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(second) in November, 1892, Grace Hunt,
daughter of Floyd and Eleanor Hunt, of
Ridgefield.
Surrounded by associations and friends
of many years, Mr. Bradley makes his
home in Westport, his native town, where
the history of his life has been written as
a record of wholly honorable attainment.
(The Burr Line).
(I) Jehue Burr was born in England
about 1600, and died in Fairfield in .1670.
He came over in the Winthrop fleet in
1630, and was among those who settled
in Roxbury. Two years later he was ad-
mitted a freeman, and in 1635 was a
member of the church with his wife. Jehue
Burr joined the company headed by
William Pynchon, and was among the
first settlers of Springfield, Massachu-
setts, remaining there for eight years,
whence he removed to Fairfield, Connec-
ticut. In 1645 and 1646, he was repre-
sentative to the General Court from Fair-
field.
(II) Jehue (2) Burr, son of Jehue (i)
Burr, the immigrant, was born in Eng-
land, in 1625. and died in 1692, in Fair-
field. He was a captain in King Philip's
War. His first wife was Mary Ward,
daughter of Andrew Ward.
(III) Daniel Burr, son of Jehue (2) and
Mary (Ward) Burr, was born about 1642
he was made a freeman in 1668, and in
1690 was commissary of Fairfield county.
He married (second) Mary Sherwood.
(IV) Esther Burr, daughter of Daniel
Burr, became the wife of Daniel Bradley
(see Bradley III).
BRADLEY, Edward Burr,
Attorney-at-Iiaw.
From the time of its American
founding the family of Bradley has had
honorable representation in Connecticut,
;
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its first home, and numerous members
of the lines established by Francis Bradley
there continue their residence. Numbered
among these is Edward Bun-
Bradley, a legal practitioner of Westport,
whose professional activity and reputa-
tion have been in keeping with distinguished
and worthy traditions. The
history of his family has always interested
him, and a valued possession is the origi-
nal commission as major issued to his
great-great-grandfather, Daniel Bradley.
(VIII) William Henshaw Bradley, son
of Daniel Burr Bradley (q. v.), was born
in Westport, Connecticut, December 5,
1848. He was educated in the public
schools and Green Farms Academy, fin-
ishing his schooling with a course in
Bryant & Stratton's Business College,
Bridgeport. He was well known in the
district, served for one term as a justice
of the peace, and for a number of years
as tax collector. Politically he was a
Republican, and in religious faith an
Episcopalian, a communicant of Trinity
Church. He affiliated with Aspetuck
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Westport.
He married Annie H. Gray, daughter of
Eliphalet and Harriet (Coley) Gray, of
Westport. Their only child was Edward
Burr, of whom further.
(IX) Edward Burr Bradley, son of
William Henshaw and Annie H. (Gray)
Bradley, was born in Westport, Connec-
ticut, July 28, 1880. After attending the
public schools of his birthplace he entered
the law department of the University of
New York, whence he was graduated
LL. B. in 1903. He was admitted to the
New York bar in 1903, and to practice in
Connecticut two years later, for three
years thereafter being associated with
Robert H. Hibbard. Subsequently he
established independently in New York
City, and after a short time made Westport
the scene of his professional work