Bradshaw Family History
John Bradshaw
Abt 1761 - 1843 (82 years)-
Name John Bradshaw Born Abt 1761 [1] Gender Male Died 1843 Nottoway County, Virginia 
[1] Person ID I880 My Genealogy Last Modified 1 Jan 2019
Father John Bradshaw, b. 1 Feb 1721/22, Bristol Parish, Prince George County, Virginia , d. Bef 20 Oct 1788, Prince Edward County, Virginia (Age < 66 years) Mother 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).
Family ID F313 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Winifred Nancy Brooks, b. Abt 1764 Married 11 Oct 1787 Amelia County, Virginia [1] Notes The witnesses to the consent were James BEVILL and John HOLT.
Last Modified 1 Jan 2019 Family ID F322 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes Order Book 21, pg. 500, Prince Edward Co., Va.
To the Worshipful Court of Prince Edward County, in Chancery sitting, humbly complaining shew unto your Worships:
Your Orators and Oratrices, John Bradshaw, Anthony Brooks and Mary, his wife, John Oliver and Salley, his wife, John Holt and Elizabeth, his wife, William Wingo, Archibald Worsham and Peggy, his wife, Saml. Burton and Betsey, his wife.
That some time in the year 1788 a certain John Bradshaw departed this life in the County of Prince Edward after first having duly executed and published his Last Will and Testament which is of record in the County Court of Prince Edward, a copy of which is herewith filed and prayed to be taken as a part of this Bill; that the said John, deceased, at the time of his death left a widow, Margaret Bradshaw, and children William, John, your Orator, Benjamin, Thomas, Clemons, Jeremiah, Richard, Elizabeth, Mary, Salley, your Oratrice, and Martha Bradshaw living at the time of the said John Bradshaw's decease.
That some short time since, Margaret Bradshaw departed this life having lived and died the widow of the said Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, leaving no other heirs than those named, the children of herself and John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased;
That a certain Williamson Dickinson has taken letters of administration on the estate of John Bradshaw and also on the estate of Margaret Bradshaw;
That after the death of the said John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, your Oratrix, intermarried with your Orator, John Holt, your Oratrix, Salley, intermarried with your Orator, John Oliver, your Oratrix, Mary, intermarried with your Orator, Anthony Brooks, that Martha Bradshaw intermarried with a certain John Wingo, by whom she had three children, William Wingo, your Orator, Betsey Wingo, who intermarried with Samuel Burton, your Orator, and Peggy Wingo, your Oratrix, who intermarried with Archibald Worsham, your Orator;
That the said John Wingo and Martha Wingo, then decd., living(?) Margaret Bradshaw, widow of John Bradshaw, Snr., dec'd. leaving only the children named, that Thomas Bradshaw and Clement Bradshaw are still living, the sons of John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased whom your Orators and Oratrices pray may be made defendants to this Bill.
That William Bradshaw, son of John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, died sometime since, leaving the following children and representatives whom your Orators and Oratrices pray may be made defendants to this Bill, John Bradshaw, Nancy Bradshaw, who intermarried with a certain Arthur Leigh and William Bradshaw; that Benjamin Bradshaw, son of John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, died some time since, leaving the following children and reprs., all of whom your Orators and Oratrices pray may be made Defendants to this Bill: Salley, who intermarried with Robert Flippin, Elizabeth who intermarried with Elisha Northrip, William, Edward, Richard, Daniel, Thomas & Peyton Bradshaw and Polly who intermarried with John Rowlett, Edith, who intermarried with Abner Mann, Peggy, who intermarried with John Redmond and another son, John, who has died leaving children as his representatives, Saluda Ann and Thos. Edward Bradshaw who are also defts. and entitled to their father's portion of that part which fall to the representatives of Benjamin Bradshaw, decd., from the estate of John Bradshaw, Snr., decd. and Margaret Bradshaw and the said Benjamin Bradshaw, decd. also left another son, Benjamin Bradshaw, who is since dead leaving the following children, also defts., who are entitled to their father's portion of the part of the said estate which may fall to the representatives of Benjamin Bradshaw, Snr., deceased; William Edward Bradshaw, Eliza Ann Bradshaw and Samuel Conrad Bradshaw;
That Jeremiah Bradshaw, son of John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, died sometime since, leaving the following children and representatives who are made defts. to this Bill: Polly, who intermarried with a certain ______ Edson, Phoebe, who intermarried with a certain _____ Logan, Zachariah and Jane Bradshaw;
That Richard Bradshaw, son of John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, died sometime since, leaving the following children and representatives who are made defts. to this Bill: Anderson Bradshaw, Robert Bradshaw, Lavinia, who intermarried with John Weaver; that the foregoing defts. (except Williamson Dickinson) are the representatives of John Bradshaw, Snr., deceased, and are entitled according to the degree of relationship stated in the foregoing Bill to the estate of said John and Margaret, deceased;
That the said John and Margaret, deceased, left land and negroes and other property, all of which is in the hands of said Williamson Dickinson;
Now Therefore, as your Orators and Oratrices are remediless except in Chancery Court, they pray that the said defendants be made to answer the allegations in this Bill; that the said Administrator be compelled to settle his account with the said estate;
That your Worships will appoint commissioners to divide said estate, land, negroes and other property and to sell, if necessary, for the purpose of effecting administration, selling the slaves of said estate, on charging the complainants and Defendants agreeably with their respective one eleventh part of the whole estate, he accounting for one horse by way of advancement of the value of $40.00, to Anthony Brooks and Mary, his wife, one eleventh, to John Oliver and Salley, his wife, one eleventh, to John Holt and Elizabeth, his wife, one eleventh, to William Wingo, Archibald Worsham and Peggy, his wife, Saml. Burton & Betsey, his wife, the children of Martha Wingo, decd., formerly Martha Bradshaw, one eleventh to be divided amongst them, to the representatives of William Bradshaw, decd., one eleventh to be divided amongst them, they accounting for the sum of $40.00 rcd. by way of advancement, to the representatives of Jeremiah Bradshaw, one eleventh to be divided amongst them, accounting for the sum of $40.00 received by way of advancement, to the representatives of Richard Bradshaw, deceased, one eleventh part, they accounting for the sum of $40.00 recd. by way of advancement to be divided amongst them, to Clemons Bradshaw, one eleventh part, he accounting for the sum of $40.00 recd. by way of advancement and to Thos. Bradshaw, one eleventh part, he accounting for the sum of $40.00 rcd. by way of advancement,
And that your Worships will grant such other and further relief as is right & just. Williamson Dickinson, Administrator of the estates of John and Margaret Bradshaw conducted a public sale of the slaves which formed a sizeable part of the personal assets of the estates on 18 January 1827 and his Report of Sale was filed in the Prince Edward Court 1 Sept. 1828. His report is quoted in part, as follows:
An account of the sale of negroes of the estates of John and Margaret Bradshaw:
James Bradshaw Purchased Rachel $ 199.00
Overton Dupuey " Sue 207.00
John H. Knight " Isabel 51.00
Isaac Winifree " Martha 141.00
William Verser " Mary 291.00
Joseph Redd " Reubin 455.00
Thomas Scott " Moses 514.00
William Dickinson " Jim 450.00
Clemmons Bradshaw " Sam 297.00
Alexander Marshall " Pleasant 531.00
John Bradshaw " Asa 410.00
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$3546.00
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Sources - [S2] Internet Notes (Reliability: 0).
Date of Import: Apr 26, 2000
- [S2] Internet Notes (Reliability: 0).