... William [Bradford] (August 1, 1760 - July 20, 1831) married three times, and became the father of 21 children. As a consequence of the separation of his parents, he was bound by the church wardens of Leeds Parish in Fauquier County in November, 1770, to John Cook to learn the trade of a tailor (Faquier County Minute Book, 1768-1772, p. 269). In his Pension declaration (National Archives, Pension Papers S 39240) made in 1828, he states that he was a tailor by trade and by his labor had made out to support his family "until about ten years ago" since which time he had been assisted by his sons. His cousin, Priestly Bradford, testified that William was reputed a Revolutionary soldier. He entered the Revolution and served 4 years. He was at Charleston, South Carolina, and confined "on the British Prison Ship "Jersey." (Boogher's Virginia Gleanings, p. 226, shows a William Bradford on the Prison Ship Torbay.) After the close of the Revolution he lived for a time in Philadelphia, but later returned to Fauquier and lived with his mother. He married
(1) in Fauquier December, 1786 Mary, daughter of Samuel Steele, of Fauquier, by whom he had 4 children,
(2) December 2, 1792, Katy (1752-1809), daughter of Simon Morgan of Fauquier. By this marriage there were 8 children. He married
(3) 1810 or 1811, Nancy (February 4, 1785 - July 16, 1848, in Lexington, Missouri), daughter of Robert Boyles of Sumner County, Tennessee, by whom he had 9 children. ...
