Age:38-39
Sie ist verheiratet mit Joshua BRADFORD.
Sie haben geheiratet am 17. Februar 1736 in Kingston, Massachusetts, sie war 17 Jahre alt.
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All this retun to genealogy interest was prompted by an idea I have to write an account in story form for my 10 yr. old granddaughter of our ancestor, Melatiah Bradford (later Churchill), who survived an Indian attack on her family at Friendship, ME in 1758.
It was part of the Massachusetts colony at that time.
Story is that on 22 May 1758, most of the families were holed up at the nearby garrison, but Melatiah's parents, Joshua and«b» Hannah,«/b» were killed and scalped as was a baby brother, Winslow.
She hid under a bed with another small brother, Elisha, but he cried out and she ran to the fort carrying Elisha.
An Indian threw his tomahawk which hit her in the back severing two ribs.
She survived...of course!
Her older brothers were captured and taken to Canada but later escaped.
Melatiah, her twin, Mary, and another sister were sent to an aunt's in Plympton, MA. Melatiah moved to Vermont with her husband, Isaac Churchill, and 10 children in 1785. Their son, Winslow Churchill, is the grandfather of Nettie Clarke. Stuff fiction is made of, huh?
But all true and makes a great story.
Will let you know of my progress, if any, with this project...by Barbara Syme.
ID: I6377
Name: Joshua (Killed by Indians) Bradford
Sex: M
Birth: 1710 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
Death: 22 MAY 1758 in Killed and scalped by Indians, Meduncook (Friendship), ME
Note:
GREAT GRANDSON OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER GOVERNOR WILLIAM BRADFORD
GREAT GREAT GRANDSON OF MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS JOHN ALDEN AND PRISCILLA MULLINS
Jacob, his wife and child were killed and scalped by Penobscot Indians led by Chief Moxie on May 22, 1758.
"Joshua Bradford, Sr. came to Meduncook in 1758 from Kingston, MA and settled on the south-east side of Bradford Point. He built a log fort on Garrison Island as a retreat from Indian attacks. The settlers were supposed to seek shelter in the block-house at night. However,as Joshua had rescued Chief Moxie when the chief had broken through the ice on the Meduncook River, Joshua felt that Chief Moxie was his friend. The Bradford family remained at home.
Early in the morning on May 22, 1758 the Penobscot tribe, with Chief Moxie, murdered Joshua, his wife, one child, the baby. Their 17 year old daughter hid under the bed until the Indians had gone some distance. She fled across the bar to the garrison with one child under her arm, probably Winslow Bradford. When she was nearly across, one Indian threw a tomahawk which struck her side, seriously wounding her, but she was able to make the fort.
The Indians took Joshua, Jr. and Benjamin captive and carried them off to Canada.
When the boys had been in Canada for a while, theIndians sent them out to steal from the white people. Joshua was sent to a house to steal some brown bread. He was in the kitchen with the bread under his arm, when a woman came rushing in with a large knife in her hand. Joshua explained that he was not an Indian boy but a white one that had been captured by the Indians. The woman, in order not to give him away to the Indians, gave him half the loaf of bread which he was to take back to the Indian camp. She also directed him by compass points to some American soldiers in the vicinity.
In not too long a time, Joshua was able to make his escape from the Indians and reached the soldiers who gave him directions home. Joshua was able to reach Friendship.
His brother, Benjamin, returned home after the war." --Dr. William Hahn
"109e Joshua4 Bradford b June 23, 1710, Plymouth, Mass. d May 27, 1756/8, Meducook (Friendship), Me. m Feb 17, 1736. Kingston, Mass. Hannah Bradford b Apr 10, 1719/20. Plymouth, Mass. d May 27, 1756/8. Meducook (Friendship), Me. Hannah4 - Mem 1311. Res Friendship, Me. Farmer. Both scalped by the Indians. Two sons (possibly Benjamin and Joshua) taken into captivity. Other children at the fort. Joshua grinding corn did not hear the warning shot. Did not fear local Indians because he had saved the life of the chief when he was drowning - having fallen through the ice. Meletiah hid under bed with Elisha. When Elisha cried, she crept out and dashed toward the fort. Indians leaving, saw her and started in pursuit. One gave her an ugly wound - supposed to have severed two lower ribs from spine. A soldier from the fort rescued her." --Thornton Bradford
FROM JANCESTRY WEBSITE:
The following is a typed copy of the certified photocopy of original Boston Obit for Joshua and Hannah:
"Extract of a Letter dated St. George's, at the ___, May 22, 1758.
"THIS Day at Twelve o'Clock a Whaleboat came up from Maduncook, with the melancholly News of the Indians' falling upon the Inhabitants there, this Morning half an Hour after Sun rise, they killed and scalped Mr. Bradford; his Wife, and Mr. Mille's Wife, and kill'd her Child ; two of Bradford's Boys they carried off Prisoners ; wounded one of his Daughters, and, a Boy of Mill's, dangerously : The People hearing the Indians yell, got out, and prevented their killing any more : One Child in the House escaped by crawling under a Bed."
Source: The Records of Meduncook Plantation and Friendship, Maine, 1762-1899 (transcribed and edited by Melville Bradford Cook, pub. 1985) makes a brief mention of the tragedy on page 1:
"The dateof settlement [1775] is certainly incorrect, for as early as 1756 an English garrison was maintained upon a little island off Bradford's point, now called Garrison Island, as a protection for the settlers in the French and Indian war of that date. May 22, 1758, Joshua Bradford and his wife, with most of his household, were massacred by the Indians, only one woman with a child in her arms escapingto the fort.
"The outlines of the fort are still discernible. Upon this island is the ancient burying-ground of the Meduncook settlement, and two stones of the pasture rock under a smalloak indicate the burial-place of Mr. Bradford and other victims of the Indians. This point of land, known this day as well as in 1756 as Bradford's Point, was at all times after shunned by the Indians. Even as late as 1860 a trading party of Old Town Indians refused to encamp there, calling it bad land."
Sources:
1) David Lee Kunkel Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=videoman&id=I00393
2) Harry C. Hadaway Jr. Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=hhadaway&id=I00393
3) Mark Gibson Database
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=:253867&id=I291
4) JAncestry Website 2006
http://members.aol.com/jancestry/JAncestry/newpage4.htm
5) "The IndianAttack Upon the Bradford Family," History of Friendship, by Dr. William Hahn (published by the Friendship Public Library)
6) BRADFORD, Thornton, Roy W. 1920: Israel and Sarah (Bartlett) Bradford genealogy regarding the Indian attack (LDS Microfilm # 1033715, Item 4, p. 35)
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