Joseph and his wife Hannah Heath had eleven children.
Joseph Bradley was one of those appointed to keep snow shoes to be ready for emergency in case of Indian attacks. He was a constable and had command of the fifth fort in Haverhill. His house was attacked three times. In the massacre of 1696/7 two of his children were killed and his wife Hannah Heath was taken by the Indians at the same time as Hannah Dustin who made such a memorable escape from the savages.
(Descendants of John Williams of Newbury and Haverhill, Mass., 1600-1674. Compiled by Cornelia Barrow Williams and Anna Perkins Williams. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1925, pp.33-34.)
A more detailed summary of the hardships that Joseph and his wife suffered can be found on Hannah's memorial.
Joseph and his wife Hannah Heath had eleven children.
Joseph Bradley was one of those appointed to keep snow shoes to be ready for emergency in case of Indian attacks. He was a constable and had command of the fifth fort in Haverhill. His house was attacked three times. In the massacre of 1696/7 two of his children were killed and his wife Hannah Heath was taken by the Indians at the same time as Hannah Dustin who made such a memorable escape from the savages.
(Descendants of John Williams of Newbury and Haverhill, Mass., 1600-1674. Compiled by Cornelia Barrow Williams and Anna Perkins Williams. Chicago: Privately Printed, 1925, pp.33-34.)
A more detailed summary of the hardships that Joseph and his wife suffered can be found on Hannah's memorial.
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