To all direct male Bradford descendants of Samuel Bradford of Snowhill, Worcester County, MD, greetings. I invite you to join the Bradford Y-DNA project. I and another Samuel descendant have already joined in the hopes that we can use DNA to help unravel the msytery of Samuel's parentage. We need more. The more participants we have the better we'll be able to determine Samuel's own y-DNA signature, the better to match him and us up with other lineages that might provide clues or further confirmation of Samuel's parentage. Descendants of other early Worcester Bradfords have signed up and we are eagerly awaiting their test results for a possible match. Please write me if you're interested or if you have any questions: bradford_adam@yahoo.com. NOTE: Participants must be descended in an unbroken line of males from Samuel in order to take part (sorry, folks - that's just the nature of the Y chromosome). WARNING: The possibility exists that one's DNA may reveal a descent other than the one you believe is yours. If you don't want to even entertain confronting this possibility, then DNA is not for you. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/405.768.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Thank you for replying. My husbadns line is supposed to be Oliver Gadberry father of Oliver Gadberry, father of William Gadberry, father of John Gadberry, father of Edward Gadberry, father of Isaac Gadberry, father of Nathaniel Gadberry m. Margaret Sloan parents of Greenberry Gadberry m. Joanna Lloyd parents of William G. or S. Gadberry m. Delilah Tackett parents of David Gadberry m. Mariah Scoggins or Coggins parents of Daniel Nathaniel Gadberry m. Addie Ann Cullum parents of Clarence James Gadberry m. Mildred Arlene Bradford Mildred Arlene Bradford dau of Phillip Densmore Bradford m. Dovie Ann Cullum Phillip Densmore Bradford son of Louis Bradford m. Mary Ann Carolina "Lina" Estes Louis Bradford son of James Bennett (Bennel?) Bradford m. Louisa Dickerson James Bennett Bradford son of Thomas Bradford m. Martha Garrison Thomas Bradford son of Thomas Bradford m.Martha Miller Thomas Bradford son of William Bradford m. ? Hamilton William Bradford son of William Bradford m. Rachel? I would love to exchange info with others working on these lines Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/405.768.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I noticed your name - Gadberry - and assume that is also your husband's line? I ask because both Gadberry and Bradford are names from the Higden, Arkansas area - this is now Cleburne County but before about 1883 it was Van Buren county AR. I have a couple of Bradford researchers from that area if you are interested. Mary Turney Miller

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/1786 Message Board Post: Seeking info on Charles Harry Bradford married Catharine (Kate) Landis of Montgomery Co. Pa. Their children: Henry Landis Bradford married Geneva Espenship (David), Helen Bradford married Samuel Reiff.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/405.768.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, My husband is descended directly from James Bennet Bradford and Louisa Dickerson. His grandmother told me that the Bradfords were indian, but not which tribe and wouldn't talk much about it. Would like to hear if you find out anything. Do you have a picture of Louisa Dickerson? Donna

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford/Dodd Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/1521.2 Message Board Post: I have info on this Elizabeth Bradford/Joseph Dodd if you still need it-----

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: bradford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/3YF.2ACIB/1785 Message Board Post: does anyone have any info on an arthur bradford born in arlington sussex in abt 1879, married a kate brown, prob between 1901 (he was still home in 1901 cencus) and 1907. i cant find any ref to them anywhere, im also looking for any info on his dads parents, frederick and jane , cant find any ref to them outside the cencus,

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/1147.1 Message Board Post: Dear Karen: Is your Cora Sarah Wofford the daughter of James Wofford and Altha McCracken? If so, I would like to correspond with you about the Woffords. Charlotte G. Boykin

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/1784 Message Board Post: This mailing list is intended to keep the entire BRADFORD community informed of the progress of the Genetic project; to openly discuss all subjects related to this growing area of genealogy research as it relates to all Bradford's worldwide. Everyone is welcome to join, lurkers are welcome, but active contributors make the list roll. The list will be used to transmit summaries of results, questions/comments from all, links to interesting articles, basically anything to do with Genetic Genealogy as it relates to the BRADFORD community. We're ALL 'newbies' in this developing area of genealogy, so no queries are too basic. Chime IN !!! Your opinion is important. To sign on or read archives go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/DNA/BRADFORD-DNA.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Pyron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/490.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, Could I have a copy of those pictures? I am picture poor. Thanks! Shelly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/490.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Yes, Shelley, we are cousins! Lets stay in touch. I have pictures of both WJD Bradford families and David sent me a picture of him and his family. I treasure both. Take care, Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/1368.4.1 Message Board Post: Not yet, but I'm looking. Are you related?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Pyron Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/490.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Nancy, I didn't even think about the date you posted - of course you have more now! My grandmother Nona Bradford Stephens was Uncle Carl's sister. So, you and I are not too distant half-cousins. Nice to hear from you. Shelly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BRADFORD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/490.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Shelly, thanks for posting. The post that you are speaking of was in the year 2000. Since that time, I have all the WJD's families. My grandmother was from his marriage to Nancy Catherine Young. I have also been in touch with members of his second marriage. I probably don't have a lot of info on Marguarite. But I have corresponded with David Bradford who would be the grandson of Carl Bradford, the youngest son of WJD. Without double checking, I believe that is correct. Lets stay in touch by e-mail. E-mail me anytime at Nancy2189@aol.com. David may read this and comment also. Thanks for writing. Nancy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/490.1 Message Board Post: Dear Nancy, WJDB was married twice, once to Nancy Young and then to Marguerite Pyron (my ancestor). If your mother and her siblings are not mentioned, it may be because you are tracing your line from a different mother. If you need a list of the children of WJDB and Marguerite Pyron, I would be happy to send it to you, along with some Pyron information. Good luck! Shelly

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/1368.4 Message Board Post: Joyce, Do you have any more information about Vespasian Bradford's maid? Or have you managed to find Vespasian's parents? It's just a long shot, but I would love to have that information. Thanks, Shelly

Dear List, In the records of Bristol, RI, we find that Joseph Nash of Providence, and Mrs. HOPESTILL BRADFORD , of Bristol, were married by the Rev. John Burt on 9 Jan 1756. (The term "Mrs." in this record merely indicated Hopestill's social rank; she was single at the time.) Hopestill was still alive in 1762 or 3, when Joseph Nash and she were parties to the sale of land in Plympton, MA, which had been willed to her father, Capt. Gershom Bradford, by his father, Samuel Bradford.. What has intrigued me for years is the statement, in "Other Descendants of Captain Gershom Bradford" by Charles Bradford Elwood, in NEHGR, Jan 1956, page 48, that "Hopestill, drowned in the Mississippi River; m. Joseph Nash , Providence, RI." Do any of you Bradford fans know the story of that drowning? I have never even seen a proposed date for the event. Any help with this puzzle will be greatly appreciated by Rick Sherman Kensington, CA

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/1782 Message Board Post: I am seeking information on Alice Bradford who married James Patrick Savage in abt. 1813. Alice's father was Thomas Bradford as was her grandfather. Two of Alice's and James Patrick Savages' children were: James Patrick Jr.and Eleanor Savage who married Robert Weekley Noble. I believe Alice and James Patrick married in Georgia and moved to Clark Co., Alabama abt.1815. If you can help me with Thomas Bradford's parents and grandparents , I will greatly appreciate it. I have the lineage complete from Alice forward , but little on the earlier segment. Thanks Ellen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3YF.2ACIB/1781 Message Board Post: I received a e-mail on Solomon Bradford. Solomon Bradford was my great-grand-uncle. He was born around 1879 in Raftin Creek Sumter township, his parents were Eleck & Della Evans Bradford. Solomon had two sisters Liza born around 1873, Lavenia born around 1875 & Solomon age 1 yrs old 1879, Boston(Bossie) born around 1881 or 85, Jenkins born around 1886. Boston (Bossie) is my grandfather. We do not no where Eliza, or Lavenia, Or Solomon later moved at. I notice Lamar county was county was mention in my e-mail. Larmar county is not far from Sumter. My grandfather had a neice to visit him in Horatio which is also a part of Sumter county. Her name was Grace. I do not no wether Eliza, or Lavenia, or Solomon was her parent, but it was one of them. If you happen to no of Grace or Eliza, Lavenia, Solomon, Please e-mail at my e-mail address & put in the subject Bradford / Sumter South Carolina. Boston (Bossie) & Jenkins always lived in the same area. Eleck was separted from his wife & lived in Dekalb, Kershaw, next to Boykin & Camden S.C. Annette Lackey please e-mail

If you know that your ancestor belonged to any family association such as the Ballou, Bradford, Chase, Dickinson, or Starr Family Association find out who was the secretary. Reason is that they may have left the notes and records to a local historical society. My great grandfather was one of the founders of the Ballou Family Assoc and the secretary for the Starr Family Association. His manuscript collection contains members handwritten Starr genealogy applications and some obituaries and even a few photos which he left to the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston. My clue to look at this manuscript collection came to me when I quizzed my mother on what she remembered about her grandfather. The thing that impressed her the most was that he use "to file every letter that came into the house in a box in the basement."