Quite by accident I discovered the North Haven Historical Society & Museums website. The above painting is of one of their museums which used to be the town library. Go HERE for the website.

Twelve generations of Bradleys in American going backwards gets us to William Bradley (1619 to 1691) who emigrated from Bingley, Yorkshire, England to New Haven, Connecticut. He is credited as the first English settler of North Haven, CT only because he expanded his farm into the area that later became North Haven. This was in the 1640’s.