William Bradford
English Separatist leader in Leiden, Holland and in Plymouth Colony (1590-1657) · Politicians · Died at 67
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Something wrong?William Bradford was an English Pilgrim Separatist and Governor of Plymouth Colony, originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in the Dutch Republic in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620.
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Manor House, Austerfield - presumed birthplace of William Bradford
A modern view of the city of Leiden featuring the Hooglandse Kerk
Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris from 1899
Governor Bradford's house in Plymouth
The front page of the Bradford journal
Provincetown, Massachusetts memorial to Pilgrims who died at sea or on board the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor in November/December 1620
Bradford is honored on the 1920-21 U.S. commemorative Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar, designed by Cyrus DallinFamily
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William Bradford was an English Pilgrim Separatist and Governor of Plymouth Colony, originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in the Dutch Republic in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. He served as a commissioner of the United Colonies of New England on multiple occasions and served twice as president. His journal Of Plymouth Plantation covered the years from 1620 to 1646 in Plymouth.
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