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Birth	:	18 Apr 1675 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	16 Jan 1747 New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Burial	:	Raymond Hill Cemetery, Oakdale, New London County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.4855995, -72.1652985
Inscription	:	Here lies Interr'd the Body of Lieu't Joseph Bradford who Departed this Life January ye 16th A.D. 1747 In the 73rd year of his Age.
Description	:	18 Apr 1675, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA, birth: only child of William Bradford and 2nd wife, widow Sarah [maiden name unknown] Griswold; grandson of William Bradford III (1589/90-1657), Mayflower Compact signatory, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Plantation, and author of the journal "Of Plymouth Plantation."(1, 2) PLEASE NOTE: the assertion that Joseph Bradford was the son of Mary Fitch (widow Wiswall) as per Ruth Gardiner Hall (Descendants of Governor William Bradford; New York: Bradford Family Compact, 1951), was disproven in 2001 by David Jay Webber. (2) 5 Oct 1698, Lebanon, New London Co., CT, marriage: "BRADFORD, Joseph m.... Read More	18 Apr 1675, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA, birth: only child of William Bradford and 2nd wife, widow Sarah [maiden name unknown] Griswold; grandson of William Bradford III (1589/90-1657), Mayflower Compact signatory, 2nd Governor of Plymouth Plantation, and author of the journal "Of Plymouth Plantation."(1, 2) PLEASE NOTE: the assertion that Joseph Bradford was the son of Mary Fitch (widow Wiswall) as per Ruth Gardiner Hall (Descendants of Governor William Bradford; New York: Bradford Family Compact, 1951), was disproven in 2001 by David Jay Webber. (2) 5 Oct 1698, Lebanon, New London Co., CT, marriage: "BRADFORD, Joseph m. Ann FITCH."(3) 25 Feb 1716, New London, New London Co., CT, marriage: Mary (Sherwood) Fitch. 16 Jan 1746/47, New London, New London Co., CT, death: "Bradford, Lieutenant Joseph, died January 16, 1747, age 72 [sic] Yrs (no marker)[sic];" GSMD Silver Book (MF 22:27) carries the year 1746. Actual age was 71 years, 8 months, 29 days and not as contemporaneously reported or inscribed on his gravestone. (1, 4, 5) Sources: 1. Mayflower Births and Deaths; Vol. 1, p. 117. 2. David Jay Webber, “MAJOR WILLLIAM2 BRADFORD’S SECOND WIFE: WAS SHE THE WIDOW OF FRANCIS2 GRISWOLD?”, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 155, Whole No. 619 (July 2001), pp. 245-50. 3. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records; Lebanon, Tolland Co., Vol. 1, p 20. 4. Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions, Raymond Hill Cemetery (311-4); Vol. 29, p. 71. 5. Robert S. Wakefield, FASG and Ann Smith Lainhart (compilers), Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: William Bradford, Vol. 22; General Society of Mayflower Descendants, Plymouth, MA; p. 27.

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Lieut Joseph Bradford's memorial is located at: Raymond Hill Cemetery, Oakdale, New London County, USA.
When did Lieut Joseph Bradford death?
Lieut Joseph Bradford death on 16 Jan 1747 in New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA
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Latitude: 41.4855995
Longitude: -72.1652985

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Spouse

Ann Fitch Bradford

(1675 - 1715)

Mary Sherwood Bradford

(1674 - 1752)

Children

Capt John Bradford

(1717 - 1787)

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