1590- William Bradford is born and then baptized on March 19 in Austerfield, Yorkshire,
England.
1602- William Bradford becomes a regular attender at Puritan and Separarist meetings, coming
under the influence of Williaam Brewster and John Robinson of the Scrooby Separatist
Congregation.
1608- The Scrooby Separatists begin to leave England and settle in Holland.
1609- William Bradford joins Scrooby Separatists in Amsterdam.
1613- William Bradford marries Dorothy May
1620- The Mayflower Pilgrims voyage to Plymouth. Dorothy May dies.
1621- The first governor of Plymouth, John Carver, dies. William Bradford is elected governor,
holding the position (except for 5 years) for the remainder of his life.
1622- Mourt’s Relation, based on writings by William Bradford and Edward Winslow among
others, is published in london.
1623- William Bradford marries the widow Alice Carpenter Southworth.
1630- William Bradford begins the writings that eventually become of Plymouth Plantation.
1650- William Bradford stops writing of Plymouth Plantation, ending with the year 1646 and
adding a current list of the Mayflower passengers and their status in the year 1650.
1657- William Bradford dies.
