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William Bradford was the 2nd, 5th, 7th,9th and 11th Governor of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.

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Of Plymouth Plantation was written by William Bradford, who was a leader of the Plymouth Colony. The journal describes the story of the pilgrims and their early years in the colony that they founded. The journal was written between 1630 and 1651.


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Are you referring to the governor of the Plymouth colony in Massachussetts? This William Bradford was not directly named after the town of Bradford in Yorkshire. In medieval England surnames began to be used by ordinary people as a means of identification. For example if there were several men called John in a village it would be useful to identify which was which. Early surnames were predominantly based on one of four factors - occupation, father's name, place of origin or physical characteristics. It is quite probable that one of William Bradford's ancestors moved from Bradford to Austerfield (where William was born) and became known by "of Bradford" to distinguish him from other villagers sharing the same first name.


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