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Major William Bradford Grave
41.955864°N 70.665894°W

6/20/2012 4:47:13 PM

Burial Hill

Major William Bradford became the second governor of Plymouth Colony in 1621 and was one of 102 pilgrims to sail on the Mayflower in 1620. He replaced John Carver as governor when he died of disease within months of arriving at Plymouth, MA. Bradford continued to govern the colony for 30 years. Bradford was also governor of Plymouth during what was later referred to as the first Thanksgiving.

William Bradford was born in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England. He became a Puritan (what has now become the Congregational Church) early in his life and moved to Netherlands after King James I cracked down on separatist congregations. The Puritans raised money for the Mayflower in order to begin a colony in America to avoid continued persecution in England. Bradford was one of several Puritans that left England and Netherlands for the New World in 1620.

His gravestone states: “H I William Bradford of Austerfield Yorkshire England. Was the son of William and Alice Bradford He was Governor of Plymouth Calony from 1621 to 1633, 1635, 1637, 1639 to 1643, 1645 to 1657 On the north side is a Hebrew sentence, said to signify "Jehovah is our help," but by other Hebrew scholars translated "In Jehovah's name I die.
Under this stone rest the ashes of William Bradford a zealous Puritan & sincere Christian Gov. of Ply. Col. from 1621 to 1657, (the year he died) aged 69, except 5 yrs. which he declined.”

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Major William Bradford

William Bradford (March 19, 1590 – May 9, 1657) was an English Separatist leader of settlers at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. He served as governor for over 30 years after the previous governor, John Carver died. His journal (1620–1647) was published as Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford is credited as the first civil authority to designate what popular American culture now views as Thanksgiving in the United States.

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