Bradford Research

Pilgrims Wanted for Hazardous Journey

Shackleton's ad, "Men Wanted for Hazardous Journey" is legendary (and unfortunately mythical). But this advertisement for men to join Pilgrims…

3 weeks ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Plymouth!

Two rival churches at the foot of Plymouth's burial hill - a split between the descendants of the Pilgrims This…

2 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Clark’s Island

Clark's Island was the first landing spot of the Pilgrims in Plymouth Bay. It remains a rather remote spot, accessible…

2 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Cape Cod

Outer dunes of Cape Cod The Pilgrims hiked through landscape like this in their first explorations Tradition has assigned this…

3 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Connecticut

During the summer we made the last big research trip for William Bradford research, and this is the first of…

3 months ago

Was William Bradford Secretly a Jew?

I recently came across some pretty salacious claims about William Bradford and the Pilgrims. As some who has done a…

6 months ago

Scrooby Manor for Sale! – See Inside

The Scrooby Manor farmhouse Two years ago, you may remember, we saw that William Bradford's (likely) boyhood home in Austerfield,…

7 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Delftshaven

Bradford and the Pilgrims left the Netherlands from Delftshaven. Today it a quaint street with an historic feel The harbor…

10 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Home in Leiden

One interesting place that we visited during our trip to Leiden was the American Pilgrim Museum. It was a house…

10 months ago

An Update on My William Bradford Biography

Since I announced several years ago that I was writing a new biography of William Bradford, I’ve had quite a…

10 months ago

On Bradford’s Trail: Leiden

Bradford lived in Leiden during a truly formative period of his life, and we spent several days here. It has…

10 months ago

Semper Reformanda Taught by the Pilgrim Pastor

Delftshaven, from which the Pilgrims departed Many Reformed churches today hold dearly to the principle of Semper Reformanda, or Always…

1 year ago