Birthdays:
1621 John Stratton
son of William & Elizabeth (?) Stratton in London, England, possible
ancestor of Richard Clark.
1837 Louisa Hoffman
in Wűrttemberg, Germany the second wife of Jacob Erkman. They married ca. 1858
in White Co. IL and had four children.
Jacob died in 1875 in White Co. IL.
Louisa married second Christian Dexrhimer in 1876. She died in White Co. IL in 1888.
1852 Wesley Bryan
son of Gideon & Charlotte (Brewer) Bryan in Clay Co. IL. He died in Ingraham, IL in 1925.
1862 Gustav Suter in
Marine, IL the son of Gustav & Eloise (Hoyer) Suter. He died in 1918 in St. Jacob, IL.
1872 James
Fitzgerald the son of James & Rebecca (Ward) Fitzgerald in Illinois. He died in Granby, MO in 1952.
1903 Julia Fowler in
Memphis, NE the wife of Halbert Miller.
1911 Pauline
Fitzgerald daughter of Howard & JoAnna (McDonald) Fitzgerald. She married Arthur Bentley. Pauline died in 1984.
1911 John Burton in
Wabash Co., IL the son of James & Martha (Meyers) Burton. He married Dolores Colclasure in 1934 and
they had three children. He died 1991 in
Flora, IL and is buried in Burnt Prairie Cemetery in White Co. IL.
1933 Bernard Chapman
son of Noah & Louella (Talbert) Chapman in Wayne City, IL. He died 2005 in Herrin, IL.
Donald Wren son of
Albert & Della (Robertson) Wren
Monica Donohue the
wife of Timothy Jones
Rodney Shelton son
of Ronald & Elaine (Savage) Shelton.
A single anniversary:
1623 Gov. William
Bradford & Alice Carpenter. William
the son of William & Alice (Hanson) Bradford was born 1588 in Yorkshire,
England. He was baptized in Austerfield,
England in 1590 and married 1) Dorothy May in Leiden, Holland where he and
other Separatists lived to avoid persecution.
The Bradfords immigrated to North America on the Mayflower in 1620 where
Dorothy died shortly after arriving.
William became the second Governor of Plymouth Colony after the death
John Carver. Bradford held the position
for over 30 years. He documented the
early history of the colony in his manuscript Of
Plymouth Plantation. Alice was born
ca. 1590 in Wrentham, England the daughter of Alexander Carpenter. She married 1) Edward Southworth in 1613 in
Amsterdam, Holland. Edward died in
England ca. 1618. Alice immigrated to
Plymouth Colony in 1623 after receiving a marriage proposal from William. They had three children. William died in 1657 leaving a nuncupative
will:
Mr. William Bradford
senir: being weake in body but in prfect memory haveng Defered the forming of
his Will in hopes of haveng the healp of Mr. Thomas Prence therin, feeling
himselfe very weake and drawing on to the conclusion of his mortall life spake
as followeth;
I could have Desired
abler than myselfe in Desposing of that I have; how my estate is none knowes
better than yourselfe, said hee to Lieutenant Southworth; I have Desposed to
John and William alreddy their proportions of land which they are possessed of;
My Will is that my
son Joseph bee made in some sort equall to his brethren out of my estate;
My further Will is
that my Deare and loveng wife Allice Bradford shalbee the sole Exequitrix of my
estate; and for her future maintenance my Will is that my Stocke in the
Kennebecke Trad[e] be reserved for her Comfortable Subsistence as farr as it
will extend and soe further in any such way as may bee judged best for her;
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| Reproduction of William Bradford's Home Plymouth Plantation |
I further request
and appoint my wellbeloved Christian ffrinds Mr. Thomas Prence, Captain Thomas
Willet and Lieutenant Thomas Southworth to be the Supervissors for the Desposing
of my estate according to the pr[o]mises Confiding much in their faithfulnes
I commend unto your Wisdome
and Descretions some smale bookes written by my ownd hand to bee Improved as you
shall see meet; In speciall I Comend to
you a little book with a blacke cover wherin there is a word to Plymouth a word
to Boston and a word to New England with sundry usefull verses;
These p[ar]ticulars
were expressed by the said William Bradford Govrn the 9th of May
1657 in the prsence of us Thomas Cushman, Thomas Southworth, Nathaniel Morton, whoe
were Deposed before the court held at Plymouth the 3rd of June 1657
to the truth of the abovesaid Will that it is the last Will and Testament of
the abovesaid Mr. Bradford, senior.
Alice lived until
1699 and left a will also:
The
Last Will and Testament of mistris Allice Bradford senir of Plymouth Deceased ;
exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth in new England the 7th Day of June
Anno Dom 1670 on the oathes of Nathaniel: Morton and Leift: Ephraim Morton; as
followeth;
I
Allis Bradford senir of the Towne of Plymouth in the Jurisdiction of New
Plymouth widdow : being weake in body but of Disposing mind and perfect memory
blessed be God; not knowing how soone the Lord may please to take mee out of
this world unto himselfe : Doe make and ordaine this to be my last Will and
Testament; in manor and forme as followeth; Impr I bequeath my soule to god
that gave it and my body to the Dust in hope of a Joyfull resurrection unto
glory; Desiring that my body may be Intered as neare unto my Deceased husband;
mr Willam Bradford: as Conveniently may be; and as for my worldly estate I
Dispose of it as followeth;
Imprs
I give and bequeath unto my Deare sister Mary Carpenter; the bed I now lye on
with the furniture: therunto belonging and a paire of sheets and a good Cow and
a yearling heiffer and a younge mare
Item
I give and bequeath unto my son mr Constant Southworth my Land att Paomett: viz
all my Purchase land there: with all my rights privilidges and appurtenances
therunto belonging; To him and his heires and assignes for ever;
Item
I give and bequeath unto my said son Constant Southworth and unto my son mr
Joseph Bradford: the one halfe of my sheep; to be equally Devided betwixt them;
and the other halfe to my son Captaine Willam Bradford
Item
I give unto my said son Joseph Bradford my paire of working oxen and a white
heiffer;
Item
I give unto my honored frend mr Thomas Prence one of the bookes that were my
Deare husbands Library; which of them hee shall Choose;
Item
I give unto my Deare Grand child Elizabeth Howland; the Daughter of my Deare
son Captaine Thomas Southworth Deceased; the sume of seaven pounds; for the use
and benifitt of her son James howland
Item
I give unto my servant maide Mary Smith a Cow Calfe to be Delivered her the
next springe if I Decease this winter; and if I Doe not Decease this winter; my
will is that shee have one Delivered to her out of my estate in som short time
after my Decease;
all
the rest of my estate not Disposed of all reddy by this my last Will and
Testament; as above said;
I
give and bequeath unto my sonnes mr Constant Southworth Captaine Willam
Bradford and mr Joseph Bradford to be equally Devided amongst them in equall
and alike proportions;
In Witnes that this
is my Last Will and Testament I the said Allice Bradford have heerunto sett my
hand and seale; this twenty ninth day of December anno Dom one Thousand six
hundred sixty nine.
They are buried in
Plymouth, MA.
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