BIRTH: in Plymouth, Provence of New York
MARRIAGE: to Hannah Bradford b: Apr. 10, 1720 in Plymouth, Province of New York. Married: Feb. 17, 1736, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
CHILDREN of Joshua & Hannah:
1) Cornelius Bradford, m. Patience Davis
2) Sarah Bradford, b: Oct. 16 or 19, 1739 in Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, m. John Davis
3) Rachel Bradford, m. Ebenezer Morton
4) Mary Bradford, m. Austin Bierce
5) Melatiah Bradford, m. Isaac Churchill
6) Joshua Bradford, m. Martha Jameson
7) Hannah Bradford, m. 1st: Ebenezer Sherwood,
.....m. Herbert M. Crowner, m. Thaddius Baldwin
8) Joseph Bradford Sr. b: Mar. 19, 1850 Kingston, Plymouth Co., MA, m. Abigail Starling
9) Benjamin Bradford
10) Elisha Bradford, m. Lucy Rossiter
11) Winslow Bradford

PARENTS of Joshua:
FATHER: Israel Bradford b: abt. 1677 in Plymouth, Province of New York
MOTHER: Sarah Bartlett b: 1681 in Plymouth, Province of New York
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DEATH: "Bradford genealogy 4 generations" (Ken Saccocia), reports by Indians in Friendship, Cornwall county, Maine
BURIAL: Garrison Island is a tidal island that is connected to the mainland at the tip of Bradford Point, Friendship, Maine at low tide. The cemetery is at the northern tip of the island and is enclosed by an old stone wall and the shoreline.
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Raid on Meduncook (1758), (Friendship was called Meduncook).
"During the French and Indian War, the community was raided twice. The first attack was from Indians just after sunrise on May 22, 1758.[3] They killing and scalped Joshua and Hannah Bradford and their infant son Winslow. An original settler from Kingston, Massachusetts and great-grandson of Governor William Bradford, he had remained in his house, believing it close enough to the garrison that his family could flee there when necessary. But while pounding corn, the Bradfords missed hearing the garrison's alarm gun. Five of their children managed to escape their pursuers into the fort, but two of their sons Cornelius (21) and Joshua (12) were captured and carried to Canada.[4]"
SOURCE: Kathlene Bradford-Marks
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"Joshua and his wife, Hannah, along with their three month old son, [Winslow] were massacred at the hands of Indians. Two of their children escaped to a neighbors home, two were captured and taken into Canada, one of them... Abigale who was 13 at the time, was married to an Indian and managed to escape with her brother... even though she was 8 months pregnant at the time. Five other children managed to get to the fort before their parents were murdered."
*Info. above is from the Family Bible of Moses Bradford.
According to the Bible, she gave birth to a daughter, naming her Hannah Bradford, after her mother. Hannah grew up and became a physician for the Algonquin Indians.
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NOTE: Knox Co. d 1 April 1860 from Lincoln Co. which was Cornwall pre-1760, however, "They may have claimed parts of today's Maine territory, but the court jurisdiction since 1653 was always York Co., Commonwealth of MA, until they created new counties."
SOURCE: Carl Raymond Gray, Sr's application, the prime organizer of Nebraska Society of Mayflower Descendants, serving as Chairman first 15 years with State membership #1, son Maj-Gen Carl R Gray, a charter member of Minnesota's chapter serving as its 2nd Chairman.
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