Her breast was a brave palace, a broad street,
Where all heroic, ample thoughts did meet,
Where nature had such a tenement ta'en,
That other souls, to her's, dwelt in a lane."
Dr. Mather, in his Magnalia, gives a high commendation of her, "whose poems, divers times printed, have afforded a grateful entertainment unto the ingenious, and a monument for her memory beyond the stateliest marbles."
Their children were as follows:
- Samuel, who had two daughters b. in Boston, 1663, 1665.
- Simon, who was settled in the ministry in New London, Ct.
- Dudley of Andover.
- John, who was b. in Andover, July 31, 1652, and settled in Salem.
- Ann, who m. Mr. Wiggin of Exeter.
- Dorothy, who m. Rev. Seaborn Cotton, Hampton, June 25, 1654.
- Hannah, who m. Mr. Andrew Wiggin, Exeter, June 14, 1659.
- Mary, who m. Mr. Nathaniel Wade, Nov. 11, 1672.
Mrs. Bradstreet died in Andover, Sept. 16, 1672, aged 60.
Gov. Bradstreet married for his second wife, a sister of Sir George Downing, who was in the first class that graduated at Harvard College, and was ambassador of Cromwell and Charles II. to Holland. See Abbot's History of Andover.