Allen Bradford

Background

Bradford, Allen was born on November 19, 1765 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Colonel Gamaliel and Sarah (Alden) Bradford.

Education

Graduated from Harvard, 1786. Studied for ministry under Samuel West.

Career

Taught School, Milton, Massachusetts, 1787. Licensed to preach, 1790. Tutor in Greek, Harvard, 1790-1793.

Became pastor Congregational Church, Wiscasset, Maine, 1793, served until contracting tuberculosis.

Clerk of court for Lincoln County, Massachusetts, until 1811. Secretary Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1812-1824.

Became editor Boston Gazette, 1824. Author: History of Massachusetts to 1820, published 1822-1829.

Life of Jonathan Mayhew, 1838.

Also 38 other books

Achievements

• Allen Bradford has been listed as a noteworthy editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Margaret Stevenson, 1795.

Father:

Colonel Gamaliel Bradford

Mother:

Sarah (Alden) Bradford

Spouse:

Margaret Stevenson