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ley was a deacon in the First (now called
Center) Church of New Haven, Connecti-
cut, and at one time Justice of the Peace.
His will was dated December 5, 1716, and
proved in the New Haven Probate Court,
November 18, 1718. (Recorded Probate
Records, liber 4, page 546.) It contained
the following clause : "As a token of my
love to ye first church of Christ in New
Haven I give my silver cup, or the value
of it, to be improved at ye Lord's table;
yt is after my decease." Children, born
at New Haven: i. John, of whom further.
2. Daniel, born in 1679, died November
2, 1723. 3. Hannah, bom Novem-
ber 8, 1682. 4. Lydia, born November 28,
1685. 5. Ebenezer, born September 9, 1689.
6. Abraham, born April 9, 1693. 7- Esther,
born March 19, 1696.
(III) John Bradley, son of Deacon
Abraham and Hannah (Thompson) Brad-
ley, was born in New Haven, Connecti-
cut, October 12, 1674. He married, September
22, 1698, Sarah Holt, daughter of
Ebenezer Holt. Children: i. Enos, of
whom further. 2. John, born September 10,
1702. 3. Dorcas, born November 4, 1704.
4. Jason, born August 10, 1708. 5. Jehiell,
born September 19, 1710. 6. Phineas, born
September 28, 1714.
(IV) Enos Bradley, son of John and
Sarah (Holt) Bradley, was born December
28, 1701, and lived in New Haven,
Connecticut. He married, December 2,
1721, Ellen Skidmore (See Skidmore III).
Children: i. Sibyl, born November 8,
1722. 2. Griflin, born November 9, 1724;
married Mabel Thompson, sister of wife
of Ariel. 3. Enos, born December 20, 1726.
4. Ariel, of whom further. 5. Ellen, born
November 4, 1731. 6. Gamaliel, born
February 19, 1734. 7. Oliver, born November
I, 1736.
(V) Ariel Bradley, son of Enos and
Ellen (Skidmore) Bradley, was born in
New Haven, Connecticut, March 8, 1729,
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and removed to New York State. He
married, November 7, 1751, Amy Thomp-
son (see Thompson V). Children: i.
Thaddeus, born June 8, 1752. 2. Anne,
born June 10, 1754, died young. 3. James,
of whom further. 4. Anne, born Novem-
ber 9, 1763.
(VI) Captain James Bradley, son of
Ariel and Amy (Thompson) Bradley, was
born June 17, 1756, and died about 1818,
aged sixty-two years. The first settlers
of Johnston Township, Trumbull County,
Ohio, were a family named Bradley. Cap-
tain James Bradley came from Salisbury,
Connecticut, in 1802-03. The family
stopped at Canfield, Johnston Township,
for a short time, finally settling in the
western part of the township. He mar-
ried Asenath Bird (See Bird VI). Chil-
dren: I. Thaddeus. 2. Dr. Moore Bird,
of whom further. 3. Dr. Ariel, born in
1793; married, in 1828, Laura Barstow.
(VII) Dr. Moore Bird Bradley, son of
Captain James and Asenath (Bird) Brad-
ley, was born in 1790. After laboring for
a time on his father's farm, he turned his
attention to the study of medicine, study-
ing under Dr. Peter Allan. He practiced
in Mansfield, Ohio, later removing to
Waterford, Erie County, Pennsylvania,
where he attained leading professional
place and where his death occurred. In
1827 he was one of the organizers of the
first Protestant Episcopal church of
Waterford, Pennsylvania, and one of its
first officers. He married and had two
children: i. Asenath C, of whom further.
2. Darwin.
(VIII) Asenath C. Bradley, daughter
of Dr. Moore Bird Bradley, married
David Banning (see Banning V).
(The Thompson Line).
Arms—Or, on a fesse dancette azure three estoils
argent, on a canton of the second the sun in his
splendour.