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Society of Governor William Bradford Descendants

The Society of Governor William Bradford Descendants, the Descendants of Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Colony, was founded in 2001 to cherish and honor the memory of Governor Bradford, to foster fraternal relations among his descendants, to establish a record of the accomplishments of his descendants, and to maintain the ideals of American freedom.

This is the new and improvedhttp://www.sgwbd.com homepage or portal. The site is a place where you can link right to the Society of Governor William Bradford Descendants. If you have any questions regarding anything about the society please post them in the forums, someone will answer you.

Remember membership of the site is free, so please register today if you have not done so already. This site uses a system to verify your email address, so if you use a yahoo email account you will get your activation email it might not be right on the spot, but later that day, to avoid this if you have another email address it is recommended that you use that one.

If your lineage is in direct descendant from Governor William Bradford, you might want to consider joining our Society. To become a member of the Society we ask that you download the application and follow the instructions listed inside the application. (application is same as navigation menu) If you have problems or questions about membership please post them in the appropriate forum.

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Purpose:

The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are: to support any educational or benevolent undertaking, as is authorized by the Massachusetts Non-Profit Corporation Act, for said corporation to support and conduct; and to maintain a CHARITABLE UNDERTAKING and more particularly to;

To perpetuate to a remote posterity the memory of our Pilgrim Father, William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony. To maintain and defend the principle of civil and religious liberty as set forth in the Compact of the Mayflower, “For the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our country.”

To cherish and maintain the ideals and institutions of American freedom, and to oppose any theories or actions that threaten their continuity. To transmit the spirit, the purity of purpose and steadfastness of will of the Pilgrim Fathers to those who shall come after us, and undiminished heritage of liberty and law.

To promote the interests that are common to all the Societies of Mayflower Descendants in the various states and the General Society of Mayflower Descendants in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Family Societies of other Pilgrim Fathers.

Note from the President

Society of Governor William Bradford Descendents

Good Morrow,
My name is Carol Scarborough and I was elected on September 11, 2005 to the positions of President and Historian of the Society of Governor Bradford Descendants' Inc. I joined the Society in July of 2005 but I do have a few things to recommend me for the positions besides the fact that I wanted them, felt I would do a good job and had a lot of enthusiasm.

I joined the Society of Mayflower Descendants in July of 2001 and I'm the Founding and present Governor of the Waco Colony, Texas Society of Mayflower Descendants, Chartered in April 2002 with 22 adult members of my family. Every November, the Treasurer, Jerrie Geisler & I, go into the schools and present programs about the Pilgrims "Coming to America". I'm also Chaplain of my DAR Chapter (my 3 daughters & 10 other members of my family are also members...I typed all of our papers plus others I've brought into the Chapter), I'm in 7 Lineal Societies, on the Board of Directors of The Central Texas Genealogical Society and Queen Mother of the Red Hat Chapter, "The Mad Hatters of Central Texas", I founded in Waco. I've been married for 43 years to a wonderful understanding man, have 3 daughters & 2 granddaughters, I love Genealogy and researching, I'm extremely proud of my Bradford Heritage (aren't we all?), I love to ride & I have 6 horses on 18 acres in a little community called China Spring, about 25 minutes from Waco and 15 minutes from Crawford, Texas.

This Chapter has the potential to be huge considering the number of Bradford descendants there are. Our goal is to let everyone know that we are ready, willing and able to be recognized as one of the premier Societies in America. It will take work and effort but we can do it. Look who we are descended from!

We are already looking at several projects that we will tell you about as soon as we find out more information. If you have questions, my e-mail address is Shewulf82@aol.com , please put "Bradford Society" in the Subject line so it doesn't go to the Spam folder.

Thank you for your interest in the Society,
Carol

President of Society of Governor William Bradford Descendents

The Society of Governor William Bradford Descendants

Founded in 2001

We extend a warm welcome to all our cousins!!

So who was William Bradford?

William Bradford was one of the pilgrims who established Plymouth Colony and was its governor for more than 30 years. Bradford was born in March 1590 in Austerfield, Yorkshire, the son of a yeoman farmer. As a young man, he joined Puritan groups that met illegally in nearby Scrooby and was a member of that congregation when it separated from the Church of England in 1606. Bradford was among the 125 Scrooby separatists who sought religious sanctuary in Holland. When the congregation decided to seek refuge in America, Bradford took major responsibility for arranging the details of the emigration. The term Pilgrim is derived from his description of himself and his coreligionists as they left Holland July 22, 1620 for Southampton, where they joined another group of English separatists on the Mayflower. When John Carver, Plymouth Colony's first governor, died suddenly in April 1621, Bradford was unanimously elected to replace him. He was reelected 30 times. In 1640, Bradford and the group of original settlers known as the "old comers" turned over to the colony the proprietary rights to its lands, which had been granted to him by the Warwick Patent and then shared by him with the old comers. During the period of his governorship, and especially during the first few years, Bradford provided the strong, steady leadership that kept the tiny community alive. He strove to sustain the religious ideals of the founders and to keep the colony's settlements compact and separate from the larger neighboring colonies. Bradford died on May 9 or 19, 1657.

Who are we and what do we do?

The purpose of the Society of Governor William Bradford Descendants is to cherish and honor the memory of Governor Bradford, to foster fraternal relations among his descendents, and to maintain the ideals of American freedom.

Any and all descendents and family members of Governor William Bradford are welcome to join and participate in this organization.

How can you join?

This is very easy, just fill out an application that list your lineages from William Bradford to yourself and family. Also if you are already a member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendents, or the Governor William Bradford Compact Society you can use your membership number and put that on the application as well.

Here is the application SGWBD_Worksheet_2.zip

TITLE	NAME	SITE MEMBER NAME
PRESIDENT/HISTORIAN:	Carol Scarborough	Carol
VICE PRESIDENT:	Tuckerman Dyer
TREASURER:	Cynthia Fischer	Cynthia Fischer
RECORDING/CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:	Anne Agura
CHAPLIN:	Ronald L. Ripley	ripripley
DIRECTOR:	Charlie Hereford
DIRECTOR:	Ron Woods
DIRECTOR:	Carol Rae Bradford	cbrad
WEB ADMINISTRATOR:	James T. Ripley	Ripper