Person:Symond Bradstreet (1)

SYMOND BRADSTREET, b. 1542, Gislingham, Suffolk, England.

3. SYMOND3 BRADSTREET (JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born 1542 in Gislingham, Suffolk, England. He married ELEANOR (BRADSTREET) Abt. 1597 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England. She died Unknown.

Children of SYMOND BRADSTREET and ELEANOR (BRADSTREET) are: i. RICHARD4 BRADSTREET, d. Unknown. ii. ROBERT BRADSTREET, b. Abt. 1566, Gislingham, Suffolk, England; d. 1600. iii. THOMAS (PRYST) BRADSTREET, b. Abt. 1568. iv. JOHAN BRADSTREET, b. Abt. 1570, Gislingham, Suffolk, England; m. WILLIAM MUSKETT. v. CYALYE BRADSTREET, b. Abt. 1571, Gislingham, Suffolk, England. 4. vi. REV. SIMON BRADSTREET, b. 1580, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England; d. February 02, 1620/21, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England.

Generation No. 4

4. REV. SIMON4 BRADSTREET (SYMOND3, JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born 1580 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England, and died February 02, 1620/21 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England. He married MARGARET (BRADSTREET).

Children of REV. BRADSTREET and MARGARET (BRADSTREET) are: i. SAMUEL5 BRADSTREET, b. 1602, England. ii. SEMWELL BRADSTREET, b. 1602, England. 5. iii. GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET, b. March 18, 1603/04, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England; d. March 27, 1697, Salem, MA.. iv. MERCIE BRADSTREET, b. 1605. v. JOHN BRADSTREET, b. 1606, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England; d. March 11, 1605/06, Horbling, Lincolnshire, England. vi. MERCY BRADSTREET, b. 1606; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 5

5. GOVERNOR SIMON5 BRADSTREET (REV. SIMON4, SYMOND3, JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born March 18, 1603/04 in Horbling, Lincolnshire, England, and died March 27, 1697 in Salem, MA.. He married (1) ANNE DUDLEY 1628 in Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS DUDLEY and DOROTHY YORKE. She was born 1612 in England, and died September 16, 1672. He married (2) ANN DOWNING.

Notes for GOVERNOR SIMON BRADSTREET: Governor of Massachusetts Colony 1630 The Winthrop Fleet "Eleven vessels brought 'The Great Emigration of this year, via: Arbella the Flagship, Ambrose, Talbot, Jewel, Charles, Mayflower, William and Frances, Hopewell, Whale, Success, and Trial. The first five ships sailed April 8 from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and arrived at Salem June 13 and following days. The other half of the fleet sailed in May and arrived in July at various dates. Altogether they brought about 700 passengers.... The impressive death toll which followed the voyages, claiming about a third of the emigrants who settled in the Bay Colony, brings clearly to the reader one of the worst features of ocean travel in that day.... The long voyage of the Arbella began to take its victims soon after arrival. As a result the slopes of Charleston Neck became a hospital camp during the autumn and winter after the landing of Winthrop. The aged and weakly went first until as (Thomas) Dudley states, 'there dyed by estamacon about 200 at least so Lowe hath the Lord brought us.' " Banks, Planters of the Commonwealth.

From The Great Migration Vol. 1 page 209-213: Simon Bradstreet of Horbling, county Lincoln, and Mrs. Anne Bradstreet were listed among passengers of the Winthrop Fleet. His first residence was in Boston, then Cambridge 1634, Ipswich 1636, Salem 1646, Andover 1652, Salem 1676, Boston by 1689, Salem 1692. He returned to England in 1662 on colony business. He was named a freeman 25 May 1636, one of seven men admitted that day who had been involved with the Massachusetts Bay Company for many years, and had held high offices; their admission to freemanship was merely a formality.

Resident at Emmanuel College, Cambridge about 1628-29 and was a very well-educated man. Was assistant, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1630 to 1678; secretary 1630 to 1636; governor 1679 to 1686 and 1689 to 1692; Commissioner of the United Colonies 1644, 1663 to 1776 and many other offices at the county and local level, such as Cambridge Selectman and Essex Magistrate.

Will dated 23 Dec. 1689, with codicil of Jan. 27, 1692/93 and proved 2 Apr. 1697: Simon Bradstreet of Boston being at present in competent health and strength set his house in order and "for my outward estate which God in his rich mercy hath blessed me withal in his Wilderness (having given all my eight children such portions as I thought meet and equal & divided my plate and household stuff amongst them) the remainder was bequeathed to "my dear and loving wife Mrs. Ann Bradstreet all that estate real and personal whatsoever that I had of hers or with her marriage in lieu of her thirds," also $10 per year during her life out of my farm at Lynn "Whereon Cornet John Lewis now liveth."".... to my daughter Mrs. Mercy Wade and to her husband Mr. Nathaniel Wade" my farm at Tops Field whereon John Hunkins now lives, with twenty six acres of upland, part of an island, also the lot of puland of forty acres, she of her husband paying yearly sum of $5 to my wife Mrs. Ann Bradstreet during her widowhood. In a codicil dated 1692/93 Bradstreet altered the bequest of his two Negros Hannah and Bilhah so they were completely at the dispose of wife Ann Bradstreet and she to pay to said Negros 20c each. Partners with George Carr and Richard Saltonstall in a vessel captained by Elias Parkman, who plied the coast from the Bay to Connecticut. At the General Court on 27 Nov. 1661, "the honored Mr. Bradstreet is called, on the service of the country, to leave his family's occasions & go for England..." " 1661 Feb. 10th Mr. Bradstreet & Mr. Norton with Mr. Davis & Mr. Hull took ship & set sail the next morning." " 3 Sep. 1662, Mr. Bradstreet & Mr. Norton returned from England, bringing with them a gracious letter from his Majesty confirming our Charters & Liberties." In parallel with other New England colonies, Massachusetts Bay saw the need to send representatives to England at the time of the Restoration to see to their "liberties." John Elliot recorded on 10 Jul. 1666 that "There happened a dreadful burning at Andover. Mr. Bradstreet's house & the greatest part of his goods were burnt. The occasion of which the carelessness of the maid, who put hot ashes into an hogshead over the porch; the tup fired about 2 o'clock in the morning & set the chamber & house on fire." Simon Bradstreet managed his estate with a farm hand and dealt with reliable people. There was no necessity for him to clog the courts with debt cases, and Bradstreet generally tended to stay on the bench and not before it. - - Great Migration

Notes for ANNE DUDLEY: The Great Migration Begins page 213. Anne Dudley Bradstreet was, of course, the renowned poetess. Two recent studies of Anne Bradstreet and her poetry are Elizabeth Wade White, Ann Bradstreet; The Tenth Muse (New York 1971), and Ann Stafford, Anne Bradstreet: The Worldly Poet (New York 1974) Of her children she wrote:

I had eight birds in one nest, Four cocks there were, and hens the rest; I nurst them up with pain and care, Nor cost, nor labour did I spare, Till at the last they felt their wing, Mounted the trees, and learn'd to sing.

Her volumes include_ The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung up in America_(1650) and_Several Poems_(1678)

More of her poems can be found in "Builders of the Bay Colony." Written by Samuel Eliot Morison, published by Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1981.

Children of GOVERNOR BRADSTREET and ANNE DUDLEY are: 6. i. SAMUEL6 BRADSTREET, b. 1633, Boston, MA.; d. September 06, 1683, Jamaica. ii. HANNAH BRADSTREET, b. October 1642, Andover, MA.; d. 1707, Exeter, NH.; m. ANDREW WIGGIN, June 03, 1659, Andover, NH.; d. Unknown. 7. iii. MERCY BRADSTREET, b. 1646, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 15, 1715, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA.. iv. SIMON BRADSTREET, b. September 28, 1647, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. February 10, 1683/84, New London, CT.; m. LUCY WOODBRIDGE, October 02, 1667; d. Unknown. v. DUDLEY BRADSTREET, b. 1647, Andover, MA.; d. November 13, 1702, Andover, MA.; m. ANN PRICE WOOD, November 12, 1673; d. Unknown. vi. JOHN BRADSTREET, b. July 22, 1652, Andover, MA.; d. January 11, 1717/18, Norwich, CT.; m. SARAH PERKINS, June 11, 1677; d. Unknown. vii. DOROTHY BRADSTREET, b. Salem, MA.; d. February 26, 1670/71, Hampton, Rockingham, NH.; m. REV. SEABORN COTTON, June 14, 1654, Andover, MA.; d. Unknown. viii. SARAH BRADSTREET, b. 1656; m. (1) SAMUEL PORTER; d. Unknown; m. (2) SAMUEL WARD; d. Unknown; m. (3) RICHARD HUBBARD, Abt. 1658, Ipswich, MA.; d. Unknown. ix. ELIZABETH BRADSTREET, b. January 29, 1662/63, Andover, MA.; d. August 1665, Andover, MA.. x. ANNIE BRADSTREET, b. 1665; d. June 20, 1669.

Generation No. 6

6. SAMUEL6 BRADSTREET (GOVERNOR SIMON5, REV. SIMON4, SYMOND3, JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born 1633 in Boston, MA., and died September 06, 1683 in Jamaica. He married (1) ELIZABETH TYNG Bef. 1662. She died Unknown. He married (2) MARTHA (BRADSTREET) Abt. 1676. She died Unknown.

Children of SAMUEL BRADSTREET and ELIZABETH TYNG are: i. ELIZABETH7 BRADSTREET, b. January 24, 1662/63; d. August 1665. ii. ANNE BRADSTREET, b. November 1665; d. June 1669. iii. MERCY BRADSTREET, b. November 1667; d. 1710; m. DR. JAMES OLIVER; d. Unknown.

Children of SAMUEL BRADSTREET and MARTHA (BRADSTREET) are: iv. ANNE7 BRADSTREET, b. September 1670; d. Unknown. v. SIMON BRADSTREET, b. 1680; d. Unknown.

7. MERCY6 BRADSTREET (GOVERNOR SIMON5, REV. SIMON4, SYMOND3, JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born 1646 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died October 15, 1715 in Medford, Middlesex Co., MA.. She married MAJOR NATHANIEL WADE October 31, 1672 in Medford, Middlesex Co., MA., son of JONATHAN WADE and SUSANNA (WADE). He was born Abt. 1646 in Ipswich, Essex, MA., and died November 28, 1707 in Medford, Middlesex, MA..

Children of MERCY BRADSTREET and MAJOR WADE are: 8. i. REV. NATHANIEL7 WADE, b. July 13, 1673, Medford, Middlesex Co., MA.; d. 1715, Woodbridge, NJ.. ii. SIMON WADE, b. April 03, 1676; d. Unknown. iii. SUSANNAH WADE, b. April 03, 1676; d. Unknown. iv. MERCY WADE, b. September 19, 1678; d. Unknown. v. JONATHAN WADE, b. March 05, 1680/81; d. Unknown. vi. CAPT. SAMUEL WADE, b. December 31, 1683; d. Unknown. vii. ANNE WADE, b. October 07, 1685; d. Unknown. viii. DOROTHY WADE, b. March 12, 1686/87; d. Unknown. ix. SOLOMON WADE, b. 1689; d. Unknown. x. DUDLEY WADE, b. March 12, 1690/91; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 7

8. REV. NATHANIEL7 WADE (MERCY6 BRADSTREET, GOVERNOR SIMON5, REV. SIMON4, SYMOND3, JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born July 13, 1673 in Medford, Middlesex Co., MA., and died 1715 in Woodbridge, NJ.. He married MARY DAVENPORT May 21, 1684 in New Haven, CT., daughter of JOHN DAVENPORT and ABIGAIL PIERSON. She died Unknown.

Children of REV. WADE and MARY DAVENPORT are: 9. i. ABIGAIL8 WADE, b. September 22, 1695, New Haven, CT.; d. Woodbridge, CT.. ii. MARY ELIZABETH WADE, b. August 14, 1703, Maryland; d. Unknown, Washington Co., PA.; m. DAVID DILLE, 1737; d. Unknown.

Generation No. 8

9. ABIGAIL8 WADE (REV. NATHANIEL7, MERCY6 BRADSTREET, GOVERNOR SIMON5, REV. SIMON4, SYMOND3, JOHN2, SYMOND1) was born September 22, 1695 in New Haven, CT., and died in Woodbridge, CT.. She married JOHN JR. LOOFBOURROW Bef. October 03, 1710 in Woodbridge, CT., son of JOHN LOOFBOURROW and HANNAH BUNN. He died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN JR. LOOFBOURROW: John was a cooper (one who makes barrels and casks). He died possibly by accident, for the brevity of his will, which was written on a torn scrap of paper would indicate that it was written "in extermis"; "All my estate to be at my wife's disposal. Eldest son, Wade, 5 shillings." This unfortunate will caused dissension among John's children. The family scattered and his sons adopted different spellings of their name.

John purchased land in Perth Amboy in 1719 from George Wilcox, bordering the property in the tenure of William Harrison, and again in 1724 from George and Margaret Wilcox. In 1726 he was listed as constable for Perth Amboy and in 1738 he witnessed the will of David Lyell of the same place. In 1747 he served as a member of the jury in the case of the King VS. Robinson and the King Vs. Loyse, for manslaughter (Found "not guilty").

Children of ABIGAIL WADE and JOHN LOOFBOURROW are: i. JOHN WADE9 LOOFBOURROW, b. Abt. 1715, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.; d. Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.. ii. ELIZABETH LOOFBOURROW, b. Abt. 1717; d. September 11, 1797; m. THOMAS INGLIS, December 10, 1740; d. Unknown. 10. iii. WADE LOOFBOURROW, b. Abt. 1717, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.; d. Aft. 1790, Harrison Co., NJ.. iv. ABIGAIL LOOFBOURROW, b. Abt. 1720, New Jersey; d. Unknown. v. SIMON LOOFBOURROW, b. Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.; d. Bef. 1801, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.; m. JANE WILSON, October 28, 1751, Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio; d. Unknown. vi. ISAAC LOOFBOURROW, b. Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.. vii. ABRAHAM LOOFBOURROW, d. April 13, 1765, Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co., NJ.; m. KEZIA (CARMAN) BLOOMFIELD, 1759, Piscataway, NJ.; d. Unknown.