Gov. William Bradford lll

Can you post some links to profiles or to a tree view and point out how it has changed? Maybe we can help you. Gov. Bradford is pretty far back and is an ancestor of many people. I would have thought that he and his close relatives and near ancestors would be Master Profiles and well sourced and documented.

William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony

It appears that his ancestry is in fact unknown according to the About Me.

His origins are known. Somehow he got switched from the MP parents I think. I'm working on the English line & will post back when done.

Priscilla Jane Johnston

I hope the tree is looking better now. A couple of Angel Collaborators have been hard at work merging up duplicates for you. Because of their efforts I've been able to concentrate on sourcing a bit better -- but please see the other discussion I tagged you on about possibly fictional wives in the Bradford line.

I'm so sorry it got so out of shape.

@William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony is my 6th cousin 13 times removed Judy Rice

Let's do a better job on the About Me then if his origins are known. This is a curated profile.

I just "re curated" & added a curator note. It was a lot of work to clean up the lines - there's terrible information on Wikitree & Ancestry I think. Ill try for an overview cleanup at the weekend.

Priscilla Jane Johnston I think I've gotten this decently cleaned up, including "about me" notes, timeline, and most importantly - the tree. But I'd love another proofread and any suggestions for improvement.

My thanks.

I just ran across an interesting factoid:

"From statistical analysis, I can estimate that there are about 4 million descendants of Gov. Wiliam Bradford of Plymouth in the US alive today. And, about 10,000 of us, still bear the family name."

I nearly tagged you Erica Howton. I knew you would know the sources and sort this out. Thanks for "re curating" and cleaning it up.

There's a supposition -- since disproven -- that his daughter married Samuel Wilbore, my ancestor so I have to talk about the Bradfords multiple times a year to explain that no, the Internet trees are wrong :)

Apparently it was Zachariah Wilbore (I re read those notes yesterday). Interestingly in looking at the English tree more Wilbore's are in the Austerfield / Doncaster region. So is Briggs & I don't see them connected up yet.

Yes, the same thing holds for English regions and families as for my Eastern European Jewish ancestors -- families married one another over and over. If I get a chance I'll take a look at Briggs.

Erica, great job on the tree. Have to admit, each day when I click on Gov. Bradford, I hold my breath until the rest of the tree shows up-lol.

Yesterday, I checked out my old tree on Ancestry, which I hadn't looked at in 2 years. And there was Dorothy Turvin m. to Robert Bradford ? One thing I noticed on Phyllis Ripple is that it is stated she died in Maryland, USA in 1490, before Columbus ?

What's the addy to that tree, Priscilla?

Yes, I think that Phylliis Ripple record is an old LDS / OneWorldTree garble. The parents she's attached to might be useful someday.

Which Robert Bradford married a Dorothy Turvin?

Erica, the Robert Bradford that was born in 1487 supposedly married to Dorothy Turvin.

Thanks - I'm adding additional "caution" notes to Robert Bradford

For anyone's interest, the pedigree Priscilla & I follow is based on

Ancestry of the Bradfords of Austefield" in Oct, 1929 NEGHB,page 461

OK I peeled off the extra wives - maybe someday their correct places in the Bradford tree will be found.

The earliest known ancestor of Gov. Bradford of Plymouth Colony, a great, great American, was the Yorkshire tradesman or merchant - if he had land property, no record has been found

Robert Bradford
(1435-1523)

I am interested. Thanks for including the source. For anyone who can afford it and does a lot of research into early American ancestors, the online subscription to NEGHS is a wonderful thing. Erica recommended it to me a few years ago. They also have some great publications about the Winthrop Fleet and the Great Migration that I have purchased in book form.