2. The beginning
• Born march 19, of 1590
• Born in Yorkshire, England a small farm town
• Parents died in his early child hood cause of
death unknown
• At the age of twelve he became very interested in
the primitive congregational church
• Soon after he become a committed member of
the separatist church
• He was associated with Plymouth colony and
was elected governor about 30 times
3. Separation
• Bradford felt the Church of England was way
past redemption and turning around because
of false doctrines and miss-teachings
• Soon after James 1 began to prosecute
separatist’s Bradford fled to the Netherlands
for safe keeping
4. Leaving Europe
• Before the colony in America was established
Bradford wife Dorothy died death is unknown
but some say she died of Cotton Mather
drowning
• Winter in new colony caused many to parish
and the leader John carver perished and
Bradford took over as the new colony leader
• Bradford remarried to Alice Carpenter while
he was governor in summer of 1623
5. Main points
• Bradford did many things during his life he
was elected governor 30 times
• He was a valuable and skilled leader who held
the colony together at its worst point during
his life
• He was a well spirited man who acted on
intelligence in stead of emotion
6. Pics and facts
• Bradford had 2 wives
• First was Dorothy and 1 boy by her named
john and the next wife was Alice he had 2
boys and 1 girl William, Joseph, and Mercy
