Gov. Simon BRADSTREET

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Went to Emmanuel college a year.
• Fact: Was the son of Rev. Simon and Margaret Bradstreet
• Baptism: Between 18 Mar 1602 and 1603, Horbling, co. Lincoln
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Boston on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop.

Notes:

Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. 1, Gov. Thomas Dudley: On the death of his father in 1621, he entered the service of the Earl of Lincoln as assistant of Steward Thomas Dudley at Sempringham, where he stayed eight years. Gov. Winthrop chose him to be an assistant before he left for America.....He was one of the original founders of Cambridge, an assistant governor for forty-eight years and governor from 1679-1686 and 1689-1692.

Simon married Anne DUDLEY about 1629 in Yardley-Hastings. Anne (daughter of Gov. Thomas DUDLEY and Dorothy YORKE) was born about 1612 in Northampton, England; died on 16 Sep 1672 in Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel BRADSTREET, M.D. was born in 1631/2 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in Aug 1682 in Jamaica, West Indies.
2. Dorothy BRADSTREET was born in 1633 in Salem, Massachusetts; died on 26 Feb 1671/2 in Hampton, New Hampshire; was buried on 28 Feb 1671/2.
3. Sarah BRADSTREET was born between 1636 and 1638 in Andover, Massachusetts; died on 17 Apr 1704 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Rev. Simon BRADSTREET was born on 23 Feb 1639/40 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1683 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA.
5. Hannah BRADSTREET was born about 1641 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died before 18 Apr 1707 in Stratham, New Hampshire.
6. Mercy BRADSTREET was born in 1647 in Andover, Massachusetts; died on 05 Oct 1715 in Medford, Massachusetts.
7. Col. Dudley BRADSTREET was born in 1648 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 13 Nov 1702 in Andover, Massachusetts (intestate).
8. John BRADSTREET was born on 22 Jul 1652 in Andover, Massachusetts; died between 11 Jan 1717 and 1718 in Topsfield, Massachusetts.

Simon married Ann DOWNING on 06 Jun 1676 in Salem, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]