See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• WILLIAM BRADFORD (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

BRADFORD (1590—1657)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonial See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in Austerfield, See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, probably in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1590 . He became somewhat estranged from his See also:

• FAMILY

family, which was one of considerable importance in the locality, when in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early youth he joined the Puritan See also:

• SECT

sect known as Separatists, and See also:

• UNITED

united in membership with the See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation at Scrooby . He prepared in 1607, with other members of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, to migrate to See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, but the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was discovered and several of the leaders, among them See also:

• BRADFORD
• BRADFORD, JOHN (1510?—1555)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1590—1657)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1663—1752)
• BRADFORD, WILLIAM (1827—1892)

Bradford, were imprisoned . In the See also:

• YEAR

year following, however, he joined the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, where he learned the See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of See also:

• SILK

silk See also:

• WEAVING

weaving . He subsequently sold his Yorkshire See also:

• PROPERTY

property and embarked in business on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, where the English refugees had removed . He became an active See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of the proposed See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration to See also:

• AMERICA

America, was one of the party that sailed in the " See also:

• MAYFLOWER

Mayflower " in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1620, and was one of the signers of the compact on shipboard in Cape See also:

• COD

Cod See also:

• BAY

Bay . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Governor See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• CARVER, JOHN (x575?-1621)
• CARVER, JONATHAN (c. 1725-1780)

Carver in See also:

• APRIL

April 1621, Bradford was elected governor of See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth Colony, and served as such, with the exception of five years (1633,1634, 1636, 1638 and 1644) until shortly before his death . After 1624, at Bradford's See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion, a See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of five and later seven assist-ants was chosen annually to See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share the executive responsibility . Bradford's See also:

• RULE

rule was See also:

• FIRM

firm and judicious, and to his guidance more than to that of any other See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man the prosperity of the Plymouth Colony was due . His tact and kindness in dealing with the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians helped to relieve the colony from the conflicts with which almost every other See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was afflicted . In 163o the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council for New England granted to " See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Bradford, his heires, associatts, and assignes," a new patent enlarging the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant of territory made to the Plymouth settlers . This patent Bradford in the name of the trustees made over to the See also:

• BODY

body corporate of the colony in 1641 .

Bradford died in Plymouth on the 9th of May 1657 . He was the author of a very important See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• WORK

work, the See also:

• HISTORY

History of Plimouth See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

Plantation (until 1646), first published in the Proceedings of the See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts Historical Society for 1856, and later by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of Massachusetts (See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston, 1898), and in facsimile, with an introduction by John A . See also:

• DOYLE, JOHN ANDREW (1844-1907)
• DOYLE, RICHARD (1824-1883)
• DOYLE, SIR ARTHUR CONAN (1859- )
• DOYLE, SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS CHARLES

Doyle, in 1896 . The See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript disappeared from Boston during the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, was discovered in the See also:

• FULHAM

Fulham library, See also:

• LONDON

London, in 1855, and was returned by the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of London to the state of Massachusetts in 1897 . This work has been of inestimable value to writers on the history of the Pilgrims, and was freely used, in manuscript, by See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton, Hubbard, See also:

• MATHER, COTTON (1663-1728)
• MATHER, INCREASE (1639-1723)
• MATHER, RICHARD (1596-1668)

Mather, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince and See also:

• HUTCHINSON
• HUTCHINSON, ANNE (c. 1600-1643)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1615-1664)
• HUTCHINSON, JOHN (1674-1737)
• HUTCHINSON, SIR JONATHAN (1828– )
• HUTCHINSON, THOMAS (1711-1780)

Hutchinson . Bradford was also undoubtedly See also:

• PART

part author,with See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• WINSLOW, EDWARD (1595-1655)

Winslow, of the " See also:

• DIARY

Diary of Occurrences " published in Mourts' Relation, edited by Dr H . M . See also:

• DEXTER, HENRY MARTYN (1821—1890)
• DEXTER, TIMOTHY (1747—1806)

Dexter (Boston, 1865) . He also wrote a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of Dialogues, on church See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, published in the Massachusetts Historical Society's Publications (187o.) For Bradford's ancestry and early See also:

• LIFE

life see See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• HUNTER, JOHN (1728-1793)
• HUNTER, ROBERT MERCER TALIAFERRO (r8o9-1887)
• HUNTER, SIR WILLIAM WILSON (1840-19oo)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM (1718–1783)
• HUNTER, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1844-1898)

Hunter, Collections concerning the Founders of New Plymouth, in Massachusetts Historical Society's Collections (Boston, 1852) : also the See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch in See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton Mather's Magnalia (London, 1702), and a See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter in Williston See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker's Ten New England Leaders (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1901) .