
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* [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5203424283058589&set=gm.323055879807821 Bradford biography]
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* [https://discover.familytreedna.com/y-dna/I-Y21372/notable Discover.FamilyTreeDNA.com Notable Connections - William Bradford]
  
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 22 November 2024

Status summary

As of Oct 7, 2022:

  • Two Big Y-700 test results of patrilineal (Y-DNA) descendants of Gov. Bradford have posted. This confirms the Y-DNA Haplogroup falls under I-M253>DF29>Z63>BY151>BY351>BY3407>CTS2910>Y10994>Y21374>Y21381>Y21371>Y21370>Y21372>FGC72882

IMPORTANT: Read me First

Paper Trail

For more information see: Wakefield, Robert S. and Lainhart, Ann Smith, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: vol. 22 Bradford. Names in bold text have had a Y-DNA descendant Y-DNA tested.

English Ancestry

Information on the Bradford Ancestry in England can be found at: Browne, William Bradford, Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austerfield..., The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 83 (1929) pp. 439 ff.

First Generation

(Gov.) William Bradford[1] was baptized at Austerfield, Yorkshire, England on 19 Mar 1589/90, son of William Bradford (II) and Alice Hanson. His father, William (II), died 15 Jul 1591 and William (III) went to live with his paternal grandfather, William Bradford (I)[2] His Bradford grandparents died by 1600 and his mother died in 1597, so before he was aged ten, the future Governor was raised by an uncle, Robert Bradford.

Bradford married his first wife, Dorothy May at Amsterdam, Holland on 9 Dec 1613 (see Media:NL-LdnRAL_AR_1004_198_028.jpg.jpg, transcription of record also Media:Marriage record of William Bradford and Dorothy May.jpg). She had only one child, John (born about 1617) before her death at Plymouth Harbor in December 1620. This son (John) married Martha Bourne but they had no children. Thus, all of the descendants of Gov. Bradford are by his second wife.

Bradford married his second wife, widow Alice CARPENTER Southworth [1] at New Plimoth Colony, 14 Aug 1623. This was the fourth marriage to occur within this colony.[3] They had a daughter, Mercy (born before the 1627 Land Division) and two sons (who both carried on the Y-DNA of the Bradford family):

Second Generation

[2] (Maj.) William (IV) born 17 Jun 1624. He was was married three times, first abt 1650 Alice Richards; second to an unknown woman; and third aft 1677 to Mary (At)WOOD Holmes. By his first wife he had nine children: Maj. John (1652/3), William (V) (1655), Lt. Thomas (1657), Mercy (1660), Alice, Hannah, Melatiah, Lt. Samuel, Mary and Sarah. By his second wife he had a son, Joseph. By his third wife he had four sons: Israel, Ephraim, David & Hezekiah.

Joseph born 1630. He married Jael Hobart (daughter of Rev. Peter) at Hingham 25 May 1664. They had three sons: Joseph (1665, no further record), Elisha (c1669) & Peter (1676/7 d.y.).

Third Generation

Maj. John was born Plymouth 20 Feb 1652/3 and died Kingston 8 Dec 1736. He married Plymouth 6 Jan 1674 Mercy Warren and they had five children (Plymouth, now Kingston): John (1675 m Rebecca Bartlett), Alice (1677 m Edward Mitchell & Joshua Hersey), Abigail (1679-1697 unm.), Mercy (1681 m Jonathan Freeman & Isaac Cushman), Samuel (1683 m Sarah Gray), Priscilla (1686 m Seth Chipman) and William (1688 m Hannah Foster).

William (V) was born Plymouth 11 Mar 1654/5 and died there 5 Jul 1687. He married Plymouth 1679 [3]Rebecca Bartlett and they had three children (Plymouth, now Kingston): Alice (1680/1), William (1682 m Elizabeth Finney, daughter of Elizabeth Faunce) and Sarah (1684).

Thomas was born Plymouth 1 Mar 1657 and died Windham, CT 1 Oct 1731. He married twice, first Norwich 1681 Anne Raymond and second after 1705 Katherine _____ (no children). By his first wife Thomas had five children: Joshua (1682 m Mary Brooks), James (1689 m Faith Adams, Susanah Adams & Leah Ripley), Ann (c1691), Jerusha (1692) and William (1695 prob. d.y.).

Samuel was born abt 1668 and died Duxbury 11 Apr 1714. He married Duxbury 31 Jul 1689 Hannah Rogers[4] and they had seven children: Hannah (1689/90), Gershom (1691 m Priscilla Wiswall), Perez (1694 m Abigail Belcher), Elizabeth (1696), Jerusha (1699), Welthea (1702) and Gamaliel (1704 m Abigail Bartlett).

Lt. Joseph is said to have been born 18 Apr 1675[4] and died New London, CT 16 Jan 1747. He married twice, first Lebanon, CT 5 Oct 1698 Anne Fitch and second New London 25 Feb 1716 Mary SHERWOOD Fitch. By his first wife Joseph had ten children: Ann (1699), Joseph (1702 m Henrietta Swift), Priscilla (1702), Althea (1704-1704), Irene (1704-1704), Sarah (1706), Hannah (1709), Elizabeth (1712), Althea (1715) and Irene (1715). By his second wife Joseph had one more child: John (1717 m Esther Sherwood).

Israel was born 1677 and died Kingston 26 Mar 1760. He married Plymouth 27 Nov 1701 Sarah Bartlett and they had seven children: Ruth (1702), Bathsheba (1703), Benjamin (1705 m Zeriah Stetson & Mercy Chipman), Abner (1707 m Susannah Potter), Joshua (1710 m Hannah Bradford), Ichabod (1713 m Mary Johnson & Mary Samson) and Elisha (1718 m Mary Sturtevant).

Ephraim was born Plymouth abt 1685 and died Kingston bef 6 Oct 1746. He married 1710 Elizabeth Brewster (daughter of Wrestling Brewster and they had eleven children: Deborah (1712), Anna (1715), Elizabeth (1717), Ephraim (1718/9 likely unm.), Abigail (1719/20) Lusannah (1721), Elijah (1723), Ruth (1725), Ezekiel (1728 m Betty Chandler), Simeon (1729 m Phoebe Whiton) and Wait (c1730 m Wealthea Bassett).

David was born Plymouth 4 Apr 1690 and died Kingston 16 Mar 1730. He married Plymouth 23 Feb 1714 Elizabeth Finney (daughter of Elizabeth Faunce) and they had five children: Nathaniel (1715 m Sarah Spooner), Jonathan (1717), Lydia (1719), Lemuel (1721) and Nathan (1722 m Elizabeth Groce & Sarah Sturtevant).

Hezekiah was born Plymouth 1687 and died Kingston 10 Apr 1761. He married Plymouth 21 May 1714 Mary Chandler, daughter of Joseph Chandler and they had one child: Mary (1717).


Elisha was born Plymouth abt 1669 and died Kingston 16 Jun 1747. He married twice, first abt Jan 1702 Hannah Cole (no children) and second Plymouth 7 Sep 1719 Bathsheba Brock. By his second wife Elisha had fifteen children: Hannah (1720), Joseph (1721-1743 unm.), Sylvanus (1723-1725), Nehemiah (1724-p1744 likely unm.), Laurana (1726), Mary (1727), Elisha (1729 m Mary Sturtevant), Lois (1730/1), Deborah (1732), Alice (1734), Asenath (1736), Carpenter (1738 m Mary Gay & Mary Steele), Abigail (1741-1760), Chloe (1743-1747) and Content (dau 1745-1747).

DNA Results I-FGC72882

Previous Y-DNA testing[5]

Previous Y-STR testing through the Mayflower Society DNA Project and the Bradford surname DNA project Group 3[6] has indicated that the Bradford lineage belongs to the Y haplogroup I-M253, which is quite common in Northern Europe and Northwestern Europe. Plugging in the modal 111 STR values for the family into the Nevgen Haplogroup Predictor tool gives a prediction the family falls under: I-M253>DF29>Z63>BY151>BY351 with a 95.6% probability.

NGS/WGS testing

NGS/WGS testing of patrilineal (all male line) Bradford descendant(s) furthers refine the clade and can potentially differentiate between the branches of descendants. As of Oct 7, 2022 two Big Y-700 test result has been posted to the Mayflower DNA Project website. The haplogroup beyond BY351 to >BY3407>CTS2910>Y10994>Y21374>Y21371>Y21370>Y21372>FGC72882.

Availability of Y-DNA SNP testing

Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com) currently does not offer individual Y-SNP testing and the only test they have to discover your Y-SNPs is the Big Y-700 test (regular price US $449, but they do have sales on this test from time to time). However, YSEQ does have FGC272882 for purchase (US $3.00 for the DNA sample kit and US $18.00 for the Y-SNP test).


  1. ↑ Pilgrim Hall Museum biography of William Bradford.
  2. ↑ William (I) was married twice. His first wife (mother of William (II) may possibly have been Alice Morton, great-aunt of George Morton.
  3. ↑ Pilgrim Hall
  4. ↑ Date from Hall, Ruth Gardiner. Descendants of Governor William Bradford (through the First Seven Generations). [S.l.: s.n.], 1951. p.4 The Bradford Silver Book stated no primary source has been found for this date, so it should be considered unconfirmed.
  5. ↑ Some versions of the 23andMe test incorrectly report male Bradford descendants under Y Haplogroup I-Z58, when the correct haplogroup would be I-Z63.
  6. ↑ At the bottom of this group are individuals who are NOT descended from Gov. William Bradford and fall under a different Haplogroup of I-M253.

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