This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bradford Classification: Immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3YF.2ACIB/1699.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I apologize if I offended anyone. Yet what I have found is that Bradfords, including myself and the vast majority of my relatives, try sometimes desperately to trace their lineage back to the Mayflower. If that fails, another attempt is made to connect to someone relatively important and/or prosperous. The point I was trying to make is that some of us Bradfords are bound to be descended from indentured servents. My personal belief is that I am. At 53 years old one might think that I would not be so naive, but at a family reunion I just assumed everyone was interested in the truth and announced my Bradford Branch's descent from an indentured servent. I doubt I'll hear from those relatives again, and do not expect an invitation to the next reunion HA! I would be interested to hear what other Bradford researchers have found in terms of indentured servents. I also trust that Erin does not mind her work being referenced below. The following you may find at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~kshai/Black/index.htm and then go to Bradford Index, then to Immigrants Before 1700. Edy Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1650; servant to Epaphroditus Lawson Edward Bradford emigrated from Bristol, England to Virginia around mid-seventeenth century (1600s) Elizabeth Bradford Transported* from Newgate Prison to Maryland on board the ship Pretty Patsie in September 1737; indentured servant Henry Bradford emigraed from England to Virginia on board the ship Abegaile around 1620; age 35; indentured servant to Captain William Pierce Isaac Bradford emigraed from Europe to Georgia prior to 1739; servant to Thomas Upton; "A notorious thief; ran away to Carolina and was there taken May 1739" Jacob Bradford emigraed from England to Maryland in December 1729; age 18; indentured servant John Bradford emigraed from Bristol, England to Virginia are med-seventeenth century John Bradford immigrated to Virginia around 1628 John Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1652; servant to Captain Augustine Warner John Bradford immigrated to Virginia around 1663/4 John Bradford emigrated from London, England to Maryland on board the ship Jenny and Polly in January 1774; age 18; labourer; indentured servant John Bradford emigrated from London, England to Maryland on board the ship Baltimore Packet in February 1775; age 30; weaver; indentured servant for four years Mathew Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1652; servant to Peter Knight of Gloucester County Nathaniel Bradford immigrated to Virginia in or prior to 1662; owned 1,000 acres of land in Northampton County at that time Nicholas Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1647; servant to John Brooch of York River County Richard Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1653; servante to Roger Walter or Walker Susan Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1643; servant to Sir Francis Wyatt Thomas Bradford emigrated from England to Virginia on board the ship Merchant's Hope in 1635; age 40 Thomas Bradford immigrated to Virginia in 1640; servant to Robert Holt of James City County Thomas Bradford emigrated from England to Pennsylvania on baord the ship Society in 1682 Thomas Bradford transported* from Surrey, England to the American Colonies on board the ship Justitia in March 1742; indentured servant William Bradford born 1589, died 1657; emigrated from England to Plymouth Rock in December 1620; he was the second signer of the Mayflower Compact; governor of the Colony for thirty-one** years; maried (1st) to Dorothy May in 1613 in Holland and (2nd) to Alice Carpenter Southworth in 1623 in Plymouth, Massachusetts William Bradford born 1660, died 1752; emigrated from England to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on board the ship Welcome in 1682; set up the first printing press in Philadelphia in 1685; helped build the first paper mill in America in 1728; married to Elizabeth Soules William Bradford died 1757; emigrated from England around 1700; settled in Baltimore County, Maryland; married to Elizabeth Lightbody NOTES: * There were no less than 150 capital crimes in England for which a man/woman might be transported. Of course, there were the expected ones of murder, arson, and treason, but there were also lesser ones such as maiming, stealing a cow, cutting down trees along an avenue, sending threatening letters, and standing mute when addressed by an legal official ** Even though it says only 31 years, I have read in many other places 37 years, but either way, that's a LONG time! :)