Martha BRADSTREET

1739 - 1787  (48 years)

• Name	Martha BRADSTREET
  Baptism	11 Mar 1737/8	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
  	Third Parish
  Birth	11 Mar 1738/9	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	13 Dec 1787	Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I1221	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Benjamin BRADSTREET,   b. Abt 1705, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 2 May 1762, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Sarah GREENLEAF,   b. 6 Dec 1708, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marr intent	22 Oct 1726	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  Marriage	9 Nov 1726	Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Robert YOUNG
  Marriage	Abt 1777	Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States   [2]
  Children	1. Noah YOUNG,   b. 6 Feb 1778, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States   2. Pamela YOUNG,   b. 18 Nov 1781
  Family ID	F753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Job STANWOOD,   b. 14 Feb 1726/7, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. 27 Jul 1776, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1754	Hampton, Rockingham, Province of New Hampshire   [6]
  Children	1. Hannah Byles STANWOOD,   b. 25 Nov 1755, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   2. Samuel STANWOOD,   b. 11 Oct 1761, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   3. Job STANWOOD,   c. 5 Feb 1758, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States   4. Benjamin Bradstreet STANWOOD,   b. 19 Jun 1766, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States d. Aft 1820 (Age > 55 years)   5. Humphrey Bradstreet STANWOOD,   b. 20 May 1768, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 22 Oct 1847, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 79 years)   6. Enoch Tichburn STANWOOD,   b. 21 Apr 1770, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States   7. David STANWOOD,   b. 22 Aug 1772, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States   8. Sarah STANWOOD,   b. 18 Oct 1774, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 19 Feb 1853 (Age 78 years)   9. Esther STANWOOD,   b. May 1776, Duck Brook, Mt. Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States
  Family ID	F482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Like the late Cordelia Stanwood, pioneer ornithologist of Elsworth, Maine, I too have been especially interested in our common ancestor, Martha Bradstreet. Thanks to Cordelia's 1929 article written in the Lewiston Journal, we have been provided a glimpse into the life of Martha: "That Martha Bradstreet, the wife of Job Stanwood, was unusually well educated was a matter frequently referred to by her descendants. My grandmother, Mrs. Solomon Stanwood, related that the neighbors described Mrs. Job Stanwood not only as a woman with an uncommonly good education but they declared that she even wrote poetry. "That Job appreciated these qualities in his wife is evident from the fact that he quoted her wise sayings and referred to her good judgment so frequently as to excite the smiles of the neighbors. Many trifles point to a wise and sweet disposition in Martha. For instance, I notice that the first daughter is named Hannah Byles for the young wife who died at the age of twenty-four years. "Another indication of her tact is seen in her naming the second child for Job himself. Further wisdom may be observed in the naming of their third child, Samuel, for the boy who listened for the commands of the Lord. Even then they were considering founding a new home in the wilderness, a man with one arm and wretched health, with a wife and family for to provide. But I fancy that even the capable Martha had her moments of discouragement and that when she was far away from her old home at times her heart cried out for her people. Undoubtedly it was at such times that she solaced herself by naming the one son Benjamin Bradstreet and another Humphrey Bradstreet."

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, vol. 1, Topsfield, Massachus, p.104. [S278] Vital Records of Mount Desert Island Maine and Nearby Islands, 1776-1820, p. 33 (page 130 in original town book). [S1672] DB: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, entry for Benjamin Bradstreet and Mrs. Sarah Greenleaf, marriage intent. BRADSTREET_Benjamin_b1705_marr_001-c [S1672] DB: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, marriage record for Benjamin Bradstreet and Mrs. Sarah Greenleaf, married 9 November 1726. BRADSTREET_Benjamin_b1705_marr_002-c [S236] "Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849". Citing Vital records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, 1911 [S1770] Hampton, NH: Vital Records to 1900, downloaded; 30 November 2024; "Job Stanwood & Martha Bradstreet of Cape Ann, A dollar" [paid], 1 September 1754; citing v. 2, p. 118. STANWOOD_Job_b1727_marr_001.jpg