Col. William Bradford and Rachel Budd

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Husband Col. William Bradford ¹

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           Born: 19 Jan 1721 - Hanover Square, New York, NY 2
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           Died: 25 Sep 1791 2
         Buried:  - North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

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         Father: William Bradford (Abt 1689-      ) 1
         Mother: Sytie Santvoort (1695-Aft 1760) 1

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       Marriage: 15 Aug or 18 Aug 1740-1749

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Wife Rachel Budd ²

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           Born: 7 Jan 1720 2
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           Died: 26 Jun 1780 2
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         Father: Thomas Budd (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Debora Lanstaff (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Lt.-Col. Thomas Bradford ^{2 3}

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           Born: 4 May 1745 - Philadelphia, PA 2 3
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           Died: 7 May 1838 - Philadelphia, PA 3
         Buried:  - North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

         Spouse: Mary Fisher (Abt 1750-1805) 3 4
           Marr: 23 Nov 1768 3 4

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2 M William Bradford ²

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         Spouse: Susan Vergereau Boudinot (      -      ) 2

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3 M Schuyler Bradford ²

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           Died:  - East Indies
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4 F Rachel Bradford ²

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         Spouse: Hon. Elisha Boudinot (      -      ) 2

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5 F Tacey Bradford ²

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         Spouse: Joshua Maddox Wallace (      -      ) 2

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6 F Elizabeth Bradford ²

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         Spouse: Capt. Thomas Houston (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Col. William Bradford

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He was adopted and educated by his uncle, Andrew Bradford, with whom he also learned the printer's trade and business, becoming his partner in 1739. This connection was dissolved in December, 1740, and in December, 1742, Colonel William Bradford began the publication of the Pennsylvania Journal and Weekly Advertiser, a paper devoted to the patriot cause from the beginning of trouble with the mother country in 1765. The paper from July, 1774, to October, 1775, bore the famous device of a divided snake with the motto "United or Die." Colonel Bradford was an ardent patriot, defending the cause with both pen and sword. He was a lieutenant of Philadelphia Associators during the French and Indian War, 1756; captain in a Philadelphia Regiment, 1775; major in 1776; fought at the battle of Trenton; was wounded at Princeton and was promoted to the rank of colonel. He was at Fort Mifflin and in other battles, retiring from the army after the evacuation of Philadelphia by the British, broken in health and fortune, although in 1777 was chairman of the Pennsylvania navy board in command at Philadelphia, and in 1779 was president of the court of inquiry respecting the military officers. After the war he resumed printing in Philadelphia, but never regained his fortune. He consoled himself with the thought that he had aided in securing independence for his country, often remarking to his children: "Though I bequeath you no estate I leave you in the enjoyment of liberty." He died and was buried by the side of his wife in the Second Presbyterian burial ground on Arch street, Philadelphia, but later his remains were removed to North Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1033.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1034.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 752.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1035.