Lucretia BRADLEY

Lucretia married Richard CHRISTOPHER on 26 Jan 1681 in New London, Connecticut. Richard was born on 13 Jul 1662 in Cherston-Ferrers on Torbay, near Dartmouth, Devonshire, England; died on 9 Jun 1726 in New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Elizabeth BREWSTER on 07 Sep 1653 in New London, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Jonathan BREWSTER and Lucretia OLDHAM) was born on 01 May 1637 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died in Feb 1708 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth married 1st Peter Bradley, of New London on September 7, 1653, who died April 3, 1662. Married 2nd Christopher Christophers, who died July 23, 1687, aged 56. Peter was a mariner, and after his settlement in New London plied a sloop or sail-boat through the Sound. Christopher was a mariner, also and engaged in the exchange trade with Barbados, settled in New London about 1665. They had 5 children.

Although Christopher's first wife, Mary, did not die until 1676, he and Elizabeth had children born in 1668 & 1673. Elizabeth was brought before the courts on Sept. 16, 1673 and found guilty of committing fornication with Christopher, "which sin of hers is highly aggravated as being the second of yt nature with the same party who is a married man" (New London CT Court Rec. 3:63.)