Excerpt from History of the Bradley Family: With Particular Reference to the Descendants of Nathan Bradley, of Dorchester, Mass The name was originally spelled Bradley, the change to Brad lee being made by Samuel Bradlee, who was recorded in the Dorchester records as the son of Nathan and Lydia Bradley, born Oct. 5, 1707, and on the monument erected to his memory, in the Dorchester burying-ground, as Mr. Samuel Bradlee, died July 7, 1768, aged 62, the y giving place to e. Family tradition has it that the Bradleys in Dorchester were so numerous that mistakes were made, to obviate which Samuel Bradley changed the final letter to e. The change in spelling applies also to John Bradley the brother of Samuel, whose name is recorded on his tombstone as Bradlee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.