| Honorific Prefix: | The Reverend |
| Joseph Bradford | |
| Office: | President of the Methodist Conference |
| Term Start: | 1795 |
| Term End: | 1796 |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Hanby |
| Successor: | Thomas Taylor |
| Term Start2: | 1803 |
| Term End2: | 1804 |
| Predecessor2: | Joseph Taylor SEN |
| Successor2: | Henry Moore |
| Birth Date: | c. 1748 [1] |
| Birth Place: | Blandford, Dorsetshire?, England |
| Death Date: | [2] |
| Death Place: | Hull, England |
| Resting Place: | Holy Trinity Church, Hull. |
| Nationality: | British |
| Known For: | Companion of John Wesley Methodist movement |
| Occupation: | Preacher |
| Spouse: | 1-Mary Angell 2-Elizabeth Turner(née Edwards) |
Joseph Bradford (174828 May 1808) was a British preacher and travelling companion of John Wesley.[3]
Bradford was John Wesley's travelling companion 1774–1780 and again 1787–1790.[4] Wesley entrusted Bradford with transcribing his Journal and in 1785 also entrusted him with a letter to be read to the Conference after Wesley's death.[4] When Wesley was on his deathbed his friend Joseph Bradford was at his side.[5]
Bradford was twice President of the Methodist Conference in 1795 and 1803.[6] Bradford served as the first governor of Kingswood School from 1795 to 1802.[7]
Bradford suffered a severe paralysing stroke some months before his death in 1808.[8]