William Hedge (1612 - 1670)

Biography
Capt. William Hedge was born in 1612 in England and died in 1670 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, North America. He was the son of Elisha Hedge and Ann Ward. He arrived in 1633 in Massachusetts, North America. His will is dated 5 Jul 1670.

Facts
He became a member of the Salem Church and was admitted a freeman prior to 14 May 1634. By court-ordered, he received on 16 Apr 1640 fourteen acres of land in Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, North America. He married on 12 Mar 1666 in North America as his second wife to Blanche unknown. She was the widow of Tistram Hull, which ended in divorce.

Occupation
He was on the small Essex County jury on 27 Mar 1638 in Essex County, Massachusetts, North America. He was elected constable on 4 Jun 1650 in Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, North America. He was on 24 Feb 1652/53 on the Committee to lay out the highway from Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, North America to Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, North America. He was in Oct 1659 on the Corner’s Jury. He was elected ensign of the Yarmouth military company. He was ordered to exercise the military company at Yarmouth on 7 Aug 1655. He was appointed to the Massachusetts Bay Colony Council of War on 2 Oct 1658. He was elected captain of the Yarmouth military company on 2 Aug 1659 and once again on 3 Jun 1662.

Lineage
Capt. William Hedge (1612 - 1670)

m. Blanche Unknown ( - )

Elisha Hedge (1642 - 1732)

m. Mary Sturgis (c.1646 - 1713)

John Hedge (1673 - 1746)

m. Thankful Lothrop (1679 - 1752)

Abigail Hedge (1700 - 1732)

m. Nathaniel Clarke (1682 - )

Capt. Barnabas Clarke (1723 - 1772)

m. Hepsibah Barrett ( - 1776)

Hepzibah Clarke (1757 - 1825)

m. Col. James Swan (1754 - 1830)

Christina Keadie Swan (1779 - 1867)

m. John Turner Sargent (1769 - 1813)

Dr. Howard Sargent, M. D. (1810 - 1872)

m. Charlotte Cunningham (1817 - 1888)

Mary Sarah Sargent (1844 - 1908)

m. Alexander Malcolm Thomas (1844 - 1879)

Elizabeth Whitwell Thomas (1868 - 1952)

m. Frederick Josiah Bradlee I (1866 - 1952)

Frederick Josiah Bradlee, Jr. (1892 - 1970)

m. Chevalier Josephine de Gersdorff (1896 - 1975)

Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradee (1921 - 2014)

m. Sally Sterling Quinn (b. 1941)

Quinn Josiah Crowninshield Bradlee (b. 1982)