Person:Abigail Bradford (6)

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Abigail Bradford
 
m. 6 Jan 1674/75
  1. John Bradford1675 - 1724
  2. Alice Bradford1677 -
  3. Abigail Bradford1679 -
  4. Mercy Bradford1681 - 1738
  5. Samuel Bradford1683 - 1740
  6. Priscilla Bradford1686 -
  7. William Bradford1688 - 1728
Facts and Events
Name Abigail Bradford
Gender Female
Birth[1] 10 Dec 1679 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Many Bradford genealogies (Source:Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, p. 4:2264, NEHGR, p. 4:47, "A Genealogy of the Bradford Family" by G.M.Fessenden) state that Abigail m. Gideon Sampson. These are probably all ultimately based on Source:Mitchell, Nahum. History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, p. 407, which says "There was a Gideon Sampson who m. Abigail, D. of Maj. John Bradford, soon after 1700; she left no children." It is not clear what this assertion is based on.

The other camp (which includes Source:Wakefield, Robert S. William Bradford of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations) believes Abigail is the one referred to by MD, p. 16:63, "Plymouth, Mass., Vital Records": Abigail Bradford deceased on the 4th of May 1697.

It is worth noting that the will of Major John Bradford of Kingston, dated 2 Oct 1732, did not mention his daughter Abigail.

References
  1. Plymouth, Births, Marriages and Deaths, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    1:147.

    [p. 12] The Children of John Bradford and Mersey his Wife
    3 Abigal borne the 10th of december 1679