Notes for Richard Braswell I: Richard Braswell. Leg.-son Richard; son Robert; son Valentine; son Jacob;son John; daughter Martha Murfrey; daughter Ann Strickland; daughter Jane Williams; granddaughter Susannah Braswell. Exs., wife Sarah.
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Richard and Sarah Valentine (?) Bracewell's issue is known primarily from their wills, signed respectively in Isle of Wight County on 28 Jul 1725 {Great Book, p.174} and 20 Mar 1734 {Wil l BK4, p. 64}:
Richard Bracewell, Jr., b.c. 1672, m. Elinor Unknown whom he abandoned in Chowan Precinct, NC, about 1715 and took up with Ann Carver (divo rce then unattainable); died in the midst of much litigation over his estate in Edgecombe County, N.C. between 1753 and 1758; Robert Bracewell b.c. 1674; m. S arah Unknown and died testate in Bertie County, N.C., c.1736; William Bracewell b.c. 1676, m. Mary Unknown and died in Chowan Precinct, N.C. in 1720;Martha, b .c. 1678 and married a Mr. Murphy; Valentine, thought to have been named for hi s mother's family; Ann Bracewell, b.c. 1682; m. Matthew Strickland, Jr.;m. 2nd a Mr. Edwards by 1732. Jacob Bracewell, b.c. 1684 and married Rebecca Unknown; he died c.1719 and his widow remarried to William Wilson by 10 Nov 1724 in Bert ie County; Jane Bracewell, b.c. 1686 in Isle of Wight County, Va.;m, Samuel Wil liams, Jr.; John Bracewell, b.c. 1688. He remained behind and took care of his parents while the rest of his brothers migrated to North Carolina.
More About Richard Braswell I and SARAH VALENTINE SAMPSON: Marriage: 16 Jan 1673, ISLE OF WIGHT VA COLONY.159, 160
Marriage Notes for Richard Braswell I and SARAH VALENTINE SAMPSON: 2 DATA 3 DATE 31 JUL 2005
Children of Richard Braswell I and SARAH VALENTINE SAMPSON are:
+RICHARD BRASWELL II, b. 1672, ISLE OF WIGHT VA COLONY, d. 1736, ISLE OF WIGHT.
Richard Braswell I (b. 1651, d. 28 Jul 1724)
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