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Nathaniel Bradlee

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Icono: Laborer
Icono primaria: Participant
Icono: Civic
Icono: Laborer

(February 16, 1746 – May 8, 1813)

Nathaniel Bradlee was a housewright living at the corner of Hollis and Tremont Streets in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1773, in the home he built for his family two years earlier.

On the night of December 16, 1773, Nathaniel would join his brothers David, Josiah, and Thomas, and brother-in-law John Fulton, in the “destruction of the tea” at Griffin’s Wharf. Bradlee was a volunteer fire warden with Engine No. 8 in Boston and later became a member of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association in 1800.  

Nathaniel Bradlee died in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 8, 1813. He is buried in the Central Burying Ground in Boston.

  • Spouse:
  • Ann Dunlap (October 12, 1748 – August 4, 1821)
  • Children
  • Nathaniel Bradlee (May 6, 1770 – April 27, 1836) 
  • George Dunlap Bradlee (March 8, 1772 – Unknown)
  • Mary Andrus/Andrews Bradlee (October 16, 1774 – Unknown)
  • Samuel Bradlee (November 7, 1778 – August 1, 1867)
  • Elizabeth Bradlee (October 12, 1781 – January 25, 1869)
  • John Andrus/Andrews Bradlee (January 11, 1784 – November 8, 1805, died on board a ship at Jakarta, Indonesia)
  • David Bradlee (May 14, 1786 – April 3, 1814)
  • Nathaniel Bradlee (May 6, 1770 – April 27, 1836) 
  • Mary Andrus/Andrews Bradlee (October 16, 1774 – Unknown)
  • Elizabeth Bradlee (October 12, 1781 – January 25, 1869)
  • David Bradlee (May 14, 1786 – April 3, 1814)
  • George Dunlap Bradlee (March 8, 1772 – Unknown)
  • Samuel Bradlee (November 7, 1778 – August 1, 1867)
  • John Andrus/Andrews Bradlee (January 11, 1784 – November 8, 1805, died on board a ship at Jakarta, Indonesia)

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