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Born: March 18, 1603 Harbling, Lincolnshire, England |
Died: March 27, 1697 Salem, Massachusetts |
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Father: Simon Bradstreet Mother: unknown |
Brothers and Sisters: unknown |
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Spouse: Anne Dudley m. 1628 Sempringham, England |
Children: Sarah Bradstreet Hannah Bradstreet Samuel Bradstreet Mercy Bradstreet Dudley Bradstreet John Bradstreet Dorothy Bradstreet Anne Bradstreet Elizabeth Bradstreet Simon Bradstreet |
Additional Information:
Simon Bradstreet came from England with Governor Winthrop, 1630; settled at Andover; first secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1630-36, Asst., 1630-78; comm. United Colonies, 1643, 1663-66; deputy governor, 1672-76, governor, 1676-86 and 1689.
"Governor Bradstreet's portrait shows an attractive man with long hair and the glow of good living - not a dour ascetic, rather more like a Cavalier than the popular idea of the typical Puritan."
--From An Introduction to "The Poetry of Anne Bradstreet," by Jeannine Hensley.