| Name |
William Bradford |
| Title |
Governor |
| Born |
19 Mar 1590 |
The Manor House, Austerfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England  |
| Christened |
19 Mar 1590 |
St. Helena's Church, Austerfield, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
20 Nov 1598 |
River Torne, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England |
| Health |
1602 |
| Having lost his sister Alice, his parents and grandparents, William succumbed to a long sickness for several months, during which time he found solice in the scriptures which added to his conviction that the world its powers and religion around him were corrupt. |
| Immigration |
1608 |
Leiden, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands |
| The Netherlands was a centre of Protestantism, and William migrated here with colleagues and their families to practice their Puritanism |
| Emigration |
6 Sep 1620 |
Plymouth, Devon, England |
| Returning from Holland with fellow puritans to join an old ship, The Mayflower, chartered by 35 year old Thomas Weston, an ambitious Cloth Merchant from London, developing trade with the New World, who had met the Puritans in Lieden in early 1620. They left England very late in the colonising season as they would arrive in winter leaving no time to recover a harvest. |
| Occupation |
Between 1621 and 1657 |
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Elected Governor thirty times |
| Immigration |
Mar 1621 |
Plymouth Rock, Cole's Hill, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Leader of the Pilgrim Fathers, he sold his land and estate to charter the Mayflower. Came over in the Mayflower with his wife, William Brewster and 31 other congregational members |
| History |
Nov 1621 |
Plymouth Plantation, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
| William Bradford is credited as the first to proclaim what popular American culture now views as the first Thanksgiving, a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general |
| Died |
09 May 1657 |
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Buried |
12 May 1657 |
Burial Hill, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA |
| Person ID |
I1750148940 |
Red1st |
| Last Modified |
16 Dec 2016 |
1590 - 1657 (67 years)
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