Joseph Bradford was born circa 1630 in Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts to William Bradford (1590-1657) and Alice Carpenter (1583-1670) and died 10 July 1715 Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts of unspecified causes. He married Jael Hobart (1643-1730) 25 May 1664 in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Biography
Gravestone of Joseph Bradford at Burial Hill - Plymouth MA
He married Jael Hobart on May 25,1664 at Hingham,MA.
Children: Joseph Bradford Jr, Elisha Bradford, and Peter Bradford.
His residence was about one mile from the mouth of Jones' River, at a place called "Flat House Dock" in Kingston, Mass., so called from the fact that his house had a flat top.
Gravestone of Joseph Bradford
Gravestone Inscription:
Here lyes interred ye body of Mr JOSEPH BRADFORD son to the late Honourable WILLIAM BRADFORD Esqr Governor of Plymouth Colony who departed this life July the 10th 1715 in the 85 year of his age.
Epitaphs from Burial Hill by Bradford Kingman Published 1892
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Joseph Bradford (1665-1712) | |||
| Elisha Bradford (1669-1747) | 1669 Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | 16 June 1747 Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | Hannah Cole (1671-1718) Barsheba Brock (1703-1758) |
| Peter Bradford (1676-1712) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Bradford (1615-1678) | 1618 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | 21 September 1676 Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, United States | Martha Bourne (1614-) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| William Bradford (1624-1704) | 17 June 1624 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | 20 February 1704 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States | Alice Richards (1629-1671) Mary Fitch (c1635-1675) Mary Atwood (1642-1715) |
| Mercy Bradford (1630-) | 1627 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 1648 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Benjamin Vermayes (c1620-) |
| Joseph Bradford (1630-1714) | 1630 Plymouth Colony, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | 10 July 1715 Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts | Jael Hobart (1643-1730) |