AdejuwonBradstreet

[|www.**annebradstreet**.com] I was born in Northampton, England. Married my husband Simon when I was 16 and he was 25 at the time.I moved to the states with my family in 1630. We arrived to the states on the ship on the Arabella, which was one of the first ships to bring Puritans to the states in hopes of setting up plantation colonies. My father Thomas Dudley and his friend John Winthrop made up the Boston settlement's government; Winthrop was Governor, while my father became Deputy-Governor and my husband Chief-Administrator.I was so very proud of all of them because they did alot for us. The climate and lack of food in our new home made it hard for me to adapt, Simon's political duties kept him traveling to various colonies on diplomatic errands, and I started to struggle with my faith and that's when I started writing poetry to fill in the lonelyness. My mother was educated and she educated me so writting wasn't difficult but I had to keep it private because women who wrote were frowned apon and banished from our community just like Anne Hutchinson and I didn't want to embarrass my family so I told no one. When my family and I first arrived, I got sick alot but that never stopped me from having my eight wonderful children, four boys and four girls. During my late 50's I fell sick with tuberculosis and soon after my daughter Dorothy died from it. My father Thomas Dudley, mother Dorothy Yorke, my husband Simon Bradstreet. I have eight kids. Four are boys, Samuel, Simon, Dudley, and John, and four were girls, Dorothy, Sarah, Hannah, and Mercy. You can read some of my poems including my favorite " upon the burning of our- house july 18th, 1666" ay this website: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/anne-bradstreet/poems/page-1/
 * Name**: Anne(Dudley) Bradstreet
 * Birth**: March 29,1612
 * Liked to**: Write poetry
 * Husband**: Simon Bradstreet
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