Person:John Bradford (10)

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John Bradford
b.22 Mar 1744/45 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
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Name John Bradford
Alt Name John I. Bradford
Gender Male
Birth[1] 22 Mar 1744/45 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Baptism? 22 Mar 1745 Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Marriage Abt 1778 Grant, West Virginia, United Statesto Johanna Regina Shrout
Alt Marriage 1778 Hampshire, Virginia, United StatesSecondary date: 1 JUL 1778
to Johanna Regina Shrout
Alt Death? 1820 Highland, Muskingum, OhioSecondary date: 1 JUL 1820
Death? Abt 1830 Muskingum Co., OH
Burial[2] near Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio

Burial: Bethel Cemetery, near Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio

Occupations: Worked in silk mill as child. 1766-1773 sea captain then farmer in Loudoun Co., Virginia. Hampshire Co., Virginia. 5 May 1788 bought 133 acres on south fork of Patterson Creek.

Military: Revolutionary War soldier, Captain Thomas Berry's Company, Virginia 8th regiment 1776-77(Enlisted December 15, 1776, discharged September 16, 1777). McDonald's regiment in Lord Dunmore's War 1774-75.

Residences: Hampshire Co., Virginia (later Hardy Co., then Grant Co., West Virginia) Owned 230 acres on Patterson Creek, Hardy Co., Virginia. John took younger males to White Women, Coshocton Co., Ohio in 1807 and then Highland Twp., Muskingum, Ohio in 1813 where four older sons had already settled. 1820 in Highland Twp., Muskingum, Ohio.

Documentation: Past and Present of the City of Zanesville and Muskingum County, Ohio by J. Hope Sutor. Heads of Families Virginia 1782 Virginia Tax Survey 1782-87 and land survey May 5, 1788


Baptism: St. Peter's Church

References
  1. Bradford Family History Newsletter 2.

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  2. Russell Bradford, Bradford Family History Newsletter 3.

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