Daniel Bradley, 1710–1793 (aged 82 years)

Name
Daniel Bradley
Given names
Daniel
Surname
Bradley
Birth October 15, 1710 36 32
Death of a motherJane Leaming
October 30, 1718 (aged 8 years)
Death of a fatherAbraham Bradley
April 20, 1721 (aged 10 years)
MarriageAbigail Hand — View this family
November 20, 1743 (aged 33 years)
Birth of a daughterAbigail Bradley
1743 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a daughterAnna Bradley
March 22, 1746 (aged 35 years)
Birth of a sonFreelove Bradley
October 9, 1748 (aged 37 years)
Death of a wifeAbigail Hand
April 15, 1751 (aged 40 years)
Birth of a daughterRachel Bradley
1751 (aged 40 years)
Birth of a daughterRhoda Bradley
April 20, 1751 (aged 40 years)
MarriageSarah Porter — View this family
June 12, 1762 (aged 51 years)
Marriage of a childTimothy Hand — Rhoda Bradley — View this family
November 20, 1768 (aged 58 years)
Death August 16, 1793 (aged 82 years)
LDS spouse sealingSarah Porter — View this family
October 4, 2007 (214 years after death)

LDS temple: Bountiful, Utah, United States

Unique identifier
52C2F0BB200A492292A948A688B7D354E373

Last change March 5, 2019

Family with parents
father
1674–1721
Birth: May 13, 1674 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 20, 1721 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
mother
1678–1718
Birth: 1678 — Southampton, Suffolk, New York, USA
Death: October 30, 1718 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: July 13, 1709 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
15 months
himself
1710–1793
Birth: October 15, 1710 36 32 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 16, 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Family with Sarah Porter
himself
1710–1793
Birth: October 15, 1710 36 32 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 16, 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
wife
1722–1806
Birth: February 27, 1722 29 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 21, 1806 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 12, 1762 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Family with Abigail Hand
himself
1710–1793
Birth: October 15, 1710 36 32 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: August 16, 1793 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
wife
1712–1751
Birth: October 20, 1712 38 37 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 15, 1751 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: November 20, 1743 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1 month
daughter
1743–1792
Birth: 1743 32 30 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 5, 1792
3 years
daughter
1746–
Birth: March 22, 1746 35 33 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
son
1748–
Birth: October 9, 1748 37 35 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
daughter
1751–1751
Birth: 1751 40 38 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: April 20, 1751 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
4 months
daughter
1751–1811
Birth: April 20, 1751 40 38 — Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1811 — Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Samuel Church + Sarah Porter
partner’s partner
1716–1760
Birth: September 16, 1716 — Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: December 1, 1760 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
wife
1722–1806
Birth: February 27, 1722 29 29 — Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: November 21, 1806 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Marriage
Marriage: June 2, 1740 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
17 months
step-daughter
1741–
Christening: November 8, 1741 25 19 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
12 months
step-daughter
1742–
Birth: November 6, 1742 26 20 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
17 months
step-son
1744–1802
Christening: April 8, 1744 27 22 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: March 8, 1802 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
12 months
step-son
1745–1752
Birth: April 6, 1745 28 23 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: before August 1752 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
18 months
step-daughter
1746–
Birth: October 1, 1746 30 24 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 months
step-daughter
1746–1761
Christening: November 23, 1746 30 24 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: before 1761 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
20 months
step-daughter
1748–
Birth: July 3, 1748 31 26 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
step-daughter
1750–1750
Birth: July 23, 1750 33 28 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: July 23, 1750
2 years
step-son
1752–1817
Birth: August 8, 1752 35 30 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: May 18, 1817 — Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
2 years
step-son
1754–
Birth: August 19, 1754 37 32 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
2 years
step-son
1756–
Birth: November 16, 1756 40 34 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: Of Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
14 months
step-daughter
1757–
Birth: about 1757 40 34 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
3 years
step-daughter
1759–
Birth: July 16, 1759 42 37 — Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Death:
Note

BIRTH: He was 84 when he died, putting his death almost exactly at the date of the Daniel Bradley who was born in Guilford, son of Abraham Bradley and Jane Leaming. There is another Daniel Bradley in Fairfield, but it has been proven he is not the one Sarah married. There is no other evidence the Daniel born in 1710 is correct. Pedigree Resource CD #128, Pin #74177, the son of Abraham Bradley and Jane Leaming. Several sources in Ancestral File claim the date was 15 Oct. 1710, but there is no vital record in Connecticut to prove it. He is mentioned in the probate of Sarah Bradley which is filed with that of her first husband Samuel Church.. In 1766: "Daniel Bradley, appointed legal guardian of Samuel Church, Jr." Woodbury Probates, FHL film 6173, Vol. 6, p. 220 Aone (?) Church, minor of the town of Woodbury makes choice of her Father-in-law, Mr. Daniel Bradley to be guardian. (They meant step-father), July 23, 1771 NEHGS Documentation added to our Nathaniel Porter article: Sarah married second at Woodbury, Connecticut, 12 June 1762, Daniel Bradley,[] born at Guilford, Connecticut, 15 October 1710, son of Abraham and Jane (Leaming) Bradley, and widower of Abigail Hand. Without more primary evidence, I didn't dare quote the vital record showing he was the son of Abraham Bradley and Jane Leaming. However, when we published the article the NEHGS Editor filled in the vital information: Donald Lines Jacobus, “Guilford Vital Records in Town Records, Book A,” The American Genealogist 13 (1936-37):88-98, 181-89, 242-45; 15 (1938-39):184-91 at 186 (parents’ mar­riage); 16 (1939-40):180-88; 17 (1940-41):127-28, 191-92, 255-56; 18 (1941-42):128 (birth); 19 (1942-43):33-36. The editor gave the following response: From: Nehgreditor@aol.com To: BCCook@aol.com, Sent: Sat, Aug 1, 2009 11:46 am, Subject: Re: (no subject) Dear Bryson Cook: I doubt there was another Daniel Bradley the right age available to marry Sarah (Porter) Church. I’ll leave our text as is and add the citation to the 1903 Register article. Henry B. Hoff, Editor, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Email: nehgreditor@aol.com, Published by New England Historic Genealogical Society www.NewEnglandAncestors.org

WOODBURY LAND RECORDS Vol. 17, p. 27 Thomas Porter of Woodbury sold to Daniel Bradley for £2-0-0 land in the town of Woodbury and parish of Woodbury, part of the Sixth Lot in the Third Tier of lots in Bethlehem. It is bounded west on Daniel Bradley’s land, south on Thomas Porter’s land, north on the highway. DEATH: Bethlehem Congregational Church Records, Vol. 1., p. 26: "Daniel Bradley died Aug. 16, 1793, age 84." (FHL film 3803, item 1, p. 26.) Pedigree Resource Compact Disc #75 Pin #2225 claims Daniel Bradley died in 1756 in Woodbury. another Submission (CD 3) claims he either died either in 1756 or 1793. Since his death date in 1793 clearly directs us to the Daniel Bradley born in 1710, I believe the present assumptions are correct.

HISTORY: Daniel Bradley married Abigail Hand of Guilford (Guilford Vital Records 2:56 as found in Barbour). She died in 1746. I think it was the same Daniel Bradley, but can't prove it. Abigail Hand was first cousin to John Hand, father of Deborah and Elizabeth Hand who married Porter Brothers and were therefore sisters-in-law to Daniel Bradley when he married Sarah Church.

Note

Original Records at the Town Clerk’s Office, Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths, Vol. 1 p. 82: "Daniel Bradley and Sarah Church, June 12, 1762." Barbour Collection of Woodbry Vital Records, FHL book 974.6 V2wL, Vol. 53, p. 140. "Sarah Porter mar. Daniel Bradley June 12, 1762, VR 1:82) He is named in Woodbury Probates, guardian of a minor child of Samuel Church (FHL film 6173, Vol. 6, p. 220) Aone (?) Church, minor of the town of Woodbury makes choice of her Father-in-law, Mr. Daniel Bradley to be guardian. (They meant step-father), July 23, 1771

Note

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records (Guilford VR 2:56) Since there is not a vital record for the birth of either Daniel or Abigail, there is no proof it was these two who married. However in the book Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, FHL 974.67 G1 D2t, p. 597 Abigail the daughter of Stephen and Sarah Pierson Hand married Daniel Bradley, obviously the right couple. In the article "Nathaniel Porter of Farmington and Bethlehem, Connecticut, by Bryson C. Cook and Janet S. Porter, pub. NEHGS 2009, the staff at NEHGS provided to following documentation for Daniel Bradley and this marriage: Talcott, Families of Early Guilford [note 11], 117-18, 121; Ralph D. Smyth, “The Bradleys of New Haven and Guilford (Conn.),” Register 57 (1903):134-41 at 136-37, 141; Smyth, “Joseph Hand of East Guilford” [note 12], Register 55:32.

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