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 ==Birth==
 Joseph Bradley, 2nd, was born October 19th, 1746, and baptized the following February, at Greenfield Church, the son of Joseph Bradley 1st and Olive Hubbell. His siblings were:<ref name = "Bradley">Family notes respecting the Bradley family of Fairfield, and our descent therefrom : with notices of collateral ancestors on the female side for the use of my children (1894), Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. cn; Bradley, Charles, 1857- ed, Newark, N.J., A. Pierson & Co., printers and book-binders</ref>

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-Joseph Bradley, 2nd, was born October 19th, 1746, and baptized the following February, at Greenfield Church, the son of Joseph Bradley 1st and Olive Hubbell. His siblings were:
+Joseph Bradley, 2nd, was born October 19th, 1746, and baptized the following February, at Greenfield Church, the son of Joseph Bradley 1st and Olive Hubbell. His siblings were:<ref name = "Bradley">Family notes respecting the Bradley family of Fairfield, and our descent therefrom : with notices of collateral ancestors on the female side for the use of my children (1894), Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. cn; Bradley, Charles, 1857- ed, Newark, N.J., A. Pierson & Co., printers and book-binders</ref>
 *Thaddeus, May 25, 1727; (died young)
 *Onesimus, July 17, 1730;
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-Her husband, Joseph Bradley, 2nd, was out with the gatherings of militia which were being collected for the purpose of annoying the British expedition.
+Her husband, Joseph Bradley, 2nd, was out with the gatherings of militia which were being collected for the purpose of annoying the British expedition.<ref name = "Bradley">Family notes respecting the Bradley family of Fairfield, and our descent therefrom : with notices of collateral ancestors on the female side for the use of my children (1894), Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. cn; Bradley, Charles, 1857- ed, Newark, N.J., A. Pierson & Co., printers and book-binders</ref>
 Served at Peekskill, New York, Oct. 13, 1777<br>
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 It took years, with great labor and toil, to clear off enough, and get it into an arable condition, to make a comfortable farm. The result, in the end, was that the rent was  found to be a greater burden than the settlers could well bear;  which, in long subsequent years, produced the discontents  that resulted in the anti-rent war. But these troubles came  after my great-grandfather's day. In his time, and when I  was a lad, the farm, by much industry and economy, produced all the comforts that persons leading a plain farmer's life could desire. The family, in removing from Connecticut, took a  sloop at Campo, on which they deposited all their household  goods, and traversed the entire distance to Albany by water, occupying in the voyage many days. The worst part of the journey then commenced. It was the Spring of the year, and even the streets of Albany consisted of deep mud and clay which  made them almost impassable, and the country roads were, if  any thing, still worse; and when they reached the borders of the Helderberg Wilderness they were indeed in sad case.  But they finally reached their destination, and put up a temporary shelter, and soon a log dwelling; and commenced to clear the land. The privations to which they were subject, however, can hardly be conceived of at the present day.  Sometimes meal for family use had to be brought many miles on horseback, and seed and every thing needed had to be conveyed great distances along rough and dangerous paths in the  woods.
-It seems hardly credible, now, that such hardships  were endured by the early settlers of a district so near to a  city like Albany. But they had stout hearts, and they went  through it all bravely, and brought out of the wilderness a smiling farm, crowned with plenty and pleasantness. As far  back as I can remember, the fields were all well cultivated, and apple orchards and other fruit trees abounded. What we called the "old orchard" had sprung up from apple seeds planted by my great-grandmother herself. One of the trees, I remember, produced an early Summer sweet apple ; and the  fruit of that tree the old lady always claimed the prerogative of having at her own disposal. I need not say that, when a boy, I largely profited by this whim of hers, being always one  of her most favored beneficiaries.  Of my great-grandfather, of course, I have a very vivid  recollection. He was in his 67th year when I was born, and  lived to his 82d. year. He was a tall, strongly built man,  standing six feet in his stockings. He had black eyes, and a  very sweet and kindly expression ; a full head of soft, silken  black hair, in which were seen but a few silver threads to the day of his death. He had a small hand but strong limbs, and  must, in his prime, have been a man of great physical power.  In his old age, when I knew him, he made his garden his  special care, and used to set me occasionally at weeding out his precious beds of vegetables. It was quite a large enclosure for a garden, and besides containing fruit trees, was surrounded by a thick hedge of current bushes. It was well  stocked, I remember, with herbs of various kinds, catnip,  sage, horehound, &c., bundles of which, in the proper season,  were hung up in the garret to dry: and in some sunny spot, on the farm, he always raised a small crop of tobacco, to stand him in stead in the long winter season, in case his ordinary  supply should happpen to fail. Decoctions of herbs were the  only medicines used in the family. I never knew a doctor to  be called in. Though deprived of the enjoyment of church privileges in the secluded section in which he lived, except from the occasional visits of methodist and baptist traveling preachers, my great-grandfather never forgot his presbyterian  training. It was his regular practice on every Sunday, to  spend a considerable time in reading the Sacred Scriptures,  whilst his wife devoted herself to the perusal of her old Prayer Book. An old neighbor, by the name of Harris, who lived a lonely life a mile or more away, on a neighboring farm, used to  drop in on Sundays, and have a long chat with my great-grandfather on religious subjects, generally staying to dinner. I remember this old man very well, and his singular pronunciation of Scripture Names — such as Phar-i-sees and Sadd-u-cces —  and the deference he paid to my great-grandfather when the latter expounded some particular point of religious doctrine always from the stand-point of the Scriptures themselves.- — If  ever a human being loved another as intensely as he loved his own mother, so I loved this old great-grandfather of mine — he  was so good, so kind, so tender, and so just. He died on the  24th of January, 1828, in his 82d year, of sheer old age.  More than once, sometimes in the cold winter season, I have  gone to his grave alone, whilst yet a mere boy, and wept bitter tears for his loss. His wife survived him eight years, and died the 13th of March, 1836, in her 87th year; but much of  this period I was obliged to be absent, and saw her but little,  being in college at the time of her death. It was always a  source of great joy, however, both to her and myself, when I  could make arrangements to pay her a visit, which I always  did at least once a year.
+It seems hardly credible, now, that such hardships  were endured by the early settlers of a district so near to a  city like Albany. But they had stout hearts, and they went  through it all bravely, and brought out of the wilderness a smiling farm, crowned with plenty and pleasantness. As far  back as I can remember, the fields were all well cultivated, and apple orchards and other fruit trees abounded. What we called the "old orchard" had sprung up from apple seeds planted by my great-grandmother herself. One of the trees, I remember, produced an early Summer sweet apple ; and the  fruit of that tree the old lady always claimed the prerogative of having at her own disposal. I need not say that, when a boy, I largely profited by this whim of hers, being always one  of her most favored beneficiaries.  Of my great-grandfather, of course, I have a very vivid  recollection. He was in his 67th year when I was born, and  lived to his 82d. year. He was a tall, strongly built man,  standing six feet in his stockings. He had black eyes, and a  very sweet and kindly expression ; a full head of soft, silken  black hair, in which were seen but a few silver threads to the day of his death. He had a small hand but strong limbs, and  must, in his prime, have been a man of great physical power.  In his old age, when I knew him, he made his garden his  special care, and used to set me occasionally at weeding out his precious beds of vegetables. It was quite a large enclosure for a garden, and besides containing fruit trees, was surrounded by a thick hedge of current bushes. It was well  stocked, I remember, with herbs of various kinds, catnip,  sage, horehound, &c., bundles of which, in the proper season,  were hung up in the garret to dry: and in some sunny spot, on the farm, he always raised a small crop of tobacco, to stand him in stead in the long winter season, in case his ordinary  supply should happpen to fail. Decoctions of herbs were the  only medicines used in the family. I never knew a doctor to  be called in. Though deprived of the enjoyment of church privileges in the secluded section in which he lived, except from the occasional visits of methodist and baptist traveling preachers, my great-grandfather never forgot his presbyterian  training. It was his regular practice on every Sunday, to  spend a considerable time in reading the Sacred Scriptures,  whilst his wife devoted herself to the perusal of her old Prayer Book. An old neighbor, by the name of Harris, who lived a lonely life a mile or more away, on a neighboring farm, used to  drop in on Sundays, and have a long chat with my great-grandfather on religious subjects, generally staying to dinner. I remember this old man very well, and his singular pronunciation of Scripture Names — such as Phar-i-sees and Sadd-u-cces —  and the deference he paid to my great-grandfather when the latter expounded some particular point of religious doctrine always from the stand-point of the Scriptures themselves.- — If  ever a human being loved another as intensely as he loved his own mother, so I loved this old great-grandfather of mine — he  was so good, so kind, so tender, and so just. He died on the  24th of January, 1828, in his 82d year, of sheer old age.  More than once, sometimes in the cold winter season, I have  gone to his grave alone, whilst yet a mere boy, and wept bitter tears for his loss. His wife survived him eight years, and died the 13th of March, 1836, in her 87th year; but much of  this period I was obliged to be absent, and saw her but little,  being in college at the time of her death. It was always a  source of great joy, however, both to her and myself, when I  could make arrangements to pay her a visit, which I always  did at least once a year.<ref name = "Bradley">Family notes respecting the Bradley family of Fairfield, and our descent therefrom : with notices of collateral ancestors on the female side for the use of my children (1894), Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. cn; Bradley, Charles, 1857- ed, Newark, N.J., A. Pierson & Co., printers and book-binders</ref>
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 Her husband, Joseph Bradley, 2nd, was out with the gatherings of militia which were being collected for the purpose of annoying the British expedition.
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 My great-grandfather, Joseph Bradley 2d, lived until my  time. I spent a considerable portion of my boyhood with  him and his wife at [[b:Berne|Berne]], in the County of Albany, New  York. They had given up their farm to their son, my grandfather; but continued to live in their own house, having  reserved a support for the remainder of their lives. Being  alone, it was their great delight to have a child with them,  who could make it cheerful by his prattle, and sometimes do  errands and light chores. I being their oldest great-grandchild, they claimed the right to have me domesticated with  them ; and though my mother often demurred, they generally  succeeded in their wishes until I got to be old enough to be  of service to my father; and, even then, I often spent my winters with them, going to school during the day. Those  were, indeed, happy times. My great-grandmother always had some delicacy in her pantry, which exactly suited my  taste; and, then, those delicious hours which were spent in  hearing them tell stories of the olden time — when they were  young! Stories of the old French and Indian war, of the  exploits of Gen. Putnam — " Old Put " — as my great-grand-  father often called him : Stories of the Revolutionary war,  and of domestic life ; the wonderful feats of strength, or  agility, of "Miah Cable," and "Siah Cable," and "Elnathan Williams," and many others whose names I have forgotten.  One incident related by my great-grandmother was this : In  1777, when the English burnt Reading and Danbury, upon  their landing at Campo, the alarm was carried through the country by men on horseback, and my great-grandmother living on the road by which the "Regulars" would be likely to come, started across the fields with her little family, then consisting of four children, in order to be out of their way. She had not proceeded far, before she found herself enveloped in the very ranks of the "red-coats." The officers, however, made a way for her to pass on, and she escaped with  nothing more than a little fright. '''Her husband was out with the gatherings of militia which were being collected for the purpose of annoying the British expedition.'''

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		+	My great-grandfather, Joseph Bradley 2d, lived until my time. I spent a considerable portion of my boyhood with him and his wife at [[b:Berne\|Berne]], in the County of Albany, New York. They had given up their farm to their son, my grandfather; but continued to live in their own house, having reserved a support for the remainder of their lives. Being alone, it was their great delight to have a child with them, who could make it cheerful by his prattle, and sometimes do errands and light chores. I being their oldest great-grandchild, they claimed the right to have me domesticated with them ; and though my mother often demurred, they generally succeeded in their wishes until I got to be old enough to be of service to my father; and, even then, I often spent my winters with them, going to school during the day. Those were, indeed, happy times. My great-grandmother always had some delicacy in her pantry, which exactly suited my taste; and, then, those delicious hours which were spent in hearing them tell stories of the olden time — when they were young! Stories of the old French and Indian war, of the exploits of Gen. Putnam — " Old Put " — as my great-grand- father often called him : Stories of the Revolutionary war, and of domestic life ; the wonderful feats of strength, or agility, of "Miah Cable," and "Siah Cable," and "Elnathan Williams," and many others whose names I have forgotten. One incident related by my great-grandmother was this : In 1777, when the English burnt Reading and Danbury, upon their landing at Campo, the alarm was carried through the country by men on horseback, and my great-grandmother living on the road by which the "Regulars" would be likely to come, started across the fields with her little family, then consisting of four children, in order to be out of their way. She had not proceeded far, before she found herself enveloped in the very ranks of the "red-coats." The officers, however, made a way for her to pass on, and she escaped with nothing more than a little fright. '''Her husband was out with the gatherings of militia which were being collected for the purpose of annoying the British expedition.'''
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	My great-grandfather left Connecticut in 1791, and settled on a quarter section of land in Van Rensselaer's Patent, in in the town of [[b:Bern\|Bern]] and County of Albany, attracted by the advertisements put forth by Mr. Stephen Van Rensselaer after getting possession of his estate. The lands were represented as fertile and valuable, and nothing was charged for the purchase money of a hundred and sixty acre lot, which was regarded as sufficient for a farm. But, although a fee simple was given, it had the fatal condition of a perpetual annual rent — not to commence immediately — but only after the lapse of seven years after settlement. The rent, it is true, was not large, only 30 Dutch schepels, (pronounced skipples) (A schepel contained about 3 pecks. 30 schepels, therefore, were 22 bushels.) of wheat per annum, or its value on the first of January each year. The land was covered with heavy timber, for which there was no demand, and which had to be consumed by fire on the ground.		My great-grandfather left Connecticut in 1791, and settled on a quarter section of land in Van Rensselaer's Patent, in in the town of [[b:Bern\|Bern]] and County of Albany, attracted by the advertisements put forth by Mr. Stephen Van Rensselaer after getting possession of his estate. The lands were represented as fertile and valuable, and nothing was charged for the purchase money of a hundred and sixty acre lot, which was regarded as sufficient for a farm. But, although a fee simple was given, it had the fatal condition of a perpetual annual rent — not to commence immediately — but only after the lapse of seven years after settlement. The rent, it is true, was not large, only 30 Dutch schepels, (pronounced skipples) (A schepel contained about 3 pecks. 30 schepels, therefore, were 22 bushels.) of wheat per annum, or its value on the first of January each year. The land was covered with heavy timber, for which there was no demand, and which had to be consumed by fire on the ground.

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+ My great-grandfather left Connecticut in 1791, and settled  on a quarter section of land in Van Rensselaer's Patent, in  in the town of Bern and County of Albany, attracted by the  advertisements put forth by Mr. Stephen Van Rensselaer  after getting possession of his estate. The lands were repre-  sented as fertile and valuable, and nothing- was charo-ed for the  purchase money of a hundred ard sixty acre lot, which was  regarded as sufficient for a farm. But, although a fee simple  was given, it had the fatal condition of a perpetual annual  rent — not to commence immediately — but only after the lapse  of seven years after settlement. The rent, it is true, was not  large, only 30 Dutch schepels, (pronounced skipples) of wheat  per annum, or its value on the first of January each year.*  The land was covered with heavy timber, for which there was  no demand, and which had to be consumed by fire on the  ground. It took years, with great labor and toil, to clear off   * A schepel contained about 3 pecks. 30 schepels, therefore, were 22^ bushels.     enough, and get it into an arable condition, to make a com-  fortable farm. The result, in the end, was that the rent was  found to be a greater burden than the settlers could well bear;  which, in long subsequent years, produced the discontents  that resulted in the anti-rent war. But these troubles came  after my great-grandfather's day. In his time, and when I  was a lad, the farm, by much industry and economy, produced  all the comforts that persons leading a plain farmer's life could  desire. The family, in removing from Connecticut, took a  sloop at Campo. on which they deposited all their household  goods, and traversed the entire distance to Albany by water, oc-  cupying in the voyage many days. The worst part of the jour-  ney then commenced. It was the Spring of the year, and even  the streets of Albany consisted of deep mud and clay which  made them almost impassable, and the country roads were, if  any thing, still worse ; and when they reached the borders  of the Helderberg Wilderness they were indeed in sad case.  But they finally reached their destination, and put up a tem-  porary shelter, and soon a log dwelling ; and commenced to  clear the land. The privations to which they were subject,  however, can hardly be conceived of at the present day.  Sometimes meal for family use had to be brought many miles  on horseback, and seed and every thing needed had to be con-  veyed great distances along rough and dangerous paths in the  woods. It seems hardly credible, now, that such hardships  were endured by the early settlers of a district so near to a  city like Albany. But they had stout hearts, and they w^ent  through it all bravely, and brought out of the wilderness a  smiling farm, crowned with plenty and pleasantness. As far  back as I can remember, the fields were all well cultivated,  and apple orchards and other fruit trees abounded. What we  called the "old orchard" had sprung up from apple seeds  planted by my great-grandmother herself. One of the trees,  I remember, produced an early Summer sweet apple ; and the  fruit of that tree the old lady always claimed the prerogative     40   of having at her own disposal. I need not say that, when a  boy, I largely profited by this whim of hers, being always one  of her most favored beneficiaries.   Of my great-grandfather, of course, I have a very vivid  recollection. He was in his 67th year when I was born, and  lived to his 826. year. He was a tall, strongly built man,  standing six feet in his stockings. He had black eyes, and a  very sweet and kindly expression ; a full head of soft, silken  black hair, in which were seen but a few silver threads to the  day of his death. He had a small hand but strong limbs, and  must, in his prime, have been a man of great physical power.  In his old ag^e, when I knew him, he made his o:arden his  special care, and used to set me occasionally at weeding out  his precious beds of vegetables. It was quite a large enclos-  ure for a garden, and besides containing fruit trees, was sur-  rounded by a thick hedge of current bushes. It was well  stocked, I remember, with herbs of various kinds, catnip,  sage, horehound, &c., bundles of which, in the proper season,  were hung up in the garret to dry : and in some sunny spot,  on the farm, he always raised a small crop of tobacco, to stand  him in stead in the long winter season, in case his ordinary  supply should hap}:)en to fail. Decoctions of herbs were the  only medicines used in the family. I never knew a doctor to  be called in. Though deprived of the enjoyment of church  privileges in the secluded section in which he lived, except  from the occasional visits of methodist and baptist traveling  preachers, my great-grandfather never forgot his presbyterian  training. It was his regular practice on every Sunday, to  spend a considerable time in reading the Sacred Scriptures,  whilst his wife devoted herself to the perusal of her old Prayer  Book. An old neighbor, by the name of Harris, who lived a  lonely life a mile or more away, on a neighboring farm, used to  drop in on Sundays, and have a long chat with my great-grand-  father on religious subjects, generally staying to dinner. I re-  member this old man very well, and his singular pronunciation     41   of Scripture Names — such as Phar-i-sees and Sadd-u-cces —  and the deference he paid to my great-grandfather when the  latter expounded some particular point of religious doctrine  always from the stand-point of the Scriptures themselves.- — If  ever a human being loved another as intensely as he loved his  own mother, so I loved this old great-grandfather of mine — he  was so good, so kind, so tender, and so just. He died on the  24th of January, 1828, in his 82d year, of sheer old age.  More than once, sometimes in the cold winter season, I have  gone to his grave alone, whilst yet a mere boy, and wept bit-  ter tears for his loss. His wife survived him eight years, and  died the 13th of March, 1836, in her 87th year; but much of  this period I was obliged to be absent, and saw her but little,  being in college at the time of her death. It was always a  source of great joy, however, both to her and myself, when I  could make arrangements to pay her a visit, which I always  did at least once a year.
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