Biography:
Abraham Bradley was one of the men appointed to keep snow-shoes and mogginsons to be ready in case of Indian attacks. He removed from Haverhill to Pennacook (Concord, NH) by 1728. There is repeated mention of him in the early days of Concord. He was on a committee March 31, 1731, "to amend and repair the necessary roads in Pennacock and also to build a bridge over the Sookoook River as soon as may be at the cost of the settlers."
In 1732 he is called "Mr." In that year he was appointed with two others, attorney for the Proprietors of Pennacook. He was a selectman in 1733/4. He, along with is son Samuel, was on one of the ten garrisons with which Concord was fortified in 1746.
He had a farm in the northern part of Concord which has become one of the finest in the Merrimac Valley. The house he built is not standing, but a fine old gambrel-roofed mansion, built by his son, was occupied in 1882 by his descendants.
He is said to have been a man of sound judgment and one of the most enterprising of the inhabitants. He had a negro servant, Pompey, for whom he paid thirty bushels of corn, whom he gave to his son John in his will. His will is dated July 8, 1764.
(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 39-40.)
Above information courtesy of Joann Osgerby Geybels.
Biography:
Abraham Bradley was one of the men appointed to keep snow-shoes and mogginsons to be ready in case of Indian attacks. He removed from Haverhill to Pennacook (Concord, NH) by 1728. There is repeated mention of him in the early days of Concord. He was on a committee March 31, 1731, "to amend and repair the necessary roads in Pennacock and also to build a bridge over the Sookoook River as soon as may be at the cost of the settlers."
In 1732 he is called "Mr." In that year he was appointed with two others, attorney for the Proprietors of Pennacook. He was a selectman in 1733/4. He, along with is son Samuel, was on one of the ten garrisons with which Concord was fortified in 1746.
He had a farm in the northern part of Concord which has become one of the finest in the Merrimac Valley. The house he built is not standing, but a fine old gambrel-roofed mansion, built by his son, was occupied in 1882 by his descendants.
He is said to have been a man of sound judgment and one of the most enterprising of the inhabitants. He had a negro servant, Pompey, for whom he paid thirty bushels of corn, whom he gave to his son John in his will. His will is dated July 8, 1764.
(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 39-40.)
Above information courtesy of Joann Osgerby Geybels.
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