(II) Hendrickus Hermance, (as he spelled the name), third son of Jan Focken and Engeltje (Breestede) Hermans, was baptized September 3, 1681, in New York.  He settled at Rhinebeck, Dutchess County New York, where in 1710 he owned lot number three, one mile from the present Rhinebeck station, and now a part of Hon. Levi P. Morton's estate.  His will was made March 23, 1750, which approximates the time of his death.  He married, about 1708, Annatie, daughter of Garrit Aartsen Van Wagenen and Clara Pells, baptized September 7, 1684, in Kingston, and granddaughter of Aert Jacobsen, formerly of Albany, who purchased, September 17, 1660, forty-seven morgans and two hundred and fifteen rods of land at Esopus for six hundred guilders.  His wife, Annetje Gerrits, was received in the Kingston Reform Dutch Church, June 24, 1661, and died before 1667.  Their youngest child, Gerrit, married, about 1670, Claartje or Clara, daughter of Every Pells.  He was prominent in both church and town affairs in Kingston, was received in the Kingston church, December 30, 1666, and was one of the trustees named in the charter granted to the town by Governor Dongan, May 19, 1687.  He was one of the partners who received the Kipsbergen patent, now Rhinebeck, and his will was made there, December 17, 1750.  His land had been previously deeded to his children.  Children of Hendrickus and Annatie Hermance:  1. Engeltje baptized October 10, 1710.  2. Hendrickus, of whom further.  3. Margrietjen, December 25, 1715.  4. Phillipus, March 16, 1718.  5. Wilhelmus, May 1, 1720.  6. Jannetjen, January 25, 1725.  7. Andries, December 1, 1728.  All except the last was born at Kingston, and he at Rhinebeck, recorded at Kingston. 

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Hermance, was baptized June 7, 1713, in Kingston.  He inherited the paternal homestead at Rhinebeck.  He was received in the church through his confession of faith, June 21, 1723, and was an elder in 1734-38-49-58-71-79, and was deacon in 1746.  He was active in procuring the consolidation on the Dutch Church of Rhinebeck with that founded by the German Palatines, called the High Dutch church, in 1742.  He married, at Kingston, (the bans published in Rhinebeck) October 16, 1736, Sara, daughter of Evert and Marrytje (Van Reyningen) Van Wagenen, a native of Rhinebeck.  No record of their children is found, but they undoubtedly adhered to the family arrangement of naming the eldest son for the father.

          (IV) Henry, son of Hendrickus (2) Hermance, was born about 1750 in Rhinebeck and was the only son of his parents.  His life was spent in what was known as the Black River country and he kept a hotel at Boonville in what is now Oneida County, then Herkimer County, New York.  Later he lived near Pells Dock below Rhinebeck and was employed by a gentleman named Lewis.  He married Sarah Haight, daughter of a sea-captain, perhaps Isaac Haight, of Washington, Dutchess County, New York.  This family was very numerously represented in that section, coming originally from Westchester County.  She was a woman of good education and fine address, remarkable for her neatness, and lived to the age of about eighty-two.  They had children:  1. Eliza, married --------- Jackson and resided at Floyd, Oneida County, New York.  2. Joseph, resided in the same neighborhood.  3. Andrew, of whom further. 

          (V) Andrew, second son of Henry and Sarah (Haight) Hermance, resided in New York, where he was for some time a clerk in a store kept by a Mr. Reynolds in the Bowery.  Later he entered a partnership with Jacob Peterson, half-brother of his wife, and kept a feed store in the same locality.  Subsequently, he lived for some time in the Black River county, after which he returned to Rhinebeck and purchased a house there.  He was killed by an accident when about forty-five or fifty years old.  He married, June 12, 1810, Rachel Peterson, born August 30, 1789, in New York, daughter of Garrett and Cornelia (Hassen) Peterson, of that city, aforementioned.  She died at the home of her son in Sing Sing, July 10, 1865, and was buried in the Big Dock Cemetery, near Newburg/  subsequently, this cemetery was vacated on account of street extensions and her body was removed to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery at Tarrytown.  Children:  1. Garrett Peterson, born March 13, 1811, in New York City; learned the cooper's trade at Rhinebeck, went to sea in 1842 and never returned.  2. Sarah Ann, born December 8, 1813, in New York, killed by an accident at Rhinebeck, November 12, 1822.  3. Eliza Jane, born April 21, 1815, in New York; married John H. spinning and has six children.  4. Cornelia Rachel, born January 5, 1818, in New York; married (first) John Moncrief and had four children; (second) Charles Reynolds, of Hornell, New York.  5. William Henry, born February 19, 1821, died of cholera in 1849 at Stapleton, Staten Island.  6. John Peterson, of whom further. 

          (VI) John Peterson, youngest child of Andrew and Rachel (Peterson) Hermance, was born July 30, 1823, at Rhinebeck.  In 1845 he became a member of the New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and filled many pastorates in this state including Sugar Loaf, 1845-46; Southfield, 1847; Esopus, 1849; West Point, 1850; Napanoch, 1851; Eighteenth Street, New York, 1852-53; Green Street, New York, 1854-55; Sing Sing, 1856-57; Chester, 1858-59; Newburg Second Church, 1860-61; Peekskill, 1862-63; Sing Sing, 1864-65; White Plains, 1867; Forty-third Street, New York; 1868-70; Tarrytown, 1871-73; Chester, 1874-75; Malboro, 1876; and was presiding elder of the Newburg district, 1877-80; stationed at Mattewan, 1881-83; Red Hook, 1884-86; Shrub Oak, 1887-88; Croton Landing, 1888-89; Poughkeepsie, 1890-91; Highland Avenue, Sing Sing, 1892; and after 1893, was superannuated until his death, September 21, 1908, at Ossining. 

          He married, April 30, 1851, at Newark, New Castle County, Delaware, Sarah Fields, ninth child of John and Mary (Craig) Fields.  John Fields was born March 16, 1776, in Boston, died August 2, 1827, at Ogdensburg, New York, according to the fam-

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ily record, but no record of his birth appears in Boston.  He removed to New York and married, September 23, 1800, Mary, daughter of William Craig, a merchant of that city.  Mr. and Mrs. Hermance had two sons:  1. Fields, born June 17, 1852, at Napanoch, Ulster County; he is a Methodist clergyman connected with the New York conference; he married, November 12, 1875, Ella Relyea, of New York City, and has a daughter, Eloise, born October 11, 1876, in New York.  2. Edgar Martindale, born January 19, 1854, in New York City; is a physicians residing in Yonkers, New York; married Mary E. Wilhelm, two sons; john Edgar and Fields. 

HEGEMAN.     Adriaen Hegeman, the founder of this family, emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland, to New Amsterdam, with his wife and at least two children in 1650. He died at Flatbush, Long Island, in April, 1672.  From 1654 to 1660 and in 1663, he was a magistrate there, and in 1661, he was shout-fiscal of the five Dutch towns on Long Island.   In 1665, he and Thomas Swartout petitioned the director-general to have the limits of Midwout (Flatbush) defined, and they, together with commissioner Stryker, were authorized to make the demarcation requested.  In 1661 he obtained a patent for one hundred acres of land in Midwout, on which he settled.  In February, 1664, he procured the making of depositions in relation to the misconduct of an English troop at Midwout and in the same month headed a delegation to a convention at Flatbush, called for the purpose of selecting delegates to lay before the states-general the distressed condition of the country.  He married in Holland, Catharine Margits, who died in 1689 or 1690.  Children:  1. Joseph, died about 1725; married, October 21, 1677, Femmetje Remsen van der Beeck.  2. Hendrick, married, April 12, 0r 26, 1685, Ariantje Bloodgood.  3. Jacobus, baptized March 9, 1653; married, October 14, 1683, Jannetje Ariens Ryerson.  4. Abraham, died after January 10, 1715; married, August 30, 1690, Gertruy Jans, of New Albany.  5. Denys, died in 1703; married Lucretia ---------, who died January 19, 1734.  6. Isaac, died in 1700; married, February 15, 1687, Marytje Roelofse Schenck.  7. Benjamin, married April 9, 1688, Barentje Jansen, of New Albany.  8. Elizabeth, married, April 22, 1684, Tobias Ten Eyck.  9. John, married Marretje Clock. 

          Abraham Hegeman, a descendant of the above-named sons of Adriaen Hegeman, and the first member of this branch of the family of whom we have definite information, was born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, in 1822, died in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, in 1899, and was buried in the Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill.  He was for many years a furniture dealer in Peekskill.  He was a prominent mason, and a member of the Second Presbyterian Church.  He married (first) Helen Hadley, of Poughkeepsie, (second) Elizabeth, daughter of William and Jane (Merhue) Winfield, of Ulster county, New York.  He grandfather, Abraham Winfield, a farmer of Ulster County, New York, had six children:  i. Abraham (2), ii. Harvey, iii. William, of previous mention, iv. Agnes, v. Maria, and vi. Elizabeth.  Children of William and Jane (Merhue) Winfield:  1. Steven, married Amanda Snyder, of Kingston, New York; children  i. William, ii. Abraham.  2. Rebecca, married Edward Thomas, of Caroline, new York; children, i. Jennie, and ii. Mary.  3. Elizabeth, married Abraham Hegeman, of previous mention. Jane Merhue, mother of Elizabeth (Winfield) Hegeman, was the daughter of Steven and Rebecca (Crumb) Merhue, whose children were:  i.  Jane, of previous mentioned, ii. Julia, iii. Catharine, iv. Eliza, v. Sarah, vi. Abraham, vii. Henry, viii. William, and ix. Andrew.  Children of Abraham and Helen (Hadley) Hegeman:  1. Henry, married (first) Ida Smith, of Poughkeepsie, (second) Ida Tice, of Peekskill.  2. Charles, married Mary Moore, of Penn Yan, New York, child: Henry A., all living in Syracuse, New York.  3. Jennie, married Samuel lent, of Peekskill, two children: i. Wallace W., born December 18, 1885; married Gertrude Chambers, of Ossining, new York, now living in Peekskill, ii. Frank S., born December 4, 1889, living with his parents.  Abraham and Elizabeth (Winfield) Hegeman have no children.

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formation, lived at Jefferson Valley, Putnam County, New York.  He was a farmer.  He married Ruby E. Buckbee.  Among their children was Ira, referred to below. 

          (II) Ira, son of William and Ruby E (Buckbee) Horton, was born at Jefferson Valley.  He lived at Yorktown, Westchester County, New York.  He was a Presbyterian in religion.  He was member of the Odd Fellows.  He married, Mary E. Van Cleek, of Bedford, New York.  Children, both born at Jefferson Valley:  1. Joseph L., referred to below.  2. Sarah Frances.

          (III) Joseph L., son of Ira and mary E., (Van Cleek) Horton, was born at Jefferson Valley.  He Lives on Crompond Road, at Peekskill, and is a dealer in milk.  He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church of Peekskill, and a Republican in politics.  He married Sarah Ophelia, daughter of Edmund and Mary J. (Tompkins) Clemmons.  The Clemmons family is of Ferman origin.  Her grandfather, Aaron Clemmons, lived at Yorktown, and married Sarah Tompkins.  Children of Aaron and Sarah (Tompkins) Clemmons, all born at Yorktown:  1. John.  2. Peter.  3. Edmund.  4. Eliza.  the members of this family were all buried there, and all were farmers.  Children of Edmund and May J. (Tompkins) Clemmons, both born at Yorktown:  1. Sarah Ophelia, referred to herein.  2. Anderson G., married Gertrude Gregory, of Yorktown; and their children, born at Yorktown, are:  1. James E., married Carrie Tompkins, of Yorktown.  2. Gertrude, married Edward Delaney, of Yorktown, and their children are:  i. Helen,  ii. Robert E.  Children of Joseph L. and Sarah Ophelia (Clemmons) Horton:  1. Nellie.  2. Ira, married Agnes Nolan, of Cortlandtown, March 22, 1912, lives at Peekskill.  3. Mary.  4. Edward.  5. Jennie. 

TODD.      William Todd, the English progenitor of this family, was born at Pontefruct, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.  He married there September 24, 1592, Isabel Rogerson.  Children:  1. William, mentioned below.  2. John, born at Pontefruct, October 15, 1594.

          (II) William (2), son of William (1) Todd, was born at Pontefruct, England, June 29, 1593, was killed in a duel at York in 1617, and buried at Pontefruct, May 8, 1617.  He was a farmer, miller and baker.  He married, May 22, 1614, Katherine Brewster March, baptized November 29, 1596, daughter of John and Isabel (Brewster) March, who were married July 22, 1593.  Children:  1. Mary, born at Pontefruct, October 14, 1615.  2. Christopher, mentioned below.

          (III) Christopher, son of William (2) Todd, the immigrant ancestor, was born at Pontefruct, England, January 12, 1617, died at New Haven, Connecticut, April 23, 1686.  He settled in New Haven in 1639, on what is now known as the Lieutenant Thomas Church place, and the farm remained in his family for a hundred years.  His will was made March 28, 1686.  He married Grace Middlebrook, of Hold Mills, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, daughter of Michael Middlebrook.  Children:  1. John, baptized December, 1642.  2. Samuel, mentioned below.  3. Grace, baptized December 15, 1650.  4. Michael, baptized June 18, 1653.  5. Mercy, baptized February 18, 1656. 

          (IV) Samuel, son of Christopher Todd, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, and baptized April 29, 1645.  He was propounded for freeman in 1670 and was a proprietor of the town of New Haven as early as 1683.  He was a miller, baker and planter.  He married, November 25, 1668, Mary, daughter of William and Alice (Pritchard) Bradley.  Children, born at New Haven:  1. Samuel, born July 1, 1672.  2. Joseph, February 4, 1674.  3. Mary, February 12, 1675.  4. Sarah, February 3, 1677.  5. Joseph, January 29, 1679.  6. Hannah, February 7, 1680.  7. Daniel, March 14, 1686.  8. Jonah, mentioned below.  9. Abigail.  10. Mercy. 11. James.

          (V) Jonah, son of Samuel Todd, was born February 16, 1687, at New Haven, Connecticut, died August 29, 1730.  In his will he mentioned his wife and his son Abraham.  He married Hannah Clark, born April 6, 1685.  Child, Abraham, mentioned below.

          (VI) Rev. Abraham Todd, son of Jonah Todd, was born at New Haven, Connecticut, February 15, 1710, died December 17, 1772, and was buried in the old burying ground in Davis Lane. He was graduated from Yale College in 1737 and then studied theology in New Haven.  In June, 1732, he declined a call from the episcopal Church in Derby, Connecticut, to succeed Rev. Joseph Moss,

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as he had already accepted a call from Greenwich, Connecticut, where he pastor for forty years.  In 1732-33 he was named to a deed to Isaac Jones, as being of New Haven.  In 1733 he was of Greenwich, in a deed of land in Governor's Quarter, new Haven, to Michael Todd.  He sold the house and land in Governor's Quarter in 1740, which had been Jonah Todd's, to Thomas Wilmot, and in 1741 he again sold land in Governor's Quarter to Francis Brown.  The best tribute to his character is the fact that for forty years he was pastor of the same church.  Tradition says that he was of a "mild and easy disposition," and that he had very few if any enemies, and was a generous favorite.  It is said that many of his hearers were very blunt, out-spoken men, who did not hesitate to express publicly, during the meeting their opinions on the doctrines advanced.  Among these was one Palmer, who was present when an Indian missionary preached to Mr. Todd's congregation.  His logic and eloquence made so great an impression, especially on Palmer, that he exclaimed at the close of the sermon, with great vehemence:  "Let's swap Todd and buy the Injin; he does a good deal the best."  Mr. Todd himself was present.  "Many laughable ditties are related of him, which only show a warm heart and an innocent life."  Many were added to his congregation during his ministry. 

          While studying theology in New Haven he married, November 20, 1727, Hannah Dickerman, who was born May 9, 1709, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Glover) Dickerman, and sister of Mary, who married Michael Todd.  In a deed, 1775, from Hannah, widow of Abraham Todd, she conveyed to Leveret Stevens some land which her husband had owned.  In 1759 she was president of a ladies' association in Greenwich for clothing the soldiers.  She died July 21, 1777.  Children:  1. Mehitable, born December 9, 1729, in New Haven.  2. Lois, May 13, 1732, in New Haven.  3. Abraham, mentioned below.  4. Hannah, November 18, 1741.  5. Mabel, November 21, 1743.  6. Oliver, October 25, 1748. 7. May, February 10, 1751. 

          (VII) Abraham (2), son of Rev. Abraham (1) Todd, was born December 21, 1738, died April 19, 1797.  After his marriage he settled in South Salem, now Lewisboro, about three miles east of Golden's Bridge, New York.  He was a farmer.  His grave is on his farm.  He served in the Revolution under Lieutenant-colonel Joseph Benedicts in the Associated Exempts, Westchester County militia; he was lieutenant in the Westchester County militia, Thirtieth Regiment, under Colonel Pierre Van Cortland and Colonel Samuel Drake; he also served in the Fourth Regiment under Colonel Thaddeus Crane.  In the Westchester County records, page 268, land bounty records, he was given land for his service in the Fourth Regiment during the Revolution.  He married Lydia Husted, born August 31, 1737.  Children:  1. Hannah, born May 26, 1759.  2. Abraham, February 23, 1762.  3. Lydia, June 22, 1764.  4. Mabel, March 15, 1769.  5. David, mentioned below. 

          (VIII) David, son of Abraham (2) Todd, was born July 29, 1776, died September 5, 1856, in Cortlandt, New York.  He settled in Peekskill, New York.  He was a farmer there on the place now owned by his descendants, Alpheus and Wilkie Todd.  David Todd married, December 24, 1792, Hannah ----------, born, according to the family bible, February 28, 1775, died February 11, 1817.  Children:  1. Tamma, born June 19, 1794.  2. Orrin, January 15, 1796.  3. Wright, February 14, 1798.  4. Sarah, August 6, 1802.  5. Lydia, June 25, 1804.  6. John, September 5, 1806.  7. Betsey Ann, September 25, 1808.  8. Alfred, mentioned below. 

          (IX) Alfred, son of David Todd, was born in Peekskill, New York, on the old homestead on Crompond Road, August 23, 1810.  He was a farmer on the homestead./  he married Mary Buckbee.  Children:  1. William.  2. David, mentioned below.  3. Ira.  4. Almina.  5. Hannah.  6. Cornelia, all born on the homestead.

          (X) David (2), son of Alfred Todd, was born at Peekskill, New York, on the homestead.  He was educated in the public schools of his native town.  He followed farming all his active life on the homestead.  In politics he was a Democrat and at one time was a school trustee.  He married Ellen P. Purdy, of Cortlandville, New York.  Children:  1. Elsie, a teacher of music in New York City, resides on the homestead, Peekskill.  2. Alpheus, attended the Viewland School on Crompond Road and the public school in Peekskill; a member of Cort-

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landt Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Peekskill.  3. Wilkie, graduated from the Drum Hill School in Peekskill in 1895 and attended the Clinton Classical School; associated with his brother in conducting the farm on Crompond Road, Peekskill. 

JONES.      The founder of this family, whose Christian name was William, was a native of Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales, where he married, and where his children were born and brought up.  About 1830, the entire family emigrated to New Brunswick, Canada, where they engaged in the shipbuilding business, which was continued until the death of Mr. Jones in the cholera epidemic of 1832.  Mrs. Jones, his widow, afterwards married Robert Adrian, LL.D., Professor of Columbia University, New York, from 1813 5o 1825, professor of mathematics and natural history and astronomy in Columbia University.  From 1827 to 1834, professor of mathematics in the University of Pennsylvania, and vice-provost of the latter university from 1828 to 1834.  He died in 1843, aged sixty-eight years.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. Jones:  1. William, referred to below.  2. Thomas, referred to below.  3. George, am expert engraver, who did the engraving for B. F. Foster's writing books.  4. James, who died in the cholera epidemic of 1832. 

          (II) Thomas Jones was born at Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales, about 1804, and died at Lake Mohegan, Westchester County, New York, January 26, 1889, aged eighty-four years.  He came with his parents to new Brunswick and after his father's death removed to new York City, where he established at 183 Broadway, the new York commercial Academy.  In 1841, he published his "Principles and Practice of Bookkeeping," and in 1858, when the Bryant and Stratton business schools were founded, he attacked and ridiculed their "six to ten weeks 'College' course," in a couple of vigorous pamphlets, entitled, "Paradoxes of Debits and Credits," and "Effects of Quackery on Education".  He removed to Lake Mohegan, about 1866, in which year his name disappears from the New York directory.  Through his school and his work as a public accountant, Thomas Jones came into touch with the most prominent business men in New York City, was made trustee of the La Farge estate when Mr. La Farge died, and through this relationship, became acquainted with and married Mrs. La Farge, who was a woman of superior mind and much wealth, and was the mother of John La Farge, the eminent artist.

          (II) William Jones, the elder brother of Thomas Jones, was born in Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales, about 1800, and died in Lake Mohegan, Westchester County, New York, May 22, 1892, aged ninety-two years.  He settled first in London, England, where he became the principal of the "Wellington House Academy," also known as "Mr. Jones's Classical and Commercial Academy", of Hampstead Road, London, in which for two years, from 1824 to 1826, Charles Dickens, the distinguished novelist, was a pupil.  In addition to teaching mathematics, surveying and other subjects, William Jones became a noted writing master, his system of permanent writing books being patronized by King George IV, and he also conducted an extensive publishing and engraving establishment, from 1825 to 1830, at 7 Bucklersbury, London, where he published several elaborate works on penmanship, drawing and stenography.  He removed with his father and brothers to New Brunswick, Canada, and when the shipbuilding business proved a failure, he trudged across the country to Halifax, where he took ship for New York City.  Here, he established, about 1834, at 202 Broadway, a writing academy, which he afterwards removed to the corner of Houston and Crosby Streets, where he had his residence.  Subsequently he became writing master in the leading private schools of the city.  He married Charlotte Roberts, of Birmingham, England.  Children:  1. William.  2. Charlotte.  3. George.  4. Thomas.  5. Jane.  6. Walter R., referred to below. 

          (III) Walter R., son of William and Charlotte (Roberts) Jones, was born at the corner of Houston and Crosby Streets, New York City, May 7, 1837, died October 1, 1912, at Lake Mohegan, Westchester County, New York.  He received his education in private schools in New York City and also in Brooklyn, after which he went to Lake Mohegan, where he built himself a large

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house in which he kept boarders for forty years.  he served for sixteen years as justice of the peace, was an inspector of elections, also a justice of sessions of the criminal court of the county, and as such sat for two years with Judge Mills at White Plains.  For six years he was assessor of Yorktown, Westchester County.  He procured the establishment of the postoffice at Lake Mohegan, and aided in building the Protestant Episcopal Church, of which he was a communicant in that place.  He married, about 1859, Rosalind, daughter of Stephen Monk, of Cape Cod, for whose Mayflower ancestry, see sketch appended.  Child:  Charlotte Ophelia, married F. Gilbert Lockwood, of 340 Broadway and Lake Mohegan, New York. 

(Mayflower Descent of Rosalind (Monk) Jones.)

          (I) William Bradford, grandfather of Governor William Bradford, of the "Mayflower," and the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, lived at Austerfield, (Osterfield) County, Nottingham, England, and in 1575, he and John Hanson, were the only subsidiaries located there. He was buried at Austerfield, January 10, 1595-96.  Children:  1. William (2), referred to below.  2. Thomas.  3. Robert, baptized June 25, 1561, buried April 23, 1609, married, January 31, 1585, Alice Waingate.

          (II) William (2), son of William (1) Bradford, was born at Austerfield, probably about 1560, and died July 15, 1591, while yet a young man.  He married Alice Hanson.  Children, born at Austerfield:  1. Margaret, baptized March 8, 1585, died young.  2. Alice, baptized October 30, 1587.  3. William, referred to below. 

          (III) Governor William Bradford (3), son of William (2) and Alice (Hanson) Bradford, was baptized at Austerfield, march 19, 1590.  After the death of his father he lived with his grandfather until the latter died, when young William went to live with his uncle Robert, at Scrooby, near Austerfield.  Here he joined the church where Rev. Richard Clifton and Rev. John Robinson preached and soon became one of the leading separatists.  His education was limited, but by diligent application he became proficient in Dutch, Latin, French, and Greek, as well as Hebrew.  He became one of the most powerful and influential of the Puritans in Holland, and though on coming of age he received considerable property from his father's estate, he learned the art of "fustian or frieze weaving."  On July 22, 1620, he and his wife and child embarked for England, and September 6, 1620, let Plymouth on board the "Mayflower", reaching the new world in the following November.  While the vessel was at anchor and he absent, his wife fell overboard and was drowned.  Soon after the death of Governor Carver, William Bradford was elected to succeed him and held the office of governor of the colony until his death with the exception of the years 1633, 1634, 1636, 1638, and 1644.  He took a prominent part in all the councils, which were held at his house, and in al civic, political and military affairs.  From his house at the foot of Burial Hill, the company of people who assembled there each Sunday morning, were marched up to the fort at its top, where religious  services were held.  He has left a journal and history of his times which is one of the most valuable documents relating to that period of New England history.  He married (first) in Amsterdam, Holland, Dorothea May from Wisbeach, Cambridge, England, who was drowned in Cape Cod Bay, December 9, 1620.  He married, (second) Mrs. alice (Carpenter) Southworth, daughter of Alexander Carpenter of Wrentham, England, and widow of Edward Southworth.  Governor William Bradford died May 9, 1657.  Children, one by first marriage:  1. John, "of Duxbury", born in 1615, died in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1678, married Martha Bourne, no children.  2. William, born June 16, 1624, died February 20, 1703, married (first ) Alice Richards, (second) the widow Wiswell, and (third) the widow Mary (Atwood) Holmes.  3. Mercy, married Benjamin or Joseph Vermages.  4. Joseph, referred to below. 

          (IV) Joseph, son of Governor William (3) And alice (Carpenter-Southworth) Bradford, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1630, and died July 10, 1715.  He married, May 25, 1664, Jael Hobart.  Children, as far as known:  1. Elisha, referred to below.  2. Joseph.

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bart) Bradford, was born about 1669, and died June 16, 1747, aged seventy-eight years.  He lived at Kingston Bridge, about four miles from Plymouth, "and the first house on the right-hand side as one goeth from Kingston to Plymouth over the bridge."  He owned about four thousand acres of land, some three hundred of which is now in the town of Carver.  He married (first) the widow Cole, by whom he had six children, all of whom died young.  He married (second) September 7, 1719, Bathsua Lebrooke.  Children:  1. Hannah, born April 10, 1720, killed by the Indians at Friendship, Maine, May 22, 1758, married Joshua Bradford.  2. Joseph, born December 7, 1721, died unmarried.  3. Silvanus, born July 6, 1723, died unmarried.  4. Nehemiah, born July 27, 1724; died unmarried.  5. Lourana or Su-----, 1729, died unmarried.  6. Lois, born in 1730, married and lived on Long Island.  7. Deborah, born November 18, 1732, married Jonathan Sampson, Jr., of Plympton.  8. Alice, referred to below.  9. Aseruth, or Asenath, born September 15, 1736, died November 15, 1818, married (first) July 22, 1753, Nathan Esty, (second) Daniel Waters of Stoughton, and (third) Benjamin Packard of Stoughton.  10. Carpenter, born February 7, 1738, married, June 18, 1761, the widow Mary Gay of Stoughton.  11. Abigail, born June 20, 1741, married a British Army officer and went with him to New Brunswick, Canada.  13. Conteul, born may 21, 1745. 

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