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William Bradford (c. 19 March 1590 – 9 May 1657) was an English Puritan Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in Holland in order to escape persecution from King James I of England , and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620.
He later served as the deputy governor of Plymouth Colony under Governor Thomas Hinckley from 1682 to 1686 and from 1689 to 1692 when the colony was merged with the Massachusetts Bay Colony to form the Province of Massachusetts Bay. Bradford was suspended from office during the governorship of Sir Edmund Andros from 20 December 1686 to 18 April ...
The leadership was dominated by William Bradford, who served more than 30 terms as governor. [5] The colony was incorporated into the Dominion of New England in 1686, [ 9 ] but the dominion was dissolved in 1689 and all the New England colonies temporarily reverted to their previous governmental structures.
In 1912, the Massachusetts Historical Society published a final authorized version of the text. William Bradford's manuscript journal is a vellum-bound volume measuring 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 by 7 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (292 × 197 mm). There are 270 pages numbered (sometimes inaccurately) by Bradford.
William Bradford became governor in 1621 upon the death of John Carver. On March 22, 1621, the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony signed a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. Bradford surrendered the patent of Plymouth Colony to the freemen in 1640, minus a small reserve of three tracts of land. He served as governor for 11 consecutive ...
Eventually, Governor Winslow and Plymouth military commander Major William Bradford (son of the late Governor William Bradford) relented and gave Church permission to organize a combined force of English and Native Americans. After securing the alliance of the Sakonnets, he led his combined force in pursuit of Philip, who had thus far avoided ...
William Bradford (1729–1808), American physician, lawyer, and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island [10] William Bradford (1823–1892), [ 11 ] American painter, photographer, and explorer James G. Carter , [ 12 ] American congregational minister, Massachusetts State Representative , and pioneer of Normal schools and public education
Bradford is a village and former town, in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. Eastern Bradford is the current town of Groveland, while western Bradford was annexed by the city of Haverhill, and today consists of the part of Haverhill on the south bank of the Merrimack River. While its separate existence from Haverhill has been largely ...