John Bradshaw

1722 - Bef 1788  (< 66 years)

• Name	John Bradshaw
  Born	1 Feb 1721/22	Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 20 Oct 1788	Prince Edward County, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I866	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	John Bradshaw,   b. Abt 1690, Prince George, Prince George, Virginia, United States ,   d. Between 1731 and 1788, Amelia County, Virginia  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Anne Hamblin,   b. Abt 1695, Prince George County, Virginia ,   d. Between 1732 and 1794  (Age 37 years)
  Married	Between 1698 and 1743	Prince George County, Virginia   [1]
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Clemments
  Notes	Verification for the marriage comes from 2 sources, (1) the will of William Clemmons, 1774, which is recorded in Will Book 1774-1780 in Amelia Co., Va. and from notes by Dr. Herbert Clarence Bradshaw in which he mentions the marriage of John Bradshaw and Margaret "Peggy" Clemmons (a.k.a. Clemons, Clements).
  Children	1. Jeremiah Bradshaw,   b. Abt 1753, Dinwiddie County, Virginia ,   d. Abt 1803, Nottoway County, Virginia  (Age 50 years)   2. John Bradshaw,   b. Abt 1761,   d. 1843, Nottoway County, Virginia  (Age 82 years)   3. Benjamin Conrad Bradshaw,   b. 1765, Amelia County, Virginia ,   d. 1823, Prince Edward, Virginia, United States  (Age 58 years)   4. Margaret Martha Bradshaw,   b. Abt 1765, Virginia ,   d. 2 Apr 1813, Amelia Co, VA  (Age 48 years)   5. Thomas Bradshaw,   b. Abt 1765, Amelia County, Virginia   6. Mary Bradshaw,   b. Bef 1778,   d. Aft 1826  (Age > 50 years)   7. Clement Bradshaw,   d. Aft 1826, Nottoway County, Virginia   8. Elizabeth Bradshaw,   d. Aft 1806   9. Richard Bradshaw,   d. Bef 1806   10. Salley Bradshaw   11. William Bradshaw,   d. Bef 1826, Abbeville, South Carolina
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2019
  Family ID	F313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  The Bristol Parish Register shows him as the 2nd. son of John and Anne Bradshaw. Prince Edward County, Virginia, W.B. 2, 1785-1797, pgs. 65-67 Will of John Bradshaw, dated March 28, 1787. In the Name of God, Ahmen, I, John Bradshaw of Prince Edward County, being of perfect mind and memory, thanks being given to Almighty God therefor, calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul unto the hands of Almighty God that give it, and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried in a Christian & decent manner, at the discretion of my Executors, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of Almighty God, and as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give, bequeath and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: IMPRIMIS. I give and bequeath to Margaret Bradshaw, my dearly beloved wife, the plantation and tenements wherein she now dwells also all my stocks and household furniture and all my negroes and possessions and all my land during her widowhood or life, decease or marriage, then all my moveable posessions, such as stocks of all kind and household furniture and negroes and all my lands to be equally divided amongst all my children. ITEM. I give and bequeath to John Bradshaw, junr., twenty one acres of land adjoining the tract that he purchased of John Wood, only he is to throw in twenty one pounds to be equally divided amongst all my children. My soul desire is that my whole estate, both personal and real, should be equally divided amongst all my children that then shall survive, and my desire is, that what I have given off to my children that they should bring it at the day of the division of my estate and lay it in or the value of such things that I have given them. ITEM. It's my desire that my whole estate of land & every other moveable posession should be equally divided amongst all my children being first mentioned, William, John, Benjamin, Thomas, Clemmons, Jeremiah and Richard Bradshaw and also amongst all of my daughters, Elizabeth, Martha, Mary and Salley Bradshaw. ITEM. If either of my children should die without heirs lawfully begotten, then his part shall be equally divided amongst all my children that then shall survive. ITEM. I do hereby choose Col. John Clark, William Wooten and Thomas Applin to be my sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. I do hereby utterly disannull every other former Testament, Wills and legacies & bequests executed by me in any way before this time named willed and bequeathed and confirming this and no other, to be my Last Will and Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. his Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us John X Bradshaw seal Wm. Kuling Wm. Hamblin Clemmens Bradshaw At a court held for Prince Edward County, October 20th. 1788, the Last Will and Testament of John Bradshaw, deceased, was presented in court and proved by William Kuling, a witness thereto and at another court held for said county November 18, 1788 this will was further proved by William Hamblin. Probate proceedings were taken right away, but the estate of John Bradshaw wasn't settled until 1867. According to the application for membership in the D. A. R. of Louise Brooks Howard, John Bradshaw is classified as a Patriot, even though he didn't serve in the military, because he supplied 275 lbs. of beef to the soldiers during the war.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Internet Notes (Reliability: 0). Date of Import: Apr 26, 2000