 1603 - 1697 (94 years)
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| Name |
Simon Bradstreet [1] |
| Birth |
18 Mar 1603 |
Horbling, , Lincolnshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| College |
Cambridge, England |
| Death |
27 Mar 1697 |
| Notes |
- bWikepedia; edited for Walters Tree Nov 20 2010 /b
bSimon Bradstreet/b (March 18 1603 March 27 1697) was a colonial magistrate, businessman and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony .
Life and career: Simon Bradstreet was born in Horbling, Lincolnshire. His father was rector of the parish church. Prior to his emigration to America, Bradstreet attended Emmanuel College at Cambridge for 2 years.sup /supBradstreet married future poet Anne Dudley while still in England. She was daughter of Puritan leader Thomas Dudley. Dudley and others recognized Bradstreet's administrative abilities, and he was persuaded to leave for fledgling Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
Bradstreet was chosen to fill several important positions in colonial affairs, and he served as an assistant in upper house of General Court for most of his life. During his first 20 years in the colony, he was heavily involved in business pursuits, as well as founding of new towns. In 1661, he was chosen as an envoy to court of Charles 2nd, that monarch having recently been restored to power. In 1679 Bradstreet was chosen governor of colony. He was the last governor under original charter. In 1686, the colony was denied its right to self-rule, and Sir Edmund Andros was installed as governor. Bradstreet served briefly as governor again after Andros was overthrown, but England replaced him with Sir William Phips in 1692. Bradstreet continued to serve in government until his death in 1697, in Salem, Massachusetts.
Simon Bradstreet built his 1st home in America at present location of Harvard Square at Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge Massachusetts. That location is at 42²2'24.78"N and 71 7'9.12"W.
His 1st wife Anne Dudley d. in 1672; they had 8 children, of whom 7 survived infancy. Bradstreet then married Ann Gardner, widow of Captain Joseph Gardner, son of Thomas Gardner of Salem. In June 1659, Bradstreet's daughter Hannah Bradstreet (1st wife Anne Dudley) m. Andrew Wiggin, son of Governor Thomas Wiggin, governor of Upper Plantation of New Hampshire.
Governor Simon Bradstreet House, Andover , 1934Descendants
Descendants of Simon and Anne Bradstreet , daughter of Thomas Dudley
bPolitical/b
tab Herbert Hoover
tabDavid Souter
tabRobert Edwin Seamount
tabBenjamin Wade
tabWendell Phillips
tabOliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
tabOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
tabWilliam Ellery Channing
tabRichard Henry Dana, Sr.
tabRichard Henry Dana, Jr.
tabElisha Williams
tabElliot Richardson
tabEmily Dow Partridge , a wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young
tabFirst Lady Jane Means Appleton Pierce (Mrs. Franklin Pierce )
bNon-political/b
tab Juliet Winters Carpenter
tabSteve Young
tabJohn Lithgow
tabFred Herbert Colvin
tabCharles Herbert Colvin
tabSource: New England Ancestors
tabSource: Ancestors of John Kerry
References
b^/b Bradstreet, Simon in Venn, J. & J. A., iAlumni Cantabrigienses/i, Cambridge University Press , 10 vols, 1922 1958.
b^/b ANNE BRADSTREET at www.harvardsquarelibrary.org
b^/b http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=glenco e&id=I26603
External links
tab official Massachusetts Governor biography
Governors
Colony
(1629 1686)
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Province
(1692 1776)
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| Person ID |
I21976 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2011 |
| Family 1 |
Anne Dudley d. 1672 |
| Children |
| | 1. Hannah Bradstreet, b. 1641, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Bef 18 Apr 1707, Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire (Age < 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F10049 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Jul 2011 |
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| Sources |
- [S010629] Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Second Edition.
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