Truman Bradley

Truman Bradley or Truman Mauwee circa (1826-1900) was a Schaghticoke (tribe) Native American Indian who lived in the village of Nichols Farms in Trumbull, Connecticut from circa 1840 to circa 1900.

Biography

Bradley is believed by some to be a descendant of Gideon Mauwee, the first Schaghticoke (tribe) Sachem. Bradley moved to Nichols in 1840 and was a contemporary with William Sherman Chief of the Golden Hill Paugussett Indian Nation who lived in the village of Nichols Farms at the Golden Hill Reservation in the mid 19th century [http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2002/02-31229.htm] . Bradley married Julia M. Kilson in March 1846, and their marriage produced three daughters. The Bradley's are buried in the Nichol's Farm's Burial Ground. Bradley is believed to have lived in the Ephraim Hawley House as early as 1840 working the farm for the widow Sarah Hawley-Nichols after her second husband Isaac Nichols died. Bradley purchased the house in 1881 from Charles Fairchild. At the time, the property was called the Sarah Hawley homestead. Bradley renovated the house turning it into a two family home before selling it in 1882.

References

*Reverend Samuel Orcutt, "History of the Old Town of Stratford, Connecticut", Fairfield Historical society, 1886

ee also

*Ephraim Hawley House
*Schaghticoke (tribe)
*Trudie Lamb-Richmond

External links

* [http://schaghticoke.com Schaghticoke Tribal Nation]
* [http://schaghticoketribe.com Schaghticoke Indian Tribe]
* [http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2002/02-31229.htm Department of Interior 2002]