Brief Life History of John
John Bradley was born in 1660, in Ruardean, Gloucestershire, England as the son of John Bradley. He married Elizabeth Roads on 30 June 1679, in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1715, in his hometown, at the age of 55.
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- John Bradley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- John Bradley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1688 · Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places throughout England named Bradley, from Old English brād ‘broad’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Scottish: habitational name from Braidlie in Roxburghshire.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Brolcháin ‘descendant of Brolacháin’, a diminutive of the personal name Brólach, compare Brawley . This was a learned family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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