When Mary Bradbury was born on 11 September 1738, in North Yarmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Moses Bradbury Sr., was 22 and her mother, Abigail Fogg, was 18. She married William Harris on 19 November 1755, in New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 25 November 1817, in her hometown, at the age of 79.
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Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States
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English: habitational name, usually from Bredbury (Cheshire), occasionally perhaps from Bradbury (Durham), although evidence for the latter origin is yet to be found. Both placenames meant ‘stronghold or manor house built with planks’, from Old English bred ‘board’ + burg in the dative case form byrig.
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