Perez  Bradford  was  third  in  a  family  of  seven  children  and  was  born  in
Duxbury  in  1694.  He  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1713.  About  1717
he  was  a  resident  of  Kingston  and  probably  lived  upon  his  grandfather's
estate  there.  Nothing  appears  to  be  known  of  his  wife  beyond  her  name,
which  was  Abigail  BaLch^-^In  1732  the  records  show  that  he  was  living  in
Milton,  for  at  thai  umehe  and  two  cousins  became  administrators  of  the
estate  of  his  grandfather,  John  Rogers.  He  was  there  also  a  year  later,  for
on  July  16,  1733,  his  mother,  "  Hannah  Bradford,  a  widow,  of  Duxbury,  in
consideration  of  £500,  conveyed  to  him  one  hundred  and  ten  acres  of  land  in
Swansea."  This  (Barriugton)  was  formerly  the  homestead  of  his  maternal
grandfather.  September  6,  174.5,  Mr.  Bradford  was  living  on  this  homestead
in  Swansea,  for  at  that  time  he  bought  the  homestead  of  Benjamin  Wise  in  this
town  —  containing  seventy  acres  and  an  additional  tract  of  fifty  acres  —  for
the  sum  of  £1,300.
Immediately  after  this  he  removed  to  this  town  and  in  the  following  spring
was  chosen  a  representative  to  the  General  Court.  On  the  meeting  of  the
Legislature  he  was  elected  one  of  the  Council  and  took  his  seat  as  a  member
the  last  Wednesday  of  May,  1746.  He  died  on  the  nineteenth  da}'  of  the
following  June.
Mr.  Bradford  had  eight  children,  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  One  of
these  daughters,  Hannah,  married  Jabez  Gay,  a  man  prominent  in  the  town,
April  30,  1746.
