{"id":7305,"date":"2017-12-08T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T09:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org\/newsite\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2017-12-08T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T09:30:11","slug":"major-john-bradford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2017\/12\/08\/major-john-bradford\/","title":{"rendered":"Major John Bradford"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Gravestone<\/a>
Gravestone of Major John Bradford, taken by Emily Fuller Drew circa 1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today marks the 281st anniversary of the death of Major John Bradford, as he died December 8, 1736.<\/p>\n

The inscription on his gravestone reads:<\/p>\n

\n
Here lyes y body
\nof Mayjear John<\/div>\n
Bradford who dec<\/div>\n
Decbr y 8th<\/div>\n
1736 in<\/div>\n
y 84th year<\/div>\n
of his age<\/div>\n
he lived near 62<\/div>\n
years with his wife<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\"Gravestone<\/a>
Gravestone of Major John Bradford, taken by Emily Fuller Drew circa 1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Major John Bradford, born February 20, 1652, was the grandson of Governor William Bradford\u00a0of Plymouth Colony.\u00a0 He married Mercy Warren in 1674, with whom he had ten children. Major Bradford likely earned his title during\u00a0 King Philip’s War (1675-76).<\/p>\n

Major John Bradford is also remembered as a benefactor of the town, as he gave 14 acres of land to the North or Jones River Precinct of Plymouth (now Kingston) in 1717 for the purposes of a \u201cBurying Place,\u201d a \u201cTraining Field,\u201d and a \u201cMeeting House” — now the land on which the Old Burying Ground, Training Green, First Parish Church, and old Town House sit.<\/p>\n

\"Major<\/a>
Major John Bradford House, taken by Emily Fuller Drew circa 1925<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Jones River Village Club (now the Jones River Village Historical Society) purchased and restored his homestead at 50 Landing Road in 1921 before opening it to the public in August of the same year. It is now open on select days during the summer.<\/p>\n

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Source: Images from the Emily Fuller Drew Collection (MC16).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today marks the 281st anniversary of the death of Major John Bradford, as he died December 8, 1736. The inscription on his gravestone reads: Here lyes y body of Mayjear John Bradford who dec Decbr y 8th 1736 in y 84th year of his age he lived near 62 years with his wife Major John … <\/p>\n

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