16. Joseph Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 4 Jan 1645/1646 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died 4, 5, 6 in Jan 1704/1705 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Joseph married 1, 2, 3 Silence Brockett daughter of John Brockett and Mary on 25 Oct 1667 in Milford, Connecticut, USA. Silence was born 4, 5 on 4 Jan 1647/1648 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died 6 in 1692 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
74 F i unnamed daughter was born 1, 2, 3 on 25 Apr 1669 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died 4 on 10 May 1669 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. + 75 F ii Abigail Bradley 76 F iii Mary Bradley was born 1, 2 on 6 Dec 1674 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Mary married John Peck. John was born on 2 Jul 1706 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. + 77 M iv Joseph Bradley + 78 M v Samuel Bradley 79 F vi Martha Bradley was born 1, 2 in Aug 1683 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
17. Martha Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 7 Oct 1648 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 9 Jan 1706/1707 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Martha married (1) Mathew Sherman before 1665.
Martha married 1, 2 (2) Ens. Samuel Munson son of Capt. Thomas Munson and Joanna on 26 Oct 1665 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Samuel was born on 7 Jun 1643 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died 3 on 10 Jan 1692/1693 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
80 F i Martha Munson was born 1 on 6 May 1667 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 24 Apr 1728 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Martha married Thomas Elcock about 1690. + 81 M ii Samuel Munson + 82 M iii Thomas Munson + 83 M iv Capt. John Munson 84 M v Capt. Teophilus Munson was born 1 on 1 Sep 1675 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 28 Nov 1747 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Teophilus married Esther Mix in 1697 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Esther was born about 1680. She died on 16 May 1728 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 85 M vi Joseph Munson was born on 11 Jan 1676/1677 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 30 Oct 1725 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Joseph married Margery Hitchcock on 10 Mar 1699/1700 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. 86 M vii Stephen Samuel Munson was born on 5 Dec 1679 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died in Dec 1768 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Stephen married (1) Ruth Lewis before 1703. Stephen married (2) Lydia Bassett daughter of Capt. John Bassett and Mercy Todd on 23 Dec 1703 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Lydia was born on 10 Aug 1685 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 4 Jan 1738/1739 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 87 M viii Caleb Munson was born 1 on 19 Nov 1682 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 23 Sep 1765 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. He was buried on 24 Sep 1765 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Caleb married (1) Elizabeth Harmon on 26 Mar 1706 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Caleb married (2) Hannah Porter on 10 Jan 1739/1740 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. 88 M ix Joshua Munson was born 1 on 7 Feb 1683/1684 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was christened on 19 Jul 1685 in 1st Congregationalist, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 9 Dec 1711 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. Joshua married Katherine Street on 20 Dec 1710 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA. 89 M x Israel Munson was born on 6 Mar 1685/1686 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was christened on 17 Apr 1687 in 1st Congregationalist, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 18 Jun 1697 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Martha married (3) Elisaph Preston son of William Preston and Mary Seabrook about 1694 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Elisaph was born on 9 Apr 1643 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died in 1707 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.
18. Dr. Abraham Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 24 Oct 1650 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died 4, 5 on 19 Oct 1718 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was buried in Oct 1718 in Grove Street Cemetery, New Heaven, Connecticut, USA.
Abraham married 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Hannah Thomson daughter of John Thompson and Ellen Harrison on 25 Dec 1673 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Hannah was born 6, 7, 8 on 22 Sep 1654 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died 9, 10, 11 on 26 Oct 1718 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 90 M i John Bradley + 91 M ii Daniel Bradley + 92 F iii Hannah Bradley 93 F iv Lydia Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 28 Nov 1685 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was christened on 29 Nov 1685 in First Congregational Church, New Heaven, Connecticut, USA. She died 4 in 1757. Lydia married 1, 2 Thomas Punderson on 21 Sep 1704. 94 M v Ebenezer Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 9 Nov 1689 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died 4 on 10 Oct 1753 in North Haven, Connecticut, USA. Ebenezer was blessed on 15 Nov 1689 in First Congregational Church, New Heaven, CT, USA. Ebenezer married Joanna Atwater on 19 Aug 1719. + 95 M vi Abraham Bradley + 96 F vii Esther Bradley
19. Isaac Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 in 1651 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died 3, 4, 5 on 12 Jan 1712/1713 in East Haven, Connecticut, USA, Æ 62. He was buried in the Old Graveyard, East Haven, Connecticut, USA.
20 January 1669 - New Haven, signed the new Plantation Covenant.
1674 - appears in Branford, Connecticut, described as "a sojourner from New Haven." He was granted a home lot of two acres on Canoe Brook.
1683 - removed to East Haven, where he resided until his death.There is no certainty of the parentage of Isaac. He may have arrived from England in 1667, in which case he could not be a son of William.
Then again, older genealogies presumed that he was, indeed, William's son - see NEHG, Vol. 57, April 1903, p. 135.
However, his placement here remains tentative and should be viewed with caution.
Isaac married 1 (1) Elizabeth Darrish in 1675/1678 in Branford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born about 1656 in Branford, Connecticut, USA. She died 2, 3, 4 on 3 Jan 1711/1712 in East Haven, Connecticut, USA, Æ 56. She was buried in the Old Graveyard, East Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
97 F i Mary Bradley was born about 1679. Mary married John Higgens. John was born in (of) Westchester Co., New York, USA. + 98 F ii Elizabeth Bradley + 99 M iii William Bradley 100 M iv Isaac Bradley was born about 1684. He died 1, 2, 3 on 10 Jul 1716 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, unmarried, s.p.. + 101 M v Samuel Bradley + 102 F vi Sarah Bradley + 103 M vii Daniel Bradley
Isaac married (2) Elizabeth Clements about 1689. Elizabeth was born about 1655 in Middlessex Co., Massachusetts, USA.
20. Mary Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 30 Apr 1653 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 26 Sep 1724 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Mary married 1, 2 Ens. Samuel Todd son of Christopher Todd and Grace Middlebrook on 26 Nov 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Samuel was born on 29 Apr 1645 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died in Apr 1714 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 104 M i Samuel Todd 105 M ii Joseph Todd was born 1 on 4 Feb 1673/1674 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died in Mar 1673/1674 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. + 106 F iii Mary Todd 107 F iv Sarah Todd was born 1 on 3 Feb 1676/1677 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 1 Nov 1683 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 108 M v Joseph Todd was born 1 on 29 Jan 1678/1679 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 22 Mar 1678/1679 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 109 F vi Hannah Todd was born 1 on 7 Feb 1679/1680 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died in Apr 1739. Hannah married Seth Heaton on 2 Jun 1701 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Seth was born in 1676. He died in 1739. 110 M vii Jonah Todd was born 1 on 16 Feb 1683/1684 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 29 Aug 1730 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Jonah married Hannah Clark on 20 Apr 1709 in Connecticut, USA. 111 M viii Daniel Todd was born on 14 Mar 1685/1686 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 29 Jul 1724 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Daniel married Desire Tuttle on 20 Apr 1721 in Connecticut, USA. 112 F ix Abigail Todd was born on 27 Jan 1687/1688 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 19 Nov 1731. Abigail married John Gilbert on 28 May 1712 in Connecticut, USA. 113 F x Mercy Todd was born on 25 Nov 1692 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 114 M xi James Todd was born on 10 Jun 1696 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. James married (1) Lydia Sherman on 6 Dec 1721 in Connecticut, USA. James married (2) Mary Potter on 15 Oct 1734 in Connecticut, USA.
21. Serg. Benjamin Bradlee (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 8 Apr 1657 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was christened on 30 Apr 1657 in First Congregational Church, New Heaven, Connecticut, USA. He died in Jun 1728 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Benjamin married (1) Sarah Johnson daughter of John Parmelee and Hannah Johnson before 1677. Sarah died 1 on 1 Nov 1733.
Benjamin married 1, 2, 3 (2) Elizabeth Thompson daughter of John Thompson and Ellen Harrison on 29 Oct 1677 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth was born 4, 5, 6 on 3 Jun 1657 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died 7, 8 on 3 Nov 1718 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 115 F i Elizabeth Bradley + 116 F ii Sarah Bradley + 117 F iii Hannah Bradley + 118 F iv Susanna Bradley 119 F v Mary Bradley was born 1 on 15 Apr 1687. 120 F vi Desire Bradley was born 1 on 19 Apr 1690. + 121 M vii Benjamin Bradley + 122 M viii Abner (Abraham) Bradley + 123 M ix Caleb Bradley
Benjamin married 1 (3) Mary Sackitt daughter of John Tinkham and Agnes Sacket on 12 Aug 1719.
23. Nathaniel Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 26 Feb 1660/1661 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died 4 on 17 Aug 1743 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Nathaniel married (1) Mercy Mansfield daughter of Moses Mansfield and Mercy Glover before 1687. Mercy was born on 2 Apr 1667 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 9 Jan 1743 in East Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was buried in Old Graveyard, East Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Nathaniel married (2) Ruth Dickerman daughter of Abraham Dickerman and Mary Cooper in Jan 1687/1688 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Ruth was born 1, 2 on 5 Apr 1668 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died 3 on 15 May 1725 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 124 M i James Bradley + 125 F ii Ruth Bradley + 126 F iii Abigail Bradley 127 F iv Miriam Bradley was born 1 on 4 Jul 1698 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 23 Jun 1741 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Miriam married 1 Joseph Bassett son of Capt. John Bassett and Mercy Todd on 18 Jan 1721/1722 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Joseph was born 2 on 14 Dec 1697 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 31 Oct 1761 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. + 128 M v Nathaniel Bradley
24. Sarah Bradley (William , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 21 Jun 1665 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She died on 26 Oct 1742 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Sarah married 1 Samuel Brockett son of John Brockett and Mary on 23 Mar 1680/1681 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Samuel was born 2 on 14 Jan 1651/1652 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He died on 26 Oct 1742 in Wallingford, Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 129 M i Samuel Brockett
25. Daniel Bradley (Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3 on 14 Feb 1662/1663 in Rowley Merrimac (Bradfrod), Massachussets, USA. He died 4 on 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachussets, USA, killed by Indians in the Dustin massacre.
1685 - "After the Selectmen for 1685 were chosen, it was found that a majority were not freemen," as a law of the colony required, and " without reflection or disrespect, Daniel Bradley was left out, and Josiah Gage chosen in his room.""
[George Wingate Chase, History of Haverhill, 1861, reprint, New England Historical Press, 1983, 141]1688 - "Onisephorous Mash, constable of Haverhill, was forced to pay five pounds three shillings, in money, for the drawing up of a bond for him to appear at Salem, because the town had not appointed a commissioner on rates to meet at the shire town to assist in making rates for the county.
Daniel Bradley, one of the Selectmen, was forced to pay five pounds, one shilling, for a similar bond, on the same case."
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 149]30 January 1693 - "Mr. Rolfe was granted the free and full improvement of the Parsonage farm and meadow, then on lease to Mr. Bradley, so long as he continued in the town as their minister, and also of the Parsonage land bought of William Starlin...:
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 163]15 March 1696/97 - "After the attack on Duston's house...Twenty-seven persons were slaughtered... The following is a list of the killed: Daniel Bradley, his wife, Hannah, and two children, Mary and Hannah..."
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 198]
Daniel married 1, 2 Hannah Dow daughter of Stephen Dow and Ann Story on 5 Jan 1685/1686 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born 3 on 1 Jul 1668 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4, 5 on 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, killed by Indians in the Dustin massacre.
HANNAH did not marry a Johnson. She m. Jan. 5, 1686-7[Hv], (7) DANIEL BRADLEY Jr. Both were killed in the Dustin massacre, 1696-7. Two of their children were killed and one taken captive. Their dau. Ruth Bradley, b. 1688, m. in 1706, Thomas Johnson. Lydia Johnson, b. 1707, dau. of Thomas and Ruth, was the great-granddaughter of (60) Stephen Dow, ment. in the will, 1717.
[Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. 3 , 950]
They had the following children:
+ 130 F i Ruth Bradley 131 M ii Daniel Bradley was born 1, 2 on 28 Oct 1690 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 3, 4, 5 after 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 132 F iii Mary Bradley was born 1, 2 on 6 May 1693 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3, 4 on 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, killed by Indians. 133 F iv Martha Bradley was born 1 on 3 Sep 1695 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 134 F v Hannah Bradley was born 1, 2 on 6 Jun 1696 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 3, 4 on 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, killed by Indians.
26. Joseph Bradley , yeoman farmer (Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2, 3, 4 on 7 Feb 1664/1665 in Rowley Merrimac (Bradfrod), Massachusetts, USA. He died 5 on 3 Oct 1727 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
JOSEPH, Haverhill, had a garrison at his ho. wh. was surpris. 8 Feb. 1704, when his w. for the sec. time was tak. by the Ind. and carr. away, her inf. ch. b. after her capt. dying of want. Abraham, his s. liv. to 1754, at Concord, N. H. His ch. Joseph, Martha, and Sarah had been k. 11 Mar. 1697 by the Ind.
[Savage, Vol. I, 234]24 March 1690 - "As a means of defense, the selectmen appointed six garrisons, and four houses of refuge...The fifth was commanded by Joseph Bradley, and was situated in the northerly part of the town, not far from the house of the late Zebulon Sargent ; it was long since torn down, and no traces of it now remain...Most of the garrisons, and two of the houses of refuge, (those belonging to Joseph and Nathaniel Peaslee) were built of brick, and were two stories high ; those that were not built of this material, had a single laying of it between the outer and inner walls. They had but one outside door, which was often so small that but one person could enter at a time ; their windows were about two feet and a half in length, eighteen inches in breadth, and were secured on the inside with iron bars. Their glass was very small, cut in the shape of a diamond, was extremely thick, and fastened in with lead instead of putty. There were generally but two rooms in the basement story, and tradition says that they entered the chamber...with the help of a ladder, instead of stairs, so that the inmates could retreat into them, and take it up if the basement-story should be taken by the enemy. Their fire-places were of such enormous sizes, that they could burn their wood sled-length, very conveniently; and the ovens opened on the outside of the building, generally at one end, behind the fire-place ; and were of such dimensions that we should suppose a sufficient quantity of bread might have been baked in them to supply a regiment of hungry mouths.
[George Wingate Chase, History of Haverhill, 1861, reprint, New England Historical Press, 1983, 155-157]15 March 1696/97 - "But to return from this long digression, to our narrative. After the attack on Duston's house, the Indians dispersed themselves in small parties, and attacked the houses in the vicinity. Nine houses were plundered and reduced to ashes on that eventful day, and in every case their owners were slain while defending them. Twenty-seven persons were slaughtered, (fifteen of them children) and thirteen captured. The following is a list of the killed:-John Keezar, his father, and son, George; John Kimball and his mother, Hannah ; Sarah Eastman; Thomas Eaton ; Thomas Emerson, his wife, Elizabeth, and two children, Timothy and Sarah ; Daniel Bradley, his wife, Hannah, and two children, Mary and Hannah ; Martha Dow, daughter of Stephen Dow; Joseph, Martha, and Sarah Bradley, children of Joseph Bradley ; Thomas and Mehitable Kingsbury ; Thomas Wood and his daughter, Susannah ; John Woodman and his daughter, Susannah; Zechariah White ; and Martha, the infant daughter of Mr. Duston."
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 198]5 April 1696/7 - "To Thomas Dustin, upon the settlement of garrisons. April 5 1696-7. You being appointed master of the garrison at your house, you are hereby, in his Maj's [Majesty's] name, required to see that a good watch is kept at your garrison both by night and by day, by those persons hereafter named who are to be under your command and inspection in building or repairing your garrison ; and if any person refuse or neglect their duty, you are accordingly required to make return of the same, under your hand, to the Committee of militia in Haverhill. The persons appointed are as followeth: -Josiah Heath, sen., Josiah Heath, jun., Joseph Bradley, John Heath, Joseph Kingsbury, and Thomas Kingsbury.
By order of the Committee of militia.
SAMUEL AYER, Capt."
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 200]Spring 1708, "The town by this time was generally alarmed. Joseph Bradley collected a small party, in the northerly part of it, and secured the medicinebox and packs of the enemy, which they bad left about three miles from the village. Capt. Samuel Ayer, a fearless man, and of great strength, collected a body of about twenty men, and pursued the retreating foe. He came up with them just as they were entering the woods, when they faced about, and though they numbered thirteen or more to one, still Capt. Ayer did not hesitate to give them battle. These gallant men were soon reinforced by another party, under the command of his son ; and after a severe skirmish, which lasted about an hour, they retook some of the prisoners, and the enemy precipitately retreated, leaving nine of their number dead.
The French and Indians continued their retreat, and so great were their sufferings, arising from the loss of their packs, and their consequent exposure to famine, that many of the Frenchmen returned and surrendered themselves prisoners of war ; and some of the captives were dismissed, with a message that, if they were pursued, the others should be put to death. Perhaps, if they had been pursued, nearly the whole of their force might have been conquered; for the Governor, in his address to the Assembly, says, " we might have done more against them if we bad followed their tracks." As it was, they left thirty of their number dead, in both engagements, and many were wounded, whom they carried with them. The French, when they returned, reported very differently from this; they said that they " faced about, and that our people, being astonished, were all killed or taken, except ten or twelve, who escaped."
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 224]
Joseph married 1, 2, 3, 4 Hannah Heath daughter of John Heath and Sarah Partridge on 14 Apr 1691 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was born 5, 6 on 3 May 1673 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 7 on 2 Nov 1761 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
February 1705, "On the 8th of February, about 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a party of six Indians attacked the garrison of Joseph Bradley, which was unhappily in an unguarded state-even the sentries had left their stations, and the gates were open. The Indians approached cautiously, and were rushing into the open gates, before they were discovered. Jonathan Johnson, a sentinel, who was standing in the house, shot at and wounded the foremost, and Mrs. Bradley, who had a kettle of boiling soap over the fire, seized her ladle, and filling it with the steaming liquid, discharged it on his tawny pate -a soap-orific that almost instantly brought on a sleep, from which he has never since awoke. The rest of the party immediately rushed forward, killed Johnson,; made prisoner of the intrepid woman, and of some others. Pike in his Journal says four. Three persons escaped from the garrison. The Indians, then fearing lest they should soon be attacked by a stronger party, commenced a hasty retreat, aiming for Canada, which was their place of resort when they had been so successful as to take a number of prisoners.
Mrs. Bradley was in delicate circumstances, and in slender health ; still she received no kindness from her savage conquerors. No situation of woman would ever protect her from their demon-like cruelties. The weather was cold; the wind blew keenly over the hills, and the ground was covered with a deep snow, -yet they obliged her to travel on foot, and carry a heavy burthen, too large even for the strength of man. In this manner they proceeded through the wild wilderness ; and Mrs. Bradley informed her family, after she returned, that for many days in succession, she subsisted on nothing but bits of skin, ground-nuts, the bark of trees, wild onions, and lily roots.
While in this situation, with none but savages for her assistants and protectors, and in the midst of a thick forest, she gave birth to a child. The Indians then, as if they were not satisfied with persecuting the mother, extended their cruelties to the innocent and almost friendless babe. For the want of proper attention, it was sickly, and probably troublesome; and when it cried, these remorseless fiends showed their pity, by throwing embers into its mouth. ' They told the mother that if she would permit them to baptize it in their manner, they would suffer it to live. Unwilling to deny their request, lest it should enrage their fierce and diabolical passions, and hoping that the little innocent would receive kindness at their hands, she complied with their request. They took it from her, and baptized it by gashing its forehead with their knives. The feelings of the mother, when the child was returned to her with its smooth and white forehead gashed with the knife, and its warm blood coursing down its cheeks, can be better imagined than described.
Soon as Mrs. Bradley had regained sufficient strength to travel, the Indians again took up their march for Canada. But before they arrived at their place of rendezvous, she had occasion to go a little distance from the party, and when she returned, she beheld a sight shocking to a mother, and to every feeling of humanity. Her child, which was born in sorrow, and nursed in the lap of affliction, and on which she doted with maternal fondness, was piked upon a pole. Its excrutiating agonies were over it could no more feel the tortures of the merciless savages - and its mother could only weep over its memory. Soon after, they proceeded to Canada, where Mrs. Bradley was sold to the French for eighty livres. She informed her friends, after her return, that she was treated kindly by the family in which she lived. It was her custom, morning and evening, when she milked her master's cow, to take with her a crust of bread, soak it with milk, and eat it; with this, and with the rations allowed her by her master, she eked out a comfortable subsistance.
In March, 1705, her husband, hearing that she was in the possession of the French, started for Canada with the intention of redeeming her. He travelled on foot, accompanied only by a dog that drew a small sled, in which he carried a bag of snuff, as a present from the Governor of this Province to the Governor of Canada. When he arrived, he immediately redeemed her, and set sail from Montreal for Boston, which they reached in safety; and from thence travelled to Haverhill.
Penhallow mentions this as her second captivity, and Hutchinson says the same ; but Penhallow is, without doubt, his authority. Diligent search has been made to learn the history of her first ; but, thus far it has been unsuccessful. Very accurate traditions of the captivities of the other members of the family, have been transmitted to their descendants, but they have never heard their fathers tell that this person was taken at any other time ; at least, they can give no account of such a fact. We extract the following, from Rev. Abiel Abbot's MS., taken by him from Judith Whiting:-"Destitute of nurses and necessaries, the child was sickly, and apt to cry, and they would put hot embers in its mouth. Being obliged to leave it a short time, on her return, she found it piked on a pole. "' Having been brought home by her husband, she was taken a second time, but not before she had finished and wounded an Indian, by pouring boiling soap into his mouth." From this, it appears that she was twice captivated; but of the truth of the statement, in this particular, we will not undertake to judge. It certainly does not agree with Penhallow's, and if we rely on one, we must throw up the other, at least, in part."
Mrs. Bradley's deposition, which we give in another place, is conclusive evidence that the above was her second captivity. As we have it from one of her descendants, Mrs. Bradley was engaged in boiling soap, when she was startled by the appearance of Indians at her very door, one of whom exclaimed, exultingly, -" Now, Hannah, me got you." Instead, however, of quietly allowing herself to be captured a second time, Hannah saluted the savage with such vigorous applications of "soft soap," that he quickly gave up the ghost. After a desperate resistance, she was at last made a prisoner. Revenge for the death of their comrade, was doubtless the principal cause of the subsequent tortures of the child by the savages. Their extreme barbarity, in this particular instance, can only be accounted for upon some such supposition. Their ingenuity was always exerted to the utmost in devising tortures for a brave warrior, when taken prisoner, and the case of Mrs. Bradley is but a similar instance of their revenge and cruelty.
On the 29th of the same month in which the attack was made on the garrison of Mr. Bradley, Hertel de Rouville, with two hundred French, and one hundred and forty-two Indians, fell upon the town of Deerfield, Mass., killed forty-seven, and made prisoners of one hundred and twelve of its inhabitants"
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 210-212]Summer 1707 - "Sometime in the summer of this year, a small party of Indians again visited the garrison of Joseph Bradley; and it is said that he, his wife and children, and a hired man, were the only persons in it at the time. It was in the night, the moon shone brightly, and they could be easily seen, silently and cautiously approaching. Mr. Bradley armed himself, his wife and man, each with a gun, and such of his children as could shoulder one. Mrs. Bradley, supposing that they had come purposely for her, told her husband that she had rather be killed than be again taken. The Indians rushed upon the garrison, and endeavored to beat down the door. They succeeded in pushing it partly open, and when one of the Indians began to crowd himself through the opening, Mrs. Bradley fired her gun and shot him dead. The rest of the party, seeing their companion fall, desisted from their purpose, and hastily retreated."
[Chase, History of Haverhill, 216]"Among the things which call far mention in our history for 1738, is the petition of Hannah Bradley, of this town, to the General Court, asking for a grant of land, in consideration of her former sufferings among the Indians, and " present low circumstances." In answer to her petition, that honorable body granted her two hundred and fifty acres of land, which was laid out May 29, 1739, by Richard Hazzen, Surveyor. It was located in Methuen, in two lots, -the first, containing one hundred and sixty acres, bordering on the west line of Haverhill ; the other, containing ninety acres, bordering on the east line of Dracut.
Mrs. Bradley's good success in appealing to the generosity of the General Court, seems to have stimulated Joseph Neff, a son of Mary Neff, to make a similar request. He shortly after petitioned that body for a grant of land, in consideration of his mother's services in assisting Hannah Duston in killing "divers Indians." Neff declares in his petition, that his mother was " kept a prisoner for a considerable time," and " in their return home past thro the utmost hazard of their lives and Suffered distressing want being almost Starved before they Could Return to their dwellings."
Accompanying Neff's petition, was the following deposition of Hannah Bradley, which well deserves a place in our pages, for its historical interest. The document proves that Mrs. Bradley was taken prisoner at the same time with Mrs. Duston, and travelled with her as far as Pennacook:
" The deposition of the Widow Hannah Bradly of Haverhill of full age who testifieth & saith that about forty years past the said Hannah together with the widow Mary Neff were taken prisoners by the Indians & carried together into captivity, & above penny cook the Deponent was by the Indians forced to travel farther than the rest of the Captives, and the next night but one there came to us one Squaw who said that Hannah Dustan and the aforesaid Mary Neff assisted in killing the Indians of her wigwam except herself and a boy, herself escaping very narrowly, chewing to myself & others seven wounds as she said with a Hatched on her head which wounds were given her when the rest were killed, and further saith not.
her
Hannah X Bradly."
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The above deposition was sworn to before Joshua Bayley, of Haverhill, June 28th, 1739."[Chase, History of Haverhill, 308-309]
They had the following children:
135 F i Mehetabel Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 24 Nov 1691 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4 on 23 Jan 1691/1692 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. 136 M ii Joseph Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 9 Mar 1692/1693 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died 4 on 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, killed by Indians. 137 F iii Martha Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 3 Sep 1695 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4 on 15 Mar 1696/1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, killed by Indians. + 138 F iv Martha Bradley 139 F v Sarah Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 26 Jan 1701/1702 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died 4 on 8 Feb 1703/1704 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, killed by Indians. 140 vi unnamed child was born 1, 2 in Mar 1703/1704 in New Hampshire, USA, while her mother was in captivity. The exact location is not known. unnamed died 3 in Mar 1703/1704 in New Hampshire, USA, killed by Indians soon after her birth. + 141 M vii Dea. Joseph Bradley + 142 M viii Capt. Daniel Bradley , corwainer + 143 M ix Nehemiah Bradley 144 M x Samuel Bradley was born 1, 2, 3 on 23 May 1714 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. + 145 M xi William Bradley , yeoman farmer
27. Martha Bradley (Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 in 1667 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died after 1708. She was buried in West Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA.
Martha married 1, 2 Ephraim Gile son of Samuel Guile and Judith Davis on 5 Jan 1686/1687 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Ephraim was born 3, 4 on 21 Mar 1661/1662 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He died after 1720 in Chester, New Hampshire, USA. He was buried in West Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA.
"He lived at Haverhill and in 1711 was "one of the soldiers supplied with snow shoes for emergency in case of attack by the Indians." He was probably the Ephraim Gile who cut the first way to Cheshire, and was admitted an inhabitant of Chester in 1720." [Burleigh]
Other sources claim that he died 2 July 1785 at Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA and is buried at West Thompson, Windham Co., Connecticut, USA.
They had the following children:
+ 146 F i Mary Guile + 147 F ii Hannah Guile + 148 F iii Mehitable Guile + 149 F iv Sarah Guile + 150 M v Daniel Gile , farmer + 151 F vi Judith Gile + 152 M vii Samuel Gile + 153 M viii Ephraim Gile + 154 M ix Ebenezer (Eleazer) Gile , trader
29. Mary Bradley (Daniell , Danyell ) was born 1, 2 on 16 Apr 1671 in Haverhill, Massachussets, USA. She died after 3 Sep 1718 in Haverhill, Massachussets, USA, killed by Indians.
Mary married 1, 2 (1) Bartholomew Heath son of John Heath and Sarah Partridge on 23 Jan 1689/1690 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. Bartholomew was born 3 on 3 Sep 1667 in Haverhill, Massachussets, USA. He died 4 on 4 Aug 1704 in Haverhill, Massachussets, USA, killed by Indians.
They had the following children:
+ 155 F i Elizabeth Heath 156 F ii Martha Heath was born in May 1694 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. She died before Mar 1697/1698. + 157 F iii Hannah Heath 158 F iv Martha Heath was born on 9 Mar 1697/1698 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. + 159 M v Nehemiah Heath + 160 M vi Richard Heath
Mary married 1 (2) James Heath son of Josiah Heath and Mary Davis before 1706. James was born 2 on 25 Mar 1683 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA.
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