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Ephraim Bradford and Elizabeth Brewster

Ephraim Bradford, the son of William Bradford and Mary (Atwood) Holmes, was born in 1685 in Plymouth or Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He died at the age of about 61 in 1746.

Ephraim Bradford (aged about 25) married Elizabeth Brewster (aged about 20) on Monday, 13 February 1710 o.s. in Plymouth or Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Elizabeth Brewster, the daughter of Wrestling Brewster and his wife Mary, was born in 1690 in Kingston or Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She died at the age of about 51 on Saturday, 5 December 1741 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She was buried in Old Cemetery, Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Their children were:

• Abigail Bradford, born on Saturday, 28 February 1719 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died on Monday, 13 September 1790. She married Peleg Holmes on Saturday, 4 October 1740 o.s. in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

• Deborah Bradford, born on Saturday, 21 June 1712 o.s., died on Tuesday, 10 June 1732 in Kingston, Massachusetts.

• Mr. Bradford, born in January 1714, died in June 1714. He never married.

• Anna Bradford, born on Tuesday, 15 January 1715. She married Ebenezer Chandler on Saturday, 23 February 1737 in Kingston, Massachusetts.

• Miss Bradford, born in October 1716, died before 1717 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She never married.

• Elizabeth Bradford, born on Monday, 4 November 1717 o.s., died in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. She married Azariah Whiting on Thursday, 12 July 1753 in Kingston, Massachusetts.

• Ephraim Bradford, born on Thursday, 1 January 1719 o.s., died before December 1741.

• Susannah Bradford, born on Wednesday, 3 May 1721 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died due to dysentery on Monday, 9 December 1805 in Kingston, Massachusetts. She married Seth Everson on Tuesday, 28 April 1752 o.s. in Kingston, Massachusetts.

• Elijah Bradford, born on Wednesday, 23 January 1723 o.s.. He never married.

• Ruth Bradford, born in 1725, died on Wednesday, 26 August 1767 in Duxbury, Massachusetts. She married Nathan Chandler on Wednesday, 13 August 1749 in Kingston, Massachusetts.

• Ezekiel Bradford, born in November 1728 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died in September 1816 in Turner, Maine. He married Betsy "Betty" Chandler on Wednesday, 21 March 1750 o.s. in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

• Simeon Bradford, born on Thursday, 28 August 1729 o.s. in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, died on Friday, 7 October 1793 o.s. in Springfield, Vermont. He married Phebe Whiting on Saturday, 25 January 1755 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

• Wait Bradford, born in 1730 in Kingston, Massachusetts, died on Tuesday, 20 October 1801 in Turner, Maine. He married Welthea Bassett on Friday, 1 November 1765 in Kingston, Massachusetts.

• Deborah Bradford, born on Tuesday, 20 June 1732 o.s., died on Saturday, 10 June 1752.

Research Notes:

RG Hall lists Abigail as born 20 February 1720.

I have a notation that Elizabeth Brewster may have been born ~1688.