19. William Bradford (John Nathaniel ) - Lower Delmarva Bradfords

19. William 3 Bradford (John 2 Nathaniel 1 ) 

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Contents 

1. (19) William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 3 

2. (86) William 4 Bradford (Wm 3 ) 13 

3. (210) Annanias 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 ) 20 

4. (211) Isaac 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 ) 25 

5. (212) William 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 ) 26 

6. (213) Schoolfield 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 ) 28 

7. Citations 29 


19. William 3 Bradford (John 2 Nathaniel 1 ) 

William 3 Bradford (John 2 Nathaniel 1 ) was born around 1709 to 1711 in Accomack County, Virginia or Somerset County, 

Maryland. 1 He first appeared as a dependent in his father’s household on the tax list for Somerset County in 1727, and 

remained a dependent of his father through 1730 in Bogerternorton Hundred. On the 1731 tax list, William was head of his 

own household in Baltimore Hundred. On the 1733 tax list, he was listed as a head of household adjacent to his father in 

Bogerternorton Hundred. From 1734 until 1740 (the last year for which tax lists survive for that part of Somerset that became 

Worcester County in 1743), William was a head of household in Baltimore Hundred. 2 

In 1737, William 3 Bradford (John 2 Nathaniel 1 ) and his wife Mary joined with George Truitt and his wife Elizabeth in a quit 

claim to Martin Kennett for a tract called the Gift: 3 

To all Christian People Know ye that George Truitt and Elizabeth his Wife and W m : Bradford and Mary his Wife of 

the County of Somerset & Province of Maryland for divers good Causes and Considerations them moveing, but more 

Especially for the Consideration of Eleven pounds to them in hand paid hath Remised Released and for Ever quit 

Claimed and by these presents for themselves and their heirs doth fully Clearly and Absolutely Remise Release and for 

Ever quitt Claim unto Martin Kennett of the saide County in his full and peacable Possession and Seizin and to his 

heirs and assigns for Ever all such Right Estate Title Interest and Demand [what]soever as they the said George Truitt 

and Elizabeth his Wife and W m : Bradford and Mary his Wife had or ought to have of in or to all that Tract or parcell of 

Land Called the Gift Lying and being on the Sea Board Side on the South side of St Martins River at the head of the 

said River above the fork of the said River at a parcell of Indian feilds Opossite to a parcell of Land formerly Surveyed 

for Sam l : Sewell bounded as followeth Beginning at a Marked Great Poplar standing on the South East side of the 

Main branch Called the Dividing Creek thence with a line Drawn South West by West Sixty Seven perches to a 

Marked Spanish Oak being a Corner Tree of a pcell of Land Sureveyed for Robt. Richardson Called Vernon Deanes 

thence with a line Drawn South South East five hundred and thirty four perches thence with a line drawn North East 

by East Sixty Seven perches and from thence with a Right line drawn to the first Bounder Containing two hundred 

Acres more or Less according to the Certificate of Survey thereof taken and Returned into the Land Offices of the City 

of St Marys bareing date the Ninth Day of October one thousand Six hundred Eighty three and their Remaining upon 

Record together with all Rights Profitts benefitts and priveledges thereunto belonging (Royall Mines Excepted) . . . In 

Wittness whereof the said George Truitt and Elizabeth his Wife and William Bradford & Mary his Wife hath hereunto 

fixed their seals and sett their hands this Twentyth Day of June Annoq Dom one thousand Seven hundred and thirty 

seven George [G] Truitt 

Signed Sealed and Delivered 

In presence of us Elizabeth [E] Truitt 

John Smith } On the back side of the 

Ed Rownd } foregoing Deed it was thus William [X] Bradford 

Endorsed crix[?] 

Mary [MB] Bradford 

This quit claim contains a clue that is vital to establishing the identity of William 3 Bradford’s wife. Frequently when a wife 

joins her husband in a quit claim it indicates that the rights to the property come from the wife rather than the husband; in those 

cases where the property was held by the husband, the wives would not need to be signatories to a quit claim but would only 

need to relinquish their dower rights when the property was transferred. The Somerset County rent rolls reveal that, prior to the 

quitclaim to Martin Kennett, the tract had been transferred to William Powell in a deed dated 7 June 1711. 4 

200 a. .. 04. . GIFT Surveyed: 9 Oct 1683 for William and Ann Weedon 

Possessor: Martin Kennett, 200 acres 

Conveyances and Resurveys 

7 Jun 1711 – William Powell from John Henry & others, 200 acres 

13 Jun 1737 – Martin Kennett from George Trewitt and William Bradford, 200 acres 

From this it might be guessed that the wives of William 3 Bradford and George Truitt were daughters of William Powell. An 

abstract of the last will and testament of William Powell tends to confirm this: 5 


Powell, William, planter,Somerset Co.,10th Mar., 1720; 2nd June, 1721. To dau. Mary, pt. of dwelling plantation —– 

and personalty. To dau. Eliza., other pt. of sd. land and personalty. To dau. Pathena Kennett, personalty. Wife —– 

extx. and residuary legatee. Overseer: Henry Smok. Test: William Robinson, Thomas Browne, Jennet Robinson. 16, 

271. 

Note that William Powell had daughters Mary and Elizabeth, each of whom received portions of his dwelling plantation, and 

another daughter with the married name Kennett. This indicates that the Mary Bradford and Elizabeth Truitt from the 1737 

quitclaim were probably the daughters of William Powell, who was listed in the Somerset County rent rolls as the previous 

possessor of the tract The Gift. William 3 Bradford was likely married to Mary Powell by 1731, since on that year in the 

Somerset County tax list (the first in which he was a head of household) he appears in Baltimore hundred directly adjacent to 

George Truitt and not far from William Kennett and several men named Powell (Thomas, Charles, Susannah). Most likely in 

1731 William 3 Bradford was occupying his wife’s land. 

Maternal Ancestry of Mary (Powell) Bradford 

William Powell’s wife is not named in his will, but she is listed in the inventory of his estate, which was sworn to by the 

administratrix Elizabeth Powell on 1 June 1721. 6 By 2 April 1723, she had remarried to William Window; on that date 

William Window and his wife Elizabeth Window, as executors of William Powell, presented the account of his estate. 7 

William Powell’s wife Elizabeth may be identified as Elizabeth Smock, the daughter of John Smock and Parthenia Innis. The 

fact that her daughter had the unusual name Parthenia made it relatively easy to discover her identity. A search of the Maryland 

Calendar of Wills for the name Parthenia or variants turned up the will abstract of Parthenia Morris, which mentions a 

grandchild “Parthenay Keennat.” Elizabeth Powell was a witness to the will. 8 

Morris (Moris), Parthenay,Somerset Co.,—– Jan, 1720-21; 2nd June, 1721. To son William Reed and hrs., 200 A. 

“Turnors Hall,” at hd. of Back Ck. n. side St. Martin's R. To dau. Parthina and hrs., residue of estate, excepting 

legacy to Joseph, son of Thos. Morris; shd. dau. die before marriage, sd. estate to grand-children, viz. Mary Patleyfos, 

Parthenay Keennat, Sarah Smook and Elinor Reed. Exs.: Sons Nathaniel Ratlif and William Reed. Test: Eliza. 

Powell, Mathilda Toyra (Torar), Wm. Robison. 16, 511. 

Clearly William Powell’s daughter Parthenia Kennett was also the granddaughter of Parthenia Morris, and therefore his wife 

Elizabeth must have been the daughter of Parthenia Morris. There are other similarities between the names in the wills of 

Parthenia Morris and William Powell, most notably the surname Smock or Smok. Henry Smok was named overseer of William 

Powell’s will and a Sarah Smook (likely an alternate spelling of Smok or Smock) was named as a granddaughter of Parthenia 

Morris. The will abstract of Parthenia Morris’ husband Thomas Morris provides more clues: 9 

Morris, Thomas, planter,Somerset Co.,22nd Feb., 1713; 3rd. Dec., 1714. To eld. sons William and Thomas and their 

hrs., dwelling land and plantation “Linnath,” provided they pay to sons Joseph and Edward certain amount of tobacco 

at majority. To John Burbage, of Somerset Co., 2 tracts, viz., “Hoggs Norton,” having a plantation thereon, and 200 

A., “Bawmarrigs,” provided he pay to Jno. Hampton, or his hrs., certain amount of tobacco. To wife Parthenia, extx., 

1/3 of personalty, residue to be divided among sons afsd. and dau. Parthenia. Overseers: Geo. Truitt, John Truitt. Test: 

Henry Smock, Job Jerman, Gavin Hutchison. 14. 25. 

Note that Henry Smock is also a witness to Thomas Morris’ will. Henry Smock was the son of John Smock, whose will is 

indexed as Smerke in the Maryland Calendar of Wills: 10 

Smerke, John,Somerset Co.,13th Jan., 1692; 23rd Mch., 1692-3. To son Henry, 200 A., part of “Batchelor's Let;” 100 

A., part of “Yorke,” and 200 A., “Connenency.” To daus. Mary and Eliza:, personalty. To wife Portenia, extx., and 

hrs., 200 A. bought by testator from Edward Green, and 200 A., “Tanner's Hall,” on St. Martin's R., and residue of 

personal estate. Test: Cornelins Inis, Jno. Johnson, Jas. Round. 6. 38. 

John Smock (Smerke) names a wife Portenia (Parthenia), to whom he willed the tract Tanners Hall; this is the same tract that 

Parthenay Morris bequeathed to her son William Reed in her will, though it was abstracted as “Turnors Hall” in the MD 

Calendar of Wills. In case there is any doubt about the names the way they are transcribed (Portenia and Parthenay), another 

record from Somerset County provides further confirmation; in a deed dated 13 August 1683, John and Parthenia Smock joined 

with Robert and Elizabeth Cade to sell a tract to William Stevens. 11 It seems clear based on this evidence that Thomas Morris’ 

widow Parthenia had previously been married to John Smock. Parthenia Morris also names a son William Reed in her will, 


indicating a probable third marriage to a man named Reed. This is confirmed by They Lived in Somerset, which contains a 

reference to the birth of William Reed on 13 April 1695 to Henry and Parthenia Reed. In his will, Henry Reed does not 

mention his wife’s name, but does name a son William: 12 

Read, Henry,Somerset Co.,16th Dec., 1703; 27th July, 1704. Wife ––, extx. and sole legatee of estate; son William to 

live with his mother during minority Test: Jno. Edgar, Jno. Shaw, Patrick Read. 3. 491. 

It is clear from the will of Parthenia Morris that William Powell’s wife Elizabeth was her daughter, and the only daughter so 

named in any of the wills of Parthenia’ husbands was the daughter of John Smock. This conclusion is strengthened by the fact 

that William Powell named Henry Smock an overseer of his will and that Henry Smock was named as a next of kin in the 

inventory to William Powell’s estate. The two were brothers-in-law. 

The will of William Innis Sr. provides evidence of the parentage of Parthenia Reed Smock Morris: 13 

Innis, William, Sr.,Somerset Co.,7th July, 1681; 28th Oct., 1684. To son William, personalty. To 3 sons and 2 

daughters, viz., Nathaniel, Cornelius, Samuel, Percis Innis, and Parthenia Smock, sd. William's portion in event of 

his death without issue. To sons Nathaniel and Cornelius, 600 A., home plantation, equally. (For description see will). 

To son Samuel and hrs., sd. Cornelius' portion in event of his death without issue. To dau. Frances Poynter, 

personalty. Exs.: Son-in-law Thos. Poynter and Samuel Hopkins. Test: Jno. Osborne, Matthew Searborough, Edward 

Smith. 4. 61. 

Mary 

Powell 

William 

Bradford 

1709 - 

Descendants of Parthenia Innis 

Elizabeth 

Powell 

John 

Smock 

- 1692 


Powell 

- 1721 

George 

Truitt 

Parthenia 

Innis 

- 1721 

Elizabeth 

Smock 

Parthenia 

Powell 

* * * * * 


Window 

Unknown 

Kennett 

Henry 

Smock 

Thomas 

Morris 

- 1713 

Parthenia 

Morris 

Henry 

Reed 

- 1703 


Reed 

1695 - 

Paternal Ancestry of Mary (Powell) Bradford 

Determining the ancestry of Mary (Powell) Bradford’s father is a bit more complicated. William Powell’s probate records 

provide the first clues. In the inventory of his estate, his nearest of kin are listed as Gabrill Powell, Henry Smock, and William 

Kennett Junior. As laid out above, Henry Smock was the brother of William Powell’s wife Elizabeth. William Kennett Junior 

was likely the husband or a relative of the husband of William Powell’s daughter Parthenia. Gabrill Powell’s precise 

relationship to William Powell can not be determined; but much as the given name Parthenia pointed the way to the parentage 

of William Powell’s wife, the given name Gabriel provides the first clue for an investigation into William Powell’s parentage. 

Several probate records provide the key to reconstructing the Powell family to which William Powell likely belongs. At the 

inventory of the estate of Samuel Powell (dated 1 June 1721), Gabrill Powell, Henry Smock and Sarah Franklyn Fasitt 

approved of the inventory, indicating that they were next of kin. 14 Note that Gabrill Powell was next of kin to both Samuel 


Powell and William Powell and that Henry Smock, William Powell’s brother-in-law, was also listed as next of kin to Samuel 

Powell. Samuel Powell’s will provides further information; in it, he identifies Gabriel Powell as his uncle and names parents, 

Thomas and Mary Powell. 15 

Powell, Samuel, gentleman,Somerset Co.,26th June, 1719; 9th Mar., 1720. To mother Mary, 1/3 pt. of 100 A. 

“Richard's Ridge” (where father Thomas Powell lived) during widowhood. To son Samuel, 150 A. “Richardson's 

Ridge” and pt. of “Carver.” To son Thomas and hrs., dwelling plantation —–. To son Price, pt. of “Carver” and “Jenny 

Foose.” sons Samuel and Thomas to pay quit rents on whole 500 A. To dau. Rachel and hrs., “Hucklebery Ridge.” To 

uncle Gabriel, 100 A. “New Ireland.” To wife Rachel, extx., personal estate. Test: Eliza. Brown, Sarah Franklyn 

(Fansott), Benjamin Burton. Note: 9th Mar., 1720, Rachel Powell claims her thirds. Deposition mentions Elizabeth 

Burton. 16, 268. 

The will of Samuel’s brother Thomas Powell provides further details about the family: 16 

Powell, Thomas,Somerset Co.,10th Feb., 1722; 7th May, 1722. To Powell (eldest son of John Patty) and hrs., 160 A. 

“Brown's Endeavour.” To Thomas (son of bro. John), mother Mary and bro-in-law John Patty, ex., personalty. Test: 

John Patrick, Jr., Wm. Willson, Richd. Holland. 17, 284. 

Thomas Powell’s inventory of 7 March 1721/2 was sworn to by John Patty, his brother-in-law; other kin were also mentioned, 

namely Rachell Powell (probably wife of Samuel) and James Collins. 17 

Thomas Powell Sr. (father of the Samuel and Thomas whose wills are given above) did not leave a will; however, at the 

inventory of his estate (dated 14 June 1718), his nearest of kin were listed as Samuel Powell (his son) and William Powell. 18 

This provides evidence of a close connection between William Powell and the family consisting of Thomas Powell Sr. and his 

children. William Powell also appears with Elizabeth Powell (presumably his wife) as next of kin in the inventory (dated 26 

July 1718) of John Powell, who was another son of Thomas Powell Sr. and who was mentioned in the will of his brother 

Thomas the younger. 19 When John Powell’s account was presented on 22 March 1721, a payment was recorded to Gabriele 

Powell, among others. 20 

The records of Northampton County, Virginia, provide the necessary evidence for identifying the wife of Thomas Powell Sr. 

She was Mary Price, the daughter of Walter Price: 21 

PRICE, WALTER, ship carpenter – 11 Jan. 1680 / 5 Jan. 1683 – To my wife Mary Price being a Loper[sic] 12p. To 

my son Charles Price, being my chief heir, the plantation whereon I am now seated and ½ the neck where Thomas 

Collins now lives, 3 guns, 2 pistolls, and one cutles. To my dau. Anne Collins the half of the leased plantation where 

she now liveth called “Barmoodian Neck,” and the other half to my son Charles, the said Anne to enjoy his half for her 

lifetime. To my grandson Thomas Collins, Jr., one mare colt, and if he dies without issue then to my granddau. Susan 

Collins. To my dau. Mary Powell colt, cow and calf. To my grandson Teigue Powell one mare colt, and if he dies 

without issue then to the next heir my dau. Mary Powell shall have. To my dau. Frances Basnett one cow. To my 

dau. Elizabeth Kennett. Son Charles resid. legatee and extr. Witt: Joseph Hickman, Ruth [X] Stevens – p.262 

Other information tends to confirm that Mary (Price) Powell was the wife of Thomas Powell. Circumstantial evidence is 

provided by the fact that Samuel Powell (son of Thomas and Mary Powell) named one of his sons Price Powell. Further 

confirmation is provided by the will of Thomas Collins, who married Walter Price’s daughter Ann: 22 

COLLINS, THOMAS [X], planter – 11 Jan. 1687/8 – 28 Feb. 1687 – To my son Thomas Collins when 18 a feather 

bed. To my son Walter Collins when 18 a feather bed. To my sons Andrew and Price Collins when 18 two cows called 

“Travellor” and “Petley”. To son William Collins when 18 one hand mill. To Harman Johnson’s three children two 

Barrow sholes. Sons to be at age at 18. To my loving wife and my daus. Susan and Elizabeth one mare. Wife Ann 

resid. legatee and extrx. My friends Thomas Powell, Benjamin Nottingham, and Joseph Hickman to oversee. Witt: 

Benjamin Nottingham, Joseph Hickman, Jane [X] Johnson – p.341 

[Note: Thomas Collins married Ann Price the dau. of Walter Price. Later, Ann married James Davis – 1680-1692, 

p.236] 

Based on the wills of Walter Price and Thomas Collins, Thomas Powell and his brother Gabriel can thus be traced to 

Northampton County, Virginia. They were the sons of Samuel Powell of Northampton: 23 


POWELL, SAMUEL – 6 Feb. 1660 / 29 Aug. 1666 – Imprimis I give my dau. Elizabeth to be at her own disposing, 

not for her mother to lace her out to any man. William Lawrence to have my son Samuel until 20. John Racmear to 

have my son Thomas until 20 and learn him to be a millwright and wheelwright. My dau. Katheryn may remain with 

Thomas Powell until she comes to age. Susannah may remain with Roger Spinney and Ellinor his wife until she comes 

to age. Thomas Duparkes to have my son Gabriell and learn him to be a Virginney carpenter, and he to be on his own 

when 20. My wife to take care of my dau. Gressell. William Lawrence and John Racmear to sell some of my 

moveables as they see fit to pay my debt to Mr. Marke and Mr. Ryding. My wife [no name] to live upon my land for 

life, and then to my son Samuel. Witt: Elizabeth Webley, Thomas Duparke – f.4 

This Samuel Powell was an immigrant to Virginia. He was listed as a headright of Capt. John Howe of Northampton on his 

certificate dated 24 October 1637, 24 and he first appears in the records of Northampton County, VA, in 1638. 25 His son Samuel 

Powell appears to have remained in Northampton County, whereas Thomas and Gabriel Powell both moved to Somerset 

County sometime in the 1680s or 1690s. 26 

Gabriel Powell did not leave a will, but the inventory of his estate (dated 2 November 1725) was sworn to by Suzannah Powell 

(his widow) and the next of kin were named as Gabrell Powell (possibly a son) and Rachell Powell (possibly wife of his 

nephew Samuel Powell). 27 

All of the above records allow the following reconstruction of the family to which Mary (Powell) Bradford’s father William 

Powell likely belongs. (Note: the Somerset branch is on the left and the Northampton branch on the right.) 

Teigue 

Powell 

1680 - 

Samuel 

Powell 

Samuel 

Powell 

1680 - 1719 

Thomas 

Powell 

Thomas 

Powell 

1640 - 1718 

Rachel 

Tull 

Price 

Powell 

Mary 

Price 

Thomas 

Powell 

1680 - 1722 

Rachel 

Powell 


Powell 

1680 - 1718 

Thomas 

Powell 

Descendants of Samuel Powell 

Gabriel 

Powell 

1640 - 

Unknown 

Powell 

1680 - 

Powell 

Patty 

It is clear that William Powell belongs to this family, and it only remains to determine the most likely place where he would fit. 

One method of proceeding is to compare his likely age with the likely ages of the other Powells of Somerset, in order to figure 

out which generation he would be in. When William Powel died in 1721, his eldest daughter Parthenia was already married. If 

we generously assume she was 16 when she married and that she married around the time of her father’s death, she would have 

been born around 1705. If we further assume that William Powell was at least 18 when he had Parthenia, that would put his 

birth around 1687 at the latest. This year constitutes a limit for his birth year; he was almost certainly not born later than 1687, 

and was probably born before 1687. This puts William Powell squarely in the generation of the children of Thomas 2 Powell 

(Sam 1 ), whose births can all be estimated to within a certain range of years. Walter Price wrote in his will “To my grandson 

Teigue Powell one mare colt, and if he dies without issue, then to the next heir my dau. Mary Powell shall have.” [Emphasis 

mine] This wording implies that Teigue Powell was born by 11 January 1680, but that Mary Powell had no other children at 

the time; this places the birth years of Samuel 3 , Thomas 3 , and John 3 Powell after 11 January 1680. This also accords with 

information from the Somerset County tax lists. From 1723 to 1729, Samuel 3 Powell’s eldest son Samuel was a dependent in 

the household of his uncle John Pattey or his mother Rachel; this indicates that he was at least 16 in 1723, but not old enough to 

be head of household until 1729. Samuel 3 Powell’s son Thomas did not even appear on the tax lists as a dependent until 1729, 


Patty 

Samuel 

Powell 

- 1660 

Samuel 

Powell 

1640 - 

Elizabeth 

Powell 

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Katheryn 

Powell 

Susannah 

Powell 

Gressell 

Powell

which would imply that he turned 16 that year and that he was born probably around 1713. The probable birth years of 

Samuel 3 Powell’s sons Samuel and Thomas are consistent with a birth for Samuel 3 in the 1680s. Thus William Powell was in 

the same generation as Samuel 3 Powell, and the best interpretation of the evidence is that William Powell was, like Samuel, a 

son of Thomas 2 Powell (Sam 1 ). It is theoretically possible that William may have been a son of Gabriel Powell; after all 

Gabriel Powell appeared as next of kin in the inventory of his estate. Were that the case William Powell would have been a first 

cousin of Samuel 3 and John 3 Powell, to whom he was listed as next of kin. However, Henry Smock also appeared as kin of 

Samuel 3 Powell to approve the inventory of Samuel’s estate. It is easier to imagine the brother-in-law of his brother appearing 

as Samuel Powell’s kin rather than the brother-in-law of his cousin. The given names of William Powell’s daughters also tend 

to confirm that William was the son of Thomas 2 and Mary Powell. His eldest daughter Parthenia was named after her maternal 

grandmother Parthenia (Innis) Reed Smock Morris; his daughter Elizabeth (Powell) Truitt was likely named after her mother, 

Elizabeth (Smock) Powell; and his daughter Mary (Powell) Bradford may have been named after her paternal grandmother, 

Mary (Price) Powell. 

* * * * * 

Kennett Connection 

If William Powell was the son of Thomas and Mary (Price) Powell, then it is likely that his daughter Parthenia married her 

cousin. It is clear that Mary (Price) Powell’s sister Elizabeth was married to a Kennett, since her father names a daughter 

Elizabeth Kennett in his will of 1680. She may be identified as the wife of William Kennett, who was the son of Martin 

Kennett of Northampton: 28 

KENNETT, MARTYN – 28 Oct. 1647 – Admtrx: Susanna Kennett widow of the dec’d – p.122. The appraisal of his 

estate by John Charles, Walter Price, John Stringer, Luke Billington – f.134a. 

[Notes: Due to the very small estate, Susanna petitioned the court, on behalf of a small child she must maintain, for 

relief from paying the debts of the estate – f.124. William Kennett is the son of Martyn Kennett – p.134] 

Note that one of the appraisers of Martin Kennett’s estate was Walter Price, father of Elizabeth Kennett. That William Kennett 

married an Elizabeth is confirmed by the fact that she relinquish her dower rights to two tracts of land that William sold in 

Accomack County in 1679 and 1684. 29 William Kennett moved to Somerset County, Maryland, and died there before 16 

January 1694, when administration on his estate was granted to his widow Elizabeth. 30 Kennett being such an unusual name, it 

is likely that the Kennett whom Parthenia Powell married was a descendant of William Kennett. However, figuring out who she 

married and how that man might be descended from William 2 Kennett (Martin 1 ) is not so straightforward. For one thing, no 

Parthenia is mentioned in any probate record associated with any man named Kennett in Somerset or Worcester Counties. 

Furthermore, William 2 Kennett died intestate, so it is not immediately clear who his sons were. 

A John Kennett left a will in Somerset County (24 April 1718 – 1 August 1718) and bequeathed a legacy to Samuel Kennett, 

son of his brother William. 31 Given that John Kennett’s death was in 1718 and William 2 Kennett’s death was before 16 January 

1694, it seems likely that John was a son of William 2 Kennett. Since he named no children of his own, this John 3 Kennett is 

presumed to have died without issue; however, he did name a brother William Kennett, who was probably the same one who 

was administrator of John Kennett’s estate. From John’s will it is apparent that this William 3 Kennett had at least one son, 

Samuel 4 Kennett. Further information about William 3 Kennett’s family is provided by the will of Margaret Towers (3 

September 1719 – 12 October 1719), who named a daughter Margaret, wife of Wm. Kinett Sr. and also a grandson Martin 

Kennett. 32 At first glance it might appear that this Martin Kennett was the husband of Parthenia Powell, since William and 

Mary (Powell) Bradford and George and Elizabeth (Powell) Truitt made their quitclaim deed in 1737 to a Martin Kennett. 

Margaret Towers’ death occurred around the same time as William Powell’s, and a William Kennett Junior was named a next 

of kin at the inventory of William Powell’s estate. The fact that he was referred to as William Kennett Junior implies that in 

1721 there were two William Kennetts in Somerset, an elder and a younger. William Kennett Sr. may clearly be identified as 

William 3 Kennett (Wm 2 Martin 1 ), but it is not immediately clear that William Kennett Junior was his son. The Somerset County 

tax lists provide some confirmation of the two William Kennets. When the surviving Somerset County tax lists begin in 1723, 

and continuing through 1725, there are three Kennetts listed: William Kennett Sr., William Kennett Jr., and Martin Kennett. 

After 1725, one of the William Kennetts (presumably Senior) disappears from the tax lists. From 1728 to 1738, only William 

Kennett and Martin Kennett are listed; in these years they are invariably listed adjacent or very close to one another. It is 

during this period (specifically, in 1737) that William 3 Bradford and Mary (Powell) Bradford made their quit claim to Martin 

Kennett, who must have either been the man who married Mary (Powell) Bradford’s sister Parthenia Powell or one of his sons. 

This Martin Kennett may therefore probably be identified as the one who was on the tax lists during the 1730s. He may also be 

identified as the Martin Kennett who left a will in Worcester County (7 February 1744 – 1 April 1745) bequeathing The Gift 


(the tract bequeathed by William Powell to his daughters) to his son Laban and his daughter Rhodyah. Martin Kennett’s wife at 

the time he wrote his will was Bridget, not Parthenia; however, it is entirely possible that he had an earlier wife: 33 

Martin Kennet - 7 December 1744 - 1 April 1745. To son Laban Kennet - 125 acres being part of Gift and the right of 

a parcel of land bought of Samuel Showell lying between the dwelling plantation and Conclusion. Also mahogany 

desk, small new gun, feather bed, half of the carpenter, coopers, and joiners tools. To son Martin Kennet - Conclusion 

and Cornhill and Cornhill Addition. Also hand mill still and worm, cow and calf. To daughter Rhodyah Kennet - 75 

acres being the remaining part of Gift. Also reed chest, bed and furniture. To daughter Arcadah Kennet - Negro man 

Tom, young mare, side saddle, white chest, 500 pounds of tobacco, bed and furniture. That sons to dwell with wife 

until they are eighteen years. That Samuel Hopkins and David Johnson be trustees. Executor: wife Bridget Kennet. 

Witness: John Turvill, Nathan Brittingham, Samuel Hopkins 

Since John 3 Kennett had no children, it might be assumed that this Martin Kennett was the son of William 3 Kennett. The tax 

lists also seem to confirm that William Kennett Junior was another son of William 3 Kennett, who was probably the William 

Kennett Senior who disappears from the tax lists after 1725. However, this conclusion is complicated by the fact that there was 

an earlier Martin Kennett in Somerset. In his will dated 9 July 1708, Francis Jenkins mentions the tract The Gift, lately seated 

of Martin Kennet, deceased. 34 Given his death by 1708, this earlier Martin Kennett was likely the son of William 2 Kennett. 

That William 2 Kennett did have a son Martin is confirmed by a deed recorded in Somerset County dated 20 March 1732 from 

Edmund Crapper to Thomas Goddard. It is for the tract Eagle Point, and the deed mentions that the tract had been surveyed for 

William Stevens in 1683 for 650 acres and that Stevens had assigned it to William Kennett. The deed further notes that “Martin 

Kennett, son and heir to the above William, deceased” had sold 150 acres of the tract to Crapper. 35 The listing for Eagle Point 

in the Somerset County rent rolls further notes the possessors: Martin Kennett of 250 acres, William Bulgar of 100 acres, and 

Edmund Cropper of 300 acres. 36 

So the original William 2 Kennett had three sons: John 3 Kennett, who died childless in 1718; William 3 Kennett who married 

Margaret Towers and had at least one son named Samuel; and Martin 3 Kennett, who died before 1708. The history of the tract 

Eagle Point contains the key to figuring out how the Martin Kennett (d.1744-1745) who was married to Parthenia Powell was 

descended from William 2 Kennett. Again, the 1732 deed from Crapper to Goddard notes that Eagle Point was assigned to 

William 2 Kennett (Martin 1 ), and then passed to his son Martin 3 Kennett (Wm 2 Martin 1 ). Portions of Eagle Point were then later 

bequeathed by a William Kennett to his sons Presgrave and Turvill: 37 

William Kennett – 3 March 1750/1 – 8 November 1752. To son William Kennett - dwelling plantation which runs 

up Beaver Dam Creek and a suit of clothes of coat, vest and breeches. To son Turvill Kennet - plantation where son 

William lives which runs up the line to the sandy valley and thence to a split dogwood parting between Gothard and 

mine containing 150 acres and that he be bound out to a trade that the Justices of this county shall see fit. To son 

Presgrave Kennett - remaining part of land and that he be bound out to a trade or to sea. To sons Turville and 

Pregrave - Negro girl Esther. To daughter Rachel - Negro boy Pompey. To daughter Mary - Negro boy Samson. To 

wife Mary - to dwell at the plantation during her widowhood and "in case she marryeth not to have any right title 

claime or interest". Also third of personal estate. Executor: wife Mary and son William. Witness: David Johnson, 

John Turville, Samuel Hopkins 

Although the tract Eagle Point is not named in the will, both Presgrave Kennett and Turvill Kennett sold portions of the tract in 

1762. 38 This indicates that Presgrave and Turvill’s father was William 4 Kennett (Martin 3 Wm 2 Martin 1 ), son of Martin 3 . The 

Martin Kennett who was son of Martin Kennett (d.1744-1745, wife Parthenia Powell) left a will in Worcester County (15 

February 1770 – 7 March 1770) leaving various parts of his estate to various “cozens,” including Presgrave Kennett and Turvil 

Kennett. 39 Since Presgrave and Turvill Kennett are known to have been the sons of William 4 Kennett (Martin 3 ), it seems likely 

that Martin Kennett (d.1744-1745, wife Parthenia Powell) was probably also the son of Martin 3 Kennett and that he was not the 

Martin 4 Kennett (William 3 ) mentioned in the will of Margaret Towers as a grandson. This interpretation tends to be confirmed 

by a deed from William Gault to John Gault dated 13 January 1745 in Worcester County; the deed mentions that Margaret 

Towers in her last will devised 100 acres to her daughter, Margaret, and to the issue of her daughter, “the then wife of William 

Kennitt”, and that Margaret was “deceased without heir” whereby the land became the property of William Gault as heir at 

law. 40 Clearly, it is possible that William 3 Kennett remarried after the death of his wife Margaret; however, Margaret Towers 

clearly names Martin Kennett as a grandson in her will, which indicates that Martin 4 Kennett (Wm 3 Wm 2 Martin 1 ) was an heir of 

Margaret (Towers) Kennett. Since she died without heirs, presumably Martin 4 Kennett (Wm 3 Wm 2 Martin 1 ) also died without 

heirs, otherwise the land would have passed to him. This leads to the conclusion that the Martin Kennett who married Parthenia 


Powell was the son of Martin 3 Kennett (Wm 2 Martin 1 ). Again, this tends to be confirmed by the fact that his son named 

Presgrave and Turvil as cousins. It also tends to be confirmed by Francis Jenkins’ will, which mentions that The Gift had been 

seated by Martin 3 Kennett, and by the Somerset Rent Roll entry for the Gift, which names Martin Kennett as possessor. This 

interpretation also accords with the Somerset County tax lists. Again, there are two William Kennetts listed from 1723 to 1727, 

William Kennett Sr. and William Kennett Junior. The William Kennett Senior must be William 3 Kennett (Wm 2 Martin 1 ); he 

disappears from the tax list by 1727, indicating a probable death around that time. William Kennett Junior may be identified as 

William 4 Kennett (Martin 3 Wm 3 Martin 3 ), since we know he was living in Worcester and left a will there in 1750/51. 

Mary 

Powell 



1709 - 

Mary 

Price 


Powell 

- 1721 

Elizabeth 

Powell 

Thomas 

Powell 

1640 - 1718 

Elizabeth 

Smock 

George 

Truitt 

Descendants of Walter Price 

[1] Parthenia 

Powell 

Walter 

Price 

- 1679/80 

[2] Martin Martin 

Kennett Kennett 

- 1744 1744 

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Mary 

Martin 

Kennett 

- 1708 

Elizabeth 

Price 


Kennett 

1642 - 1694 


Kennett 


Kennett 

Samuel 

Kennett 

Margaret 

Towers 

Martin 

Kennett 


Kennett 

At his father’s death, William 3 Bradford inherited 100 acres of St. Martin’s Desert. When his father’s will was recorded, 

depositions were taken from Joseph Jones and John Holloway Junr. to settle the boundary between William 3 and his brother 

Nathaniel 3 , who also received a portion of the tract: 41 

Joseph Jones being of full age and being sworn on the holy Avengalis of Almighty God deposeth and saith that 

upwards of twelve years past he this deponant had an Order to clear a Road from Pocomoke River to Buckinham and 

some time after reding the s d . Road this deponant saw a White oak mark’d with three notches on a Side on four sides 

which look to be but just marked and some small time afterwards this deponant was riding the same road with John 

Bradford and asked him what that Tree was mark’d for the said Jn o Bradford Answered that from that tree up the road 

towards Buckingham was the division between (his sons) Nathaniel Bradford and William Bradford and that part to 

the Southward of the said road was to be Nathaniels; and on the Northward was to be William’s and that he the said 

John then Told this deponant that he had likewise made a division between his son William and his son John and 

further this deponant saith not. Joseph [I I] Jones 

John Holloway Junr. being of full age and sworn on the holoy Avangalis of Almighty God deposeth and Saith that 

about Ten years agoe he this deponant went to John Bradfords and Robert Rathbone was writing the said John’s Will 

he this deponant Stay’d till the Will was finished and heard the said John make the division of his land in the said Will 

between his sons in the following manner. The road that leads from Joseph Jones to Buckingham beginning at at a 

marked white Oak standing on the Northermost side of the raod to be the division between Nathaniel and William the 

land on the south side of the said Road to be Nathaniel’s and on the North side to be William’s from the said Road to a 

branch next to the Plantation whereon the said John Bradford lived, and the remaining part of his Land to his son John 

and further this deponant saith that he saw John Bradford seal the said Will & heard him publish the same to be his last 

Will and further this deponant sath that at the time of his so doing he the said John was in perfect health and of sound 

memory to the best of hyis apprehension and also that he was (desired) by John Bradford to sign the said Will as an 


Evidence with Geo. Jerman and Robert Rathbone but William Bradford was present said that he this deponant was too 

near of him to be a Witness and further saith not. John Holloway Junr. 

William 3 Bradford became executor of his father’s estate and presented the account on 4 February 1760. 42 

William 3 Bradford was a member of the vestry of St. Martin’s Church in 1756. 43 His fellow vestrymen were J. L. Dirickson, 

Wm Dirickson, Zadock Purnal, Samuel Powell, Josiah Mitchell, Powell Pattey, and George Haward. Both Samuel Powell and 

Powell Pattey were the first cousins of William 3 Bradford’s wife Mary (Powell) Bradford. On the pew list for St. Martin’s 

Church in 1761, William 3 Bradford was on pew 14 with William Bannam, Ellenor Bannam, Saml Warren, Risdon Williams, 

David Long (in law of Elenor Banam), and Charles Banester (in law of Saml Warren). 44 

* * * * * 

In a deed dated 28 January 1755, William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) sold 50 acres of his inheritance of St. Martin’s Desert to 

William Bradford Junr: 45 

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty Eighth of January Anno Dom. One thousand seven hundred and fifty five 

Between William Bradford Sen r . of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland of the one part and William 

Bradford Jun r . of the same place of the other part Witnesseth that the said William Bradford Sen r . for and in 

Consideration of fifteen pounds Current money of Maryland to him in hand paid by the said William Bradford Jun r . 

before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof the said William Bradford Sen r . doth hereby acknowledge 

and hath given granted Bargained and sold and doth hereby Grant Bargain and Sell to the said William Bradford Jun r . 

his heirs and assigns forever fifty acres of Land being a part of a tract of Land Called S t . Martins Desart the said Land 

Lying and being in Worcester County back in Woods about three Miles from the branches of Pocomoke River the said 

Land called St. Martins Desart beginning at a marked gum being the first bounder of a tract of Land formerly surveyed 

for Woney Macklamy the said fifty acres of Land to begin at a marked White Oak Standing by the side of a Branch 

which said white oak was marked for a Division between the said William Bradford Sen r . and John Bradford and from 

there toward the road that Leads from Maj r . Purnells Sawmill to Buckingham . . . 

Signed Sealed & Delivered } Ja a : Mitchell } William [M] Bradford 

In presence of } John Evans } 

In a further deed dated 21 September 1769, William Bradford sold the remainder of his inheritance of St. Martin’s Desert to 

William Bradford Junr: 46 

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty first Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 

sixty nine BETWEEN William Bradford Sen r . of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland of the one part and 

William Bradford Jun r . of the same place of the other part WITNESSETH that the said William Bradford Senr. for and 

in consideration of the sum of one hundred Pounds current Money of Maryland to him in hand paid by the said 

William Bradford Junr. before the Execution hereon the Receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged, Have given 

granted bargained and sold Aliened and Confirm’d & by these Presents do Give Grant Bargain and Sell Alien and 

Confirm unto the said William Bradford Junr. his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain parcel of land situate lying a 

being in the County aforesaid back in the Woods about three miles from the Branches of Pocomoke River being part 

of a larger Tract of Land called and known by the Name of St. Martins Desart. Now the land hereby Alined and 

Conveyed being described as follows, that is BEGINNING at a marked white oak standing on the West side of the 

said Tract of Land called St. Martins Desart and close on the North side of a Road leading from Purnells Saw mill to 

Buckingham, which said white oak was marked for a Division between said William Bradford Sen r . & his brother 

Nathaniel Bradford Deceased, thence running along said Road towards Buckingham to the East side of said Tract 

called St Martins Desart and from thence including all the Right Title Interest & Claim that the said William Bradford 

Sen r . hath in said Tract of St. Martins Desart on the North Side of said Road containing by Estimation about sixty 

Acres of Land more or less together with all the Appurtenances belonging or in any wise appertaining. . . In 

Testimony whereof the said William Bradford Senr. to these presents his Hand hath set and Seal affixed the Day and 

Year first above written 

Signed Sealed & Delivered } 

In the presence of } William [H] Bradford 

Milby Atkinson Eber: Campbell 


* * * * * 

What Became of William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

The 1769 deed to William Bradford Jr. constitutes the last known appearance of William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) in the records 

of Worcester County. With this sale, William had sold off his entire inheritance to his son, William Bradford Junr. Yet he 

failed to provide for himself in the deed and there are no other deed records referring to him. It may be that he continued to live 

with William Bradford Junr. or it may be that he leased land elsewhere. It is also unclear when William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

died, as no probate records may be definitively associated with him. Many researchers have assumed that the William Bradford 

who left a will in Worcester County in 1779 was William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ); 47 however, examination of the land records 

relating to St. Martin’s Desert make it clear that the will was written by the William Bradford Junr., to whom William 3 

Bradford sold his land [see below]. 

Aside from the probate records pertaining to William 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ), the son of William Bradford Junr., there 

is only one other probate for a William Bradford in Worcester County, namely that of a William Bradford with wife Sarah and 

daughters Henrietta and Elizabeth. Administration on this William’s estate was granted his widow Sarah on 14 December 

1810. 48 This William seems to have been well off; the inventory of his estate totaled over $1400 and included 4 slaves, 

numerous livestock and several luxury items. 49 It would have been strange for a man of such means not to show up in any other 

records, which makes it likely that he may be identified with one of the other Williams who appears in Worcester records. But 

was he William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 )? The only other candidate would seem to be William Bradford, the son of Samuel 

Bradford, who was not related to the family of John 2 Bradford (Nath 1 ). 

Only a few things are known for sure about Samuel Bradford’s son William. One is that he was dead by the time his father 

wrote his will on 15 December 1810. 50 He also must have had children, since his father left a legacy to the “children of my 

deceased son William”. He appears as William Bradford (of Sam) on the militia muster of 1780; 51 since he did appear in the 

muster, he must have been at least 16, placing his birth by the year 1764 at the latest. In 1810, he would have been in his 40s or 

older, which would be consistent for having two daughters close to marrying age. On the other hand, William 3 Bradford 

(Jno 2 Nath 1 ) would have been around 100 years old in 1810. For him to have two daughters of marrying age means that he 

would have fathered them in his 70s or 80s. While not conclusive, the evidence allows a fairly reliable conclusion that the 

William Bradford who died in 1810 was not William 3 Bradford. In Solomon 3 Bradford’s 1771 quitclaim to William 3 

Bradford’s son William [see below], the latter is referred to as “William Bradford (son of William)” rather than “William 

Bradford Junr.” as he was previously denoted; this may indicate that William Sr. had passed away by this time. 

William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) and Mary (Powell) Bradford had issue: 

+ 86*. i. WILLIAM 4 BRADFORD 


86. William 4 Bradford (Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

It is often assumed by those researching the Bradfords of Worcester County, Maryland, that the William Bradford who left a 

will in 1778 was the son of John 2 Bradford (Nath 1 ). This assumption results from relying solely on probate records and not 

gathering other applicable evidence. If one were to look solely at probate records, one would see that John 2 Bradford (Nath 1 ) 

named a son William in his 1742 will, to whom he left part of the tract St. Martin’s Desert. One would also note that a William 

Bradford left a will in 1778 bequeathing the tract St. Martin’s Desert to his sons. From that perspective, it seems like an open 

and shut case. In reality, the very fact that the 1778 William bequeathed St. Martin’s Desert proves that he was not William 3 

Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ), but was instead the man who appears in various land and church records of Worcester County as William 

Bradford Junr. 

William Bradford Junr. first appears in Worcester County records as the grantee in an indenture dated 28 January 1755 from 

William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) for 50 acres of St. Martin’s Desert: 52 

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty Eighth of January Anno Dom. One thousand seven hundred and fifty five 

Between William Bradford Sen r . of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland of the one part and William 

Bradford Jun r . of the same place of the other part Witnesseth that the said William Bradford Sen r . for and in 

Consideration of fifteen pounds Current money of Maryland to him in hand paid by the said William Bradford Jun r . 

before the sealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof the said William Bradford Sen r . doth hereby acknowledge 

and hath given granted Bargained and sold and doth hereby Grant Bargain and Sell to the said William Bradford Jun r . 

his heirs and assigns forever fifty acres of Land being a part of a tract of Land Called S t . Martins Desart the said Land 

Lying and being in Worcester County back in Woods about three Miles from the branches of Pocomoke River the said 

Land called St. Martins Desart beginning at a marked gum being the first bounder of a tract of Land formerly surveyed 

for Woney Macklamy the said fifty acres of Land to begin at a marked White Oak Standing by the side of a Branch 

which said white oak was marked for a Division between the said William Bradford Sen r . and John Bradford and from 

there toward the road that Leads from Maj r . Purnells Sawmill to Buckingham . . . 

Signed Sealed & Delivered } Ja a : Mitchell } William [M] Bradford 

In presence of } John Evans } 

In this deed, William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) is referred to as William Bradford Senr. and the other William as William Bradford 

Junr. In a later deed, dated 19 February 1763, William Bradford Jr. purchased 104 more acres of St. Martin’s Desert from 

John 3 Bradford (John 2 Nath 1 ): 53 

THIS INDENTURE made this nineteenth Day of February Anno Dom. one thousand seven hundred and sixty three 

Between John Bradford Jun r . of Worcester County of the one part And William Bradford Jun r . of the same place of the 

other part. Witnesseth that whereas his Lordship the right Honble the Lord Propy by his Deed of Grant bearing Date in 

the year of our of our Lord one thousand six hundred and eighty eight, did Grant unto a certain Warren Hadder all that 

Tract of Land called ST. MARTINS DESART Bounded as followeth Beginning at a marked Gum being a corner Tree 

of a Tract of Land formerly Surveyed for Woney McClemey Thence South thirty eight Degrees Westerly one hundred 

and Eighty six Perches. thence South forty eight Perches, thence South seventeen Degrees Westerly eighty Perches, 

thence South thirty six Degrees Westerly two hundred & eighteen Perches thence South forty four Degrees East 

seventy Perches, thence North thirty eight Degrees East five hundred & fifteen Perches to a white Oak and thence with 

a right Line drawn to the first Bounder containing three hundred Acres more or less. AND WHEREAS also the said 

Warren Hadder by Virtue of the Grant afd. into the said Land entered & was thereof Possessed and so thereof 

Possessed being afterwards by his Deed of Bargain & Sale duly Acknolwedged & Recorded did Convey the said 

Lands unto a certain William Townsend. AND WHEREAS also the said William Townsend by Virtue of the said 

Conveyance into the afd. three hundred Acres with the appurtenances did enter & was thereof possessed and so thereof 

possessed being afterwards by his Deed of Bargain & Sale duly Acknowledged & recorded for the Consideration 

therein expressed did Convey the said Land unto a certain John Bradford Sen r . in fee and by Virtue of that Bargain & 

Sale the said John Bradford Sen r . into the said Lands did enter & was thereof Seized in fee & so thereof Seized being 

afterwards to wit in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & forty two did make his last Will & Testament 

in writing which was afterwards duly exhibitted & proved amongst other things therein expressed, did divise part of 

the said three hundred Acres of Land with its appurtenances unto his Son John Bradford Jun r . in fee recourse to the 


said Will may more fully appear And by Virtue of that divise the said John Bradford Jun r . after the Death of the afs d . 

John Bradford Sen r . Into the said part of Land entered, and was & still is Seized thereof in fee NOW this 

INDENTURE further WITNESSETH that the said John Bradford Jun r . for and in Consideration of the Sum of One 

hundred pounds current money of Maryland to him in hand paid by the afs d . William Bradford Jun r . at and before the 

Sealing & Delivery hereof the receipt whereof the said John hereby doth Acknowledge Hath Given Granted Bargained 

and Sold and by these Presents Doth Give Grant Bargain & Sell unto the afd. William Bradford Junr. his Heirs and 

Assigns forever part of the afd. divise or parcel of Land called St. Martins Desart which said part is Bounded & 

Discribed as followeth. Beginning seventy eight Perches on the first Course of the Patten being the End of the first 

Course of Samuel Warrens Allienation part of the afd. Tract Thence runing with the said first Course South thirty eight 

Degrees Westerly one hundred & eight Perches, thence South twelve Perches, thence South fifty eight Degrees East 

one hundred & thirty three perches, thence North thirty eight Degrees East one hundred & eighty three Perches, thence 

North fifty one and a half Degrees Westerly nineteen Perches, thence South thirty eight Degrees Westerly and Seventy 

eight Perches & thence with a line drawn to the beginning containing and now laid out for one hundred & four Acres 

of Land more or less together with the Appurtenances thereto belonging . . . IN TESTIMONY whereof the said John 

Bradford Junr. to these Presents his Hand hath set & Seal affixed the Day and year first above written 

Sign’d Seal’d & Deliver’d } Josa. Mitchell } 

In Presence of us } John Evans } John [J] Bradford 

In an indenture dated 21 September 1769, William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) sold the remainder of his inheritance to William 

Bradford Jr.: 54 

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty first Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 

sixty nine BETWEEN William Bradford Sen r . of Worcester County in the Province of Maryland of the one part and 

William Bradford Jun r . of the same place of the other part WITNESSETH that the said William Bradford Senr. for and 

in consideration of the sum of one hundred Pounds current Money of Maryland to him in hand paid by the said 

William Bradford Junr. before the Execution hereon the Receipt whereof is hereby Acknowledged, Have given 

granted bargained and sold Aliened and Confirm’d & by these Presents do Give Grant Bargain and Sell Alien and 

Confirm unto the said William Bradford Junr. his Heirs and Assigns forever a certain parcel of land situate lying a 

being in the County aforesaid back in the Woods about three miles from the Branches of Pocomoke River being part 

of a larger Tract of Land called and known by the Name of St. Martins Desart. Now the land hereby Alined and 

Conveyed being described as follows, that is BEGINNING at a marked white oak standing on the West side of the 

said Tract of Land called St. Martins Desart and close on the North side of a Road leading from Purnells Saw mill to 

Buckingham, which said white oak was marked for a Division between said William Bradford Sen r . & his brother 

Nathaniel Bradford Deceased, thence running along said Road towards Buckingham to the East side of said Tract 

called St Martins Desart and from thence including all the Right Title Interest & Claim that the said William Bradford 

Sen r . hath in said Tract of St. Martins Desart on the North Side of said Road containing by Estimation about sixty 

Acres of Land . . . In Testimony whereof the said William Bradford Senr. to these presents his Hand hath set and Seal 

affixed the Day and Year first above written 

Signed Sealed & Delivered } 

In the presence of } William [H] Bradford 

Milby Atkinson Eber: Campbell 

Thus, by 1769, William Bradford Junr. was in possession of all those portions of St. Martin’s Desert that John 2 Bradford 

(Nath 1 ) had bequeathed to his sons William 3 and John 3 . What is curious about all the above deeds is that the relationship of 

John 3 Bradford and William 3 Bradford to the grantee William Bradford Junr. is not made known. Common sense would suggest 

that William Bradford Junr. was part of the same family. Since no William Bradford appears as a son in any of the probate 

records associated with Nathaniel 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ), common sense also suggests that he was a son either of William 3 or 

John 3 . A quit claim from Solomon 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) dated 17 May 1771 provides the necessary evidence: 55 

This Indenture made this seventeenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy one. 

Between Solomon Bradford grandSon and Heir at Law of John Bradford late of Worcester County dec d . of the one part 

and William Bradford (Son of William Bradford) of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Solomon for and in 

Consideration of the sum of Twenty five pounds Current money to him paid by the af d . William at and before the 

Sealing and Delivery hereof the Receipt whereof the said Solomon hereby doth acknowledge, hath bargained sold 

remised released and forever quit claimed, and by these presents doth bargain sell remise release and forever quit 

claim unto the af d . William Bradford his Heirs and Assigns forever (the said William now in quiet and peacable 


possession being) of in and unto all that part of a Tract of Land called Saint Martins Desserts that is to say, all that part 

thereof which was Devised by the last Will and Testament of the af d John Bradford Grandfather of the said Solomon 

unto his two Sons William Bradford and John Bradford, except fifty Acres thereof which the last mentioned John sold 

and conveyed unto a certain Samuel Warren the part now intended to be Released containing about two hundred Acres 

be the same more or less and is Bounded Limitted and Described as expressed in the last Will & Testament of the af d . 

John Bradford Dec d . recorse thereto being had more fully may appear . . . In Witness whereof the said Solomon 

Bradford to these presents his hand hath set and 

Seal affixed the day & year first above written 

Signed Sealed & Deliver’d, }Benton Harris Solomon Bradford 

In presence of us } Ebe r . Campbell 

Since Solomon Bradford is quitting claim for those parts of St. Martin’s Desert bequeathed to William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

and John 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ), it is apparent that the William Bradford in the deed was the same one who had previously 

purchased those tracts from William 3 and John 3 . In the quit claim from Solomon Bradford, this William (previously known as 

William Bradford Junr.) is referred to as “William Bradford (Son of William Bradford).” Based on this evidence, William 

Bradford Junr. is presumed to be the son of William 3 Bradford (Jno 2 Nath 1 ). 

* * * * * 

Marriage to Mary Richards 

William 4 Bradford married Mary Richards, daughter of William and Rachel Richards. They were married by 11 January 1760, 

the date of the administration account for Rachel Richards’ estate, which mentions “money pd. William Bradford on acct of his 

Wifes part of the deceds Estate being her Daughter.” 56 Other children of Rachel are also mentioned in the administration 

account: Joseph, Isaac, John & Martha. Based on the names her children, Rachel may be identified as the widow of William 

Richards: 57 

William Richards, Planter. 2 March 1752 - 5 March 1754. To son William Richards - dwelling plantation. To son 

Isaac Richards - tract called Batchelers Delight containing 50 acres. To son Joseph Richards - tract called Richard’s 

Chance containing 100 acres. To son John Richards - tract called Rachel’s Desire containing 100 acres. To wife 

Rachel Richards - all movable estate. To children William, Isaac, Joseph, John, Mary Richards, Martha Richards - rest 

of movables. Executor: wife. Witness: Stevens White, Brickus Townsend, John Chadburn 

William 4 Bradford and members of his family appear in several other records relating to the Richards family. William 4 

Bradford was a witness to the will of his brother-in-law William Richards (son of William and Rachel): 58 

William Richards - 14 March 1774 - 23 October 1778. To son John Richards - dwelling plantation being part of 

tracts Rachels Desire and Medleys Addition beginning at a ditch near Thomas Sander's gate. To son William 

Richards - remainder of above tracts. To son Annanis Richards - 100 pounds. To daughters Rachell Richards, 

Margaret Richards, Katherine Richards, Ann Richards - remainder of estate. Executor: wife Leah Witness: William 

Bradford, Thomas Sanders, William Stevenson, Matthew Purnell 

William 4 Bradford’s son Annanias 5 Bradford was a witness to the will of his uncle Isaac Richards Sr. (son of William and 

Rachel): 59 

Isaac Richards, Senior – 28 April 1810 – 20 July 1810 – To neighbor Edward Hammond Senior – half acre on the 

south end of his tract. To daughter Rachel Richards – rest of land. To Peter Truitt son of my daughter Rachel – 

remainder of estate. Executor: friend John Richards. Witness: Ananias Bradford, John Stewart, Michael Holland. 

After the death of William 4 Bradford, John Richards (probably the son of William and Rachel Richards) was surety for 

Annanias 5 Bradford’s guardianship of his brother William 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ). 60 

After the death of William 4 Bradford, Mary (Richards) Bradford married John Jones, who died in 1788: 61 

John Jones – 10 September 1788 – 7 November 1788. To son Kendal Jones – 33 acres being part of tract Oak Hall 

lying between Joseph Jones and William Jones bordering on the river and extending to Holy Swamp. To daughter 


Comfort Jones – right and title to Oak Hall if Kendal dies without issue. To grandson John Williams – right and title to 

Oak Hall if Comfort dies without issue. To wife Mary Jones – negroes Leah, who is about twenty years of age, Melle 

about seventeen years, girl Comfort about fourteen years, and child Sarah who is three years. Also all estate real and 

personal for widowhood and after her marriage then her thirds. To Schoolfield Bradford son of William Bradford – 

great coat, hat bound with velvet, and remainder of wearing apparel. Executor: wife Mary. Witness: Annanias 

Bradford, Elias Burbage, John Burbage. 

Mary (Richards) Bradford Jones also left a will in Worcester County: 62 

Mary Jones- 11 October 1810 – 25 February 1814. To son Kendal Jones – bed and furniture, chest, Negro woman 

Millia and her son Isaac. To daughter Comfort Parsons – bed and furniture, spinning wheel. “Whereas there was a 

Negro woman called Comfort willed to my daughter Comfort by her father after my decease and said Negro woman 

was sold and the money laid out for a Negro man who is since dead and where as there was one hundred pounds willed 

to my son Schoolfield and the same was loaned out and the money was lost and whereas I am desirous in some 

measure to make up their loss.” To son Schoolfield Bradford – residue of property. Executor: son Kendall. Witness: 

Thomas Williams, Martha Truitt. 

A fairly detailed picture of the family of Mary (Richards) Bradford can be pieced together based on the various probate records 

presented above. Some confusion is caused by the presence of another Richards family in Worcester at the same time, but they 

can often be distinguished by the land records of Worcester County. Mary (Richards) Bradford’s father William was possessed 

of the tract Medley, which he bequeathed to his son William. This allows us to determine that William Richards’ father was that 

William Richards who left a will in Somerset County, in which he passed the tract Medly on to his son: 63 

Richards, William,Somerset Co.,11th Dec., 1708; 18th Mch., 1708-9. To eld. son Abraham and hrs., 100 A., 

“Medly.” To son William and dau. Martha, personalty at decease of their mother. Wife Ann, extx., residuary legatee. 

Test: Edward Hamon, Nath. Williams, Thos. Morris. 

This William Richards’ son Abraham inherited the tract Medly, but Abraham probably passed away before 1723. In that year 

William Richards is on the Somerset County tax list as a head of household in Bogerternorton Hundred very near to John 2 

Bradford; but Abraham Richards does not appear on the tax lists in that year or thereafter. 64 The identities of William 1 

Richards’ wife Ann and William 2 Richards’ wife Rachel are unknown. 



- 1778 

Mary 

Richards 

- 1810 

Descendants of William Richards 


Jones 

- 1788 


Richards 

Ann 


Richards 


Richards 

- 1774 

Rachel Abraham 

Richards 

Isaac 

Richards 

- 1810 

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Joseph 

Richards 

- 1793 


Richards 

Martha 

Richards 

Martha 

Richards 

William 4 Bradford, In law of Isaac Hammond 

William 4 Bradford (Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) appears on the 1761 pew list for St. Martins Church on pew 17 with Isaac Hammon, 

Charles Nickelson, William Purkens, Zadok Powel and Evasinus Harresson, and is named as an “in law of Isaac Hammon.” 65 

Isaac Hammon’s ancestry is unclear. He may have been the son of Edward Hammond, since he appears as a dependent in his 

household in 1723 and 1724 on the Somerset County tax lists. 


There is also a Hammond connection in the family of Mary (Richards) Bradford, but it comes much later than 1761. Mary’s 

nephew John Richards (son of her brother William) was married to Sarah Hammond, daughter of that Edward Hammond who 

left a will in Worcester County dated 28 January 1813 naming grandchildren Mary B. Richards and William Richards, the 

children of John Richards. 66 This John Richards left a will in Worcester County (16 March 1807 – 26 March 1811) naming son 

William Richards, daughter Mary Richards, mother Leah Truitt, brother William Richards, wife Sarah, and “father in law 

Edward Hammond.” 67 However, Isaac Hammond was roughly the same generation as William 3 Bradford, and a generation 

earlier than William 4 Bradford. Not only was his nephew John Richards probably not married in 1761, but he was in fact 

probably just a child, if he was even born. It seems likely that there was some other connection between the family of Isaac 

Hammond and either the Richards or Bradford families, but the connection is unclear at this point. I have attempted a good 

deal of research into both the Richards and Hammond families based on the abundant secondary sources available for the area, 

but the primary evidence has by no means been exhausted. Pursuing this line of research based on the Hammond “in law” clue 

may yet reveal a great deal more about the family of William 4 Bradford. 

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In addition to purchasing 200 acres of St. Martin’s Desert, William 4 Bradford also patented two tracts in Worcester County: the 

20-acre tract Small Acre in 1759 and the 16-acre tract Grape Island in 1768. 68 He bequeathed all these tracts to his sons in his 

will: 69 

Will of William Bradford, no date 1778 – 26 March 1779 

In the name of God amen Anno Domini 1778 I William Bradford of Worcester County in the State of maryland Being sick and 

week but of a Perfect mind and memory thanks be to god for the same and Seeing it is appoynted for all men once to die do 

make and ordain this my Last will & Testament in manner and form following that is to say first of all I recomend my Soul to 

God who gave it me my Body I Commit to the Earth to be deasantly buryed at the Descression of my Executrix hereafter 

Mentioned and Since it hath Pleased all mighty God to bestow upon me Some Small Estate I give and Dispose of the Same as 

followeth Item I give and Bequeath to my Son aminias Bradford Part of a Tract of Land Called Senmartins Desartes Being at 

the upper End of my Land Lying on the Nothermost side of a Large Ditch that Leads from Paty Truitts Across my Land to John 

Marshalls Land and Likewise Sixteen acres of Land Call d . Grape Island Lying on the Norwest Side of Thomas Smiths to him 

his heirs and Assigns forever. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Son Isaac Bradford the Plantation whereon I now dwell 

Beginning at the above mentioned ditch that leads from Paty Truits to John Marshalls and Binding on the Eastermost Side of 

said Ditch Being Part of a Tract of Land Call d . Sinmartains Desarts and Down the Tract to another Large Ditch that Leads from 

John Marshalls Lands Right across my land to Paty Truitts Land And Likewise Sixteen Acres of Land Call d . Grape Island 

Lying near the Above mention d . Thomas Smiths to him his heirs and assigns forever Item I give and Bequeath to my son 

William Bradford all the Remainder of my Land Call d . Sinmartains Desarts and Likewise twenty acres of Land Called Small 

acre Lying and Being Near the middle of a Tract of Land belonging to John marshall and Likewise all the Remainder of my 

land called Grape Island that I have not Before Giveen to my two aforementioned Sons Isaac and Annanias Bradford to him his 

heirs and assigns forever. Item It is my Desire that my three Sons Isaac, Annanias and William Bradford Should joyn fence to 

Each other, Item it is my Desire that my two Sons Isaac and Annanias Bradord Should Learn my Son Schoolfield Bradford as 

fair as the Rule of the Arethmatick Item I give and Bequeath to my Son Schoolfield Bradford one Hundred pounds to be Put to 

use by my Executrix after the Administori and to be Kept at use till the Cha[?] is of age to him his heirs and assigns Item if any 

of my Sons dies without heir the Land Will d . to them to fall to my Son Schoolfield Bradford his heirs Item I Give and 

Bequeath to my three Daughters Rachel Martha and Sally Bradfor and the Child my wife now goes with all my moveable 

Estate Except my wife mary Bradfords thirds to them their heirs and assigns Item I Give to my Beloved wife mary Bradford all 

my Tract of Land Called Sinmartains desarts During her widdowhood until her marriage to have only her thirds. In the afs d . 

Tract of Land and it is my Desire and I do appoint my Beloved wife Mary Bradford whole and Sole Executrix of this my Last 

Will and Testament and all other Will or Wills I do Revoke dissanul and Renounce but this I declare Publish and Pronounce to 

be my Last Will and Testament before these men whom I chose to witness Same Sealed Signed Published and Pronounced 

In presents of 

Test Mc. Smock 

Thomas Truitt William Bradford 

Rachel Truitt 

Worcester County March the 26 th 1779. Then came Mary Bradford and made Oath that the within is the true & whole will & 

Testament of William Bradford late of Woc Couty deceased, that hath come to her hand or possession & that She doth not 

know or nath ever heard of any other Before Wm. Morris Reg. Wills for Wor 


March the 26 th 1779 Then came McKinny Smock & Rachel Truitt two of the Subscribing witnesses of the last Will & 

Testament of Wm. Bradord late of worcester County deceased and Severally made Oath on the holy Evangels of allmighty 

God, that they did See the Testator herein named Sign & Seal this Will that they heard him Publish Pronounce & declare the 

same to be his last Will & Testament and that at the time of his so doing he was to the best of their apprehansion of sound 

dispoing mind memory & understanding and that they respectively Subscribed their names as Witnesses to this in the presence 

and at the request of the Testator and in the presence of each other and that they saw Thomas Truitt one of the Subscribing 

Witnesses to this Will also Subscribe his name as a Witness thereo 

Wm Morris Regr. Will for Wor Couty 

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Inventory of William Bradford – 26 May 1779 70 

An Original Inventory of the goods and Chattels Rights and Credits of William Bradford late of worcester County deceased 

appraised by us the subscribers this 26 th day of May 1779 

wearing apperrill L55 4 three year old Stears a 157 60.0.0 

1 old mair L5 60.0.0 15 Ewes and lambs 75.0.0 

1 dun hors two years old 20.0.0 19 head of old sheep a ?? 57.0.0 

1 year old colt L10 1 sorril 5 year old cattle a L4 20.0.0 

Ditto 5 D o L50 60.0.0 1 bull 6 year old 18.0.0 

1 Sorril horse 13 year old 1 Cow and calf a 20.0.0 

L45 – 8 Caves L45 90.0.0 1 heiffer 8 years old L13.10 

1 hoke oxen L60 73.10.0 

1 cyder mill a 7.10.0 3 ½ lb of wool a 3.0.0 

220 pieces of heding 1.10.0 3 ½ lb of Tow thred a ?? 11.16.3 

a parcel of carpenters 1 Saddle and 2 old bridles 12.10.0 

and cuppers &turners 40.0.0 12 old Chears a 3.0.0 

tools a 1 case and 8 bottles 6.0.0 

1 ox Chain ox yoake 1 ovil Table a 2.0.0 

left and Clovis 6.10.0 1 old pine Table a 0.7.6 

2 old Cythes 50 2 year 12 bushels of Salt 6.0.0 

old hogs a L30 32.10.0 14 lb of Tow thred a 2.12.6 

13 hogs 1 year old 43.0.0 1 broad ax a 20/ 1.0.0 

1 pair of old cartwheals a 7.10.0 2 sweed axes a 20/ 2.0.0 

12 cowhides a L34 5 lb of brown shugar a 5.0.0 

9 cyder hogsheads 52.0.0 3 points of Molasses a 0.10.0 

2 Tobacco Holds 1 gun and boynet a 5.10.0 

18 cyder casks a L25 28.0.0 216 lb of pot mettle a 10.16.0 

1 hedd: of Tobacco wt 1 pair of fire Tongs 0.10.0 

950 lb prized a L10 p 95.0.0 1 pair of flesh forks 0.7.6 

200 lb of Tobacco in bulk 1 box Iron and hetors 1.2.6 

a L7.10 15.0.0 2 pair of Shears a 0.5.0 

1 old cheist 22/6 1 barril 1 pair of Stillards a 3.0.0 

of pork a L40 41.2.6 Earthen ware and 

13 bushels of corn a L4 p glass ware 15.0.0 

3 old barrils a 12/ 52.12.6 1 Slate a 5/ Childs cradles 0.15.0 

3 bushels of oats 30/ p Knives & forks 3.0.0 

3 old meal Tubs 10/ 5.0.0 1 small looking glass 0.10.0 

4 washing Tubs a 15 0.15.0 2 Rusors 1 pair of Spatulels[?] 1.0.0 

1 set of cuppers Freshoops 1 small Trunk 1.0.0 

a 25 1.5.0 1 old pocket book 0.1.6 

1 hand mill a L10 Hard Cash 0.16.0 

2 old bred Trays 5/ 10.5.0 paper cash 2.0.0 

1 loom Stays and geers a 4.10.0 26 gtallons of brandy 133.15.0 


58 gallns of brandy a L5 p 290.0.0 37 lb of pewter 13.17.6 

22 bushels of corn a L4 p 88.2.6 1 drest dear skin 3.0.0 

3 small Cyder cags a 22/6 1.2.6 1 pound pewter 4lb 

sold meal sifters a 15/ 0.15.0 of lead 3.15.0 

1 woolling wheat a 3.0.0 4 lb of Chalk a 0.5.0 

3 fat Tubs 48 of fat 18.0.0 half a quire of paper 0.10.0 

20 lb of bacon 7.10.0 a parcel of flax in 

2 old harrows a 6.0.0 Straw 50,0,0 

2 old meal bags a 0.12.6 some leather 5.0.0 

4 lb of worsted a 20/ p 4.0.0 a small patch 

1 bed wt. 49 no1 12.5.0 of wheat 10,0,0 

1 Do wt 60 lb no 2 15.0.0 2 old plowes a 15.0,0 

1 Do Do 65 lb No3 16.5.0 4 weading hoes 6.0.0 

1 Do Do 60 lb No 4 15.0.0 1 grubing hoe a 1.5.0 

1 Do Do 60 lb No 5 15.2.6 1 pair of Iron wedges a 3.15.0 

4 bedsteds mats & cords 6.0.0 half a cross cut saw 

4 blankets a 6.0.0 and sawset a 2.5.0 

3 Ruggs a 7.10.0 1 flax brake 0.7.6 

3 bedquilts a 5.0.0 93.2.6 

9 pair of Sheets a 12.10.0 1732.7.3 

5 Table cloaths a 10.10.0 Total amount 1876.9.9 

4 Towels 50/ 5 chests L10 12.10.0 

2 lining wheels a 5.0.0 

2 ?? of worsted a 2.10.0 

Nearest of Kin Creditors Appraisers 

Isaac Bradford M c Kinney Smock 

Amanias Bradford Thomas Purnell 

November 5 th 1779. Then came Mary Bradford Executrix of the last will and Testament of William Bradford late of worcester 

County deceased and made oath on the holy Evangalis of almighty god that the above is a True and perfect Inventory of all and 

Singular the goods Chattels and Credits of William Bradford late of worcester County deceased that have come to her hands 

and possession at the time of the making thereof and that what hath since or shall hereafter come to her hands or possession she 

will Return in an additional Inventory that she knowes of no concealment of any part or parcel of the deceaseds Estate by any 

person whatever and that if she shall hereafter discover any concealment or Suspect any to be she will acquaint the Registers 

office therewith that the same may be Enquired of according to law 

Before William Morris Regr. Wills for Worcester County 

William 4 Bradford (Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) and his wife Mary Richards had issue: 

210*. i. ANNANIAS 5 BRADFORD 

+ 211*. ii. ISAAC 5 BRADFORD 

212*. iii. WILLIAM 5 BRADFORD. 

+ 213*. iv. SCHOOLFIELD 5 BRADFORD 

214. v. RACHEL 5 BRADFORD 

215. vi. MARTHA 5 BRADFORD 

216. vii. SALLY 5 BRADFORD 

217. viii. ?_______ 5 BRADFORD. The will of William 4 Bradford names “the Child my wife now goes with.” 


210. Annanias 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

Annanias 5 Bradford was bequeathed part of St. Martin’s Desert: “I give and Bequeath to my Son aminias Bradford Part of a 

Tract of Land Called Senmartins Desartes Being at the upper End of my Land Lying on the Nothermost side of a Large Ditch 

that Leads from Paty Truitts Across my Land to John Marshalls Land and Likewise Sixteen acres of Land Call d . Grape Island 

Lying on the Norwest Side of Thomas Smiths to him his heirs and Assigns forever.” 71 He was named as next-of-kin in the 

inventory of his father’s estate. 72 

Anannias Bradford was on the militia muster of 1780, in the company of Capt. Matthew Purnell, 2 nd class: 73 

On 12 April 1785, Annanias’ brother William 5 Bradford chose him as his guardian; his sureties were John Richards (probably 

his uncle) and Whittington Bowen Junr. 74 In 1793, when his brother William had to post a bastard bond for a child he had by 

Sarah Roberts, Annanias was surety for the bond. 75 Annanias was also surety for the bastard bond of John Richards (probably 

his cousin), who had an illegitimate child by Sophia Crapper. 76 After his brother William’s death, Annanias was named 

administrator of his estate on 23 January 1796, with John Richards and George Truitt (of Pattey) as security. 77 He also 

presented the inventory and account to Worcester County court. 78 

Annanias 5 Bradford was a witness to the will of his step-father John Jones on 10 September 1788, 79 and was a witness to the 

will of his uncle Isaac Richards on 28 April 1810. 80 

On 8 February 1803, Annanias Bradford and Benjamin Timmons were security for Thomas Hadder (of John) being bound to 

John Sears to learn the trade of a farmer. 81 Annanias was surety on 14 October 1806 with John Richards for James Rigsby (of 

Thomas) being bound to Levin Stewart to learn the trade of boot and shoe maker. 82 On 8 October 1805, Annanias Bradford 

was ordered with Littleton Davis to view the estate of Wingate Smith, in care of his guardian Belitha Griffin. 83 

Annanias Bradford purchased a “negro man called Dannel” from William Givans; 84 he later sold the “Negro man Named 

Daniel” to James Bowen on 6 March 1807. 85 

Ananias Bradford was a witness (with Belitha Powell) to Elisha Bradford’s sale of his personal estate to Hillary Pitts in a deed 

recorded on 1 January 1799. 86 Elisha Bradford’s relationship to other Bradfords of Worcester County is unknown. 


Land Transactions 

In a deed dated 25 March 1790 (recorded 13 May 1797), Annanias Bradford sold to Henry Davis 80½ acres of St. Martin’s 

Desert. 87 In a deed dated 11 November 1796, Annanias’s brother Schoolfield Bradford sold him 49½ acres of St. Martin’s 

Desert. 88 

In an indenture dated 18 March 1811, Annanias Bradford quit claim to Edward Hammond for the entire 200 acres willed by his 

father William to him and his brothers Isaac and William. 89 In a later indenture dated 2 January 1812, Edward Hammond sold 

the entirety of it back to him for $3000. 90 These two transactions may represent the fulfillment of a mortgage on the property 

for a debt owed to Hammond. 

In a deed dated 9 January 1812, for $1500 Henry Franklin Sen. sold Annanias Bradford that portion of St. Martin’s Desert that 

he had purchased from Annanias’ brother Isaac 5 . 91 In another deed dated the same day, for $3500 Ananias Bradford sold to 

Henry White some or all of St. Martin’s Desert. 92 

On 18 April 1796, Annanias 5 Bradford married Nancy Richards, who may have been Ann Richards, daughter of his uncle 

William Richards. 93 He was listed on the census in 1800 and in 1810: 94 

Annanias Bradford may have had issue, since children were listed in his household in both the 1800 and 1810 census. If he did 

have children, their identities are unknown. Anannias died before 7 October 1812, when the inventory of his estate was 

returned to court. His next of kin were listed as Wm. Richards (probably a cousin) and Schoolfield 5 Bradford (his brother). 

Annanias’ half-brother Kendal Jones was administrator of his estate. Transcriptions of the inventory, and list of debts for the 

estate follow. 

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Annanias Bradford Inventory – 7 October 1812 95 

Worcester County Fs. The State of Maryland To Nixon Davis and William Duncan greeting This is to authorize you jointly to 

appraise the goods and chattels and personal estate of annanias Bradford late of Worcester County deceased so far as they shall 

come to your sight and knowledge each of you having first taken the oath or affirmation hereto annexed a certificate whereof of 

you are to return annexed to an Inventory of the said goods chattels and personal estate by you appraised in Dollars and Cents 

and in the said inventory you are to set down in a column or columns opposite to each article the value thereof Witness Littleton 

Robins Esquire chief Justice of the orphans court in Worcester County this seventh day of October Anno Domini 1812 

Test Matthew Hopkins Rig Wills for Wor Coty 

You Nixon Davis and William Duncan do swear that you will well and truly without partiality or prejudice value and appraise 

the goods chattels and personal estate of Annanias Bradford deceaseed so far as the same shall come to your sight and 

knowledge and will in all respects perform your duties as appraisers to the best of your skill and Judgment – So help you God 

8 th day of Oct 1812 Before Thos. D Purnell Nixon Davis was sworn William Duncan was sworn Oct 9 th before Nixon Davis 

Inventory of the personal estate of Annanias Bradford late of worcester county deceased apprasied in dollars and cents by us 

the subscribers (being thereto lawfully authorised and sworn this 9 th dya of october A D 1812 

2 old ????????? 00 15 3 old augurs 50 

1 old plow 25 7 old chisels 50 

1 old Harrow 75 1 old adz 50 

6 old Iron hoops 50 6 old Plowes[?] 50 

2 old clam rakes 25 6 old Plate Bous[?] 35 


1 brush Hook 15 1 old Sing Sauter 35 

3 old Hoes 50 1 Cot old Square 10 

2 weed axes 1 00 3 old saws 30 

1 broad axe Do 1 00 1 rule P ensefa?>? 25 

1 old coopers ax 15 1 lott old Iron 45 

1 curry comb & Drag 10 1 saw set to eafiles 05 

1 old pare of fine Tongs 15 1 small pice seal 05 

1 ox yoke 25 1 old drawing knife 10 

1 bolt veleris 10 2 dowell Bitts 05 

1 Draw Brake 05 1 Mill pot ovens 05 

1 old grind stone 50 1 pr moulos 05 

1 small anchors 50 2 powder horns & some shot 1 25 

1 Hammer 10 1 Pair ?? Iron 75 

folio 137 

????????????????/ 15 2 old candle sticks & muger[?] 25 

1 pan ???????? 10 1 old pair scissors 10 

1 old Brush & last 65 1 old are and Irons 25 

1 Gallon ague 1 25 1 old candle Box 10 

2 yearling hides in Tar[?] 2 00 4 vias[?] 10 

1 ?? lump sugar 30 1 Bed & punne land [?] 20 10 

1 ?? coffee 20 1 Box Do No 2 12 10 

1 House Jar & some honey 1 10 1 Bed & Coats & Crab ?? 10 00 

1 Coll of Books 50 1 Do Do & Do 8 00 

1 old coffee mill 50 1 bedsted & cord 1 00 

1 old cla board 05 1 old Do 70 

1 chamber Pott 90 6 Pillows 3 00 

1 cane 10 5 old Bed quilts 1 50 

2 old spring wheels 1 00 3 old ???????? 6 00 

3 old Guns 8 00 2 old Blankets ?? 00 

4 chunk Bottles 15 4 old shawwls 3 00 

1 small cag 25 4 old Pillow Cases 40 

1 old Duncus[?] Dish 20 3 hds linsey woolsey 1 50 

9 old Do plates 35 1 old Dimei John & some oyl 25 

7 old Saw cing & te cups 15 1 old Saw[?] 50 

1 sugar Dish & cream cup 10 1 feather Barrel & deme pattes[?] 1 50 

4 Glass tumblers 30 1 old mead Barrel 25 

5 old knives & forks 25 1 pine chest 3 00 

3 decanters 20 1 Pott Broke flax 25 

1 pint cup & pepe box 05 1 small lott or wool 50 

1 old cup board 3 00 1 old box & some salt 15 

1 old Puter Bason 15 1 old cut saw 20 

1 “ Ledo 05 1 old side saddle & Bridle bit 60 

1 Canei Bott Porter 5 00 300 feet of Plaun a 25 

1 Meal Barrel 25 4 old puter spoons 05 

1 small bunch of blue thread 50 2 ????????/ 25 

1 old Pine chest 1 00 1 tea kettle & spider 1 00 

1 meal bag & ?? bushels meal 1 00 2 cow Pattys & frying pan 1 50 

1 bunch yarn 45 1 dye tub 30 

2 old files 75 1 lott cooper ware 50 

1 pine box 25 1 old copper pott 15 

1 old case 10 1 old Basket 05 

5 old chairs 1 00 3 small waiters 25 

1 hone 50 Iron pott & tuspeutisa[?] 3 00 


2 azor & tro p& pash 75 4 old cyder casks 2 50 

17 gun flints 15 1 Barrel & 50 ?? Pork 5 00 

2 Packt Books 50 1 Do & 19 gallons Brandy 5 00 

??????/// ?? ?? ?????????? 05 

folio 138 

500 Bricks 5 00 1 cow shur whip 05 

1 old cotton sweat[?] 4 00 100 Bushels corn 50 00 

2 old Horses 20 00 1 Lott of Irus Hoops 30 

2 cows & calves 20 00 200 feet Rubage Plank 1 00 

3 Sows 6 00 50 Do good 50 

4 young hogs 8 00 a Paneled oak Hanes 50 

10 small shotes 10 00 50 pipe staves suff[?] ?? ?? 

2 bee hives 1 00 crop on the ground 20 00 

part of a barrel tirpentine 1 00 1 small Trough 05 

1 Peid Horse 80 00 1 old grass sythe 10 

1 Do Sale 1 50 1 old cider mill & flat iron 2 00 

12 geese 3 00 2 cyder troughs 1 50 

7 Turkeys 1 75 16 ca orn tradle 1 50 

1 Stone Pitchers 15 the deceaseds wearing apparel 430 00 

flax in the straw 1 50 1 negro woman febey 60 year old 00 00 

1 Do boy Levin aged 14 years 250 00 

1 Do Girl fibey aged 8 years 120 00 

cork on hakid[?] 5 01 

800 91 

We the Subscribers certify that the within & foregoing is a true & just Inventory and valuation of the goods chattels and 

personal estate of Annanias Bradford Late of worcester County deceased as far as they Have come to our sight and knowledge 

witness our hands and seals Nixon Davis 

William Duncan 

W m . Richards Schoolfield Bradford } nearest kin 

Mc.Kinna Timmons } 

W m . T. Selby } creditor 

Worcester County fc. The 13 th day of October anno domini 1812 Then came Kendall Jones administrator of Annanias Bradford 

late of worcester County deceased and made oath on the holy Evangely of almighty God that the aforegoing is a true and 

perfect Inventory of all and singular the goods chattels and personal estate of the said deceased that have come to his hands or 

possession at the time of the making thereof and that what hath since or shall hereafter come to his hands or possession he will 

return in an additional inventory that he knows of no concealment of any part or parcel of the deceaseds estate by any person 

whatsoever and that if he shall hereafter discover any concealment or suspect any to be he will acquaint the register of wills 

therewith that it may be enquired into according to law 

Before Matthew Hopkins Reg Wills for Wor Coty 

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Annanias Bradford Debts – 13 April 1813 96 

A list of desperate Debts due the estate of Annanias Bradford deceased as follows 

Henry[Hillary?] Whites Bond dated Jany. 9 th 1812 for 11,25,59 

Credit and ditto march 13 th 1812 $100 

ditt. april 23 rd 1812 41 64 

ditto august 18 1812 100 

James Porter note dated octr 23 1811 for 4 

William Runald account 1806 for L 11 10/2 

William Jones of Joseph ditto 1809 10 8 

Booz Ennis 1808 3..9 

John Shockley 1808 to 1812 1 3 5 


William Parsons of L 1812 1 6 ? 

Annanias Jones 1815 to 1810 1 10 

George Timmons 1811 $2 

Ara Bowman 1811 6 

Turner Davis 1811 6 50 

Stephen Timmons 1811 5 

James Porter 1811 6 

Thomas N Williams 1811 3 

Thomas M Purnell 1810 6 15 

Sundry charges for a [___] going to mares in 1812 some of which are condit[??]rat as follows 

William Jedheris[?] 3 William Marshall 5 

Zadok Townsend 3 Zachariah Parsons 8 

Capt William Richards 12 Annanias Lewis 6 

Stpehen Holloway 6 Benjamin Brumbly 6 

Edward Williams 10 25 James Rownd 1 

Ayres Parker 6 John Briddle 5 

Daniel Dykes 6 Nathaniel Dixon 6 

Ambrose Dixon 6 Edward Henry 20 

Ezekiel Colbourn 6 Charles Townsend 5 

Capt James Dennis 4 Henry White 1 50 

Charles Bennet of C 6 Tom Wilson free negro 4 

Luke Townsend 11 Isaac Parsons 5 

William Handy 20 John Wilkins 1 

Robert M c Allen 7 John Bacon 6 

William Claywell 5 Shadrack Morris 2 

Turner Davis 6 John Brittingham Sen 4 

William Townsend 5 

Worcester County fc. the 13 th day of April Anno Domini 1813 Then came Kendal Jones administrator of Annanias Bradford 

late of Worcester County deceased and made oath on the holy Evangely of almighty God that the within is a just and ture list of 

the debts desperate due to the said deceased that have come to his hands knowledge that he hath not received any part thereof 

and that he will well and truly charge himself with all and every such debt or debts as shall here after come his hands or 

possession Before Matthew Hopkins Reg Wills for Wor Coty 


211. Isaac 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

Isaac 5 Bradford was bequeathed part of St. Martin’s Desert and was also bequeathed the tract Grape Island: “I Give and 

Bequeath to my Son Isaac Bradford the Plantation whereon I now dwell Beginning at the above mentioned ditch that leads from 

Paty Truits to John Marshalls and Binding on the Eastermost Side of said Ditch Being Part of a Tract of Land Call d . 

Sinmartains Desarts and Down the Tract to another Large Ditch that Leads from John Marshalls Lands Right across my land to 

Paty Truitts Land And Likewise Sixteen Acres of Land Call d . Grape Island Lying near the Above mention d . Thomas Smiths.” 97 

Isaac was named as next-of-kin in the inventory of his father’s estate. 98 

Isaac 5 Bradford was on the militia muster of 1780, in the company of Capt. Matthew Purnell, 4 th class. 99 His elder cousins 

Levin 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) and Solomon 4 Bradford (Nath 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) served with him in the same class. 

Isaac Bradford was listed on the 1783 tax assessment for Worcester County as owning 48 acres of Saint Martins Desert. His 

step-father John Jones was listed as owning the remainder of the tract. 100 

Isaac Bradford moved to Kent County, Delaware by 21 February 1791, when he was the grantee in a deed from “Isaac Bradford 

(son of William Bradford deceased) late of Worcester County . . . but now of Kent County in the State of Delaware” to Henry 

Franklin. 101 Isaac sold Franklin 71¼ acres, the “part of Saint Martins Desert . .. which was devised to the said Isaac Bradford 

by his said father William Bradford in his last Will.” Isaac’s wife Pearcy appeared to relinquish her dower rights to the land. 

Isaac died before 17 February 1792, when administration on his estate in Kent County was granted to Pearcy Bradford and 

Samuel Powell. 102 The probate abstract mentioned his heirs: Kendal, Thomas, and Mary Bradford. 

Isaac 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) and Pearcy ____ had issue: 

+ 296. i. KENDAL 6 BRADFORD. On 16 October 1795, he was bound to John Gray to learn the trade of farmer; 

Isaac Williams and John Richards were sureties. 103 Kendal posted a bastard bond on 7 March 1801 

for a child born to Elizabeth Tuull “in the latter part of the year AD 1799;” Isaac Richards Junr. and 

Zedekiah 5 Bradford (?Solo 4 ) were sureties for his bond. 104 Kendal married Caty Smack [perhaps a 

descendant of Kendal’s great-great-grandmother, Parthenia (Innis) Smock Reed Morris] 

shortly thereafter, on 20 March 1801. 105 Kendal had only one known child, the illegitimate child 

born to Elizabeth Tuull. 

336. i. ______. Illegitimate child born in late 1799. 

297. ii. THOMAS 6 BRADFORD 

298. iii. MARY 6 BRADFORD 


212. William 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

William 5 Bradford’s father bequeathed him part of St. Martin’s Desert and also the tract Small Acre: “I give and Bequeath to 

my son William Bradford all the Remainder of my Land Call d . Sinmartains Desarts and Likewise twenty acres of Land Called 

Small acre Lying and Being Near the middle of a Tract of Land belonging to John marshall and Likewise all the Remainder of 

my land called Grape Island that I have not Before Giveen to my two aforementioned Sons Isaac and Annanias Bradford.” 106 

On 12 April 1785, William chose his brother Annanias 5 as his guardian; sureties were John Richards and Whittington Bowen 

Jun. 107 On 9 August 1785, Daniel Coe Betherd and Esau Williams, who had been ordered to view William 5 ’s estate in the care 

of Ananias, reported 36 acres, including 18 acres of swamp called Grape Island, and 20 acres called Little Acre or Small 

Acre. 108 

William 5 Bradford posted a bastard bond on 26 November 1793 for having a child with Sarah Roberts in the year 1792. His 

brother Annanias 5 was surety for the bond. 109 

William 5 Bradford died before 23 January 1796, when administration on his estate was granted to his brother Annanias 5 

Bradford, with John Richards and George Truitt (of Pattey) as security. 110 His mother Mary Jones and brother Schoolfield 5 

Bradford were named as next of kin in the inventory of his estate. 111 The list of debts due his estate along with the account of 

the estate was submitted by Annanias Bradford to court on 3 June 1796. 

William Bradford Estate Debts – 3 June 1796 112 

List of debts Sperate due William Bradford late of Worcester County deceased vizt. 

Esau Williams L 0.7.2 John Richards 0.17.10 

William Richards 0.2.6 Thomas Truitt 0.4.12 

Rob t M c Niell 2.19.8 L 4.11.32 

Worcester County fs. The 3 rd day of June 1796 Then came Annanias Bradford Administrator of all + singular the Goods 

chattles and credits of W m . Bradford late of Worcester County deceased and made oath on the holy Evangels of Almighty God 

that the above is a true and perfect list of Debts Sperate due the said deceased that hath come to his hands or possession. 

Before Levin Handy Reg WWC 

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List of debts desperate due W m . Bradford late of Worcester County deceased Viz t . 

Annanias Dennis 3.10.0 

Thomas Purnell sen r . 2.16.3 

William Burbage of Elias 0.12.42 

Etha[?] Holland 1.17.6 

Nathaniel Brittingham (of John 0.7.0 

9.3.12 

Worcester County fs. The 3 rd day of June 1796 Then came Annanias Bradford Administrator of all and singular the Goods 

chattles and Credits of W m . Bradford late of Worcester County deceased and made Oath on the holy Evangils of Almighty God 

that the above is a just and true list of debts Desperate due the said deceased that hath come to his knowledge, that he hath not 

received any part thereof, and that he will well and truly charge himself with all and every such debt or debts as shall come to 

his hands or possession Before Levin Handy Reg WWC 


William Bradford Account – 3 June 1796 113 

Worcester County fs. The Account of Annanias Bradford Adm r . of William Bradford late of Worcester County deceased This 

accountant chargeth himself with an Inventory of the deceaseds Estate Exhibited into the office into the office for probate of 

Wills &c the 4 th day of April 1796 Amounting in dollars at 7/6 each to the 

Sum of L 12.15.7 

also with a list of Desperate Amounting to 4.11.32 

List of debts Desperate amounting to 9.3.12 17.6.10 

And this Accountant prays to be allowed the } 

following paymetns and Disbursements viz. } 

For Money paid Joshua Hickman as p Judg t . & Rect 3.1.5 

For ditto paid John Davis for appraising the 

deceaseds Estate as p Receipt 0.7.6 

For ditto paid Edward Henry as p Receipt for assist g . 

to appraise the deceaseds Estate & mak. g Inventory 0.10.0 

For ditto paid Levin Handy for fees on this adm n 

Commissions of 10 p Cent allowed these accountants 2.7.02 

on the above payment 0.12.7 

6.18.62 

Balance remaining to be secured according to law 10.8.4 

17.6.10z 

Worcester County fc. The 3 rd day of June 1796 Then came Annanias Bradford the above Accountant and made Oath on the 

holy Evangils of Almighty God that the above Account as it stands stated is just and true to the best of his knowledge and that 

he hath Bonafide paid or secured to be paid the particular Sums for which he claims an allowance 

Before Levin Handy Reg WWC 

William 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) had illegitimate issue with Sarah Roberts: 

299. i ______. Illegitimate child born in 1792. 


213. Schoolfield 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) 

Schoolfield 5 Bradford was mentioned in his father’s will: “it is my Desire that my two Sons Isaac and Annanias Bradord 

Should Learn my Son Schoolfield Bradford as fair as the Rule of the Arethmatick Item I give and Bequeath to my Son 

Schoolfield Bradford one Hundred pounds to be Put to use by my Executrix after the Administori and to be Kept at use till the 

Cha[?] is of age to him his heirs and assigns Item if any of my Sons dies without heir the Land Will d . to them to fall to my Son 

Schoolfield Bradford his heirs.” 114 Schoolfield Bradford also received a legacy in the will of his step-father John Jones. 115 

Schoolfield Bradford was named as next-of-kin in the inventories of the estates of his brother William 5 Bradford, 116 and his 

brother Annanias 5 Bradford. 117 In a deed dated 11 November 1796, Schoolfield Bradford had sold his brother Annanias 49 ½ 

acres of St. Martin’s Desert. 118 

Schoolfield Bradford was a witness to the will of Joshua Mitchell on 4 August 1802. 119 On 6 January 1810, Schoolfield 

Bradford sold to John Davis Junr. “three Negroes, that is to say a Negro Woman named Sheby a Negro boy named Stephen and 

a negro boy named Caleb.” 120 On 14 January 1811, Schoolfield Bradford sold Kendal Jones (his half-brother), a variety of 

items: “Three hundred Bushels Indian Corn. Three feather Beds and furniture six be hives, two Guns, six hade sheep, one cow 

and yearling, one yoke of oxen, one cart, six fat hogs, Two sows and 8 pigs, Two oate Stacks, seven fodder stacks, flax in the 

straw, Two plowes & harrows, three axes, two pots, 1 dutch oven, one grine stone, two Cow hides, three hade of Horses, one 

mare Colt, five Bushels wheat, one loome, 1 Iron hammel, 11 Turkeys, one spinning wheel, one spade, two Tables, one case 

drawers, one Cupbord and Crockary ware, six chests.” 121 

Schoolfield 5 Bradford married Elizabeth Davis on 19 February 1808. 122 He was listed on the 1810 census for Worcester 

County: 123 

Schoolfield Bradford was named in the will of his mother Mary Jones on 11 October 1810, 124 and in the will of his step-brother, 

who also mentioned Schoolfield’s three children: 125 

Kendal Jones – 1 December 1832 – 4 January 1833. To Negro man Isaac – his freedom and 12 acres of cypress 

swamp purchased of Zadok Purnell. To Negro woman Milly – her freedom and 3 acres of land where she now lives. 

To mother-in-law Holland Smith? – Negro boy Richard until 1 January 1843. Also bed and furniture and two chests. 

To friend Merrill Smith =- land called Oak Hall left to me by my father and the land bought of Anaias Jones 

containing 90 acres. To niece Sally Collins - $250. To Elenor Hadden - $20. To Schoolfield Bradford and Elizabeth 

Bradford – release of claims against them. To nieces Mary Givans, Sally Bradford, Elizabeth Bradford, 

daughters of Schoolfield Bradford - $50. To niece Sally Collins and friend Merrill D. Smith – rest of estate. 

Executor: Merrill D. Smith. Witness: James Dirickson, Peter Truitt, Peter Burbage. 

Schoolfield 5 Bradford (Wm 4 Wm 3 Jno 2 Nath 1 ) and Elizabeth (Davis) Bradford had issue: 

300. i. MARY 6 BRADFORD. Married ____ Givans. 

301. ii. SALLY 6 BRADFORD 

302. iii. ELIZABETH 6 BRADFORD 


Citations for Nathaniel 3 Bradford (John 2 Nathaniel 1 ) and Descendants 

1.Male dependents were taxed at the age of 16. Since William Sr. doesn’t appear in the Somerset County tax lists of 1723- 

1725, but does appear in 1727, we may assume that he turned 16 that year or the year before. So his birth year could have been 

as early as 1709, but not later than 1711. 

2.Transcriptions of the Somerset County tax lists may be found at the website of the Maryland State Archives. Search Guide 

to Government Records, County Records on Microfilm. 

3.Somerset County Md. Deeds 1735-1738, Liber EI, folios 159b-161. MD State Archives microfilm CR 34,373. 

4.Leslie & Neil Keddie, abstracters, Somerset County, Maryland Rent Rolls 1662-1773 Volume #3 (Family Tree Bookshop, 

2001), 80. 

5.Abstract of Will of William Powell. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 

The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, 

MD, USA: 1904;. Volume V. 

6.Inventory Abstract of William Powell. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Somerset County Inventories 

Found in Worcester County Register of Wills 1688-1742, JW 15, CR 46,717, page 8. 

7.Maryland Prerogative Court Accounts, Liber 7, folio 156. MD State Archives microfilm 47-1. 

8.Abstract of Will of Parthenay Morris. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 



9.Abstract of Will of Thomas Morris. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 

Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Original data: Cotton, Jane Baldwin. Maryland Calendar of Wills. Vol. I-VIII. Baltimore, 

MD, USA: 1904;. Volume IV. 

10.Abstract of Will of John Smerke. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 


MD, USA: 1904;. Volume II. 

11.Leslie & Neil Keddie, Somerset County, Maryland Land Deeds Liber M. A. No. 1 Transcript 1678-1688 (Family Tree 

Bookshop, 2005), 40. 

12.Abstract of Will of Henry Read. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 


MD, USA: 1904;. Volume III. 

13.Abstract of Will of William Innis. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 


MD, USA: 1904;. Volume I. 

14.Maryland Prerogative Court Inventories, Liber 6, folio 106. MD State Archives microfilm SR 4329-3. 

15.Abstract of Will of Samuel Powell. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 



16.Abstract of Will of Thomas Powell. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 



17.Maryland Prerogative Court Inventories, Liber 11, folio 238. MD State Archives microfilm SR 4331. 


19.ibid, Liber 1, folio 212. 

20.Maryland Prerogative Court Accounts, Liber 4, folio 111. MD State Archives microfilm 46-2. 

21.James Handley Marshall, compiler, Abstracts of the Wills and Administrations of Northampton County, Virginia 1632- 

1802 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1994), 114. 

22.Marshall, 131. 


24.Nell Marion Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers (Richmond, Virginia: The Library of Virginia, 2004), 1: 73. 

25.Susie M. Ames, editor, County Court Records of Accomack-Northampton, Virginia 1632-1640.(Washington DC: The 

American Historical Association, 1954), 107. 

26.Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia’s Eastern Shore (Maine: Picton Press,2001), 326. Thomas and Mary Powell sold their land 

in 1690. See also series of transcriptions of Northampton County Court Order Books by Walczyk. Thomas Powell last appears 

in Northampton County in 1689. Gabriel Powell last appears in 1693. 




29.Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia’s Eastern Shore (Maine: Picton Press,2001), 1249 & 1331. 

30.Inventory Abstract of William Kenitts. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Somerset County 

Inventories Found in Worcester County Register of Wills 1688-1742, JW 15, CR 46,717, page 1 (folio 4 in original). 

31.Abstract of Will of John Kennett. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 


MD, USA: 1904. Volume IV. 

32.Abstract of Will of Margtt Towers. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 



33.Will Abstract of Martin Kennet. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Maryland Wills 

1742-1759, JW2, page 1. 

34.Will of Francis Jenckins. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 


MD, USA: 1904;. Volume 3. 

35.Leslie & Neil Keddie, Somerset County Maryland Land Records 1729-1731 and Somerset County Land Records Liber 

AZ (Family Tree Bookshop, 2004), 65. 

36.Leslie & Neil Keddie, abstracters, Somerset County, Maryland Rent Rolls 1662-1773 Volume #3 (Family Tree Bookshop, 

2001), 79. 

37.Will Abstract of William Kennett. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Maryland 

Wills 1742-1759, JW2, page 5. 

38.Leslie & Neil Keddie, Worcester County Land Records Liber E June 1760 – August 1763 CR 37,384 (Family Tree 

Bookshop, 2002), 40. Folio 280 in original. 

39.Will Abstract of Martin Kennett. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Maryland 

Wills 1769-1774, JW4 Part 1, page 2. 

40.Deed Abstract: William Gault to John Gault. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County 

Court Land Records Liber A 1742-1757(MSA CR 37,383), page 11. 

41.Worcester County Md, Wills, 1742-1758, Liber JW 2, folio 113. MD State Archives microfilm CR 43,744. 

42.Maryland Prerogative Court Accounts 1760-1761, Liber 46, folios 256-257. MD State Archives microfilm 56-3. 

43.Register of St. Martin’s Church Worcester Parish Worcester Co., MD. 1722-1839 (San Francisco: DAR, San Francisco 

Chapter, 1952), 52. 

44.ibid, 76. 

45.Worcester County Md. Deeds 1753-1755, Liber C, folios 257-259. MD State Archives microfilm CR 37,384-1. 

46.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1769-1770, Liber H, folios 109-110. MD State Archives microfilm CR 37,385-3. 

47.Worcester County Md. Wills 1769-1783, Liber JW 4, folios 403-405. MD State Archives microfilm CR 43,744-3. 

48.Worcester County Md. Administration Bonds 1807-1814, Liber MH 5, folios 167-179. MD State Archives microfilm WK 

756-1. 

49.Worcester County Md. Inventories 1810-1812, Liber MH 9, folios 125-129. MD State Archives microfilm WK 747-748-1. 

50.Worcester County Md. Wills 1806-1813, Liber MH 4, folios 316-318. MD State Archives microfilm CR 50,316. 

51.Vance Arthur Bradford, Bradford Descendants, (Oklahoma City, OK: Self-Published, 1985), 3. The book contains a 

photocopy of the original militia muster at the Maryland Historical Society. 

52.See note 45. 

53.Worcester County Md. Deeds 1760-1763, Liber E, folios 433-434. MD State Archives microfilm CR 37,384-3. 


55.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1769-1770, Liber H, folios 570-572. MD State Archives microfilm CR 37,385-3. 

56.Maryland Prerogative Court Administration Accounts, Liber 44, folios 205-206. MD State Archives microfilm 56-1. 

57.Will Abstract of William Richards. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County, Maryland 

Wills 1742-1759, JW 2, page 5. Folio 120 in original. 

58.Will Abstract of William Richards. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills JW 4 

Part II 1775-1783, page 6. 

59.Will Abstract of Isaac Richards Sr. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills 1806- 

1813 MH 4, page 13. 

60.David V. Heise, Worcester County, Maryland, Orphans Court Proceedings (Westminster, Md: Willow Bend Books, 

2000), 62. 


61.Will Abstract of John Jones. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills 1783-1790 

JW 13, page 9. 

62.Will Abstract of Mary Jones. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills 1813-1817 

MH 10, page 3. 

63.Will of William Richards. Ancestry.com. Maryland Calendar of Wills [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The 


MD, USA: 1904; Volume 3. 


65.Register of St. Martin’s Church Worcester Parish Worcester Co., MD. 1722-1839 (San Francisco: DAR, San Francisco 

Chapter, 1952), 76. 

66.Will Abstract of Edward Hammond. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills 

1813-1817 MH 10, page 9. 

67.ibid, page 16. 

68.Worcester County unpatented certificate 576 (Grape Island), storage location 01/26/02/88; and patented certificate 2338 

(Small Acre), storage location 01/26/02/77. At Maryland Hall of Records and online at www.plats.net. 


70.Worcester County, Md. Register of Wills, Inventories 1762-1783, Liber JW 9, folios 261-263, MD State Archives 

microfilm WK 664-665-3. 





75.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1793-1794, Liber P, folio 181. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,908-1. 

76.Leslie & Neil Keddie, Worcester County, Maryland Land Records Liber P May 1793 – October 1794 (Family Tree 

Bookshop, 2001), 42. 

77.Worcester County Md. Administration Bonds 1793-1798, Liber LH 4, folios 114-115. MD State Archives microfilm 

CR 46,933. 

78.Worcester County Md. Inventories 1796-1799, Liber LH 7, folios 267-268, MD States Archives microfilm CR 48,821- 

2; and Worcester County Md. Administration Accounts 1792-1796, Liber LH 1, folio 330, MD State Archives microfilm WK 

737. 



81.Heise, 51. 

82.Heise, 137. 

83.Heise, 113. 

84.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1805-1806, Liber X, folio 170. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,912-1. 

85.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1806-1807, Liber Y, folio 520. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,912-2. 

86.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1798-1800, Liber T, folio 101. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,910-1. 

87.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1796-1797, Liber R, folio 570. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,909-1. 

88.ibid, folio 406. 

89.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1810-1811, Liber AB, folio 364. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,914-1. 

90.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1811-1813, Liber AC, folio 101. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,914-2. 



93.Jody Powell, Worcester County Maryland Marriage Records, 1795-1865 (Roanoke, TX: J. Powell, 1990), 14. 

94.Annanias Bradford, 1800 US Census, Boquetenorton Hundred, Worcester County, Md., Roll 12, page 784, image 216; 

Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. 

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Second Census of the United States, 1800. Washington, D.C.: 

National Archives and Records Administration, 1800. M32, 52 rolls. Also Annanias Bradford, 1810 US Census, Worcester 

County, MD; Roll 16, page 584, image 264.00. Ancestry.com. 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, 

UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census 

of the United States, 1810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810. M252, 71 rolls. 

95.Worcester County Md. Inventories 1812-1814, Liber MH 13, folio 135-138. MD State Archives microfilm WK 747-2. 

96.ibid, folios 279-280. 





100.Maryland 1783 Assessment Record, Worcester County, Buckingham and Worcester Hundreds, MD State Archives 

microfilm M872-44. 

101.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1789-1791, Liber N, folio 449. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,907. 

102.Leon de Valinger, compiler, Calendar of Kent County, Delaware, probate records, 1680-1800 (Dover: Public Archives 

Commission, 1944), 453. 

103.Heise, 214. 

104.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1801, Liber U, folio 187. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,910-2. 

105.Powell, 14. 


107.Heise, 62. 

108.Heise, 66. 




112.Worcester County Md. Inventories 1796-1799, Liber LH 7, folio 56, MD States Archives microfilm CR 48,821-2. 

113.Worcester County Md. Administration Accounts 1792-1796, Liber LH 1, folio 330, MD State Archives microfilm WK 

737. 






119.Will Abstract of Joshua Mitchell. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills 1802- 

1807 JBR 6, page 4. 

120.Worcester County Md. Land Records 1808-1810, Liber AA, folio 413. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,913-2. 

121.Worcester County, Md. Land Records 1810-1811, Liber AB, folio 285. MD State Archives microfilm CR 77,914-1. 

122.Powell, 14. 

123.Schoolfield Bradford, 1810 US Census, Worcester County, MD; Roll 16, page 597, image 271.00. Ancestry.com. 1810 

United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: United 

States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census of the United States, 1810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and 

Records Administration, 1810. M252, 71 rolls. 


125.Will Abstract of Kendal Jones. Mddelgenealogy.com. From Neil and Leslie Keddie, Worcester County Wills 1828- 

1833 MH#27, page 18.

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