What's In Your Name. BRADLEY Memphis Tn. Jan. 1977, Memphis P.S. MANY SENTIMENTAL journeys were take last summer by Americans celebrating the Bicentennial year. The paths of history wound throughout New England where the first surnames were brought to these shores. Familiar names like Bradley were traced by bearers of the same name in the oldest towns and cities. In 1635 Daniel Bradley arrived in Haverhill, Mass. and later in 1662 became a taxpayer at Rowely Mass. In 1642 John Bradley settled at Dedham, Mass. In 1644 Williiam Bradley took the oath of fidelity at New Haven, Conn. In 1644 Francis Bradlee saied from England and arrrived in Conn. Should these Bradleys have searched for ancestors in the British Isles, they might have found roots of origin in England, Ireland and Scotland. The earliest appearance of the name in England was spelled de Bradelai. Brodelegh was another ancient form of the name. One of the first ancestors was Roger de Bradley who held 40 acres of land in Walsingham in 1183. In Ireland, the original form of the name was O'Brolchain, with a different origin from the English families. The original Irish Bradleys were seated at Tyrone. A notable family in Ulster descended from Swibhne Meann, king of Ireland during the 7th Century. The Scottish Bradleys came from the lands of Braidlie in the barony of Hawick, Roxburghshire. Ancient tax rolls record a Bradely in Berwick in 1291 and a William de Bradeleye in Roxburghe in 1296. Numerous townships in England bore the name which means "broad meadow." The oldest coat of arms granted to the name bears three boars' heads colored gold, between a gold chevron on a red sheild. My cousin, Jean McCollum, from Arkansas, sent me this clipping several years ago. I can not make out the name of the person, who wrote the article, as it is hand written, at the bottom of the article. I have 4 different Coat of Arms, for the BRADLEY name. Maybe each country had their own. Frances BRADLEY Bohannon