[1669-30 Jan] Disbursments made by RICHARD IZARD &
Sevrall Debts by him paid on the estate of Mr ROBERT BRACEWELL Deceased
Tob
To 26 lb of brass 126. to mending the dam 80............................206
To JOHN ______ 160 To 1 thousand nails 50...............................215
To haleinge the Mill stones & Timber.............................................100
To 1___ of ____ 10 to ANN MADISON for ____100..................110
To 2 gall wine to take the stones out of the shep.............................34
To ROBt SMITH for bringing the Mill stones................................500
To THO: CLARK & JA: BAGNALL to build the Mill........................600
To JN:O ________ towards buildinge the Mill.............................2930
To ditto pd more towards the buildinge of the Mill pd CHA:
TAPLADYE..................................................................................2100
To Majr Gent: BENNETT for Millstones...................................5000
To BENJ: BRALS for goinge upp to receive the Mill stones................100
To AMBROSS BENNETT......................................................700
To GEO: _______ for Smiths work.........................................100
To making leasses & writeings for the lettinge out of the Mill..........350
To JOHN GAURDINOR FOR Saweinge planck for the Mill......................600
To JOHN COKE for carring up of hoggs....................................100
To Cap: JENNINGS 222 to THO: GREENE 400.................................622
To Col PITT.............................................................246
To Maj: HILL by Col PITT as apperith by Mr SKINNERs Accompt.............800
To THO: GREENE paid More................................................400
To JEREMIAH MARTIN pr order............................................1800
To the sheriff for ffees................................................103
To Majr HILL____ pr order...............................................862
To THOMAS WEBB..........................................................225
To Wm OLDIS pr order of Court 17 pounds ster: being in tobaco:.........3200
To Doctor ASHLEY........................................................920
To Doctor HIATT pr Ord & for fees.......................................426
To FFRA: AYERS attey to Wm WILSON......................................1800
To Mr AYRES for a wether................................................150
To Capt BRIDGER assignee to JOHN WHITE..................................880
To Capt. JININGS for ffees..............................................683
To bill to Mr IZARD.....................................................128
To funerall chardges....................................................795
To bill to Mr DRIVER....................................................380
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.....................................................................281651
Acc:o Errors excepted this 30th Janry An:o 1669
REBECAH IZARD
(righthand column)
An acc:o of Disbursements for Mr BRACEWELLs two Sonnes And the Servants
An:o 1668 & An:o 1669
To 1 paire of shoes 25: lb 4 lb soape 32 lb..............................57
To 2 hatts 44:lb Six pounds of Soape 48 lb...............................92
4 yards l/4 of blew lininge for drawers 48 & for pecketts & makinge 10...58
Six shirts cont 15 ells att 15 lb pr ell................................225
for making & thread......................................................50
2 ______ 8 & to THO: MOSS for makinge closse 80..........................88
To making of fower shirtts & thred.......................................30
To _________ for ROBt BRACEWELL & one Servant...........................304
to three hh {hogsheads?} & 1/2 to pack the Crop..........................96
To 2 pr shoes for the Servant............................................60
To 8 ells 1 yrd of Canvas for the boy E maide Servant...................130
To 1/2 a ell of Canvas................................................5 1/2
To makinge of drawers e thread...........................................20
To 2 pr stockings for the boy............................................24
To 2 hoes................................................................36
To 4 ells Canvas for the Serv.t boy making e thred.......................68
To THO: MOSS for makinge his two Sonnes two waisscoats & buttons & thred.30
To 2 pr blew drawers cont 4 yards & 1/2 & to makinge & thred.............74
To 2 pr worsted Stockings................................................60
To 1 pr Canvas drawers for the Servant...................................20
To 5 yrds 3/4 of Kerssy for his two Sonnes..............................150
To ditto one yard 3/4 flanninge..........................................30
To 2 pairs of shoes......................................................60
For ther boardinge & schooleing this year..............................1300
To two ______ waisscoats.................................................60
To a prcell of ________..................................................30
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...............................................................Som. 3157 1/2
Recorded 10:th January An:o 1669
Pr me Jno: Gen_____ Record:
Record of Wills, Deeds, Etc. Vol. 2, 1661-1719, page 80.
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Commentary by Carey Bracewell. From the ellipses one can readily see that this document is illegible in places. Given that the records were buried in the soil of Isle of Wight for a time during the Revolutionary period to prevent their burning by the Redcoats, we are lucky to have them at all! It is also easy to
visualize the rebuilding of the mill from this account. Evidently THOMAS CLARK and JAMES BAGNALL had overall supervision of the project while JOHN "GAURDINOR"(?) and CHARLES TOPLADY did the actual building. The millstones doubtless arrived in Jamestown and getting them hauled to the Bracewell Plantation was no small feat. We see that the mill was leased after it was rebuilt, per Rev. ROBERT's will. In the midst of these busy proceedings, we discover that wine was used ôto take the stones out of the shepö and that the plantation was still in the hog business as per the 100-pound disbursement to JOHN COKE for "carring up of hoggs", probably meaning upriver to Jamestown. The 17 pounds sterling payout to Wm OLDIS was surely tuition and board for the boy's schooling, and also yields up the approximate value of tobacco per hundredweight (3200 divided by 17).
We learn that our distinguished ancestor had not one doctor attending him but two! What a contrast with most of his descendants on the Southern frontier who never saw a doctor from cradle to grave. We even know his funeral charges (795 pounds), most of which was probably for the casket. Curious about the "wether" bought from WILLIAM AYRES? That still means an adult castrated sheep.
REBECCA's disbursements for the clothing of the BRACEWELL boys and the household staff may interest some readers more than castrating sheep or rebuilding mills. We can see that the young scions dressed to suit their class, waistcoats, blue-lined drawers and all. An ôellö is an archaic measure equal to 45 inches. THOMAS MOSS was evidently the family tailor--and certainly worked cheap by today's standards! From the third from last disbursement, we see that the boys got at least 1 1/2 years of schooling by 1670, even though they were in their mid- to late teens before starting school.
Contributed by Carey Bracewell
Friday, November 30, 2007
Mr. Robert Bracewell's Estate Account
[1669-10 Jan] An Account of Mr ROBERT BRACEWELLs estate both Creditor & Debitor/
Mr ROBERT BRACEWELLs estate Credited as )
by Appraisement in Goods & Chattel )..............................19800
In Good and Separate Debts ..................................................................16000
To one Cowe received of Mr TABERER )
not appraised nor delivered & sould ) ....................................................................600
Since by Mr IZARD
To an old boate sould & ditto ....................................................................350
To one Cowe more sould & ditto ....................................................................470
To one Calfe sould ....................................................................100
By a Crop of tob: made in Ann:o 1668...............................1440
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..................................................................38760
By one Cowe receaved of Col PITT )
not appraised nor delivered )
Mr BRACEWELLS estate Credited by the )
profitt of the Mill from July 1668 to )......................Bar: corne
the last of January last past ) ...............................................................13 - 1/2
13 tn: barrells & 1/2 of meale & corne )
To English grain the mill )
gott in the time aforesaid Wch ) ................................................................Bushels
Remained in the Mill ) ..........................................................................12
Mr ROBERT BRACEWELLs estate Debitor )
by severall disbursements in building the mill )
& by severall paymts in debts & charges upon )
the Children & Servants as p Acc.o approx..............................30968
Remaineinge in badd debts as they came )
into Mr IZARDs hands ) ...................................................................4800
Rest in goods undisposed of ..................................................................11280
To a bill of Mr DRIVERs Since the ballance............................380
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..........................................................................47428
Paid unto JAMES BAGNALL One Cow receaved of Coll
PITT as a legacie given by Mr ROBERT BRACESWELL
unto Said BAGNALL/
Debitor by 3 barrells & 1/2 of meale paid JOHN )
POOLE for a debt Mr BRACEWELL was indebted to )..............bar: corne
the said POOLE. ) ................................................................3 - 1/2
By 3 bar: of Corne the Mill was indebted unto )
Mr IZARD for the workmen & families while )...........................3
the Mill did not go: )
By Fower barr:l of Corne paid Mr KNOWLES )
paid for the poision {italicized} of the Children )...................8
And 4 barells of Corne paid on: Wm OLDIS )
upon the aforesaid Account being )
...............................................................14 - 1/2
...............................................................13 - 1/2
.............................................................._________
.............Rest due to Mr IZARD 1 bar Corne
..........To the Servants Corne 3 barrells
......................To MARY PARMENTOR 1 barrell
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...........................................................Balance 8668
To Capt GREENE......................................................800
To Servant clothes..................................................400
To MARY PARMENTOR for washing the children..........................100
To Mrs CARTER.......................................................200
To the Clk & Sher: for ffees unto GREENE & CARTER....................88
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..................................................................10256
A Just Acc:o errors excepted this
10th Jany 1669
P me REBECCAH IZARD
Recorded 10th January Ann:o 1669
P me John Jennings Clr: Recordes
Will & Deed Book 1, Vol. 2, page 81
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Commentary. We get some interesting insights from this document into conditions and happenings around the Bracewell plantation in the year and a half following the Immigrant's death. We now know the approximate value of the "old boate" or sloop that doubtless took the Reverend out to visit his neighbors on pastoral or political business. Remember that it was easier to travel by water than land in those days, when there were only Indian paths for roads and the creeks had not yet silted in. Notice that hardly any tobacco was planted in 1668--less than 1500 pounds harvested. We get some notion of the mill's production before it was rebuilt, i.e. the output for July 1668-the beginning of the grain harvest--until the end of January following: 14 tons of corn "meale" and wheat ("corne"). The "English grain" is anybody's guess--wheat, probably, but could have been a combination of other English grains. The 3 barrels debited for "Mr IZARD for the workmen & families while the Mill did not go:" was during 1669 when the mill of being rebuilt.
The 4 barrels each to Mr KNOWLES and WILLIAM OLDIS is another enigma: "poision" here means "room and board", i.e. this is probably tuition for Mr KNOWLES' boarding school.
Several cousins will no doubt be interested in MARY PARMENTOR's appearance in this document in as much as there were PARMENTORs BRASWELL later turned up in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The document says she was paid 100 pounds of tobacco "for washing the children" but doubtless that meant their laundry. These were healthy teenaged boys who could wash themselves if they were so inclined.
Contributed by Carey Bracewell
Mr ROBERT BRACEWELLs estate Credited as )
by Appraisement in Goods & Chattel )..............................19800
In Good and Separate Debts ..................................................................16000
To one Cowe received of Mr TABERER )
not appraised nor delivered & sould ) ....................................................................600
Since by Mr IZARD
To an old boate sould & ditto ....................................................................350
To one Cowe more sould & ditto ....................................................................470
To one Calfe sould ....................................................................100
By a Crop of tob: made in Ann:o 1668...............................1440
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..................................................................38760
By one Cowe receaved of Col PITT )
not appraised nor delivered )
Mr BRACEWELLS estate Credited by the )
profitt of the Mill from July 1668 to )......................Bar: corne
the last of January last past ) ...............................................................13 - 1/2
13 tn: barrells & 1/2 of meale & corne )
To English grain the mill )
gott in the time aforesaid Wch ) ................................................................Bushels
Remained in the Mill ) ..........................................................................12
Mr ROBERT BRACEWELLs estate Debitor )
by severall disbursements in building the mill )
& by severall paymts in debts & charges upon )
the Children & Servants as p Acc.o approx..............................30968
Remaineinge in badd debts as they came )
into Mr IZARDs hands ) ...................................................................4800
Rest in goods undisposed of ..................................................................11280
To a bill of Mr DRIVERs Since the ballance............................380
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..........................................................................47428
Paid unto JAMES BAGNALL One Cow receaved of Coll
PITT as a legacie given by Mr ROBERT BRACESWELL
unto Said BAGNALL/
Debitor by 3 barrells & 1/2 of meale paid JOHN )
POOLE for a debt Mr BRACEWELL was indebted to )..............bar: corne
the said POOLE. ) ................................................................3 - 1/2
By 3 bar: of Corne the Mill was indebted unto )
Mr IZARD for the workmen & families while )...........................3
the Mill did not go: )
By Fower barr:l of Corne paid Mr KNOWLES )
paid for the poision {italicized} of the Children )...................8
And 4 barells of Corne paid on: Wm OLDIS )
upon the aforesaid Account being )
...............................................................14 - 1/2
...............................................................13 - 1/2
.............................................................._________
.............Rest due to Mr IZARD 1 bar Corne
..........To the Servants Corne 3 barrells
......................To MARY PARMENTOR 1 barrell
............................................................___________
...........................................................Balance 8668
To Capt GREENE......................................................800
To Servant clothes..................................................400
To MARY PARMENTOR for washing the children..........................100
To Mrs CARTER.......................................................200
To the Clk & Sher: for ffees unto GREENE & CARTER....................88
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..................................................................10256
A Just Acc:o errors excepted this
10th Jany 1669
P me REBECCAH IZARD
Recorded 10th January Ann:o 1669
P me John Jennings Clr: Recordes
Will & Deed Book 1, Vol. 2, page 81
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Commentary. We get some interesting insights from this document into conditions and happenings around the Bracewell plantation in the year and a half following the Immigrant's death. We now know the approximate value of the "old boate" or sloop that doubtless took the Reverend out to visit his neighbors on pastoral or political business. Remember that it was easier to travel by water than land in those days, when there were only Indian paths for roads and the creeks had not yet silted in. Notice that hardly any tobacco was planted in 1668--less than 1500 pounds harvested. We get some notion of the mill's production before it was rebuilt, i.e. the output for July 1668-the beginning of the grain harvest--until the end of January following: 14 tons of corn "meale" and wheat ("corne"). The "English grain" is anybody's guess--wheat, probably, but could have been a combination of other English grains. The 3 barrels debited for "Mr IZARD for the workmen & families while the Mill did not go:" was during 1669 when the mill of being rebuilt.
The 4 barrels each to Mr KNOWLES and WILLIAM OLDIS is another enigma: "poision" here means "room and board", i.e. this is probably tuition for Mr KNOWLES' boarding school.
Several cousins will no doubt be interested in MARY PARMENTOR's appearance in this document in as much as there were PARMENTORs BRASWELL later turned up in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The document says she was paid 100 pounds of tobacco "for washing the children" but doubtless that meant their laundry. These were healthy teenaged boys who could wash themselves if they were so inclined.
Contributed by Carey Bracewell
Robert Bracewell's Estate Appraisal
[1668-11 May] APPRAISAL OF THE ESTATE OF MR. ROBERT BRACEWELL
An Appraisement of the Estate of Mr ROBERT BRACEWELL - May 11th 1668
one pcell of young hoggs...............1800
Six Cowes wch values...................3000
two young Bulls of a year old...........300
two Cowes att...........................800
one draught oxe att.....................700
one Mare & horse coult.................3000
one fether Bedd boulster one )
pillow 2 blancketts one rugg ).........1000
curtaines & vallens )
nine Shillings in money & 3 ringes......400
one silver Tankard one dram cupp )
and three silver spoones )..............500
one Chest Drawers.......................250
Two Chests one cubberd drawers..........200
one Couch one warmeinge pann............100
one round Table.........................200
one old chaire & chest...................30
6 diap Napkins 1 table cloth............200
2 cubberd clothes & cushion.............300
one old Chest & Trunck...................40
one glass att...........................500
one Table att...........................300
fivc paire of shoes at..................100
one Coverlet for a bedd.................400
one pcell of black broadcloth...........150
one pcell of qr ling broadcloth..........30
five yards Kerses att...................100
one yard 3/4 of flannin..................20
one pcell of weareing clothes...........700
one fether bedd 4 Coverings & one )
hamacke Curtaines & vallens )...........900
one pcell of beddinge att...............100
two gunnes att..........................200
one old Chest & Trunck att..............100
one old fether bedd pilloe 2 coverings..400
one pcell of old bedinge att.............20
one Emptie bll att.......................40
one parcell of Books at.................500
one pcell of old pewter att.............300
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(2nd Column)
4 Iron potts & a brass Candelsticke.....300
one old brass Kettell....................50
one bell metell skillett at..............40
one morter frieinge pan dripping )
pan & one spitt at.......................80
one per Andirons tongs fire shovell......40
fower pott rackes & grandiron...........100
one old brass Kettell att................50
one pcell of earthern ware at............60
one pcell of tubbs & lumber at..........200
one pcell of old Iron att...............200
one round table at......................100
two bed steades at......................100
one Servant boy at......................800
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Summe in all is.......................19800
Debts good & desperatt in all.........16000
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......................................35800
Chattell belongine to the estate that are abroad att Severall places, att
ROBERT STOACKES
8 Cowes, 2 bulls 6 three yeare old heiffers and 5 two yeare old heiffers
1 Cowe at Coll PITTS
1 Cowe at Mr JOHN PITTS
1 Cowe at Mr NICHOLAS SMITHES
1 Cowe at Mr THOMAS TABERERS
1 Cowe at Mr JOHN HARDY
1 Cowe att Mr DANNIELL BOUCHERS
1 Cowe att JOHN VICCORS
1 Cowe att WILLIAM WEST
1 yearlinge att WILLIAM WEST
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An old Boate not appraised, neither the Cattell above named, But all things else that is Charged to Account is appraised by Us
GYLES DRIVER
BENJAMIN BEALE
ROBERT COLEMAN
FFRANCIS AYRES
Recorded 9th June 1668 P Mr Jno Jennings, Clr Curt.
Will & Deed Book 1, Vol. 2, page 55
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Commentary by Carey Bracewell
Clearly this is the estate of a Virginia aristocrat, worth more than 50,000 pounds of tobacco in moveables alone. Evidently our ancestor had one of the best herds of dairy cattle around, which he generously shared with certain well-to-do neighbors. Note that sons-in-law ROBERT STOKES and WILLIAM WEST had already collected their bovine inheritances from him. The sold.
"Boate not appraised" was doubtless anchored on his landing on Pagan Point (Cypress) Creek, used for carrying himself and sometimes tobacco down to Jamestown. Some other observations:
1. We may estimate the value of a pound of tobacco at about 75 cents in present day money.
2. The first room inventoried was obviously his bedroom. A "boulster" was something resembling a mattress, to support the "fether Bedd"; "vallens" was the familiar valance; "cubberd drawers" was a large chest with drawers; "diap{er} Napkins" were table napkins that protected the diner's chest from grease splatters, wine spills, etc.; "cubberd Clothes & cushion" were cloth articles that covered a large chest, making it into a kind of settee; "glass" meant a large mirror; "qr ling boardcloth" is believed to have been white broadcloth, part of a parson's attire; "Kerses" means Kersey, a coarse ribbed woolen cloth for hose and work clothes; the "Emtie bll" was doubtless a large tobacco barrel; "grandiron" was the horizontal metal arm from which other utensils were hung; and the "Servant boy", like the maid servant ELIZABETH HALL named in his will, were white indentured servants. {I am indebted to my sister, Patti, in Dallas--who is a collector of seventeenth century antiques--for the identification of some of these rarer items}.
3. The "debts good & desperatt" may refer to the cattle "on loan" and/or to warehoused tobacco belonging to the estate.
4. Two minor changes were made from this original text (and the one below): zeros were used to give four places to each inventory item, e.g. "0040" for forty pounds, which seemed redundant. Another meaningless redundancy in this document.
An Appraisement of the Estate of Mr ROBERT BRACEWELL - May 11th 1668
one pcell of young hoggs...............1800
Six Cowes wch values...................3000
two young Bulls of a year old...........300
two Cowes att...........................800
one draught oxe att.....................700
one Mare & horse coult.................3000
one fether Bedd boulster one )
pillow 2 blancketts one rugg ).........1000
curtaines & vallens )
nine Shillings in money & 3 ringes......400
one silver Tankard one dram cupp )
and three silver spoones )..............500
one Chest Drawers.......................250
Two Chests one cubberd drawers..........200
one Couch one warmeinge pann............100
one round Table.........................200
one old chaire & chest...................30
6 diap Napkins 1 table cloth............200
2 cubberd clothes & cushion.............300
one old Chest & Trunck...................40
one glass att...........................500
one Table att...........................300
fivc paire of shoes at..................100
one Coverlet for a bedd.................400
one pcell of black broadcloth...........150
one pcell of qr ling broadcloth..........30
five yards Kerses att...................100
one yard 3/4 of flannin..................20
one pcell of weareing clothes...........700
one fether bedd 4 Coverings & one )
hamacke Curtaines & vallens )...........900
one pcell of beddinge att...............100
two gunnes att..........................200
one old Chest & Trunck att..............100
one old fether bedd pilloe 2 coverings..400
one pcell of old bedinge att.............20
one Emptie bll att.......................40
one parcell of Books at.................500
one pcell of old pewter att.............300
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(2nd Column)
4 Iron potts & a brass Candelsticke.....300
one old brass Kettell....................50
one bell metell skillett at..............40
one morter frieinge pan dripping )
pan & one spitt at.......................80
one per Andirons tongs fire shovell......40
fower pott rackes & grandiron...........100
one old brass Kettell att................50
one pcell of earthern ware at............60
one pcell of tubbs & lumber at..........200
one pcell of old Iron att...............200
one round table at......................100
two bed steades at......................100
one Servant boy at......................800
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Summe in all is.......................19800
Debts good & desperatt in all.........16000
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......................................35800
Chattell belongine to the estate that are abroad att Severall places, att
ROBERT STOACKES
8 Cowes, 2 bulls 6 three yeare old heiffers and 5 two yeare old heiffers
1 Cowe at Coll PITTS
1 Cowe at Mr JOHN PITTS
1 Cowe at Mr NICHOLAS SMITHES
1 Cowe at Mr THOMAS TABERERS
1 Cowe at Mr JOHN HARDY
1 Cowe att Mr DANNIELL BOUCHERS
1 Cowe att JOHN VICCORS
1 Cowe att WILLIAM WEST
1 yearlinge att WILLIAM WEST
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An old Boate not appraised, neither the Cattell above named, But all things else that is Charged to Account is appraised by Us
GYLES DRIVER
BENJAMIN BEALE
ROBERT COLEMAN
FFRANCIS AYRES
Recorded 9th June 1668 P Mr Jno Jennings, Clr Curt.
Will & Deed Book 1, Vol. 2, page 55
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Commentary by Carey Bracewell
Clearly this is the estate of a Virginia aristocrat, worth more than 50,000 pounds of tobacco in moveables alone. Evidently our ancestor had one of the best herds of dairy cattle around, which he generously shared with certain well-to-do neighbors. Note that sons-in-law ROBERT STOKES and WILLIAM WEST had already collected their bovine inheritances from him. The sold.
"Boate not appraised" was doubtless anchored on his landing on Pagan Point (Cypress) Creek, used for carrying himself and sometimes tobacco down to Jamestown. Some other observations:
1. We may estimate the value of a pound of tobacco at about 75 cents in present day money.
2. The first room inventoried was obviously his bedroom. A "boulster" was something resembling a mattress, to support the "fether Bedd"; "vallens" was the familiar valance; "cubberd drawers" was a large chest with drawers; "diap{er} Napkins" were table napkins that protected the diner's chest from grease splatters, wine spills, etc.; "cubberd Clothes & cushion" were cloth articles that covered a large chest, making it into a kind of settee; "glass" meant a large mirror; "qr ling boardcloth" is believed to have been white broadcloth, part of a parson's attire; "Kerses" means Kersey, a coarse ribbed woolen cloth for hose and work clothes; the "Emtie bll" was doubtless a large tobacco barrel; "grandiron" was the horizontal metal arm from which other utensils were hung; and the "Servant boy", like the maid servant ELIZABETH HALL named in his will, were white indentured servants. {I am indebted to my sister, Patti, in Dallas--who is a collector of seventeenth century antiques--for the identification of some of these rarer items}.
3. The "debts good & desperatt" may refer to the cattle "on loan" and/or to warehoused tobacco belonging to the estate.
4. Two minor changes were made from this original text (and the one below): zeros were used to give four places to each inventory item, e.g. "0040" for forty pounds, which seemed redundant. Another meaningless redundancy in this document.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Cripps, Joyce, Pre Nup & Will IOW Co., VA
Records contributed & transcribed by Carey Bracewell
Joyce (mark) England of the Upper Parish of Isle of Wight Co., widdow, appoints "my trusty friend William Evans to be my Lawfull Attorney for me and in my name, to Acknowledge A deed of Joynture wherein George Cripps my selfe & Robt fflake are concerned."
Dated: Aprill 8, 1678 Recorded: April 9, 1678
Witnesses: George Cripps, Robt (mark) fflake.
WILL & DEED BOOK I, VOL. 1, PAGE 371
George Cripps, of the first part, Joyce (mark) England, widdow & Relict of ffrancis England of the second part, & Robt (mark) fflake of the third part.
Whereas there is an agreement & conclusion made between the said George Cripps & Joyce England for A marriage shortly to be hand & solemnized between them And Whereas the aforesd ffrancis England deced by his last Will & Testamt bearing date the 13th day of May in ye year 1677 did thereby devise will & bequeath unto the sd Joyce England his then wife after his debts & Legacies & funerall expenses discharged, All & singular his worldly Estate wtsoever & wheresoever both reall & personall to be fully enjoyed by her dureing her naturall life, and to be discoped of forever as she should think fitt to her discretion.
NOW THIS INDENTURE Witnesseth that it is hereby testified concluded declaired and agreed by & between all & every of the sd parties to these prsents And the said George Cripps doth hereby testifie & declaire that before the sd Joyce England did agree or consent to the sd intended marriage & before any conclusion thereof was made the sd George Cripps did consent & agree it was & is soe meant intended & agreed between him the sd George Cripps & her the sd Joyce England And the sd George Cripps for himselfe his Exrs & Adm & for every of them doth Convent grant & agree to & wth the sd Robt fflake his Exrs & Admrs & wth every of them these prsents, That all & singular the Lands & Tenemt & Hereditamts given and bequeathed by the sd ffrancis England by his last Will & Testamt unto the sd Joyce England & all & singular the goods & Chattells on the back side of these prsents indorsed should shall & may (notwithstanding the sd intended marriage take effect) be taken & accounted A separate & distinct Estate from the estate of the said George Cripps & shall be ordered designed & imployed to such person & psons & to & for such used & uses intent & purposes & in such manner & forme as is hereafter conteyned & declaired that is to say the same still remaine & continue in their Joint custodys & possessions dureing the lives of ye sd George Cripps & Joyce England soe long as they shall live together in love & amity but if it should otherwise happen or any separation or difference shall hereafter arise or be between them, Then & from that tyme all & singular the afforesd Lands before in these prsents nominated & expressed & all & singular the goods & Chattells on the backside of these prsents indorsed shall continue remains & be to the onely use & behoofe of the sd Joyce England except one plantation the wch shee shall nominate & appoint, the wch sdiplantation shall be & remaine in the tenure Custody and possession of sd George Cripps dureing his naturall life sd George Cripps further grants & agrees to & wth the sd Robt fflake, that all & singular the sd Lands in the will of the sd ffrancis England bequeathed & wherewth the sd Joyce England is now possessed and all & singular the goods & chattells on the backside of these prsents indorsed & any of them & every pte & parcell of ym shall & may from tyme to tyme and att all tymes after the death of the sd Joyce England be had taken possessed reced & enjoyed by such person & persons to whome the sd Joyce England shall att any tyme or times dureing her life limitt give, bequeath, devise, order, appoint dispose of the same or any pte or partes thereof Either by her last Will & Testamt in writeing or by any writeing intending to be her last Will & Testamt or by any writeing signed wth her hand or to wch she shall putt her marke in ye prsence of two or more witnesses thereunto.
Dated: April 1, 1678 Recorded: April 9, 1678
Witnesses: - - - Acknowledged by George Cripps, Robert Flake & Mr Wm Evans on behalfe of Mrs Joyce England in court.
WILL & DEED BOOK I, VOL. 1, PAGE 371
On the backside of wch deed of Jointure was written ye following Memdn: that ye goods & chattells mentioned to be indorsed upon the backside of this Indenture of Joynture are hereunder written.
Imprs
One ffeather bed wth furniture that is to say wth Bolsters pillowes pillow Cases, Sheets Blanketts Ruggs Curtaines vallence & Bedsted
One Brass Kettle conteining about thirty gall
Two Iron potts the one Conteining about Eight Gall ye other about four gall
Three gould Rings wth all her wearing apparell both Wollen & Lynon
A Silver saltseller & Six silver Spoones, Six pewter dishes & A dozen of pewter spoones
One large Chest One Trunk One Table wch she shall make Choice of
One pr Tongues fireshovell & potracks
One Servt either Man or Maid that hath four yeares to serve
One Horse called Jack of about Eight yeares Ould, & Side Saddle wth furniture
ffour Cowes between the Age of five & Seaven to continue upon ye plantation togeather with their increase
Six breeding Sowes.
WILL & DEED BOOK I, VOL. 1, PAGE 373
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In the Name of God Amen the 18th: Day of aprill 1679 I Joyce the wife of George Cripps being Sick of Body but of good and perfect memory do make and Ordaine this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following first I Comend my Soule to the hands of god my maker hopeing assuredly through the only merrits of Jesus Christ my Saviour, to be made partaker of life Everlasting and I Comend my body to the Earth whereof it is made, as for all and Singuler the Lands and Tentmts: that were given unto me by my former husband Francis England to be at my disposing and Such goods and Cattles that I did reserve unto my owne disposall before Marriage with my now husband, I do give bequeath and dispose of as followeth first I do give and bequeath unto my Loving husband George Cripps the house and plantation whereon we do now live together with all and Singuler the Land lying betweene a Branch Called and knowne by the name of Davises Branch and a line of Trees knowne by the name of Henry Kings line to be and remain to him and his heires for Ever, as for all the rest and residue of my Land, I do give and bequeath unto my Brothers Son of my former husband Englands that shall Come into this Country and make Claime to the Same within Seven Yeares after my decease to be and remayn to him and his heires Males for Ever, and if non Such doth within the Seven Yeares make Claime to the aforesd lands then it is my will that my now husband shall have the Same to him and his heires for Ever, and it is my will that my husband shall possess all the Land Untill Such Brothers Sonn of my husband Englands doth with the time above limitted Come to Claime the same I do give and bequeath unto my Sister Skinner one Thousand pounds of Tobacco or other things of that Valley as my husband and she Can agree to be paid within One Yeare after my decease, I do likewise give Unto my Sister Skinner fifty Acres of Land that doth joyne Unto that Plantation whereon she doth now live during her Naturall life. It is my will after my decease Nicholas Davis shall I may that Plantation whereon he now liveth during his naturall life without paying of Rent only a Capon a Yeare for an Acknowledgemt. I do give unto Sarah Lupo a feather bed and Bolster One Rugge Blanket and Bedsted halfe a dozen of leather Chayres and a Round Table . I do give Unto Mr. George Branches Three Childres (Vizt) Francis John and Ann Each of them a Cow of about 4 yeares old. It is my will that that Orphant boy that now liveth with me by name of Anthony Lewis do live with my husband Untill he attains to the age of One and Twenty Yeares if my husband and he shall live So long that my husband give him two Suites of Apparell Three Barrells of Corne One heifer with Calve One Couch bed a Small iron Pot One Pewter dish One Tray and One Spoone if it shall Soe happen my husband should die before the boy doth attaine to the age of One and Twenty Yeares that it is my will that the above named things shall bee delivered to the sd Anthony Lewis, I do give Unto Margaret the wife of Peter Vasser a Suite of my wearing apparell and my Wedding Ring I do give Unto SHUSAN BRASWELL my Sisters Daughter One Shilling of English money I do give Unto my three God Daughters (Viz) Elizabeth hayes Joyce Butler and Joyce Wombell Each of them One Ell of holland of about Sixty pr. Ell I do give Unto my 3 God Sonns Vizt: James Bond Nicholas Davis and William Phillips Each of them a Cow Calfe that is weaneable I do give Unto My Mother Flake a gold Ring with a Blew Stone in it I do Constitute nominate and appoint my wel beloved husband Execr: of this My Last Will and Testament In Witness hereof I have herunto put my hand and Seale the Day and Year above.
Joyce (her marke) Cripps
Signed Sealed and Published and
declared to be the Last Will
and Testament of Joyce Cripps
in presence of
John (his mark) Gutridge
Rebecka (her marke) Davis
Will: Evans
Proved in open Cort held for the Isle of Wight County the 9th Day of June 1679 by the Oathes of Mr: John Gutridge Senr. Rebecka Davis and Mr: William Evens to be the Last Will and Testamt. of Mrs Joyce Cripps decd: and ordered to be Recorded.
Test: Jno. Bromfield Clr: Cur.
WILL & DEED BOOK I, VOL. 2, PAGE 202
A COPY TESTE: Ruth E. Holland, CLERK
BY: signature ? , D.C.
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George Cripps Will: leg. servant man Henry Luter, land adjoining George Hardy and Francis Rayner; Edward the son of George Bechinoe and his wife Mary; Elizabeth Gutridge the daughter of Capt. John Gutridge and Anne his wife, reversion to her two sisters, Honor and Constance. Wife Mary Extx. Suit to dropped against George Moore. Overseers: Capt. John Gutridge and William Evans. D. August 31, 1687. R. October 10, 1687. Wit: Francis Taylor, Edmond Palmer, James Y-----, Anne Miles, Anne Palmer, Will Evans. (IOW Co., VA W&D Bk 2 Pg 281)
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John Gutridge: Appraised by William Sellers, Oliver Woodward, Thomas Carter. R. July 26, 1731 (IOW Co., VA WB III Pg. 282)
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Mary DeLoach Will Edge. Co., NC 1773
4 Jan 1773
In the name of God Amen, I Mary Deloach of Edgecombe County... being weak in body but of perfect sound mind & memory...Imprimis I give to my son William Deloach the sum of five shillings Virginia money; Item I give to my daughter (Averrilla) Ruffin, wife of Richd Ruffin the sum of five shillings Virginia money; Item I give I give to my son Jesse Deloach all that part of my estate I assigned him of in my lifetime and also the sum of five shillings Virginia money; Item I give to my son Samuel Deloach all that part of my estate I assigned him of in my lifetime and also one cow and calf and lambs; Item I give to my daughter Selah Barns all that part of my estate I assigned her of in my lifetime and also the sum of five shillings Virginia money; Item I give to my son John Deloach 320 acres of land, it being part of a larger tract I purchased of Solomon Boykins and also my great desk and square walnut table and painted chist and largest linin wheel and gray mare and colt & black horse and dearick and 20 pounds of feathers & 30 head of geese; Item I give to my daughter Milley Bloodworth all that part of my estate that I possessed her of in my lifetime and also my wareing close and side saddle; Item I give to my son Solomon Deloach two beds and furniture and five head of cattle and (five) breading sows and one linen wheel, one black mare( ) and a young house colt cold sharpen and five pounds proclamation money; Item I give to my grandson William Braswell five shilling Virginia money; Item After debts and funeral expenses are paid remainder of estate to be divided equally between two of my sons, to wit, John Deloach and Solomon Deloach and it is my will and desire that William Bloodworth and Elijah (Horne) divide said estate between John and Solomon; Item I appoint two of my sons, Samuel and John executors of my estate, signed Mary Deloach, wit. John Faulk, Hanah Faulk (X), Sarah Faulk (X). Edge. Co. Will Book A, page 205, NCA film C.037.80001, 6-27-03, CTC.
Date recorded Apr Ct 1774
NOTE: William Bloodworth bought 200 acres on Alston's Mill Swamp & Town Creek from James Braswell Jr. 7 Oct 1765
Samuel DeLoach Will Edge. Co., NC 1764
31 Jan 1764
In the Name of God Amen I Samuel Deloach of Edgecombe Co. being weak in body but of sound and perfect memory... recommend my soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body to the grave to be buried in a decent and Christian like manner; Imprimis... to my beloved wife Mary Deloach the land that my father in law Francis Boykin left me in Northampton County to her and her heirs forever; my young black mair and side saddle, the use of the land and plantation whereon I now live and my still and all my Negroes for the raising and maintaining and schooling of my children during her life or widowhood and then to be divided by my executor as according as my will directs. I further lend to my wife, Mary Deloach after my debts and funeral expenses are paid all my household goods and chattels and all my tenements until my children come of age and then divided as my will directs: to my son, William Deloach all the part of my estate I (possessed) him of in my life time and ten shillings cash; to my daughter, (Auerilla) Ruffin, all that part of my estate I ( ) her in my lifetime and ten shillings cash; to my daughter (Molley) Braswell all that part of my estate I ( ) her during my lifetime and ten shillings cash; to my son Jesse Deloach that tract of land that I ( ) joining of (Moses Hains) land and my bay horse called Spark and five head of cattle and five breading ( ) and one feather bed and furniture which I gave to my son when he comes of age; to my son, Jesse Deloach after my wife’s decease or widowhood, my Negro fellow Ephriam; to my son, Samuel Deloach the land and plantation that I purchased of John Stinson, my (Bay) mair and five head of cattle and five breading (sows) and one feather bed and furniture which I gave to me son when he comes of age, also my Negro fellow Toney after my wife’s decease or widowhood; to my (daughter) Selah Deloach five head of cattle one feather bed and furniture which I gave to my darter when she comes of age; to my son John Deloach the land and plantation that I purchased of John Stringer, my mair cald (Jli) and five head of cattle and one feather bed and furniture and five breading sows which I gave to my son when he comes of age, also my Negro fellow Dick after my wife’s decease or widowhood; to my darter Milly Deloach five head of cattle and one feather bed and furniture which I gave to my darter when she comes of age; to my son Solomon Deloach after my wife’s decease or widowhood the land and plantation where I now live together with my still and Negro girl Luce; I leave my Negro wenches Fan and (Pat) and their increase after my wife’s decease or widowhood to be equally divided between my for darters Averilla Ruffin, Molly Braswell and Selah Deloach and Millie Deloach; my wife to give and dispose of the remainder of my estate after my debts and funeral expenses to my children as she sees fit; wife Mary Deloach and sons, William Deloach, Jesse Deloach and Samuel Deloach to be executors, signed Samuel Deloach, wit. John Gosney, Thos. Bryant, John Faulk. Proved Apr Ct 1764 Abstracted NCA film C.037.80001, Edge. Co. Will vol A, page 134, CTC, 6-17-03.
NOTE: Mary "Molly" DeLoach is the 1st wife of Solomon Braswell and the mother of William & Elizabeth Braswell.
John Stinson is most likely the son in law of James Braswell Sr. who named a daughter Olive Stinson in his 1760 Edgecombe Co., NC will. He was in records with James and his sons.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
MEXICAN WAR 1846-1848
NAME RANK CO. UNIT COUNTY REMARKS REF.
Benjamin C. Braswell Pvt Trp A 3d Regt of US Dragoons Edgecombe 1
Benj. G. Braswell Sgt. Co. A 1st Regt of NC Foot Volunteers Edgecombe 1
Bryant W. Braswell Pvt Trp A 3d Regt of US Dragoons Edgecombe 1
Henry Braswell Pvt Co. C 1st Regt of NC Foot Volunteers Edgecombe Died 1
James Brazell Co. G 1st Pennsylvania Infantry 2
Joel D. Braswell Pvt Co. A 1st Regt of NC Foot Volunteers Edgecombe Died 1
Joseph L. Braswell Pvt Co. A 1st Regt of NC Foot Volunteers Edgecombe See below 1
Wilie C. Braswell Pvt. Co. A 1st Regt of NC Foot Volunteers Edgecombe 1
Co. A, First Regiment of Foot Volunteers.
This company, Captain Oel Alfred Buck's, was organized by Captain Louis D. Wilson, at Tarboro, in the month of December 1846, was called into service of the United States at Wilmington on the 8th day of january, 1847 and was honorably discharged at Fort Monroe, Virginia, on the 28th day of july, 1848. Muster-out roll certified by J.B. Walback, Colonel, 4th Artillery, mustering officer and Oel Alfred Buck, Captain, commanding the company.
REFERENCES:
1. Prepared by authority of the legislature of 1887 by BG Johnstone Jones, AG of the state of NC. Copied and indexed by William R. Navey Jr.
2. Index to compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Mexican War (National Archives).
Note: Capt Louis Dicken Wilson abive was the greatgrandson of Rebecca Braswell and William Willson. (Louis D Wilson died of dysentery at Vera Cruz and is buried on the town square in Tarboro. After his death, the new county of Wilson, NC was named for him.
Thanks to Marilyn for this information.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Richard Braswell of the S/H DNA Group
Richard Braswell's will would have been filed in Southampton Co., VA had he lived until 1749 when the boundary lines changed. Evidence of this is the deed filed in 1752 Southampton between Richard Vick & Albridgeton Jones.
1692 - 9ber 5, Richard Towle Will: Leg: my three youngest children of Susanna Braswell, Richard, William and Elizabeth Braswell. Ex., "loving friend"John Riggs. D. 5th of 9ber 1692. R. Feb 9 1692. Wit: Thomas Moore, Robert Horner, Sarah Wakefield. (IOW Co., VA W & DB 2 P. 323)
[20 Feb 1692/3] Richard Towle estate appraised by Tho:Moore, Tho: Thropp. (IOW Co., VA)
[22 OCT 1714] Susannah Braswell Will: Leg: son Richard, son William, granddaughter Elizabeth Braswell, daughter Ann, grandson John Riggs, son James. Trustee Richard Jones & Richard Jordan. Wit: William Allen, Richd Jones, Richd Jordan. (IOW Co., VA WB 3 P 304)
[4 OCT 1717] Richard Washington & his wife Elizabeth, Surry County, to Richard Braswell, Isle of Wight Co. 150 acres on Nottoway River adjacent to Cpt. Richard Exum’s land, a part of the patent for 850 acres Richard Washington received in 1714. Witnesses: Frances West, Wm. Washington. (IOW Co., VA Great Book P. 132-133)
[11 JAN 1719] Mathew Howell Will: Leg: son Thomas; son Joseph; unborn child; " two thousand pounds of pork yt due to me from John Gent and one thousand pound of pork yt is due to me from Richd Braswell and five pound in cash yt is due to me from Jno Edwards & three pounds yt is due to me in cash from Henry Flowers, Junr. & I do desire this pork & money be put to ye use to purchase a plantation for my wife during her life". Exs., my father Joseph Lane, Sr., Joseph Lane, Jr. and my wife Mary. Wit: Thomas Jarrell, Arnale Pew. (IOW Co., VA WB 2 P. 26) Prove Date: 25 Apr 1720
[21 APR 1720] Mathew Howell estate appraised by Thomas Jarrell, John Edwards, Robert (Newsom?) Signed Joseph Lane. Ordered Apr 21, 1720 R. Sep 25, 1721 (P.103)
[22 AUG 1720] Richard Bracewell to Oliver Woodard 150 acres for 100 pounds Sterling Money of England, north side of Nottoway River part of a patent for 850 acres to Mr. RichardWashington adj Cpt. Richd. Exum. (IOW Co., VA Great Book P. 387)
[11 JUN 1731] Richard Vick, 375 acs. (N.L.), Is. of Wight Co; S. side of Nottoway Riv; adj William Seller & Richard Braswell; 11 Jun 1731, 15 Shill., & Imp of 5 pers: Maren Prater, John Colesell, Wm. Keay, Tho Fisher, Katherine Nickson. (Patent Book 14 Pg 155)
[11 JUN 1731] Richard Vick, 200 acs. (N.L.), Is. of Wight Co; S. side of Nottoway Riv; adj. William Seller; & Richard Blow; 11 June 1731, 20 Shill. (Patent Book 14 Pg 156)
[5 DEC 1731] Richard Braswell, Lower Parish, Isle of Wight County, to Richard Jordan, Senr. Upper Parish, Isle of Wight County, for 1500 weight of tobacco and cask 60 acres "bounded as followeth beginning at a path called Shears Neck running from the Coblers Branch adjuoining to the dividing line of William Braswell coming up to the line of James Sampson, deceased, thence down to the first station. Witnesses: Cannon, Rich. Jordan, Jr., Mary Jordan. (Copy of deed, IOW Co., VA DB 4 P. 201) NOTE: Richard Braswell inherited 60 acres from his Mother, Susannah Braswell in her will dated 1714 and his brother William Braswell inherited 40 acres, "out of 100 acres in all" William sold his 40 acres in 1764
[26 JUN 1732] The last Will & Testament of Susannah Braswell deceased was presented in Court by William Braswell Executor Therein named who made Oath thereto and being likewise proved by the Oaths of William Allen & Richard Jordan. (IOW Co., VA WB 3 P 305)
[15 DEC 1735] Richard Brasswell of the Upper Parrish of the Isle of Wight Co appointed lawfull attorney to acknowledge a deed for 150 acres John and Susannah Penny to Daniel Storey. Wit: John (signed) Brasswell and Wm.(+) Brasswell "land situate & being in upper parrish of the Isle of Wight County joining upon Nottoway River on the north side & being part of a tract of land in a patent granted to Mr. Richard Washington bearing date of sixteenth day of December 1714 and by said Washington….to John Howell who sold it to John Penny (DB 5, 1736-1741, Part 1, page 17-19, from Carey Bracewell)
[2 JUN 1736] Richard Brassell, Isle of Wight Co., from Mosses Faircloth of Isle of Wight Co., for five shillings, 100 acres bounded as followeth Viz Beginning at a Gum stand in Nottoway Swamp at the mouth of Bardens Branch so up the Branch to a pine standing in Thos Craford’s line from then along a line of marked trees to a pine standing by the side of a branch so down that branch to a white oak standing Nottoway Swamp so down the various courses of the run of the swamp to the first station""part of a patent for 475 acres granted June 16, 1714 to Matthew Rufhen and Edward Goodson & by the said Rufhen & Goodson devis’d unto William Faircloth, Senr by deeds of lease and release & released by a power of attorney bearing date the twenty fifth day of March one Thousand Seven Hundred & twenty one and by the said Wm. Faircloth willed to his son Moses Faircloth" . Wit: John (signed) Brassell, Giles Smelly, Wm. (+) Brassell. Release was dated June 23, 1736. The consideration was that Brassell was to pay Faircloth "fifteen hundred poinds of pork". Recorded Sep 27, 1736. (DB 5, 1736-1741, pages 36-39. Copy of deed from Carey Bracewell)
[12 APR 1741] Thomas Allen Will: Leg: Eldest son Arthur; son Thomas; daughter Ann; daughter Honour, her mother's clothes. Exs., Roger Allen & George Bell. Wit: George Whitley, Roger Woodward, Richard Braswell. (IOW Co., VA WB IV P. 333)
[25 MAY 1741] Thomas Allen estate appraised by George Washington, Benjamin Johnston Jr., Thomas Drake Sr. (IOW Co., VA WB IV P. 340)
1742 – May 20, WILLIAM SELLARS granted 235 acres, Isle of Wight Co., on the south side of Nottaway River, adjoining land of DOCTR. SAML. BROWN, OLIVER WOODWARD, etc. Land Office Patents No. 20, 1741-1743, page 311 (Virginia State Library)
[21 APR 1744] Richard Braswell Will: Leg: Son William and son Joseph my Exs., daughter Elizabeth, son John, loving wife. R. Aug 26 1745. Wit: Benjamin Johnson Jr., Joseph Woodward, Arthur Edwards. (IOW Co., VA WB IV P 541)
[27 JAN 1745] Richard Braswell inventory of his estate returned by William & Joseph Braswell. (IOW Co., VA WB 5 P 9)
[27 MAY 1745] George Bell of Edgecombe County in North Carolina to Richard Vick of Isle of Wight. . . . 200 acres on Nottaway Swamp (being land he bought from Thomas Crafford) adjoining said Vick, Bardens Branch, said Bell, Richard Brasswell and Flagg Run Swamp. Signed: George (X) Bell, Sarah (X) Bell. Witnesses: Arthur Washington, Sarah Washington, Richard Vick, Jr. and William (X) Brasswell R. 27 May 1745 (Page 116, IOW DB 7) [NOTE: This is from William Lindsay Hopkins' book of abstracts and he used an "X" as everyone's mark even when they made an initial - William probably used a "W"]
[12 JAN 1746] Richard Vick, 250 acres Isle of Wight County, North side of Nottoway River, of Barden's Branch, corner of Ann Thornton's Line, corner of John Jent's line, Richard Braswell's line (pages 613-614, Land Patent Book 24) (from Virginia Genealogical Quarterly on Ancestry.com)
[12 MAR 1746] Joseph (mark) Braswell and his wife Sarah and William (W) Braswell and his wife Sarah of Isle of Wight County to Richard Vick for 19 pounds 100 acres "being a part of a patent granted to Edwd Goodson and Matthew Rushin bearing date the sixteenth day of June one thousand seven hundred and fourteen and bounded as followeth Viz Beginning at a Gum standing in Nottoway Swamp at the mouth of a Branch so up the Branch to a pine standing in Thomas Crafford’s line from thence along a line of marked trees to a pine standing by the side of a branch so down the branch to a white oak stand Nottoway Swamp aforesd and down the various courses of the sd swamp to the beginning" Witnesses: John Darden, W. Bridgood, Matthew Griffin. (Copy of Deed pages 445-447, Deed Book 7, Part 2)
[14 May 1747] Henry Vaughan and wife Ann, administrators of Richard Blow, plaintiffs, vs. William Brasswell and Joseph Brasswell, executors of Richard Brasswell, type, in debt, attorney: Robert Jones, defendants, verdict: plaintiff. (page 21) Arthur Washington provided evidence for William and Joseph Brasswell vs Henry Vaughan and wife Ann. John Thomas provided evidence for Henry Vaughan and wife Ann vs William and Joseph Brasswell. Albridgton Jones provided evidence for William and Joseph Brasswell vs Henry Vaughan and wife Ann. (Virginia Genealogical Quarterly. IOW Co., Order Book 1746-1752)
[1749] Southampton County was formed from Isle of Wight County.
[9 NOV 1752] Richard Vick to Albridgton Jones 6 acres adj. sd. Jones' mill and Nottoway Swamp on the north side of the Bridge Road (part of 100 acres sold to sd. Vick by William Braswell and Joseph Braswell), S: Richard (R) Vick, Wit: Robert (signed) Ricks, Jesse (signed) Browne, and Phillip (P) Brantley (Southampton Co., VA DB 1 P. 412-414)
Howell, Matthew, Will IOW Co., VA 1719
Contributed by Carey Bracewell
In the Name of God Amen ye Eleventh day of January . . . I MATTHEW HOWELL . . . . do own this to be my Last Will & Testament . . . In the first place I do give ye use of my Negro man Harry & my Negro Girl Moll to my Wife During her Widow hood & at ye Day of her Marriage I do give ye Negro man to my Son . . . HOWELL & my Negro Girle to my Son JOSEPH HOWELL & ye first child yt ye Negro Girle brings yt lives to ye Child yt my Wife is now with Child with & I do give to my Wife Two Thousand poinds of pork yt is Due to me from JOHN GENT and one Thousand pound of pork yt is due to me from RICHD BRASWELL & five pound in Cash yt is Due to me from JNO EDWARDS & Three pounds yt is due to me in Cash from HENRY FLOWERS Junr & I do desire this pork & money be put to ye Use to purchase a plantatin for my Wife During her life & after her Decease to my Son THO: HOWELL and if he Die without heirs to fall to ye next heir & this bed I do Now ly upon and furniture belonging to it I do give to my Wife & ye Rest of my Whole Estate to be Equally Divided between my Wife & my Children & if my Wife Does Marry & Should Get a husband that Should be harsh & Unkind to my Children I do desire yt my father JOSH LANE Shall tak them in his Care to Look after & I do make my father JOSEPH LANE, Sener & JOSEPH LANE Junr and my Wife MARY HOWELL Execrs of my Whole Estate where unto I do Sett my hand yet Day & Year above Written.
Testis THOMAS JARRELL, ARNALE (A) PEW
MATHEW (H) HOWELL
Deeds, Wills, Great Book, Volume 2, Part I, 1715-1726, pages 26-17
[MATTHEW HOWELL's estate was inventoried by order of Isle of Wight Court dated April 25, 1720. The appraisers were THOMAS JARRELL, JOHN EDWARDS and ROBERT (NORSWORTHY?) The estate was evaluated at L 121-16-4. The first page---103---mentions 1000 pounds of pork. The inventory was returned and recorded September 25, 1721, at pages 103-105 of same reference.]
Katherine Edwards noted this will was dated January 11, 1719 and recorded April 25, 1720.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
DNA Project Update
From: "Carey Bracewell"
Jan Dipley, a leading Breazeale researcher, has ordered a single-marker
test, DYS462. The Breazeales are in genetic group "I", or "Viking".
Jan's results will show whether her Breazeales are "Ultra Norse" or
pure Viking origin or from older, more widely distributed Scandinavian
stock. Given that their ancestral home in Brittany is known, I'm
predicting an Ultra Norse result. But as we've already seen, 'It ain't over until
the lab results come in.'
And speaking of lab results, the slump in Braswell test orders that
began this summer still lingers on. What gives, cousins? There is still
so much to be learned, such as the identity of the founder of Chuck and Mark
Braswell's distinctive DYS448 branch. And we still need more participants
(along with a better papertrail) to confirm that distinctive marker CDYb
branch from SAMPSON BRASWELL that
turned up in Laurens County, Georgia and in the Southwest.
Still confused about the uses and value of this important new
scientific tool? Go to http://carey-dna.com for the unmanipulated facts.
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving,
Cousin Carey
Jan Dipley, a leading Breazeale researcher, has ordered a single-marker
test, DYS462. The Breazeales are in genetic group "I", or "Viking".
Jan's results will show whether her Breazeales are "Ultra Norse" or
pure Viking origin or from older, more widely distributed Scandinavian
stock. Given that their ancestral home in Brittany is known, I'm
predicting an Ultra Norse result. But as we've already seen, 'It ain't over until
the lab results come in.'
And speaking of lab results, the slump in Braswell test orders that
began this summer still lingers on. What gives, cousins? There is still
so much to be learned, such as the identity of the founder of Chuck and Mark
Braswell's distinctive DYS448 branch. And we still need more participants
(along with a better papertrail) to confirm that distinctive marker CDYb
branch from SAMPSON BRASWELL that
turned up in Laurens County, Georgia and in the Southwest.
Still confused about the uses and value of this important new
scientific tool? Go to http://carey-dna.com for the unmanipulated facts.
Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving,
Cousin Carey
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Richard, William & Elizabeth Braswell
In THE WEBSTERS of WILKES Co., GA page 651
the following is given:
Richard Towle's 1692 will in Isle of Wight
Co. reveals that he fathered more than
three of Susannah Braswell's children.
The three youngest children were Richard,
William, and Elizabeth Braswell. None of
them was over seventeen when Towle
made his will.
(from one of Kay Dawson's CD's)
the following is given:
Richard Towle's 1692 will in Isle of Wight
Co. reveals that he fathered more than
three of Susannah Braswell's children.
The three youngest children were Richard,
William, and Elizabeth Braswell. None of
them was over seventeen when Towle
made his will.
(from one of Kay Dawson's CD's)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
* Research of William C. Fields III
Contributed by Walter S. & Maxine C. Gabennesch
Research of WILLIAM C. FIELDS III from the original records. Richard Sr & Jr are the son and grandson of Richard the 1st who is the son of the Reverend Robert Bracewell.
RICHARD BRASWELL, SENr, of Isle of Wight, Chowan, Bertie, Edgecombe and Bladen Counties and RICHARD BRASWELL JUNr of Bertie and Edgecombe.
1703 - RICHARD BRACEWELL, JUNr, of Lower Parish of Isle of Wight bought 35 a. on Main Blackwater from WM. & MARTHA BROWNE. (I. of W. DB1, p. 401)
1706 - RICHARD BRACEWELL, JUNr, & wife ELENOR of Lower Parish, Isle of Wight, sold above land to WM. BROWNE. (I. of W. DB 2, p. 69)
1708 - RICHd BRASSWELL of Isle of Wight to Jas. BRYANT, SENr, of same, assignment of patent in Chowan Precinct. (Chowan DB W1, # 386, p. 187). (This may refer either to the father, RICHARD I, will 1724, Isle of Wight, or the son, RICHARD II (RICHARD SENr, in these notes) but in any case is one of the most conclusive bits of evidence we have linking the BRASWELLS of Isle of Wight to North Carolina. WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1714/15 - ANN CARVER granted letters of administration on estate of her father, WILLIAM CARVER. (Chowan Co. Court Minutes, Jan. 1714/15
RICHARD BRASWELL proved an account against the estate of WILLIAM CARVER dec'd. (Ibid, April 1715)
1720 - RICHd BRASWELL on tax list of Albemarle Co. in Capt Robt. PATTERSON's Company on both sides of the Meherrin River. He was also on several other early tax lists that are unfortunately undated. (Albemarle Co. Papers, Chowan Tax Lists)
1720 - RICHARD II BRASWELL patented 640 a. in Chowan Prct. (Pat Bk 8, p.185)
1721 - RICHARD II BRASWELL patented 365 a. in Chowan Prct. (Pat Bk 3, p. 67)
1721 - RICHARD II BRASWELL patented 280 a. in Chowan Prct. (Pat. Bk. 3, p. 88)
1721 - RICHARD II BRASWELL patented 300 a. in Chowan Prct. (Pat. Bk. 3, p. 89)
1722 - RICHARD II BRASWELL patented 245 a. in Bertie Prct. (Pat. Bk. 3, p. 10)
1723 - RICHARD BRASWELL & wife ELEANOR sold 145 a. to WILLIAM KINCHEN. (Bertie DB A p. 104)
RICHARD BRASSWELL & wife ELEANOR sold 100 a. to WILLIAM BENNETT. (Bertie DB A p. 113)
1724 - RICHARD BRASSWELL sold 200 a. to JOHN HILLIARD. (Bertie DB A p. 257)
RICHARD II BRASSWELL & wife ELINOR sold 180 a. to WILLIAM WILSON. (Bertie BD A p. 363)
RICHARD BRASSWELL appointed to juries to lay out two roads: one from Bridges Creek to the road from Henry Wheeler's mill to Brady's landing on Meherrin River: the other from Simon Jeffries' landing on Roanoke River to the main branch "that begins at Mr. JAMES BRYANTs and goes to Cheshire's landing on Maherin River where the trading Vessells commonly lye". (Bertie Co. Court Minutes, 1724-1743)
Will of RICHARD I BRASWELL, of Isle of Wight, Va., 28 July 1724/25, named sons RICHARD, ROBERT, VALENTINE, JACOB and JOHN. (The Great Book, p. 174)
1725 - RICHARD BRASWELL, JUNr. patented 639 a. in Bertie Prct. ( Pat. Bk. 3 p. 194)
RICHARD BRASWELL Patented 157 A. in Bertie Prct. (Pat. Bk. 3, p. 195 # 184)
RICHARD BRASWELL patented 451 a. in Bertie Prct. (Pat. Bk. 3 p. 195 # 187)
WILLm. BENNETT sold NICLs. BOON 100 a. "which I purchased of RICHd. BRASSWELL by one Deed bearing the date the fourteenth of May Seventeen hundred twenry three". (Bertie DB B p. 2) (Bell, in her abstracts of Colonial Bertie, misread the word "Deed" as Dec'd, creating a potentially dangerous situation. WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1727 - RICHARD BRACEWELL & wife ELINOR sold 150 a. to OWIN KELLY. (Bertie DB B p. 385)
1728 - Commisioners to divide estate of JOHN COTTON, dec'd: JOHN DEW, SIMON JEFFRIES, JAMES MOORE & Rd. BRASWELL. (Chowan Inventories & Estates)
RICHd BRACEWELL, JUNr. sold 640 a. to "my Father RICHd. BRACEWELL". (Bertie DB C p. 19)
RICHARD BRACEWELL, SENr. sold 640 a. to JONATHAN STANDLEY JUNr. (Bertie DB C, p. 32)
RICHARD BRASWELL SENr. patented 445 a. on Fishing Creek & Crooked Branch in what became Edgecombe Co. (Hal. DB 4, p. 399: ROBERT CARVER "alias BRASWELL" to WILLIAM BRYANT. This is the only known record of this patent. WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1729 - RICHARD BRACEWELL sold 320 a. to WILLIAM HARRIS. (Bertie DB C. p. 97)
RICHARD BRASWELL & wife ELINOR sold 230 a. to JAs. NORFLEET. (Bertie DB C, p. 194)
1731 - 1732 - Will of THOMAS WIMBERLY witnessed by ELINOR BRASSWELL, proved by her Feb. 1732. (Bertie Wills) THOMAS WIMBERLY was living on Fishing Creek and had he lived a few months longer would have died in Edgecombe. One of his bequests was as follows: 150 a. to daughter SARAH WIMBERLY (along with "two puter dishes and two puter basins") "and my desire is for JACOB BRASWELL & young RICH BRASWELL for to Devide it amongst them". No doubt "young RICH BRASWELL" was RICHARD, JUNr., so called to distinguish him from his father. What, precisely, THOMAS WIMBERLY meant to be done with the 150 acres and the four "puter" articles is a mystery. A lawsuit would have probably revealed the answer but evidently the legatees knew what he intended and settled it amicably. Another mystery is what the connection was between the WIMBERLYs & BRASWELLs. It seems evident that it was a close one but no amount of speculation will reveal the truth and there is no clue in any record I have found thus far. At any rate the bequest to "young RICH" provides evidence that this ELINOR was the wife of RICHARD, SENr. and this is her last appearance in any known record. (WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1731 - 1734 - Will of JAMES BRYANT, SENr. listed "all my children... JOHN DEW and RICHARD BRASWELL JAMES BRYANT & THOMAS BRYANT & MATHEW TOLAR (TELAR?).
(There was another son, WILLIAM BRYANT, named separately in the will. Whether RICHARD BRASWELL was SENr. or JUNr. I would not guess. More study of the BRYANTs, who are closely interwoven with the BRASWELLs, would be needed
to clear that up. WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1735 - RICHd BRASWELL sold 187 a. to JAMES BARNS. (Bertie DB D, p. 173)
1736 - RICHARD BRASWELL, JUNr. , of Edgecombe Prct., sold JOHN DAWSON 76 a. in Bertie adjoining "his father's corner tree". (Bertie DB E, p. 124)
1738 - RICHARD BRASWELL patented 100 a. in Edgecombe (Pat. Bk. 8, p. 11)
RICHARD BRASWELL patented 100 a. in Edgecombe (Pat. Bk. 8, p. 25)
1739 - RICHARD BRASWELL patented 500 a. in Craven (Pat. Bk. 8, p. 14)
RICHARD BRASWELL, JUNr. bought 80 a. in Edgecombe. (Hal. DB 1, p. 279)
1740 - RICHd BRASWELL and RICHARD BRASSWELL on Bertie & Edgecombe list of jurymen. (Col. Rec. of N.C. Vol. IV, p. 523)
1741 - RICHARD BRACEWELL, JUNr. bought 175 a. in Edge. (Hal. DB 1, p. 405)
RICHARD BRACEWELL, JUNr. bought 100 a. in Edge. (Hal. DB 1, p. 413)
RICHARD BRASSWELL patented 200 a. in Craven. (Pat. Bk. 5, p. 204)
RICHARD BRASWELL, JUNr. of Edgecombe fined L6 for failing to serve on Grand Jury. (Col. Court Papers, CCR 163, Folder 2)
1742 - RICHARD BRASSWELL bought 200 a. in Edgecombe. (Hal. DB 5, p. 80)
RICHARD BRASWELL SENr. (II) patented land on White Oak Swamp, Edgecombe. (Edge. DB 1, p. 406, Wm. CARVER to AMOS COTTON. Only known record of this patent. WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1743 - RICHARD BRASWELL sold 100 a. in Edgecombe. (Hal. DB 5, p. 169)
RICHARD BRACEWELL sold 250 a. in Craven. (Craven Co. Court Minutes - 1743 deeds for Craven missing)
1745 - RICHARD BRASWELL sold 200 a. in Craven. (Hal. DB 5, p. 396) Pat Bk says Craven. DB says Edge.
RICHARD BRASWELL, SENr. charged with counterfieting and acquitted. Described variously in the records as "oald Mr RICHARD BRASWELL, RICHARD BRASWELL SENIER and RICHARD BRASWELL of Fishing Creek in the County of Edgecombe". In one deposition mention was made of "MRS BRASWELL" but she was not otherwise identified. (Edge. Court Minutes, P. & Q. S., May 1745; Colonial Court Papers, Criminal Papers, General & Assize Courts, 1745-1749; General Court Papers Dockets, July & October General Sessions, 1745)
1747 - RICHARD BRASWELL, JUNr., bought 50 a. in Edgecombe. (Hal. DB 3, 209)
RICHARD BRASWELL, SENr., deeds of gift to his four children: WILLIAM, "born of the body of ANNE CARVER commonly called by the name of WILLIAM BRASWELL"; ROBERT, commonly called ROBERT BRASWELL" DAVID BRASWELL and SARAH BRASWELL. (Hal. DB 3, pp. 177-180)
1752 - ROBERT CARVER "alias BRASWELL" of Bladen sold to WILLIAM BRYANT 445 a. in Edgecombe, granted to RICHARD BRASWELL 24 Feb. 1728. (This was the land given by RICHARD BRASWELL, SENr., to his son ROBERT "commonly called "ROBERT BRASWELL" in 1747.) (Hal. DB 4, 399)
1753 - RICHARD BRASWELL patented 147 a. in Johnston Co. (Pat. Bk. 14. p. 187)
1755 - RICHARD BRACEWELL sold 118 a. to JAMES BRACEWELL (NC? DB 2, 311)
1758 - RICHARD BRACEWELL of Tar River in Edgecombe sold above 147 a. to JAMES WOOTON. (Johnston DB A-1, p. 5)
1758 - 29 Nov.: Letters of Administration granted to BENJn WILLIS on estate of DAVID BRASWELL revoked. Letters ad colligend to issue to ANN BRASWELL alias CARVER on said estate. Ordered that depositions be taken at next Supreme Court at Enfield touching the legitimacy of said DAVID BRASWELL. Said ANN to give security in the sum of 1000 pds. Ordered that consideration of the caveat entered against letters of administration being issued to RICHd BRASWELL, son of RICHd BRASWELL dec'd, be deferred until said depositions are returned and that letters ad colligend issue to ANN BRASWELL alias CARVER, security 200 pds. (Gov.'s Office, Council Journal, 1755-1764, pp. 130-131; also printed in Col. Rec. of N.C., Vol. V, pp. 994-995)
Bond of ANNE BRASWELL "of Bladen County widow" for 1000 pds. as administratrix of the estate of DAVID BRASWELL dec'd. Securites ROBERT CARVER and WILLIAM CARVER. 2 Dec. 1758
Bond of ANNE BRASWELL "of Bladen County widow" for 200 pds. as administratrix of the estate of RICHARD BRASSWELL dec'd. Securities ROBERT CARVER and WILLIAM CARVER. 2 Dec. 1758 (Sec'y of State, Administrators' Bonds, 1716-1774)
1759 - Suit of BENJa WILLIS Admr. vs RICHd BRACEWELL abated by defendant's death (February Term of Court). Note in margin indicates suit was filed 30 September (1758), Bladen County. (Execution Docket, Wilmington District Court, 1756-1759)
16 May - Personal estate of DAVID CARVER dec'd, an "Illegitimate son of RICHd BRASWELL dec'd" granted to RICHd BRASSWELL, ROBt CARVER & Wm CARVER. (LGO, Pat. Bk. 18, p. 432)
24 July - Inventory of personal estate of DAVID CARVER dec'd, late of Bladen County, filed by RICHd BRASWELL, ROBt CARVER & WILLIAM CARVER, administrators. (Sec'y of State Inventories & Sales of Estates, "C" 1744-1787)
1760 - RICHARD BRACEWELL sold 200 a. to WILLIAM BRASWELL (Edge. DB 00. 98)
RICHARD BRACEWELL SENr sold 119 a. to SAMPSON BRACEWELL (Edge. DB 00, 101)(This is RICHARD JUNr, now designated SENr since the death of his father to distinguish him from his own son RICHARD. WILLIAM C. FIELDS)
1762 - WILLIAM CARVER and wife MARY of Bladen Co. sold to AMOS COTTON 300 a. in Edgecombe on White Oak Swamp, patented by RICHARD BRASWELL 10 May 1742 and conveyed by him to said WILLIAM CARVER 18 Nov. 1747. (Edge. DB 1, p. 406)
1759-1762 - Suit: RICHARD BRACEWELL (BRASWELL) vs WILLIAM HIGGS for default on a note for L8:3:11. Note made 14 July 1759; suit instituted Dec. 1761; verdict for plaintiff Mar. 1762 for L9:3:2 and costs. (Edge. Civil Action papers, 1756-61; Edge. Sup. Ct. Appnce. & Ref. Docket, 1758-1765)
1764 - RICHARD BRASWELL sold 100 a. to ROBERT ROSE. (Edge. DB C, p. 178)
1765 - RICHARD BRASWELL bought 120 a. from EPHRAIM PONDER (PENDER?). (Edge. DB C, p. 379)
1767-1772 - Will of RICHARD BRASWELL of Edgecombe County. Named wife ELIZABETH, sons RICHARD, SAMPSON, SOLOMON, JAMES and WILLIAM and daughters SARAH, MARY and ELIZABETH.
The foregoing comprise all known records in the counties designated that pertain to RICHARD BRASWELLs and it is my belief that they refer to two men, father and son. RICHARD, SENr., (described in the Isle of Wight deeds of 1703 & 1706 as JUNr. to distinguish him from his father) was, unquestionably, son of RICHARD of Isle of Wight, will 1724, and wife SARAH. He was probably born ca. 1680 and moved to N.C. ca. 1710. His wife ELINOR is a valuable clue to his identity as she figures in a number of his deeds between 1706 and 1729.
RICHARD, JUNr., probably was born ca. 1705, perhaps earlier. The earliest reference to him so designated is in the 1725 land grant. He need not have attained his majority in order to patent land but neverthelesss was probably nearly 21, if not older. Deeds indicate that by about 1730 he had moved on into what was to become Edgecombe and it appears that his mother, ELINOR BRASWELL, was with him as she witnessed the will of THOMAS WIMBERLEY, who was living nearby.
RICHARD, SENr., was described as "of Bertie" in a 1735 deed but, according to the deed by which ROBERT CARVER sold his Edgecombe land, had patented that land in 1728. In the 1747 deed of gift RICHARD described it as "the plantation whereon I now dwell", giving the location as west of Fishing Creek and on Crooked Branch, that being the eastern part of the county near the halifax line about 10 or 12 miles above Tarboro. His other land was in the same general area: White Oak and Maple Swamps. RICHARD, JUNr., was in the same area but last lived on S/S of Tar River near Hatcher's Swamp, where most of his sons settled also. This is about 5 miles west of Tarboro.
The CARVER children of RICHARD BRASWELL, SENr., were born in the 1720's at latest. The suit of BENJAMIN WILLIS vs RICHARD BRASWELL indicates that DAVID BRASWELL-CARVER had died before 30 Sept. 1758 and that RICHARD BRASWELL, SENr., died after that date but by 29 Nov. 1758, when the Council granted letters ad colligend on both his and DAVID's estates to ANN. WILLIAM C. FIELDS 15 Nov 1976
Friday, November 16, 2007
William Braswell to Peter Bocock 1764
William (mark) Braswell of Isle of Wight County
TO: Peter Bocock
Consideration: Twenty pounds of Current Money of Virginia
40 acres, more or less, Beginning at a pine a Corner Tree that parts John Jordan and WILLIAM BRASWELLs Land down the Main Road to Harrison's Branch so runing up the said Branch to Samuel Wilson's Line so Running along the said line to John Jordan's line so runing along the said line to the first station.
Dated: December 9, 1764 Recorded: March 7, 1765
Witnesses: Samuel Wilson, Thomas Wrenn, Francis (mark) Wrenn
NOTE: This is Susannah Braswell's son William selling the 40 acres he
Related Links:
Susannah Burgess Braswell's 100 acres
Susannah Burgess Braswell's 100 acres, more
Susannah Burgess Braswell's will
Richard Bracewell to Oliver Woodard 1720
This Indenture made the 22th day of August in the Sixth year of
the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King George and in ye year of
Our Lord God one thousand seven hundred & Twenty Between
Richd Bracewell of ye Isle of Wight County of ye one part &
Oliver Woodward of ye same county of ye other part, Witnesseth
that ye sd Richd Bracewell for an Consideration of the Value or
Sum of fifty pounds Sterlling Money of England to him in hand
paid by ye afore sd Oliver Woodward ye Receipt Whereof ye sd
Richd Bracewell Doth hereby acknowledge himselfe to be therewith
fully satisfied Contented & paid and therefore Doth acquitt &
Declar the sd Oliver Woodward his heirs Excrs & Admr and Every
of them by these presents hath granted alinated Bargained & Sold
& Delivered by ___ ___ & Doth fully Clearly & absolutely give
grant alinate Bargain Sell Deliver Enfeoff & Confirm unto ye sd
Oliver Woodward his heirs Admrs and Assigns for Ever a Certain
tract or psell of Land Lying being on the North Side of Nottoway
River containing by Estimation one hundred and fifty acres more
or less ye sd Devised of Land be part of a patent for Eight
hundred & fifty acres patented to Mr. Richd Washington by ye
Honl Alexander Spotswood his Majesty Lu Gov of Colony of Virga
bearing Date in 16 Day of December One thousand Seven hundred
& fourteen and Bounded as followeth beginning at a hole standing
by ye side of Nottoway River then Running along a line of Marked
Trees and East Course to a hicory standing by a branch of
Nottoway then North Thirty Three Degrees West Sixty Eight pole
to a pine tree North forty four Degrees West fifty nine pole to
a White Oak tree North Sixty four Degrees West Sixty
One pole to a hicory a line tree of Cpt Richd Exums Land then by
Exums line South fourteen Degrees West Eighty Six pole to a
Red Oak by Nottoway River so Down ye sd River to ye first
station Including One hundred & fifty Acres more or Less Have
and To Hold ye sd Land & prmises with ye appurtenances there
Belonging unto ye sd Oliver Woodward his heirs & assignes forever
so that neither ye sd Richd Bracewell his heirs Exr Admr nor any
Other pson or psons whatsoever by frorme or under him or those
shall or will hereafter have ____ Challeng or Demand any Estate
Right title or Interest of in or to ye sd Lands and pmises or to
any part or psell thereof but they & Everyone of them shall be
Utterly Excluded -------rred forever & further I ye afor sd
Richard Bracewell Do ____ my Selfe my heirs Exrs & Admr in
Penall Sum or Quantity of one hundred pounds Sterlling Money of
England o be paid Upon _____ & also for to make a further
In__ance of ye sd Oliver Woodward his heirs or assignes or his
Forsd Counsel in ye Law Shall ______ upon ye pformance
of all & Singular the Articles afore specifyed in this Doc. Ye
sd Richd Bracewell Doth by my Selfe my heirs & for Ever by a
Generall Warranty against & all manner of psons Whatsoever In
Witness Whereof ye sd Richd Bracewell hath here unto Sett my
hand and Seal ye Day Year and Reign above written.
his
Richd R Bracewell (Seal)
Mark
Written
Signed Sealed and Delivered At a Court held for Isle of Wight
In ye psence of Us County ye 26th Day of September 1720
Richd Bracewell Came into Court psonly
Great Book, Page 387
See a partial copy of original here
See a copy of Richard's will here
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Marjorie Boatright Edenfield 1920-2006
Marjorie Boatright Edenfield, 85, of Millen died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006.
Graveside services were held at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the Millen Cemetery.
She was born Dec. 13, 1920, eldest of the seven children of Fred and Ella Moore Boatright. She graduated from Claxton High School in 1937 as class salutatorian because, as she later explained, "I had more fun than the valedictorian!
"She arrived in Millen at age 18, in the front seat of an open cockpit bi-plane. The pilot, a Millen cousin, came to dinner and invited her to fly home with him. Her father gave a firm. "No! She can't go up in that thing! "But, her mother whispered, "Get your things, Honey, and go flying; I'll take care of your daddy.
"Her first flight, in that front cockpit, open to the sky and to the world around, soaring over farms and forests from the Canoochee to the Ogeechee rivers, gave to young Marjorie Boatright a lasting love for the natural beauty of Georgia.
All of her ancestors had settled in old Burke, Emanuel, Bulloch and Montgomery counties from before the American Revolution to no later than the first quarter of the 19th century. Most of those lands were then still Indian territory.
The first Boatright in Georgia, Daniel, settled in the 1780's on the Ogeechee River, near Herndon, where he married the daughter of KINDRED BRASWELL. In the 1790s, he moved his family to higher ground nearby, a'hammock' thick with mayhaw bushes; thus began the "Hawhammock" community of Emanuel County, center of the Boatright family to this day.
Marjorie Boatright graduated from Georgia Teacher's College (now Georgia Southern University.) In recent years, she helped her old school build its historic collections through donating her own college scrapbook and other records.
She taught in the schools of Ogeechee, Millen, Wadley and Sardis for many years; and, after earning a master's degree in counseling, in Waynesboro.
Mrs. Edenfield was among the most beloved and admired teachers of her generation in Georgia. Many students credited her with laying the foundation of their own success in life. Her reputation for creativity in teaching and for the human touch was legendary.
Of her own closely-knit Boatright family, she is survived by Jack Boatright of Claxton, Mrs. Dorman DeLoach of Nevils and Mrs. Walt Singletary of Savannah.
Mrs. James Lewis, Mac Boatright and James F. Boatright predeceased her.
She married the late Wallace Edenfield of Millen in 1942. They were the parents of Meralyn Edenfield Godbee Smith, Vernon Edenfield and Brian Edenfield; grandparents of Craig Godbee, Hayley Godbee Green, Jason Edenfield and Lauren Edenfield; and the great-grandparents of four.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Millen or Claxton public libraries.
Crowe-Fields Funeral Home of Millen was in charge of arrangements.
Waynesboro, GA The True Citizen
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