Gamaliel Bradford (1763 - 1824)

Born 4 Nov 1763 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Parker (Hickling) Bradford — married 5 Aug 1792 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1824 at age 60 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Gamaliel Bradford is Notable.

Gamaliel Bradford was born on 4 November 1763 in Duxbury, Plymouth. He was the son of Gamaliel Bradford and Sarah Alden.

He served with his father in the 14th Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolutional War, who as a Colonel, was the commanding officer. He earned a commission as a lieutenant in the Continental Army by the age of 17.

He married Elizabeth Parker Hickling on 5 August 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts. They had the following children:

1. Sarah, m. Samuel Ripley.
2. Gamaliel, born 17 Nov., 1795, m. Sophia Rice, died 22 Oct., 1839.
3. Elizabeth.
4. Daniel N., died 1821.
5. Martha T., m. James Bartlett.
6. John B.
7. Margaret S., m. S. Ames.
8. George P.
9. Hannah R., m. A. H. Fiske.^[1]

In 1943, the destroyer USS Bradford (DD-545) was named in his honor.

Gamaliel passed away on 7 March 1824 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ Fessenden, G.M. A Genealogy of the Bradford Family, New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1850) Vol. 4., Page 240

See also:

• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Duxbury Volume 1, page 29

• Drake, Francis Samuel. Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati (The Society, Massachusetts, 1873); p. 112

• Ancestry.com. Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751. Vol. 1. Boston, MA, USA: Municipal Print, 1898. Boston, Massachusetts Registry Department. Boston Marriages from 1752-1809. Vol. 2. Boston, MA, USA: Municipal Print, 1903.

• Mayflower Families Silver Books - Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, Mayflower Families through Five Generations - The Descendants of John Alden Through His Son, David, ed. Jane Fletcher Fiske, Vol. 16, part 6. General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2020, pp. 302-306.

• Wikipedia: Gamaliel Bradford

• Wikidata: Item Q5519571, en:Wikipedia

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Charles Seamon and Stanley Wood for creating the original profile for Gamaliel Bradford.