Biography 1:
Born Aug 29, 1613, Bingley, Yorkshire, England. Son of Elizabeth Atkinson and Daniel Broadley. Immigrated 1630; came on the ship "Elizabeth." Married May 21, 1662, Haverhill, Essex Co, MA to Mary Williams. Killed by Native Americans.
Daniel and his wife Mary Williams had nine children: Daniel, Joseph, Martha, Mary, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Isaac, and Abraham.
(The Essex Antiquarium, Vol. XI, ed. Sidney Perley. Salem, Massachusetts, 1907, p.1; Bradley of Essex County, Early Records: From 1643 to 1746, compiled by Eleanor Bradley Peters, p. 26.)
Biography 2:
Daniel Bradley II was born in England in 1615, and was killed in Haverhill, MA on August 13, 1689. He came from the Parish of Alphage Cripplegate, sailing from London, England, in the Elizabeth on April 6, 1635, at the age of twenty. He resided in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636; settled in Haverhill; was made a freeman there in 1642 and assisted in building in 1648 the first rude meeting house "upon the shore of the river, on a knoll that lightly swelled from the surrounding land."
His son and grandson aided in building the next two meeting-houses. In May 1664, he bought the house and land in Haverhill adjoining the "parsonage farm." In 1682 the "parsonage farm" was leased to him for twenty-five years,
He was killed by the Indians on a parsonage road near the site of the Atkinson, NH depot. He was the first of his family to be killed by the Indians. Many of his children and grandchildren massacred or taken prisoner. From the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1675 for forty years Haverhill suffered from depredations of the Indians and was constantly on the alert. For nearly seventy years every Haverhill man was a soldier. In 1680 six forts were organized with garrisons and four private houses fitted up as "houses of refuge" from the Indian raids. This was truly an age of terror. In 1690 it was suggested that the town be abandoned, but it was decided to remain and abide by the result. From June 1689 to May 1698, there were 561 killed, 81 wounded, and 161 captured. Few families suffered more than the Bradleys from the succession of Indian raids which took place in the following years.
(Descendants of John Williams of Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1600-1674.
Compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams and Anna Perkins Williams. Chicago: Privately printed, 1925, pp. 32-33.)
Biography # 2 courtesy of Joann Osgerby Geybels.
Article:
New Hampshire's Unluckiest Family: The Bradleys
In the course of New Hampshire's history, perhaps the unluckiest family was that of Bradley. Were their untimely deaths the result of a curse, or did they simply have the bad luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
It started with the progenitor of this prolific New England family—Daniel Broadley/Bradley. He immigrated to the New World on 8 April 1635 on the ship "Elizabeth" of London, first settling in Rowley and later in Haverhill, Massachusetts. On 13 August 1689 a small party of Indians appeared in the northerly part of this town and killed him. But not before he married and his wife gave birth to nine children.
Some of his immediate descendants received a similar sad fate:
1695: His eighth child, Isaac (b. 1679/80 in Haverhill, Ma) was abducted by Indians in 1695 but escaped. He married and had ten children.
1696: His eldest son Daniel (b. 1662 in Rowley, MA) was killed by Indians in March of 1696/97 in what was later known as the "Dustin Massacre."
1718: His fifth child, Mary (b. April 1671 in Haverhill, MA) was killed 3 Sept. 1718 by Indians. She was married twice, her first husband being killed by Indians in 1704. She had six children.
1727: His second son, Joseph (b. 1664 in Rowley) died Oct. 1727. Joseph's wife Hannah (Heath) Bradley was captured not once, but twice by Indians and abducted to Canada. During one of these captivities her newborn child was killed by the abductors. Three of their children were killed by Indians.
His ninth child Abraham (b. 1683 in Haverhill, MA) moved to Concord (then called Rumford), NH where he sired eleven children. He probably died of natural causes.
1746: His grandson (by Abraham) Lieut. Jonathan (b. 1713 in Haverhill, MA) died 11 August 1746 in Concord. He was killed by Indians. He had married and had four children.
1746: His grandson (by Abraham) Samuel Bradley (b. 1721 in Haverhill, Ma) was killed on the same day as his brother Jonathan, in Concord, NH on 11 August, 1746. He had married and had three children.
His grandson (by Abraham) Lieut. Timothy Bradley (b.1711 in Haverhill, MA) married Abiah Stevens and had twelve children. Timothy and his wife died of normal causes, but such was not the fate of their children.
1750: His great-grandson (by grandson Timothy, and son Abraham) Benjamin Bradley (b. 1739 in Concord,, NH) was one of Roger's Rangers who perished after the St. Francis flight of Oct. 1759.
(Bradley Daniel, Biography and Descendants, [Cow Hampshire: New Hampshire's History Blog]. Contributed by Janice Brown.)
Biography 1:
Born Aug 29, 1613, Bingley, Yorkshire, England. Son of Elizabeth Atkinson and Daniel Broadley. Immigrated 1630; came on the ship "Elizabeth." Married May 21, 1662, Haverhill, Essex Co, MA to Mary Williams. Killed by Native Americans.
Daniel and his wife Mary Williams had nine children: Daniel, Joseph, Martha, Mary, Mary, Sarah, Hannah, Isaac, and Abraham.
(The Essex Antiquarium, Vol. XI, ed. Sidney Perley. Salem, Massachusetts, 1907, p.1; Bradley of Essex County, Early Records: From 1643 to 1746, compiled by Eleanor Bradley Peters, p. 26.)
Biography 2:
Daniel Bradley II was born in England in 1615, and was killed in Haverhill, MA on August 13, 1689. He came from the Parish of Alphage Cripplegate, sailing from London, England, in the Elizabeth on April 6, 1635, at the age of twenty. He resided in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1636; settled in Haverhill; was made a freeman there in 1642 and assisted in building in 1648 the first rude meeting house "upon the shore of the river, on a knoll that lightly swelled from the surrounding land."
His son and grandson aided in building the next two meeting-houses. In May 1664, he bought the house and land in Haverhill adjoining the "parsonage farm." In 1682 the "parsonage farm" was leased to him for twenty-five years,
He was killed by the Indians on a parsonage road near the site of the Atkinson, NH depot. He was the first of his family to be killed by the Indians. Many of his children and grandchildren massacred or taken prisoner. From the beginning of the French and Indian War in 1675 for forty years Haverhill suffered from depredations of the Indians and was constantly on the alert. For nearly seventy years every Haverhill man was a soldier. In 1680 six forts were organized with garrisons and four private houses fitted up as "houses of refuge" from the Indian raids. This was truly an age of terror. In 1690 it was suggested that the town be abandoned, but it was decided to remain and abide by the result. From June 1689 to May 1698, there were 561 killed, 81 wounded, and 161 captured. Few families suffered more than the Bradleys from the succession of Indian raids which took place in the following years.
(Descendants of John Williams of Newbury and Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1600-1674.
Compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams and Anna Perkins Williams. Chicago: Privately printed, 1925, pp. 32-33.)
Biography # 2 courtesy of Joann Osgerby Geybels.
Article:
New Hampshire's Unluckiest Family: The Bradleys
In the course of New Hampshire's history, perhaps the unluckiest family was that of Bradley. Were their untimely deaths the result of a curse, or did they simply have the bad luck of being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
It started with the progenitor of this prolific New England family—Daniel Broadley/Bradley. He immigrated to the New World on 8 April 1635 on the ship "Elizabeth" of London, first settling in Rowley and later in Haverhill, Massachusetts. On 13 August 1689 a small party of Indians appeared in the northerly part of this town and killed him. But not before he married and his wife gave birth to nine children.
Some of his immediate descendants received a similar sad fate:
1695: His eighth child, Isaac (b. 1679/80 in Haverhill, Ma) was abducted by Indians in 1695 but escaped. He married and had ten children.
1696: His eldest son Daniel (b. 1662 in Rowley, MA) was killed by Indians in March of 1696/97 in what was later known as the "Dustin Massacre."
1718: His fifth child, Mary (b. April 1671 in Haverhill, MA) was killed 3 Sept. 1718 by Indians. She was married twice, her first husband being killed by Indians in 1704. She had six children.
1727: His second son, Joseph (b. 1664 in Rowley) died Oct. 1727. Joseph's wife Hannah (Heath) Bradley was captured not once, but twice by Indians and abducted to Canada. During one of these captivities her newborn child was killed by the abductors. Three of their children were killed by Indians.
His ninth child Abraham (b. 1683 in Haverhill, MA) moved to Concord (then called Rumford), NH where he sired eleven children. He probably died of natural causes.
1746: His grandson (by Abraham) Lieut. Jonathan (b. 1713 in Haverhill, MA) died 11 August 1746 in Concord. He was killed by Indians. He had married and had four children.
1746: His grandson (by Abraham) Samuel Bradley (b. 1721 in Haverhill, Ma) was killed on the same day as his brother Jonathan, in Concord, NH on 11 August, 1746. He had married and had three children.
His grandson (by Abraham) Lieut. Timothy Bradley (b.1711 in Haverhill, MA) married Abiah Stevens and had twelve children. Timothy and his wife died of normal causes, but such was not the fate of their children.
1750: His great-grandson (by grandson Timothy, and son Abraham) Benjamin Bradley (b. 1739 in Concord,, NH) was one of Roger's Rangers who perished after the St. Francis flight of Oct. 1759.
(Bradley Daniel, Biography and Descendants, [Cow Hampshire: New Hampshire's History Blog]. Contributed by Janice Brown.)
