Bradford Burial Ground

 
 
D. Elliott from Atlanta, Georgia                                                                                                          Sat 8/28/2010 2:54 PM

Thank you for posting photos and burial info!
 

Barbie Adamson from Carl junction, Missouri                                                                              Mon 8/23/2010 12:38 PM

I have been researching family history for 5 yrs now and decided to go thru each township now for info on how these previous ancestors lived and what their occupations were. The families of Goodwin, Graham, Kimball & Webster are related. I appreciate this site it has a great deal of info. Thank You for the time invested. It has taken me back 7 generations. Awesome!!!!!
 

Pat Hutchinson from Bradford, Massachusetts                                                                                 Fri 7/9/2010 11:16 AM

I am the 8th Great Grandaughter of John Spafford (Spofford). I had read he was buried here and am glad to have it confirmed. John Spofford founded the Rowley, MA. mentioned in the video. Rest in Peace, Great Grandad.
 

Robert Kimball from Tucson, Arizona                                                                                              Mon 5/24/2010 2:41 PM

Like several others, I am a descendant of Benjamin & Mercy Kimball, as well as the Days, Tennys, and Hazeltines. I've visited the burial ground several times, the first with my parents in the 1950's, and later in the 70's and 80's. I'm glad to see it cleaned up, and indexed. Wonderful work.
 

Janna Brown from Lake Oswego, Oregon                                                                                         Sun 4/25/2010 3:14 PM

Somewhere probably now among those unreadable markers, is buried Martha Smith Burbank Hardy. Her gravestone image can be found at FindAGrave.com in this cemetery. The image shows a badly broken and barely discernible name. The name "Hardy" can be read.
 

Walter Zacharuk from Edmonton                                                                                                       Tue 4/13/2010 9:01 PM

I am descendant of Thomas West, my 8th great grandfather, who resides in Edmonton, Alberta. I am so pleased to have found a picture of his headstone that I can finally read. I had one picture of it that my 1st cousin twice removed included in her copy of our family history, a splendid 289 page tome covering our arrival to the settling of wisconsin(1836) and beyond. Thank you so much, and can you tell if Wests still live there?
 

Peter Kimball from New Hampshire                                                                                                Mon 4/12/2010 9:00 AM

I just found your site in my website's statistics and was glad I looked!!! I'm descended from Benjamin & Mercy Kimball. I'll be adding up links to your site from the genealogy pages for everyone you have images of !!!!!!
Thanks so much for the beautiful pictures of our history!
 

Gail Tenney Guillory from Kingwood Texas                                                                                  Mon 10/26/2009 2:04 PM

I am a member of the Tenney Family Association. The Burial Ground looks great.
 

Pamela J. Hamilton from AppletonWisconsin                                                                               Mon 10/26/2009 8:09 AM

Thank you for allowing a semi-homebound person like myself to 'travel' through the internet to 'see the Bradford Burial Grounds' via your video. Several years ago I spoke to a sexton of another cemetery in Haverhill as I was/still am trying to find the burial place for Hannah Dore Hamilton 1793 (Athens, ME) - Oct. 3o, 1881 in Haverhill, MA. He suggested I check out the Bradford Burial Ground. Hannah 'is not here' either unless Hannah did not or does not now have a grave stone. It was precious to 'see' in person this Burial Grounds via your video. Thank you for taking time to do this project and post it to the web.
 

Stephen F. Jackman from Bradford Massachusetts                                                                     Mon 10/19/2009 2:29 PM

My Great Grandfather, on My Mother"s side Haseltine donated the land for this cemetery in the 1600s I was named after My Great uncle Steve Hazeltine. More than just strange, that more than ten generations later I would live only a quarter mile from this burial ground. I regret that I know very little about the details, John Hardy knows more about the Hazeltine's than I do. shame :( John we will talk this winter about when to acquire the flag 8' "Betsy Ross" style.
 

Barbara Buonaugurio from Peabody, Massachusetts                                                                      Mon 8/3/2009 3:24 AM

This is interesting. I have visited this place. My mother was a Haselton. We know that her family is descended from these Haseltines. There are a number of spellings. My grandmother's husband, George Irving Haselton was president of the NH Senate for many years and at one time, ran for governor. His portrait hangs in the NH state house.
 
Erik and Leslie Peterson from Haverhill, Massachusetts                                                                Sun 6/21/2009 2:31 PM

Many thanks for all the efforts involved in preserving the history of our fore fathers. We are honored to be a small part of these efforts and appreciate all that you have done to make this possible.
 

Harlene Soper Brown from Kelso, Washington                                                                                  Fri 6/12/2009 7:28 PM

What an absolute blessing your site has been to me. After contacting John and receiving his gracious permission, I was able to add pictures to posts of folks that are listed at www.findagrave.com. I also created memorials for those who didn't have them, using your information. I believe it's a great partnership that will benefit a lot of folks. Now I'd like to see if there's a way to post your map on the title page for the Bradford Burial Ground or a direct link between the two. Great resources, both! Thank you to all the folks who worked to provide the information and pictures here at your site. I know it has been a labor or love and respect for those who have gone on before.
 

Harlene Soper Brown                                                                                            Thu 6/4/2009 8:31 AM

 I can’t express what a blessing this site is. I have a lot of ancestors there and for our family to be able to see the tombstones and what is written on them is a true gift. I know a huge amount of time and effort has gone into putting this together. It is greatly appreciated.
 

Neil H. Brown from Antrim, New Hampshire                                                         Wed 5/6/2009 9:28 AM

Wonderful website. Great to see Ancient Burial Grounds cleaned up and hear about all the work that is being done to keep it clean and in locating buried gravestones and unidentified graves. Without this we would have lost a very important historical site.
 

Jeff Hall from Amherst, New Hampshire                                                                 Tue 5/5/2009 6:39 PM

Hopefully, some day, the burial plot of my earliest known ancestor, Deacon Richard Hall of Bradford, will be found in the Ancient Bradford Burial Ground. As the first deacon of the church at Bradford, he would have been granted a free plot, as was his son, Joseph. Richard was also one of the original signers of the Church's first covenant. Richard died in Bradford in 1730, yet, to date, no burial location has been found for him. Perhaps his name can be included in this website's history, even though his bones may have been lost to time?Best wishes,Jeff Hall(Richard-Richard-Timothy-Timothy-James-William-Albert-Will-Albert Hall)

 
GAIL GITTENS from Lake Havasu City, Arizona                                                   Tue 2/3/2009 7:30 PM

BLESS YOU!
 

Fred D .Hardy from Greer, South Carolina                                                            Thu 11/6/2008 6:12 PM

I am a descendant of Thomas Hardy (tenth gen.) Great site.
 

Al Hardy from Lompoc, California                                                                     Mon 10/27/2008 1:43 PM

Keep up the good work, John. Thanks for all you do. Al
 

Al Hardy from Lompoc, California                                                                        Thu 10/9/2008 6:16 PM

Thanks for the work you are doing. Al
 

Al Hardy from Lompoc, California                                                                         Mon 9/1/2008 3:48 PM

I am a descendant of Thomas Hardy, Sr. of Bradford. My wife and I visited the 1665 Burying Ground several years ago after receiving directions from the special collections department at the Haverhill Library. We are please to read about the update from John C. Hardy.
 

Kyla Sandberg from Haverhill, Maine                                                                    Fri 8/15/2008 10:45 PM

Thank you for the work you are doing in the Bradford Burial Ground! My newly discovered ancestor, Nathaniel Fales, is buried there. What you are doing is very important.
 

Chris Obert from Bradford, Massachusetts                                                              Sat 7/26/2008 7:46 PM

Very nice job on the site. Let me know if there is anything that you need from me in the future. It was nice to meet with you this afternoon (July 26, 2008) at the BBG.

 

Jim Ellingboe from Littleton, Massachusetts                                                            Sat 7/12/2008 9:36 AM

What a nice site. Thanks for all the work that is being put into it. The other day I drove by the Bradford Burial Ground but did not have the time to stop. This site has given me the extra incentive to return with a camera.
 

Sharon Gallup from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, Canada                                          Fri 6/27/2008 10:12 PM

Really informative great going.
 
Joe Williams from Old Lyme, Connecticut                                                           Thu 6/26/2008 10:22 AM

Great job. I am on the Tenney memorial stone committee.


 

Roger A. Tenney from Greenbrier, Tennessee                                                       Thu 6/26/2008 7:59 AM
 

 

Kathryn Tenney Hancock from Safford, Arizona                                                   Wed 6/25/2008 9:00 PM

Thank you for all you are doing to help the TFA with their cemetery project. Enjoyed this site.
 

 

Roger Branscombe, Phoenix from Stony Point, New York                                        Wed 6/25/2008 8:28 PM

Looking forward to the features of your ambitious project. I am a member of the Tenney Family Association.
 

 

Barron Tenney from Haverhill, Massachusetts                                                      Wed 6/25/2008 4:41 PM

Looking great. Good work.

 

 

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