Person talk:Moses Bradstreet (1)

Death place [12 November 2012]

I used quote marks to show that the section was copied verbatim from the cited source, of course. It was marked minor because initially I was only restoring the abstract, and only during review did I change the death location. In any event, I merely thought I was fixing a hasty assumption of minor import.

You have not provided a source that says he died in Rowley, only that he was buried in Rowley. Meanwhile other sources, particularly his will, indicate he lived in Ipswich and so that would be his most likely place of death. The death record in Rowley is based on his gravestone, and doesn't appear to have come from town records, indicating his death was not recorded there, so did not happen there, but was added by the compiler because he was buried there. On the other hand, it is recorded in Ipswich, and that is not based on a gravestone, so appears to represent his actual death recorded by the town clerk. Since these two towns are only 4 miles apart, a burial in Rowley certainly doesn't require that he die there, and chances are he was taken to Rowley to be buried with his first wife, since he died months after remarrying. If more evidence was presented, it could show that he died in Rowley, but it hasn't been shown yet. You have Blogette & Jewett, I don't and it's not cited. But it doesn't matter what they say, if they don't provide evidence (i.e., he died while visiting his daughter in Rowley, or diary of so-and-so saying he fell down dead at some person's house) to show it is more than just as assumption based on his burial location. --Jrich 14:37, 11 November 2012 (EST)

There's not enough room in the summary block. I have already agreed with your analysis regarding place of death. From another source, Blodgette and Jewett's 1933 sketch of Humphrey Bradsteeet, that farm was in territory annexed by Rowley from Ipswich after the Revolution. Apologies for bagging the abstract from the Essex Antiquarian, that was an unintentional slip of the mouse.--jaques1724 14:58, 11 November 2012 (EST)

Sorry, didn't understand who they were agreeing with from the message, inferred the wrong thing. Do see that the quote marks created ambiguity, too. --Jrich 15:35, 11 November 2012 (EST)

Actually, it sounds like the death location should be given as Rowley, since it appears that where it was in 1900. Of course, that the death occurred in what was then Ipswich, but that the homestead was ceded to Rowley later needs to be added. Sigh. --Jrich 12:35, 12 November 2012 (EST)