Capt. THOMAS BRADBURY, Gent.: Owings Stone Family Genealogy — 20,000+ ancestors and their relatives

Title Capt.

Suffix Gent.

Birth Bef 28 Feb 1610/11 Essex Co., England [7]

Gender Male

Ancestor of /
Notable Descendants - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Alan Shepard, astronaut [9, 10]

Baptism 28 Feb 1610/11 Wicken Bonhunt, Essex Co., England [2, 3, 7]

Death Note He named his grandsons, Thomas and Jacob Bradbury, and his daughter Jane True, among others, in his will:

“I give and bequeath unto my grandchildren, Thomas Bradbury and Jacob Bradbury, all my housing and lands which I have now situate, lying and being within the bounds of Salisbury...and my said grandchildren shall pay unto their Aunt True fourteen pounds, each of them in good pay within one year after they come to the age of one and twenty years. As also my said grandchildren shall acquit and discharge their brother, William Bradbury from all orders of court concerning the division of their father’s estate...[clauses stating that Thomas and Jacob are to provide for and care for their grandmother]...I give and bequeath unto my daughter Jane True ten pounds to be made in good pay within one year of my decease...” [2]

Immigration Bef 1634 England to Mass. [3, 7]

Died 16 Mar 1694/5 Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass. [2, 3, 4, 7]

Person ID I7751 Owings Stone Genealogy, Ancestry & Heritage

Last Modified 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00

Father WYMOND BRADBURY, Gent., b. Bef 16 May 1574, England

Mother ELIZABETH WHITGIFT, b. Mar 1574, Clavering, England

Family ID F6059 Group Sheet

Family MARY PERKINS, (convicted Salem witch), b. Bef 3 Sep 1615, Hillmorton, Warwickshire, England

Married Abt 1636 Mass. [2, 3, 7]

Children

	1. Wymond Bradbury, b. 1 Apr 1637, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	2. Judith Bradbury, b. 2 Oct 1638, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	3. Thomas Bradbury, b. 28 Jan 1641, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	4. Mary Bradbury, b. 17 Mar 1643, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	5. JANE BRADBURY, b. 11 May 1645, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	6. Jacob Bradbury, b. 17 Jun 1647, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	7. WILLIAM BRADBURY, b. 15 Sep 1649, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	8. Elizabeth Bradbury, b. 7 Nov 1651, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	9. John Bradbury, b. 20 Apr 1654, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	10. Ann Bradbury, b. 16 Apr 1656, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.
	11. Jabez Bradbury, b. 27 Jun 1658, Salisbury, Essex Co., Mass.

Family ID F5473 Group Sheet

Notes	In 1634, he was sent to Agamenticus (now York), Maine, by Sir Ferdinand Gorges, the proprietor of the Province of Maine and related to Thomas by marriage. Thomas was certainly in London on 1 May 1634 and in New England by 5 May 1636. By 1640, he had moved to Salisbury, Mass., which is when he was made a Freeman.,, He was an original proprietor of Salisbury, where he is given the title “Mr.” in records and was the recorder of the first minutes. He was constable in 1641, later a schoolmaster, town clerk, clerk of courts, Captain of the military company, a deputy to the General Court for 7 years and an Associate Justice. (see also ,) THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS: Thomas Bradbury, Salisbury, propr. 1639, frm. May 13, 1640. Clerk of writs, 1641, deputy, 1651; captain, judge, schoolmaster, recorder of Norfolk county. He m. Mary, dau. of John Perkins; ch. Wymond b. 1 (2) 1637, Judith b. 2 (8) 1638, (m. Caleb Moody,) Thomas b. 28 (11) 1640, Mary b. 17 (1) 1642, (m. John Stanyan,) Jane b. 11 (3) 1645, (m. Henry True,) Jacob b. 17 (4) 1647, William b. 15 (7) 1649, d. 4 Dec. 1678, Elizabeth b. 7 (9) 1651, (m. John Buss,) John b. 20 (2) 1654, d. 24 Nov. 1678, Ann b. 16 (2) 1656, d. in 1659, Jabez b. 27 (4) 1658, d. 28 April, 1677. He d. March 16, 1694-5. His will dated 14 Feb. 1693-4, prob. March 26, 1695; aged and weak; beq. to gr. ch. Thomas and Jacob B., who shall pay a sum to their aunt True and give receipt to their bro. William about the admin. of their father's est. and pay their gr. mother an annuity; to daus. Mary Stanion and Jane True; to gr. ch. Elizabeth Buss; five pounds to the selectmen for the poor; wife Mary and dau. Judith Moody execs. His wife was tried in 1692 for witchcraft; was convicted but not executed. She d. Dec. 20, 1700. Savage says: BRADBURY, THOMAS, Salisbury, an orig. propr. but it is not kn. where he was sett. bef. going to that town, yet prob. at Ipswich, freem. 13 May 1640, rep. 1651 and six yrs. more, recorder for the Co. of Norfolk, [[230]] when New Hampsh. was part of Mass. was a capt. and d. 16 Mar. 1695. His w. Mary, d. of John Perkins, after 56 yrs. of good cohabit. was accus. of witchcraft in the dark hours of 1692, but her age was not sufficient to condemn her; she was acq. and d. 20 Dec. 1700. The ch. were Wymond, b. 1 Apr. 1637; Judith, 2 Oct. 1638; Thomas, 28 Jan. 1640; Mary, 17 Mar. 1642; Jane, 11 May 1645; Jacob, 17 June 1647, wh. d. at Barbados, 1669; William, 15 Sept. 1649; Elizabeth 7 Nov. 1651; John, 20 Apr. 1654, wh. d. 24 Nov. 1678; Ann, 16 Apr. 1656, d. young; and Jabez, 27 June 1658, wh. d. 28 Apr. 1677. Mary m. 17 Dec. 1663, John Stanian; Judith m. 9 Oct. 1665, Caleb Moody, as his sec. w.; Jane m. 15 Mar. 1668, Henry True; and Elizabeth m. 12 May 1673, John Buss. [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11]

Sources

[S131] Greeley, George Hiram
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[S157] Davis, Walter Goodwin, CS/71/D26/1996/v.1-3.
[S158] Perkins, George A., M.D., (Salem Press Publishing)
[S106] Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Savage, James
[S238] The Bradbury Family, Holman, Mary Lovering
[S461] A Probably Royal Descent for Thomas Bradbury of Salisbury, Massachusetts, Kirk, Marshall K.
[S86] Roberts, Gary Boyd, (Carl Boyer 3rd)
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