William Bradford

Politician

1590 – 1657

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Who was William Bradford?

William Bradford was an English Separatist leader in Leiden, Holland and in Plymouth Colony. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and served as Plymouth Colony Governor five times covering about thirty years between 1621 and 1657. His journal 'Of Plymouth Plantation' covering the period from 1620 to 1657 in Plymouth Colony is an important historic document.

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Born
Mar 19, 1590
Austerfield
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Puritan
Nationality
  • England
Lived in
  • Austerfield
Died
May 9, 1657
Plymouth
Resting place
Burial Hill

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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