Samuel and John Bradley headstone, undated

Collection Name:

George W. Perry Scrapbooks

Title:

Samuel and John Bradley headstone, undated

Creator:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971

Creator Role:

Collector

Accession / Call Number:

1974.045

Object ID:

1974.045.28.019

Type of Material:

graphic material

Physical Description:

1 photograph

Language:

English

Scope and Content:

Undated photographic print of the headstone of Samuel and Jonathan Bradley at the Old North Cemetery in Concord, NH. The caption states, "The Bradleys wer[e] in one grave in North Cemetery, D in his history o published in 185 [MS cut]. The pot where t were buried cann exactly identifi it was very near place now enclos occupied as the plat of the Brad[ley] Ayer family. they were buried day after the ma[ssacre] August 12, 1746. Jonathan Bradley was the fifth child of Abraham and Abigail Bradley born 1717; married Susannah Folson, of Exeter, N.H. He was killed by the Indians, August 11, 1746. Mr. Reuben Abbot who brought the dead bodies to Osgood's garrison found his about ten feet out of the road, on the south side, and about two rods east of the brook. Jonathan was lieutenant in Capt. Ladd's company, from Exeter, and a number of years older than Samuel. He was not wounded by the Indians in their fire, and immediately after the Indians had first fired he ordered his men to fight them. As but a few of the Indians fired the first time, Jonathan supposed that he and his six men could manage them, and they fired at the few who had risen up from the ambush. Immediately the whole body of the Indians, about one hundred in number, rose up and fired. Jonathan, seeing their number and receiving their fire, ordered his men to run and take care of themselves. By this time, Obadiah Peters, John Bean, John Lufkin and Samuel Bradley, were killed. The Indians then rushed upon Jonathan Bradley, William Stickney and Alexander Roberts--took Stickney and Roberts prisoners and offered Jonathan good quarter. But he refused to received quarter, and fought with his gun against that cloud of Indians, until they struck him on the face repeatedly with their tomahawks, cut a number of gashes on his face, one large gash running obliquely across his forehead and nose down between his eyes; another on the side of his head, and one on the back part of his head, which entered his skull and brought him to the ground. The Indians then despatched him, took off his scalp, and stripped him nearly naked. Samuel Bradley the seventh child of Abraham and Abigail Bradley, born in 1721, kille[d] by the Indians August 11, 1746. He was found, stripped naked, scalped, and lying on his face in the road, within half a rod of the bridge over the brook. He was shot through the body, and supposed through his lungs; the ball struck and spoiled his powder horn, which the Indians feft [left]. He was not otherwise wounded by the Indains [Indians] than shot and scalped. His wife Mary Folson lived after him for 71 years dieing in 1817 at the age of 100 years."

Subjects:

Cemeteries , Gravestones

Locations:

Concord, NH

People:

Perry, George W., 1891-1971 , Bradley, Samuel, 1721-1746 , Bradley, Jonathan, 1717-1746

Organizations:

Old North Cemetery (Concord, N.H.)

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of May Nutter.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Item

Box Number:

6