They All Played a Part .

William Bradford was elected governor of Plymouth and was re-elected nearly every year there after.  IN 1623 he married a widow and had a marriage feast very reminiscent of the "first" thanksgiving with many Indians that joined.  He was the head of the government of Plymouth, oversaw the courts, the colony's finances, corresponded with investors and neighbors, formulated policy with regards to foreighners, Indians, and law.  Bradford had a very active role in running the colony.  In 1630 he he started writing the history of the Plymouth Colony which would later be called "Of Plymouth Plantation."  He lived a long life being born in 1590 and dieing May 9, 1657.  He was a great contributer to the start of America.